The team's offensive leaders were quarterback Mitch Anderson with 1,224 passing yards, Stan Key with 894 rushing yards, and Steve Craig with 479 receiving yards.[3] Four Northwestern players received All-Big Ten honors. They are: (1) tight end Steve Craig (AP-1, UPI-1); (2) linebacker Mike Varty (AP-1, UPI-2); (3) quarterback Mitch Anderson (AP-2, UPI-2); and (4) running back Stan Key (AP-2).[4][5]
1973, northwestern, wildcats, football, team, 1973, northwestern, wildcats, team, represented, northwestern, university, 1973, conference, football, season, their, first, year, under, head, coach, john, pont, wildcats, compiled, record, against, conference, op. The 1973 Northwestern Wildcats team represented Northwestern University in the 1973 Big Ten Conference football season In their first year under head coach John Pont the Wildcats compiled a 4 7 record 4 4 against Big Ten Conference opponents and finished in a four way tie for fourth place in the Big Ten Conference 2 1973 Northwestern Wildcats footballConferenceBig Ten ConferenceRecord4 7 4 4 Big Ten Head coachJohn Pont 1st season CaptainStan Key 1 Home stadiumDyche StadiumSeasons 19721974 1973 Big Ten Conference football standings vte Conf Overall Team W L T W L T No 2 Ohio State 7 0 1 10 0 1 No 6 Michigan 7 0 1 10 0 1 Minnesota 6 2 0 7 4 0 Illinois 4 4 0 5 6 0 Michigan State 4 4 0 5 6 0 Purdue 4 4 0 5 6 0 Northwestern 4 4 0 4 7 0 Wisconsin 3 5 0 4 7 0 Indiana 0 8 0 2 9 0 Iowa 0 8 0 0 11 0 Conference co championsRankings from AP Poll The team s offensive leaders were quarterback Mitch Anderson with 1 224 passing yards Stan Key with 894 rushing yards and Steve Craig with 479 receiving yards 3 Four Northwestern players received All Big Ten honors They are 1 tight end Steve Craig AP 1 UPI 1 2 linebacker Mike Varty AP 1 UPI 2 3 quarterback Mitch Anderson AP 2 UPI 2 and 4 running back Stan Key AP 2 4 5 Schedule editDateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSeptember 15Michigan StateDyche StadiumEvanston ILW 14 1027 305 September 22at No 8 Notre Dame Notre Dame StadiumNotre Dame IN rivalry L 0 4459 075 September 29Pittsburgh Dyche StadiumEvanston ILL 14 2124 462 October 6Ohio Dyche StadiumEvanston ILL 12 14 October 13IowaDyche StadiumEvanston ILW 31 1525 194 October 20at PurdueRoss Ade StadiumWest Lafayette INL 10 2157 657 October 27at No 1 Ohio StateOhio StadiumColumbus OHL 0 6087 453 November 3MinnesotaDyche StadiumEvanston ILL 43 5230 081 November 10at IndianaMemorial StadiumBloomington INW 21 2041 053 November 17at WisconsinCamp Randall StadiumMadison WIL 34 3646 248 November 24IllinoisDyche StadiumEvanston IL rivalry W 9 626 117 Non conference gameRankings from AP Poll released prior to the gamePersonnel edit1973 Northwestern Wildcats football team roster Players Coaches Offense Pos Name Class QB Mitch Anderson RB Rich Boothe RB Greg Boykin TE Steve Craig WR Mike Darraugh OL Ray Felton OL James Foskett WR P Wayne Frederickson QB Kim Girkins WR Steve Harris OL Donnie Haynes OL Paul Hiemenz RB 21 Stan Key C Sr OL Larry Lilja TE Frank Lutostanski WR Pat McNamara RB Jim Pooler WR Bill Stevens RB Jim Trimble TE Scott Yelvington Defense Pos Name Class LB Steve Anenen DL Doug Belko DL Darryl Branford DB Charles Hickerson DL John Holliday DB Neil Little DL Paul Maly DL Rob Mason DB Ken Shaw DL Jamie Summerfelt DB Greg Swanson LB Mike Varty DB Pete Wessel Special teams Pos Name Class Head coach John Pont Coordinators assistant coaches Legend C Team captain S Suspended I Ineligible nbsp Injured nbsp RedshirtReferences edit Year by Year Results PDF 2007 p 148 Archived PDF from the original on March 16 2019 Retrieved March 14 2019 1973 Northwestern Wildcats Schedule and Results SR College Football Sports Reference LLC Retrieved February 22 2016 1973 Northwestern Wildcats Stats SR College Football Sports Reference LLC Retrieved February 22 2016 1973 AP All Big Ten Football Team Piqua Daily Call November 27 1973 p 11 Bucks Wolves Dominate Buckeyes Place 10 On All Big Ten Team The Times Recorder Zanesville Ohio November 28 1973 p 11B nbsp This college football 1970s season article is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte nbsp This article about a sports team in Illinois is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title 1973 Northwestern Wildcats football team amp oldid 1190852648, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,