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1994 Northwestern

3–⁠7–⁠1 (2–⁠6 Big Ten), coached by Gary Barnett. Officially 4–⁠6–⁠1. Michigan State forfeited to Northwestern. The season’s Wikipedia article records 3–⁠7–⁠1, the results on the field.

Schedule and results

Northwestern in 1994, game by game: lost vs. No. 3 Notre Dame 15–42; tied vs. No. 24 Stanford 41–41; won at Air Force 14–10; lost vs. No. 20 Ohio State 15–17; lost vs. No. 24 Wisconsin 14–46; won at Minnesota 37–31; won at Indiana 20–7; lost vs. Illinois 7–28; lost vs. Michigan State 17–35; lost at Iowa 13–49; lost at No. 2 Penn State 17–45+13−36Lost 15–42 vs. No. 3 Notre Dame-27No. 3 Notre DameTied 41–41 vs. No. 24 Stanford0No. 24 StanfordWon 14–10 at Air Force+4Air ForceLost 15–17 vs. No. 20 Ohio State-2No. 20 Ohio StateLost 14–46 vs. No. 24 Wisconsin-32No. 24 WisconsinWon 37–31 at Minnesota+6MinnesotaWon 20–7 at Indiana+13IndianaLost 7–28 vs. Illinois-21IllinoisLost 17–35 vs. Michigan State-18Michigan StateLost 13–49 at Iowa-36IowaLost 17–45 at No. 2 Penn State-28No. 2 Penn State
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 3vs3Notre DameL 15–⁠4214%
Sep 10vs24StanfordT 41–⁠4140%
Sep 17atAir ForceW 14–⁠1041%
Oct 1vs20Ohio StateL 15–⁠1724%
Oct 8vs24WisconsinL 14–⁠4632%
Oct 15atMinnesotaW 37–⁠3136%
Oct 22atIndianaW 20–⁠719%
Oct 29vsIllinoisL 7–⁠2843%
Nov 5vsMichigan StateL 17–⁠35won by forfeit46%
Nov 12atIowaL 13–⁠4936%
Nov 19at2Penn StateL 17–⁠456%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Lost to Penn State 45–⁠17; unranked in the final AP poll; 10th in the Big Ten.

In program history: The 100th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 133 on file).

Players on this team

Before 2004 our records hold honors and the draft; these are the players whose college years here, from their Wikipedia articles or their honors, include 1994.

Record
3–⁠7–⁠1
Conference
2–⁠6 10th in Big Ten
AP final
Unranked
Points
210–⁠351
Coach
Gary Barnett
Elo
1371 −19 this season
SP+ rating
-1.4 No. 65 of 106; offense No. 54, defense No. 66
SRS
−1.1 No. 62 of 107 in Division I-A
Recruiting class
—
Offensive coordinator
Greg Meyer
Defensive coordinator
Ron Vanderlinden
Captains
Hugh Williams, Bill Koziel, Michael Senters and Korey Singleton

Drafted in 1995

The 1995 draft
Rd 2Matt O’Dwyer OGNew York Jets
Rd 5Michael Senters DBCarolina Panthers

All-Big Ten

1 first team, 1 second team

First team

  • Paul BurtonPAP-1

Second team

From Wikipedia’s 1994 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).

1994 Big Ten standings

Conference page
TeamConf.OverallAP final
Penn State8–⁠012–⁠02
Ohio State6–⁠29–⁠414
Michigan5–⁠38–⁠412
Wisconsin4–⁠3–⁠17–⁠4–⁠1
Illinois4–⁠47–⁠5
Michigan State4–⁠45–⁠6
Iowa3–⁠4–⁠15–⁠5–⁠1
Indiana3–⁠56–⁠5
Purdue2–⁠4–⁠24–⁠5–⁠2
Northwestern2–⁠63–⁠7–⁠1
Minnesota1–⁠73–⁠8

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