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1992 Northwestern

3–⁠8 (3–⁠5 Big Ten), coached by Gary Barnett.

Schedule and results

Northwestern in 1992, game by game: lost vs. No. 3 Notre Dame 7–42; lost at Boston College 0–49; lost at No. 18 Stanford 24–35; won at Purdue 28–14; lost vs. Indiana 3–28; lost at Ohio State 7–31; won at Illinois 27–26; lost vs. Michigan State 26–27; lost vs. No. 4 Michigan 7–40; lost at Iowa 14–56; won vs. Wisconsin 27–25+14−49Lost 7–42 vs. No. 3 Notre Dame-35No. 3 Notre DameLost 0–49 at Boston College-49Boston CollegeLost 24–35 at No. 18 Stanford-11No. 18 StanfordWon 28–14 at Purdue+14PurdueLost 3–28 vs. Indiana-25IndianaLost 7–31 at Ohio State-24Ohio StateWon 27–26 at Illinois+1IllinoisLost 26–27 vs. Michigan State-1Michigan StateLost 7–40 vs. No. 4 Michigan-33No. 4 MichiganLost 14–56 at Iowa-42IowaWon 27–25 vs. Wisconsin+2Wisconsin
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 5vs3Notre DameL 7–⁠4216%
Sep 12atBoston CollegeL 0–⁠4924%
Sep 19at18StanfordL 24–⁠3515%
Oct 3atPurdueW 28–⁠1428%
Oct 10vsIndianaL 3–⁠2839%
Oct 17atOhio StateL 7–⁠3116%
Oct 24atIllinoisW 27–⁠2623%
Oct 31vsMichigan StateL 26–⁠2746%
Nov 7vs4MichiganL 7–⁠4012%
Nov 14atIowaL 14–⁠5619%
Nov 21vsWisconsinW 27–⁠2542%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Beat Wisconsin 27–⁠25; unranked in the final AP poll; tied for 6th in the Big Ten.

In program history: The 103rd-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 133 on file).

Led the nationLee Gissendaner: punt return average (21.8)

Record
3–⁠8
Conference
3–⁠5 tied for 6th in Big Ten
AP final
Unranked
Points
170–⁠373
Coach
Gary Barnett
Elo
1358 −29 this season
SP+ rating
-6.3 No. 80 of 105; offense No. 57, defense No. 81
SRS
−8.2 No. 83 of 107 in Division I-A
Recruiting class
—
Offensive coordinator
Greg Meyer
Defensive coordinator
Ron Vanderlinden
Captains
Frank Boudreaux and David Cross

All-Big Ten

1 first team

First team

From Wikipedia’s 1992 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).

1992 Big Ten standings

Conference page
TeamConf.OverallAP final
Michigan6–⁠0–⁠29–⁠0–⁠35
Ohio State5–⁠2–⁠18–⁠3–⁠118
Michigan State5–⁠35–⁠6
Illinois4–⁠3–⁠16–⁠5–⁠1
Iowa4–⁠45–⁠7
Wisconsin3–⁠55–⁠6
Indiana3–⁠55–⁠6
Purdue3–⁠54–⁠7
Northwestern3–⁠53–⁠8
Minnesota2–⁠62–⁠9

Ordered by conference winning percentage, then conference wins. Division splits and tiebreakers aren’t applied.