1998 Northwestern Wildcats football team

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1998 Northwestern Wildcats football
Conference Big Ten Conference
Record3–9 (0–8 Big Ten)
Head coach
Co-defensive coordinatorJerry Brown (2nd season)
Co-defensive coordinatorVince Okruch (2nd season)
Captains
Home stadium Ryan Field
Seasons
  1997
1999  
1998 Big Ten Conference football standings
Conf.Overall
Team W L  W L 
No. 2 Ohio State  %+  7 1   11 1  
No. 6 Wisconsin $+  7 1   11 1  
No. 12 Michigan +  7 1   10 3  
No. 24 Purdue  6 2   9 4  
No. 17 Penn State  5 3   9 3  
Michigan State  4 4   6 6  
Minnesota  2 6   5 6  
Indiana  2 6   4 7  
Illinois  2 6   3 8  
Iowa  2 6   3 8  
Northwestern  0 8   3 9  
  • $ BCS representative as conference champion
  • % BCS at-large representative
  • + Conference co-champions
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1998 Northwestern Wildcats football team represented Northwestern University during the 1998 NCAA Division I-A football season. They played their home games at Ryan Field and participated as members of the Big Ten Conference. They were coached by Gary Barnett, who resigned at the conclusion of the regular season to become the head coach at Colorado. [2]

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Schedule

DateTimeOpponentSiteTVResultAttendanceSource
September 511:30 am UNLV *W 41–730,197
September 1211:00 am Duke *
  • Ryan Field
  • Evanston, IL
ESPN Plus L 10–4440,178 [3]
September 197:00 pmat Rice *W 23–1416,271
September 2611:00 amat No. 14 Wisconsin ESPN L 7–3878,337
October 311:00 am Illinois
ESPN PlusL 10–1341,232
October 1011:00 amat Iowa ESPN2 L 24–2670,397
October 176:00 pm Michigan
ESPNL 6–1247,129
October 2411:00 amNo. 1 Ohio State
  • Ryan Field
  • Evanston, IL
ESPN2L 10–3647,130
October 3111:00 amat Michigan State ESPN2L 5–2967,473
November 711:00 am Purdue
  • Ryan Field
  • Evanston, IL
ESPN PlusL 21–5639,575
November 1411:00 amat No. 19 Penn State ESPN2L 10–4196,382
November 2110:00 pmat Hawaii *W 47–2125,918
  • *Non-conference game
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game
  • All times are in Central time

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Roster

1998 Northwestern Wildcats football team roster
PlayersCoaches
Offense
Pos.#NameClass
WR 5 D'Wayne Bates Sr
RB 20 Damien Anderson Fr
TE 84 Jay Tant Jr
Defense
Pos.#NameClass
LB 2 Kevin Bentley Fr
CB 6 Harold Blackmon So
LB 8 Napoleon Harris Fr
LB 55 Barry Gardner Sr
DT 92 Javiar Collins So
DE 95 Dwayne Missouri So
Special teams
Pos.#NameClass
Head coach
Coordinators/assistant coaches

Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (S) Suspended
  • (I) Ineligible
  • Injury icon 2.svg Injured
  • Redshirt.svg Redshirt

Roster

References

  1. "Year-by-Year Results" (PDF). 2007. p. 150. Archived (PDF) from the original on March 16, 2019. Retrieved March 14, 2019.
  2. sportsillustrated.cnn.com
  3. "Plenty to jeer about". Chicago Tribune. September 13, 1998. Retrieved July 27, 2024 via Newspapers.com.
  4. "NUSPORTS.COM - The Northwestern Official Athletic Site - Football". Archived from the original on November 19, 2012. Retrieved October 27, 2012.