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1971 Northwestern Wildcats football team

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1971Northwestern Wildcats football
Conference	Big Ten Conference
Record	7–4 (6–3 Big Ten)
Head coach	Alex Agase
Captains	Maurie Daigneau^[1] Eric Hutchinson
Home stadium	Dyche Stadium
Seasons ← 1970 1972 →

1971 Big Ten Conference football standings
v t e	Conf.					Overall
Team	W		L		T	W		L		T
No. 6 Michigan $	8	–	0	–	0	11	–	1	–	0
Northwestern	6	–	3	–	0	7	–	4	–	0
Ohio State	5	–	3	–	0	6	–	4	–	0
Michigan State	5	–	3	–	0	6	–	5	–	0
Illinois	5	–	3	–	0	5	–	6	–	0
Wisconsin	3	–	5	–	0	4	–	6	–	1
Minnesota	3	–	5	–	0	4	–	7	–	0
Purdue	3	–	5	–	0	3	–	7	–	0
Indiana	2	–	6	–	0	3	–	8	–	0
Iowa	1	–	8	–	0	1	–	10	–	0

$ – Conference champion Rankings fromAP Poll

The1971 Northwestern Wildcats team representedNorthwestern University during the1971 Big Ten Conference football season. In their eighth year under head coachAlex Agase, the Wildcats compiled a 7–4 record (6–3 againstBig Ten Conference opponents) and finished in second place in theBig Ten Conference.^[2]

The team's offensive leaders were quarterback Maurie Daigneau with 1,733 passing yards, Al Robinson with 881 rushing yards, andBarry Pearson with 674 receiving yards.^[3] Ten Northwestern players received honors on the1971 All-Big Ten Conference football team. They are: (1) Maurie Daigneau (AP-1; UPI-1); (2) running back Al Robinson (AP-2); (3) wide receiverBarry Pearson (AP-1; UPI-1); (4) offensive tackle Tom McCreight (AP-1); (5) defensive end Wil Hemby (UPI-2); (6) defensive tackle Jim Anderson (UPI-2); (7) linebacker John Voorhees (AP-2); and defensive ends (8) Eric Hutchinson (AP-1; UPI-1); (9) Jerry Brown (AP-2); and (10) Jack Dustin (UPI-2).^[4]^[5]^[6] Eric Hutchinson was also selected as a first-team All-American by theFootball Writers Association of America.^[7]

This was Northwestern's last winning season until the miraculous1995 campaign when the Wildcats won the Big Ten championship outright by going undefeated in the conference (8-0), and played in theRose Bowl.

Schedule

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Date	Opponent	Rank	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
September 11	No. 4Michigan	No. 20	Dyche Stadium Evanston, IL (rivalry)	L 6–21	42,472	^[8]
September 18	at No. 2Notre Dame*		Notre Dame Stadium Notre Dame, IN (rivalry)	L 7–50	59,075	^[9]
September 25	Syracuse*		Dyche Stadium Evanston, IL	W 12–6	27,529	^[10]
October 2	Wisconsin		Dyche Stadium Evanston, IL	W 24–11	40,473	^[11]
October 9	atIowa		Iowa Stadium Iowa City, IA	W 28–3	53,102	^[12]
October 16	No. 20Purdue		Dyche Stadium Evanston, IL	L 20–21	40,059	^[13]
October 23	atIndiana		Seventeenth Street Stadium Bloomington, IN	W 24–10	32,409	^[14]
October 30	atIllinois		Memorial Stadium Champaign, IL (rivalry)	L 7–24	40,144	^[15]
November 6	Minnesota		Dyche Stadium Evanston, IL	W 41–20	31,217	^[16]
November 13	at No. 16Ohio State		Ohio Stadium Columbus, OH	W 14–10	86,062	^[17]^[18]
November 20	No. 19Michigan State		Dyche Stadium Evanston, IL	W 28–7	30,012	^[19]
*Non-conference game Rankings fromAP Poll released prior to the game

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Roster

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1971 Northwestern Wildcats football team roster

Players

Coaches

Offense

Pos.	#	Name	Class
TE	`84`	Steve Craig	So
QB	`12`	Maurie Daigneau (C)	Sr
G	`67`	Tom Dickinson	Sr
C	`50`	Dave Dybas	Jr
FB	`30`	Mark Fassbender	Jr
OT	`71`	Paul Gary	Sr
OT	`75`	Dave Glantz	Jr
WR	`28`	Steve Harris	So
OT	`64`	Donnie Haynes	So
WR	`86`	Jim Lash	So
TE	`80`	Frank Lutostanski	So
G	`68`	Tom McCreight	Sr
WR	`44`	A. J. Owens	Jr
WR	`21`	Barry Pearson	Sr
C	`53`	Ed Quaerna	Jr

Defense

Pos.	#	Name	Class
DT	`74`	Jim Anderson	Jr
LB	`55`	John Buckley	So
DT	`79`	Wayne Bryan	Sr
DB	`42`	Jerry Brown	Sr
DB	`29`	Mike Coughlin	Sr
DB	`27`	Jack Dustin	Sr
DE	`89`	Wil Hemby	Sr
DB	`32`	Eric Hutchinson	Sr
DE	`58`	George Keporos	Sr
DT	`60`	Pat Kershaw	Sr
LB	`99`	Dave McCreery	So
LB	`82`	Pat McNamara	Jr
DT	`77`	Dale Mize	So
LB	`88`	Mike Morkin	Sr
DB	`15`	Greg Swanson	So
LB	`35`	Phil Trembczynski	So
LB	`66`	Mike Varty	So
LB	`40`	John Vorhees	Sr

Special teams

Pos.	#	Name	Class
K	`48`	Ed Planisek	Sr
P	`9`	Dave Skarin	So

Head coach

Alex Agase

Coordinators/assistant coaches

Ron Marciniak –Offensive line

Legend

(C) Team captain
(S) Suspended
(I) Ineligible

Injured
Redshirt

References

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^"Year-by-Year Results"(PDF). 2007. p. 148.Archived(PDF) from the original on March 16, 2019. RetrievedMarch 14, 2019.
^"1971 Northwestern Wildcats Schedule and Results".SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. RetrievedFebruary 22, 2016.
^"1971 Northwestern Wildcats Stats".SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. RetrievedFebruary 22, 2016.
^"All Big Ten Selected".Daily Illini. November 24, 1971.
^"Sports Whirl".The Daily News of the Virgin Islands. November 24, 1971.
^"Unbeaten Michigan Dominate UPI Team Picked by Coaches: Ohio State Places 7 On All-Big Ten Teams".The Times Recorder. Zanesville, Ohio. November 25, 1971. p. 9D.
^Ted Gangi (ed.)."FWAA All-America Since 1944: The All-Time Team"(PDF). Archived fromthe original(PDF) on March 4, 2019. RetrievedFebruary 8, 2015.
^Curt Sylvester (September 12, 1971)."U-M, Spartans Both Win: It's Wolverines, 21–6".Detroit Free Press. p. 1E, 4E – viaNewspapers.com.
^"Irish intercept seven passes, smash 'Cats".The Los Angeles Times. September 19, 1971. RetrievedOctober 7, 2025 – viaNewspapers.com.
^"Wildcats slip past Syracuse".Evansville Courier & Press. September 26, 1971. RetrievedOctober 7, 2025 – viaNewspapers.com.
^"Wildcats trip Badgers, 24–11".The Saginaw News. October 3, 1971. RetrievedOctober 7, 2025 – viaNewspapers.com.
^"Wildcat passes whip Iowa".Omaha World-Herald. October 10, 1971. RetrievedOctober 7, 2025 – viaNewspapers.com.
^"Powers nips Wildcats for 3–0 Big Ten record".The Bay City Times. October 17, 1971. RetrievedOctober 7, 2025 – viaNewspapers.com.
^"Northwestern wins, keeps hopes alive".The Ann Arbor News. October 24, 1971. RetrievedOctober 7, 2025 – viaNewspapers.com.
^"Illinois surprises for 2nd straight".Richmond Times-Dispatch. October 31, 1971. RetrievedOctober 7, 2025 – viaNewspapers.com.
^"Wildcats run and win".Wisconsin State Journal. November 7, 1971. RetrievedOctober 7, 2025 – viaNewspapers.com.
^Ed Chay (November 14, 1971)."Wildcats Stun Bucks".The Plain Dealer. Cleveland, Ohio. pp. 1C, 8C – viaNewspapers.com.
^"Summary of Football Game Statistics (Northwestern vs. Ohio State)"(PDF). Archived fromthe original(PDF) on November 28, 2016. RetrievedNovember 27, 2016.
^"Wildcats belt MSU, finish 2nd".The Sioux City Journal. November 21, 1971. RetrievedOctober 7, 2025 – viaNewspapers.com.
^"Schedule/Results (1971 Northwestern)".NCAA Statistics.National Collegiate Athletic Association. RetrievedOctober 7, 2025.

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