1969 Northwestern Wildcats football
ConferenceBig Ten Conference
Record3–7 (3–4 Big Ten)
Head coach
MVPDon Ross
Captains
  • Ray Forsthoffer[1]
  • Pat Harrington
Home stadiumDyche Stadium
Seasons
← 1968
1970 →
1969 Big Ten Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
No. 4 Ohio State + 6 – 1 – 0 8 – 1 – 0
No. 9 Michigan + 6 – 1 – 0 8 – 3 – 0
No. 18 Purdue 5 – 2 – 0 8 – 2 – 0
Minnesota 4 – 3 – 0 4 – 5 – 1
Iowa 3 – 4 – 0 5 – 5 – 0
Indiana 3 – 4 – 0 4 – 6 – 0
Northwestern 3 – 4 – 0 3 – 7 – 0
Wisconsin 3 – 4 – 0 3 – 7 – 0
Michigan State 2 – 5 – 0 4 – 6 – 0
Illinois 0 – 7 – 0 0 – 10 – 0
  • + – Conference co-champions
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1969 Northwestern Wildcats football team represented Northwestern University during the 1969 Big Ten Conference football season.

Junior running back Mike Adamle rushed for 316 yards against Wisconsin on October 18, breaking the previous school record by 98 yards (Charlie Hren vs. Navy in 1951).[2][3][4]

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendance
September 20at No. 11 Notre Dame*
L 10–3559,075
September 27at No. 5 USC*
L 6–4856,589
October 4No. 11 UCLA*
L 0–3641,015
October 11at Illinois
W 10–643,928
October 18Wisconsin
  • Dyche Stadium
  • Evanston, IL
W 27–734,374
October 25at No. 25 Purdue
L 20–4566,103
November 1No. 1 Ohio State
  • Dyche Stadium
  • Evanston, IL
L 6–3541,279
November 8at Minnesota
L 21–2841,576
November 15Indiana
  • Dyche Stadium
  • Evanston, IL
W 30–2731,644
November 22Michigan State
  • Dyche Stadium
  • Evanston, IL
L 7–3925,606
  • *Non-conference game
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

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References

  1. ^ "Year-by-Year Results" (PDF). 2007. p. 148. Archived (PDF) from the original on March 16, 2019. Retrieved March 14, 2019.
  2. ^ "Northwestern 'runs'". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). October 19, 1969. p. 2B.
  3. ^ "Adamle's 316 leads N'western". Spokesman-Review. (Spokane, Washington). Associated Press. October 19, 1969. p. 8, sports.
  4. ^ Lynch, R.G. (October 21, 1951). "Northwestern downs an erring Navy, 16 to 7". Milwaukee Journal. p. 1, sports.
  5. ^ College Football @ Sports-Reference.com


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