NORTHWESTERN FOOTBALL HISTORY DATABASE
 
NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIPS (0)
All Time Football Record: 483-625-44 (.438)
CONFERENCE CHAMPIONSHIPS (8)
1903 Big Ten Conference Co-Champions
1926 Big Ten Conference Co-Champions
1930 Big Ten Conference Co-Champions
1931 Big Ten Conference Co-Champions
1936 Big Ten Conference Champions
1995 Big Ten Conference Champions
1996 Big Ten Conference Co-Champions
2000 Big Ten Conference Co-Champions

CONFERENCE AFFILIATIONS
1882-1895: Independent
1896-Current: Big Ten Conference

No Team: 1883-1885, 1887, 1906-1907

 

OTHER NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP SELECTIONS


1936 - Record: 7-1
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BOWL GAMES (1-8)
SEASON BOWL OPPONENT RESULT SCORE
2010 TicketCity Texas Tech L 38-45
2009 Outback Auburn L 35-38
2008 Alamo Missouri L 23-30
2005 Sun UCLA L 38-50
2003 Motor City Bowling Green L 24-28
2000 Alamo Nebraska L 17-66
1996 Citrus Tennessee L 28-48
1995 Rose Southern Cal L 32-41
1948 Rose California W 20-14
COACHES
COACH
YEARS
#YEARS
GAMES
WON
LOST
TIED
PCT.
No Coach
1882-1890
5
15
8
6
1
.567
Knowlton Ames
1891-1892
2
16
6
5
5
.531
Paul Noyes
1893
1
10
2
5
3
.350
A.A. Ewing
1894
1
6
1
5
0
.167
Alvin H. Culver
1895-1896
2
21
13
6
2
.667
Jesse Van Doozer
1897
1
7
4
3
0
.571
W.H. Bannard
1898
1
11
7
4
0
.636
Charles M. "Doc" Hollister
1899-1902
4
45
25
16
4
.600
Walter E. McComack
1903-1905
3
35
25
6
4
.771
Alton Johnson
1908
1
4
2
2
0
.500
M. Frank "Bill" Horr
1909
1
5
1
3
1
.300
Charles E. Hammett
1910-1912
3
18
6
10
2
.389
Dennis Grady
1913
1
7
1
6
0
.143
Fred J. Murphy
1914-1918
5
33
16
16
1
.500
Charles W. Bachman
1919
1
7
2
5
0
.286
Elmer W. McDevitt
1920-1921
2
14
4
10
0
.286
Glenn F. Thistlethwaite
1922-1926
5
39
21
17
1
.551
Richard E. "Dick" Hanley
1927-1934
8
66
36
26
4
.576
Lynn O. "Pappy" Waldord
1935-1946
12
101
49
45
7
.520
Robert W. "Bob" Voigts
1947-1954
8
73
33
39
1
.459
Louis H. Saban
1955
1
9
0
8
1
.056
Ara R. Parseghian
1956-1963
8
72
36
35
1
.507
Alex Agase
1964-1972
9
91
32
58
1
.357
John Point
1973-1977
5
55
12
43
0
.218
Rick Venturi
1978-1980
3
33
1
31
1
.045
Dennis Green
1981-1985
5
55
10
45
0
.182
Francis Peay
1986-1991
6
66
13
51
2
.212
Gary Barnett
1992-1998
7
81
36
44
1
.451
Randy Walker
1999-2005
7
83
37
46
0
.446
Pat Fitzgerald
2006-Current
5
63
34
29
0
.540
Totals
124
1152
483
625
44
.438
INDIVIDUAL RECORDS (through 2009 season)
STATISTIC CAREER SEASON GAME
PASSING Brett Basanez
10,580 (2002-05)		 C.J. Bacher
3,656 (2007)		 Mike Kafka
532 (Auburn 1/1/2010)
RUSHING Damien Anderson
4,485 (1998-2001)		 Damien Anderson
2,063 (2000)		 Mike Adamle
316 (Wisconsin 1969)
RECEIVING YARDS

D'Wayne Bates
3,370 (1995-98)

 D'Wayne Bates
1,245 (1998)		 Jim Lash
226 (Michigan State 1972)
Todd Sheets
226 (Purdue 1980)
RECEPTIONS D'Wayne Bates
210 (1995-98)		 Richard Buchanan
94 (1989)		 Jon Harvey
17 (Michigan 1982)
SCORING Brian Gowins
262 (1995-98)		 Damien Anderson
138 (2000)		 Otto Graham
27 (Wisconsin 1943)
INTERCEPTIONS Brett Whitley
15 (1984-87)		 Brett Whitley - 7 (1987)
Willie Lindsey - 7 (1991)
TACKLES Tim McGarigle
545 (2002-05)		 Chuck Kern
227 (1979)		  
SACKS Casey Dailey
28 (1994-97)		 Casey Dailey
12 (1997)