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class="infobox-label">Captains</th><td class="infobox-data plainlist"> <ul><li>William Bennett<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>Rob Johnson</li> <li>Sam Valenzisi</li></ul> </td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Home stadium</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Dyche_Stadium" class="mw-redirect" title="Dyche Stadium">Dyche Stadium</a></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-below noprint" style="background:#eee;"><div class="" style="width:100%; text-align:center;">Seasons</div><div style="width:100%"><div style="float: left; text-align:left;padding-right:0.5em;" class="noprint">← <a href="/wiki/1994_Northwestern_Wildcats_football_team" title="1994 Northwestern Wildcats football team">1994</a></div><div style="float: right; text-align:right;padding-left:0.5em;" class="noprint"><a href="/wiki/1996_Northwestern_Wildcats_football_team" title="1996 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<td></td> <td></td> <td>10 </td> <td>–</td> <td>2 </td> <td>–</td> <td>0 </td></tr> <tr> <td class="tcol"><abbr title="Number">No.</abbr> 6 <a href="/wiki/1995_Ohio_State_Buckeyes_football_team" title="1995 Ohio State Buckeyes football team">Ohio State</a> </td> <td>7 </td> <td>–</td> <td>1 </td> <td>–</td> <td>0</td> <td></td> <td></td> <td>11 </td> <td>–</td> <td>2 </td> <td>–</td> <td>0 </td></tr> <tr> <td class="tcol"><abbr title="Number">No.</abbr> 13 <a href="/wiki/1995_Penn_State_Nittany_Lions_football_team" title="1995 Penn State Nittany Lions football team">Penn State</a> </td> <td>5 </td> <td>–</td> <td>3 </td> <td>–</td> <td>0</td> <td></td> <td></td> <td>9 </td> <td>–</td> <td>3 </td> <td>–</td> <td>0 </td></tr> <tr> <td class="tcol"><abbr title="Number">No.</abbr> 17 <a href="/wiki/1995_Michigan_Wolverines_football_team" title="1995 Michigan Wolverines football team">Michigan</a> </td> <td>5 </td> <td>–</td> <td>3 </td> <td>–</td> <td>0</td> <td></td> <td></td> <td>9 </td> <td>–</td> <td>4 </td> <td>–</td> <td>0 </td></tr> <tr> <td class="tcol"><a href="/wiki/1995_Michigan_State_Spartans_football_team" title="1995 Michigan State Spartans football team">Michigan State</a> </td> <td>4 </td> <td>–</td> <td>3 </td> <td>–</td> <td>1</td> <td></td> <td></td> <td>6 </td> <td>–</td> <td>5 </td> <td>–</td> <td>1 </td></tr> <tr> <td class="tcol"><abbr title="Number">No.</abbr> 25 <a href="/wiki/1995_Iowa_Hawkeyes_football_team" title="1995 Iowa Hawkeyes football team">Iowa</a> </td> <td>4 </td> <td>–</td> <td>4 </td> <td>–</td> <td>0</td> <td></td> <td></td> <td>8 </td> <td>–</td> <td>4 </td> <td>–</td> <td>0 </td></tr> <tr> <td class="tcol"><a href="/wiki/1995_Illinois_Fighting_Illini_football_team" title="1995 Illinois Fighting Illini football team">Illinois</a> </td> <td>3 </td> <td>–</td> <td>4 </td> <td>–</td> <td>1</td> <td></td> <td></td> <td>5 </td> <td>–</td> <td>5 </td> <td>–</td> <td>1 </td></tr> <tr> <td class="tcol"><a href="/wiki/1995_Wisconsin_Badgers_football_team" title="1995 Wisconsin Badgers football team">Wisconsin</a> </td> <td>3 </td> <td>–</td> <td>4 </td> <td>–</td> <td>1</td> <td></td> <td></td> <td>4 </td> <td>–</td> <td>5 </td> <td>–</td> <td>2 </td></tr> <tr> <td class="tcol"><a href="/wiki/1995_Purdue_Boilermakers_football_team" title="1995 Purdue Boilermakers football team">Purdue</a> </td> <td>2 </td> <td>–</td> <td>5 </td> <td>–</td> <td>1</td> <td></td> <td></td> <td>4 </td> <td>–</td> <td>6 </td> <td>–</td> <td>1 </td></tr> <tr> <td class="tcol"><a href="/wiki/1995_Minnesota_Golden_Gophers_football_team" title="1995 Minnesota Golden Gophers football team">Minnesota</a> </td> <td>1 </td> <td>–</td> <td>7 </td> <td>–</td> <td>0</td> <td></td> <td></td> <td>3 </td> <td>–</td> <td>8 </td> <td>–</td> <td>0 </td></tr> <tr> <td class="tcol"><a href="/wiki/1995_Indiana_Hoosiers_football_team" title="1995 Indiana Hoosiers football team">Indiana</a> </td> <td>0 </td> <td>–</td> <td>8 </td> <td>–</td> <td>0</td> <td></td> <td></td> <td>2 </td> <td>–</td> <td>9 </td> <td>–</td> <td>0 </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="99" class="standings-table-conference-title"> </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="99" class="standings-table-legend"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"><ul><li>$ – Conference champion</li></ul></div>Rankings from <a href="/wiki/AP_Poll" class="mw-redirect" title="AP Poll">AP Poll</a> </td></tr></tbody></table> <p>The <b>1995 Northwestern Wildcats football team</b> represented <a href="/wiki/Northwestern_University" title="Northwestern University">Northwestern University</a> in the <a href="/wiki/1995_NCAA_Division_I-A_football_season" title="1995 NCAA Division I-A football season">1995 NCAA Division I-A college football season</a>. The 1995 season was a highly memorable one for the Northwestern program, as the Wildcats went 10–2 overall and 8–0 in the <a href="/wiki/Big_Ten_Conference" title="Big Ten Conference">Big Ten Conference</a>, earning their first winning season since <a href="/wiki/1971_Northwestern_Wildcats_football_team" title="1971 Northwestern Wildcats football team">1971</a>, their first conference championship since <a href="/wiki/1936_Northwestern_Wildcats_football_team" title="1936 Northwestern Wildcats football team">1936</a>, and their first 10-win season since 1903.<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> They also broke several long-standing losing streaks to regular opponents, including a 22-game losing streak to <a href="/wiki/Iowa_Hawkeyes_football" title="Iowa Hawkeyes football">Iowa</a>, a 19-game losing streak against <a href="/wiki/Michigan_Wolverines_football" title="Michigan Wolverines football">Michigan</a>, and a 14-game losing streak to <a href="/wiki/Notre_Dame_Fighting_Irish_football" title="Notre Dame Fighting Irish football">Notre Dame</a>. </p><p>"Expect Victory" was the motto even as Northwestern began the season as 28-point underdogs against <a href="/wiki/1995_Notre_Dame_Fighting_Irish_football_team" title="1995 Notre Dame Fighting Irish football team">Notre Dame</a>, whom they upset 17–15, propelling into the AP poll at #25. An upset loss to the <a href="/wiki/Miami_Redhawks_football" class="mw-redirect" title="Miami Redhawks football">Miami Redhawks</a> in the second game of the season caused the Wildcats to drop out of the rankings. However, subsequent wins over ranked <a href="/wiki/1995_Michigan_Wolverines_football_team" title="1995 Michigan Wolverines football team">Michigan</a> (19–13), <a href="/wiki/1995_Wisconsin_Badgers_football_team" title="1995 Wisconsin Badgers football team">Wisconsin</a> (35–0), and <a href="/wiki/1995_Penn_State_Nittany_Lions_football_team" title="1995 Penn State Nittany Lions football team">Penn State</a> (21–10) pushed the Wildcats into the top-10 while making them national media darlings. </p><p>Nine consecutive wins (including eight against Big Ten opponents) brought Northwestern their highest ranking since 1962 (#3), a conference title, and their first <a href="/wiki/Rose_Bowl_Game" title="Rose Bowl Game">Rose Bowl</a> appearance since <a href="/wiki/1949_Rose_Bowl" title="1949 Rose Bowl">1949</a>. In the <a href="/wiki/1996_Rose_Bowl" title="1996 Rose Bowl">Rose Bowl</a>, the Wildcats' <a href="/wiki/Cinderella_(sports)" class="mw-redirect" title="Cinderella (sports)">Cinderella</a> season came to a conclusion with a 41–32 loss to the <a href="/wiki/1995_USC_Trojans_football_team" title="1995 USC Trojans football team">USC Trojans</a>, and they finished the season at #8. </p><p>Northwestern was coached by <a href="/wiki/Gary_Barnett" title="Gary Barnett">Gary Barnett</a>, who won multiple coach of the year awards for leading the dramatic turnaround of the program. Star players included the trio of <a href="/wiki/Quarterback" title="Quarterback">quarterback</a> Steve Schnur, <a href="/wiki/Running_back" title="Running back">running back</a> <a href="/wiki/Darnell_Autry" title="Darnell Autry">Darnell Autry</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Linebacker" title="Linebacker">linebacker</a> <a href="/wiki/Pat_Fitzgerald" title="Pat Fitzgerald">Pat Fitzgerald</a>, who was named Big Ten and national defensive player of the year. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Schedule">Schedule</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1995_Northwestern_Wildcats_football_team&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Schedule"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable" style="font-size:95%"><tbody><tr><th>Date</th><th>Time</th><th>Opponent</th><th>Rank</th><th>Site</th><th>TV</th><th>Result</th><th>Attendance</th></tr><tr class="CFB-schedule-row" style="background-color:#DDFFDD"><td style="white-space:nowrap">September 2</td><td style="white-space:nowrap">1:30 pm</td><td style="white-space:nowrap">at No. 9 <a href="/wiki/1995_Notre_Dame_Fighting_Irish_football_team" title="1995 Notre Dame Fighting Irish football team">Notre Dame</a><span class="CFB-schedule-ncgame">*</span></td><td style="white-space:nowrap"></td><td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><div class="hlist"><ul><li><a href="/wiki/Notre_Dame_Stadium" title="Notre Dame Stadium">Notre Dame Stadium</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Notre_Dame,_Indiana" title="Notre Dame, Indiana">Notre Dame, IN</a> (<a href="/wiki/Northwestern%E2%80%93Notre_Dame_football_rivalry" title="Northwestern–Notre Dame football rivalry">rivalry</a>)</li></ul></div></td><td><a href="/wiki/Notre_Dame_Football_on_NBC" title="Notre Dame Football on NBC">NBC</a></td><td style="white-space:nowrap"><span style="display:inline-block; font-weight:bold; width:1em">W</span> 17–15</td><td style="text-align:center">59,075</td></tr> <tr class="CFB-schedule-row" style="background-color:#FFDDDD"><td style="white-space:nowrap">September 16</td><td style="white-space:nowrap">11:00 am</td><td style="white-space:nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1995_Miami_Redskins_football_team" title="1995 Miami Redskins football team">Miami (OH)</a><span class="CFB-schedule-ncgame">*</span></td><td style="white-space:nowrap">No. 25</td><td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><div class="hlist"><ul><li><a href="/wiki/Ryan_Field_(stadium)" title="Ryan Field (stadium)">Dyche Stadium</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Evanston,_Illinois" title="Evanston, Illinois">Evanston, IL</a></li></ul></div></td><td><a href="/wiki/ESPN2" title="ESPN2">ESPN2</a></td><td style="white-space:nowrap"><span style="display:inline-block; font-weight:bold; width:1em">L</span> 28–30</td><td style="text-align:center">26,352</td></tr> <tr class="CFB-schedule-row" style="background-color:#DDFFDD"><td style="white-space:nowrap">September 23</td><td style="white-space:nowrap">11:30 am</td><td style="white-space:nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1995_Air_Force_Falcons_football_team" title="1995 Air Force Falcons football team">Air Force</a><span class="CFB-schedule-ncgame">*</span></td><td style="white-space:nowrap"></td><td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><div class="hlist"><ul><li>Dyche Stadium</li><li>Evanston, IL</li></ul></div></td><td><a href="/wiki/ESPN_College_Football" title="ESPN College Football">ESPN</a></td><td style="white-space:nowrap"><span style="display:inline-block; font-weight:bold; width:1em">W</span> 30–6</td><td style="text-align:center">26,037</td></tr> <tr class="CFB-schedule-row" style="background-color:#DDFFDD"><td style="white-space:nowrap">September 30</td><td style="white-space:nowrap">1:00 pm</td><td style="white-space:nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1995_Indiana_Hoosiers_football_team" title="1995 Indiana Hoosiers football team">Indiana</a></td><td style="white-space:nowrap"></td><td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><div class="hlist"><ul><li>Dyche Stadium</li><li>Evanston, IL</li></ul></div></td><td></td><td style="white-space:nowrap"><span style="display:inline-block; font-weight:bold; width:1em">W</span> 31–7</td><td style="text-align:center">29,223</td></tr> <tr class="CFB-schedule-row" style="background-color:#DDFFDD"><td style="white-space:nowrap">October 7</td><td style="white-space:nowrap">11:30 am</td><td style="white-space:nowrap">at No. 7 <a href="/wiki/1995_Michigan_Wolverines_football_team" title="1995 Michigan Wolverines football team">Michigan</a></td><td style="white-space:nowrap">No. 25</td><td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><div class="hlist"><ul><li><a href="/wiki/Michigan_Stadium" title="Michigan Stadium">Michigan Stadium</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Ann_Arbor,_Michigan" title="Ann Arbor, Michigan">Ann Arbor, MI</a> (<a href="/wiki/George_Jewett_Trophy" title="George Jewett Trophy">rivalry</a>)</li></ul></div></td><td>ESPN</td><td style="white-space:nowrap"><span style="display:inline-block; font-weight:bold; width:1em">W</span> 19–13</td><td style="text-align:center">104,642</td></tr> <tr class="CFB-schedule-row" style="background-color:#DDFFDD"><td style="white-space:nowrap">October 14</td><td style="white-space:nowrap">1:00 pm</td><td style="white-space:nowrap">at <a href="/wiki/1995_Minnesota_Golden_Gophers_football_team" title="1995 Minnesota Golden Gophers football team">Minnesota</a></td><td style="white-space:nowrap">No. 14</td><td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><div class="hlist"><ul><li><a href="/wiki/Hubert_H._Humphrey_Metrodome" title="Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome">Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Minneapolis" title="Minneapolis">Minneapolis, MN</a></li></ul></div></td><td></td><td style="white-space:nowrap"><span style="display:inline-block; font-weight:bold; width:1em">W</span> 27–17</td><td style="text-align:center">50,504</td></tr> <tr class="CFB-schedule-row" style="background-color:#DDFFDD"><td style="white-space:nowrap">October 21</td><td style="white-space:nowrap">11:30 am</td><td style="white-space:nowrap">No. 24 <a href="/wiki/1995_Wisconsin_Badgers_football_team" title="1995 Wisconsin Badgers football team">Wisconsin</a><sup class="CFB-schedule-hcgame"><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="dagger" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/37/Dagger-14-plain.png" decoding="async" width="9" height="14" class="mw-file-element" data-file-width="9" data-file-height="14" /></span></span></sup></td><td style="white-space:nowrap">No. 11</td><td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><div class="hlist"><ul><li>Dyche Stadium</li><li>Evanston, IL</li></ul></div></td><td>ESPN2</td><td style="white-space:nowrap"><span style="display:inline-block; font-weight:bold; width:1em">W</span> 35–0</td><td style="text-align:center">49,256</td></tr> <tr class="CFB-schedule-row" style="background-color:#DDFFDD"><td style="white-space:nowrap">October 28</td><td style="white-space:nowrap">11:00 am</td><td style="white-space:nowrap">at <a href="/wiki/1995_Illinois_Fighting_Illini_football_team" title="1995 Illinois Fighting Illini football team">Illinois</a></td><td style="white-space:nowrap">No. 8</td><td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><div class="hlist"><ul><li><a href="/wiki/Memorial_Stadium_(University_of_Illinois)" title="Memorial Stadium (University of Illinois)">Memorial Stadium</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Champaign,_Illinois" title="Champaign, Illinois">Champaign, IL</a> (<a href="/wiki/Illinois%E2%80%93Northwestern_football_rivalry" title="Illinois–Northwestern football rivalry">rivalry</a>)</li></ul></div></td><td><a href="/wiki/SportsChannel_Chicago" class="mw-redirect" title="SportsChannel Chicago">SCC</a></td><td style="white-space:nowrap"><span style="display:inline-block; font-weight:bold; width:1em">W</span> 17–14</td><td style="text-align:center">65,425</td></tr> <tr class="CFB-schedule-row" style="background-color:#DDFFDD"><td style="white-space:nowrap">November 4</td><td style="white-space:nowrap">2:30 pm</td><td style="white-space:nowrap">No. 12 <a href="/wiki/1995_Penn_State_Nittany_Lions_football_team" title="1995 Penn State Nittany Lions football team">Penn State</a></td><td style="white-space:nowrap">No. 6</td><td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><div class="hlist"><ul><li>Dyche Stadium</li><li>Evanston, IL</li></ul></div></td><td><a href="/wiki/College_Football_on_ABC" title="College Football on ABC">ABC</a></td><td style="white-space:nowrap"><span style="display:inline-block; font-weight:bold; width:1em">W</span> 21–10</td><td style="text-align:center">49,256</td></tr> <tr class="CFB-schedule-row" style="background-color:#DDFFDD"><td style="white-space:nowrap">November 11</td><td style="white-space:nowrap">11:00 am</td><td style="white-space:nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1995_Iowa_Hawkeyes_football_team" title="1995 Iowa Hawkeyes football team">Iowa</a></td><td style="white-space:nowrap">No. 5</td><td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><div class="hlist"><ul><li>Dyche Stadium</li><li>Evanston, IL (<i><a href="/wiki/College_GameDay_(football_TV_program)" title="College GameDay (football TV program)">College GameDay</a></i>)</li></ul></div></td><td><a href="/wiki/ESPN_Events" title="ESPN Events">Creative</a></td><td style="white-space:nowrap"><span style="display:inline-block; font-weight:bold; width:1em">W</span> 31–20</td><td style="text-align:center">49,256</td></tr> <tr class="CFB-schedule-row" style="background-color:#DDFFDD"><td style="white-space:nowrap">November 18</td><td style="white-space:nowrap">2:30 pm</td><td style="white-space:nowrap">at <a href="/wiki/1995_Purdue_Boilermakers_football_team" title="1995 Purdue Boilermakers football team">Purdue</a></td><td style="white-space:nowrap">No. 5</td><td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><div class="hlist"><ul><li><a href="/wiki/Ross%E2%80%93Ade_Stadium" title="Ross–Ade Stadium">Ross–Ade Stadium</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/West_Lafayette,_Indiana" title="West Lafayette, Indiana">West Lafayette, IN</a></li></ul></div></td><td>ABC</td><td style="white-space:nowrap"><span style="display:inline-block; font-weight:bold; width:1em">W</span> 23–8</td><td style="text-align:center">47,172</td></tr> <tr class="CFB-schedule-row" style="background-color:#FFDDDD"><td style="white-space:nowrap">January 1</td><td style="white-space:nowrap">3:30 pm</td><td style="white-space:nowrap">vs. No. 17 <a href="/wiki/1995_USC_Trojans_football_team" title="1995 USC Trojans football team">USC</a><span class="CFB-schedule-ncgame">*</span></td><td style="white-space:nowrap">No. 3</td><td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><div class="hlist"><ul><li><a href="/wiki/Rose_Bowl_(stadium)" title="Rose Bowl (stadium)">Rose Bowl</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Pasadena,_California" title="Pasadena, California">Pasadena, CA</a> (<a href="/wiki/1996_Rose_Bowl" title="1996 Rose Bowl">Rose Bowl</a>)</li></ul></div></td><td>ABC</td><td style="white-space:nowrap"><span style="display:inline-block; font-weight:bold; width:1em">L</span> 32–41</td><td style="text-align:center">100,102</td></tr> <tr><td colspan="8" style="font-size:85%"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><div class="hlist"><ul><li>*Non-conference game</li><li><sup class="CFB-schedule-hcgame"><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="dagger" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/37/Dagger-14-plain.png" decoding="async" width="9" height="14" class="mw-file-element" data-file-width="9" data-file-height="14" /></span></span></sup>Homecoming</li><li>Rankings from <a href="/wiki/1995_NCAA_Division_I-A_football_rankings#AP_Poll" title="1995 NCAA Division I-A football rankings">AP Poll</a> released prior to the game</li><li>All times are in <a href="/wiki/Central_Time_Zone" title="Central Time Zone">Central time</a></li></ul></div></td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Roster">Roster</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1995_Northwestern_Wildcats_football_team&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Roster"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="toccolours" style="font-size: 95%;"> <tbody><tr> <th colspan="4" style="text-align:center;background-color:#4E2A84;color:#FFFFFF;">1995 Northwestern Wildcats football team roster </th></tr> <tr style="text-align:center;background-color:#000000;color:#FFFFFF;"> <th colspan="3">Players </th> <th>Coaches </th></tr> <tr> <td style="vertical-align:top;text-align:center;"><b>Offense</b> <table class="sortable" style="background:transparent; color: inherit; margin:0px; width:100%; border-collapse:collapse; line-height:1.1em;"> <tbody><tr> <th>Pos.</th> <th>#</th> <th>Name</th> <th>Class </th></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:center;"><a href="/wiki/Running_back" title="Running back">RB</a> </td> <td style="text-align:center;"><kbd>32</kbd> </td> <td style="text-align:left;"><span data-sort-value="Autry, Adrian"><span class="vcard"><span class="fn">Adrian Autry</span></span></span> </td> <td style="text-align:center; font-size:95%;"><span data-sort-value="3.0 !">So</span> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:center;"><a href="/wiki/Running_back" title="Running back">RB</a> </td> <td style="text-align:center;"><kbd>24</kbd> </td> <td style="text-align:left;"><span data-sort-value="Autry, Darnell"><span class="vcard"><span class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Darnell_Autry" title="Darnell Autry">Darnell Autry</a></span></span></span> </td> <td style="text-align:center; font-size:95%;"><span data-sort-value="3.0 !">So</span> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:center;"><a href="/wiki/Wide_receiver" title="Wide receiver">WR</a> </td> <td style="text-align:center;"><kbd>5</kbd> </td> <td style="text-align:left;"><span data-sort-value="Bates, D'Wayne"><span class="vcard"><span class="fn"><a href="/wiki/D%27Wayne_Bates" title="D'Wayne Bates">D'Wayne Bates</a></span></span></span> </td> <td style="text-align:center; font-size:95%;"><span data-sort-value="1.0 !">Fr</span> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:center;"><a href="/wiki/Wide_receiver" title="Wide receiver">WR</a> </td> <td style="text-align:center;"><kbd>86</kbd> </td> <td style="text-align:left;"><span data-sort-value="Beazley, Dave"><span class="vcard"><span class="fn">Dave Beazley</span></span></span> </td> <td style="text-align:center; font-size:95%;"><span data-sort-value="5.0 !">Jr</span> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:center;"><a href="/wiki/Fullback_(gridiron_football)" title="Fullback (gridiron football)">FB</a> </td> <td style="text-align:center;"><kbd> </kbd> </td> <td style="text-align:left;"><span data-sort-value="Brown, Levelle"><span class="vcard"><span class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Levelle_Brown" title="Levelle Brown">Levelle Brown</a></span></span></span> </td> <td style="text-align:center; font-size:95%;"><span data-sort-value="1.0 !">Fr</span> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:center;"><a href="/wiki/Guard_(gridiron_football)" title="Guard (gridiron football)">G</a> </td> <td style="text-align:center;"><kbd>61</kbd> </td> <td style="text-align:left;"><span data-sort-value="Chabot, Justin"><span class="vcard"><span class="fn">Justin Chabot</span></span></span> </td> <td style="text-align:center; font-size:95%;"><span data-sort-value="5.0 !">Jr</span> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:center;"><a href="/wiki/Tight_end" title="Tight end">TE</a> </td> <td style="text-align:center;"><kbd>83</kbd> </td> <td style="text-align:left;"><span data-sort-value="Drexler, Darren"><span class="vcard"><span class="fn">Darren Drexler</span></span></span> </td> <td style="text-align:center; font-size:95%;"><span data-sort-value="5.0 !">Jr</span> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:center;"><a href="/wiki/Tight_end" title="Tight end">TE</a> </td> <td style="text-align:center;"><kbd>85</kbd> </td> <td style="text-align:left;"><span data-sort-value="Harpring, Brian"><span class="vcard"><span class="fn">Brian Harpring</span></span></span> </td> <td style="text-align:center; font-size:95%;"><span data-sort-value="7.0 !">Sr</span> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:center;"><a href="/wiki/Fullback_(gridiron_football)" title="Fullback (gridiron football)">FB</a> </td> <td style="text-align:center;"><kbd>46</kbd> </td> <td style="text-align:left;"><span data-sort-value="Hartl, Matt"><span class="vcard"><span class="fn">Matt Hartl</span></span></span> </td> <td style="text-align:center; font-size:95%;"><span data-sort-value="5.0 !">Jr</span> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:center;"><a href="/wiki/Quarterback" title="Quarterback">QB</a> </td> <td style="text-align:center;"><kbd>8</kbd> </td> <td style="text-align:left;"><span data-sort-value="Hughes, Tim"><span class="vcard"><span class="fn">Tim Hughes</span></span></span> </td> <td style="text-align:center; font-size:95%;"><span data-sort-value="5.0 !">Jr</span> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:center;"><a href="/wiki/Tackle_(gridiron_football_position)" title="Tackle (gridiron football position)">OT</a> </td> <td style="text-align:center;"><kbd>74</kbd> </td> <td style="text-align:left;"><span data-sort-value="Janus, Paul"><span class="vcard"><span class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Paul_Janus" title="Paul Janus">Paul Janus</a></span></span></span> </td> <td style="text-align:center; font-size:95%;"><span data-sort-value="5.0 !">Jr</span> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:center;"><a href="/wiki/Center_(gridiron_football)" title="Center (gridiron football)">C</a> </td> <td style="text-align:center;"><kbd>57</kbd> </td> <td style="text-align:left;"><span data-sort-value="Johnson, Rob"><span class="vcard"><span class="fn">Rob Johnson</span></span></span> </td> <td style="text-align:center; font-size:95%;"><span data-sort-value="7.0 !">Sr</span> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:center;"><a href="/wiki/Tackle_(gridiron_football_position)" title="Tackle (gridiron football position)">OT</a> </td> <td style="text-align:center;"><kbd>78</kbd> </td> <td style="text-align:left;"><span data-sort-value="Kardos, Brian"><span class="vcard"><span class="fn">Brian Kardos</span></span></span> </td> <td style="text-align:center; font-size:95%;"> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:center;"><a href="/wiki/Wide_receiver" title="Wide receiver">WR</a> </td> <td style="text-align:center;"><kbd>22</kbd> </td> <td style="text-align:left;"><span data-sort-value="Musso, Brian"><span class="vcard"><span class="fn">Brian Musso</span></span></span> </td> <td style="text-align:center; font-size:95%;"><span data-sort-value="3.0 !">So</span> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:center;"><a href="/wiki/Guard_(gridiron_football)" title="Guard (gridiron football)">G</a> </td> <td style="text-align:center;"><kbd>75</kbd> </td> <td style="text-align:left;"><span data-sort-value="Padgett, Ryan"><span class="vcard"><span class="fn">Ryan Padgett</span></span></span> </td> <td style="text-align:center; font-size:95%;"> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:center;"><a href="/wiki/Guard_(gridiron_football)" title="Guard (gridiron football)">G</a> </td> <td style="text-align:center;"><kbd>77</kbd> </td> <td style="text-align:left;"><span data-sort-value="Pugh, Chad"><span class="vcard"><span class="fn">Chad Pugh</span></span></span> </td> <td style="text-align:center; font-size:95%;"> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:center;"><a href="/wiki/Quarterback" title="Quarterback">QB</a> </td> <td style="text-align:center;"><kbd>10</kbd> </td> <td style="text-align:left;"><span data-sort-value="Schnur, Steve"><span class="vcard"><span class="fn">Steve Schnur</span></span></span> </td> <td style="text-align:center; font-size:95%;"><span data-sort-value="5.0 !">Jr</span> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:center;"><a href="/wiki/Wide_receiver" title="Wide receiver">WR</a> </td> <td style="text-align:center;"><kbd>25</kbd> </td> <td style="text-align:left;"><span data-sort-value="Swenson, Jeff"><span class="vcard"><span class="fn">Jeff Swenson</span></span></span> </td> <td style="text-align:center; font-size:95%;"><span data-sort-value="3.0 !">So</span> </td></tr> </tbody></table> </td> <td style="vertical-align:top;text-align:center;"><b>Defense</b> <table class="sortable" style="background:transparent; color: inherit; margin:0px; width:100%; border-right:1px solid #666; border-left:1px solid #666; border-collapse:collapse; line-height:1.1em;"> <tbody><tr> <th>Pos.</th> <th>#</th> <th>Name</th> <th>Class </th></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:center;"><a href="/wiki/Safety_(gridiron_football_position)#Free_safety" title="Safety (gridiron football position)">FS</a> </td> <td style="text-align:center;"><kbd>20</kbd> </td> <td style="text-align:left;"><span data-sort-value="Bennett, William"><span class="vcard"><span class="fn">William Bennett</span></span></span> </td> <td style="text-align:center; font-size:95%;"><span data-sort-value="7.0 !">Sr</span> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:center;"><a href="/wiki/Safety_(gridiron_football_position)#Free_safety" title="Safety (gridiron football position)">FS</a> </td> <td style="text-align:center;"><kbd>54</kbd> </td> <td style="text-align:left;"><span data-sort-value="Moor, Gabriel"><span class="vcard"><span class="fn">Gabriel Moor</span></span></span> </td> <td style="text-align:center; font-size:95%;"><span data-sort-value="1.0 !">Fr</span> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:center;"><a href="/wiki/Safety_(gridiron_football_position)#Strong_safety" title="Safety (gridiron football position)">SS</a> </td> <td style="text-align:center;"><kbd>33</kbd> </td> <td style="text-align:left;"><span data-sort-value="Collier, Eric"><span class="vcard"><span class="fn">Eric Collier</span></span></span> </td> <td style="text-align:center; font-size:95%;"><span data-sort-value="5.0 !">Jr</span> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:center;"><a href="/wiki/Defensive_end" title="Defensive end">DE</a> </td> <td style="text-align:center;"><kbd>36</kbd> </td> <td style="text-align:left;"><span data-sort-value="Dailey, Casey"><span class="vcard"><span class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Casey_Dailey" title="Casey Dailey">Casey Dailey</a></span></span></span> </td> <td style="text-align:center; font-size:95%;"><span data-sort-value="5.0 !">Jr</span> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:center;"><a href="/wiki/Linebacker" title="Linebacker">LB</a> </td> <td style="text-align:center;"><kbd>51</kbd> </td> <td style="text-align:left;"><span data-sort-value="Fitzgerald, Pat"><span class="vcard"><span class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Pat_Fitzgerald" title="Pat Fitzgerald">Pat Fitzgerald</a></span></span></span> <span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Injury_icon_2.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="Injured"><img alt="Injured" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/61/Injury_icon_2.svg/12px-Injury_icon_2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="12" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/61/Injury_icon_2.svg/18px-Injury_icon_2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/61/Injury_icon_2.svg/24px-Injury_icon_2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></a></span> </td> <td style="text-align:center; font-size:95%;"><span data-sort-value="5.0 !">Jr</span> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:center;"><a href="/wiki/Linebacker" title="Linebacker">LB</a> </td> <td style="text-align:center;"><kbd>55</kbd> </td> <td style="text-align:left;"><span data-sort-value="Gardner, Barry"><span class="vcard"><span class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Barry_Gardner" title="Barry Gardner">Barry Gardner</a></span></span></span> </td> <td style="text-align:center; font-size:95%;"><span data-sort-value="1.0 !">Fr</span> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:center;"><a href="/wiki/Linebacker" title="Linebacker">LB</a> </td> <td style="text-align:center;"><kbd>53</kbd> </td> <td style="text-align:left;"><span data-sort-value="Holmes, Don"><span class="vcard"><span class="fn">Don Holmes</span></span></span> </td> <td style="text-align:center; font-size:95%;"><span data-sort-value="5.0 !">Jr</span> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:center;"><a href="/wiki/Cornerback" title="Cornerback">CB</a> </td> <td style="text-align:center;"><kbd>3</kbd> </td> <td style="text-align:left;"><span data-sort-value="Ismaeli, Hudhaifa"><span class="vcard"><span class="fn">Hudhaifa Ismaeli</span></span></span> </td> <td style="text-align:center; font-size:95%;"><span data-sort-value="3.0 !">So</span> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:center;"><a href="/wiki/Linebacker" title="Linebacker">LB</a> </td> <td style="text-align:center;"><kbd>44</kbd> </td> <td style="text-align:left;"><span data-sort-value="Lozowski, Keith"><span class="vcard"><span class="fn">Keith Lozowski</span></span></span> </td> <td style="text-align:center; font-size:95%;"><span data-sort-value="5.0 !">Jr</span> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:center;"><a href="/wiki/Linebacker" title="Linebacker">LB</a> </td> <td style="text-align:center;"><kbd>59</kbd> </td> <td style="text-align:left;"><span data-sort-value="Franklin, BT"><span class="vcard"><span class="fn">BT Franklin</span></span></span> </td> <td style="text-align:center; font-size:95%;"><span data-sort-value="7.0 !">Sr</span> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:center;"><a href="/wiki/Cornerback" title="Cornerback">CB</a> </td> <td style="text-align:center;"><kbd>16</kbd> </td> <td style="text-align:left;"><span data-sort-value="Martin, Chris"><span class="vcard"><span class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Chris_Martin_(defensive_back)" title="Chris Martin (defensive back)">Chris Martin</a></span></span></span> </td> <td style="text-align:center; font-size:95%;"><span data-sort-value="7.0 !">Sr</span> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:center;"><a href="/wiki/Cornerback" title="Cornerback">CB</a> </td> <td style="text-align:center;"><kbd>15</kbd> </td> <td style="text-align:left;"><span data-sort-value="Ray, Rodney"><span class="vcard"><span class="fn">Rodney Ray</span></span></span> </td> <td style="text-align:center; font-size:95%;"><span data-sort-value="7.0 !">Sr</span> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:center;"><a href="/wiki/Lineman_(gridiron_football)#Defensive_line" title="Lineman (gridiron football)">DL</a> </td> <td style="text-align:center;"><kbd>89</kbd> </td> <td style="text-align:left;"><span data-sort-value="Curry, Larry"><span class="vcard"><span class="fn">Larry Curry</span></span></span> </td> <td style="text-align:center; font-size:95%;"><span data-sort-value="7.0 !">Sr</span> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:center;"><a href="/wiki/Lineman_(gridiron_football)#Defensive_line" title="Lineman (gridiron football)">DL</a> </td> <td style="text-align:center;"><kbd>94</kbd> </td> <td style="text-align:left;"><span data-sort-value="Reiff, Joe"><span class="vcard"><span class="fn">Joe Reiff</span></span></span> </td> <td style="text-align:center; font-size:95%;"><span data-sort-value="5.0 !">Jr</span> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:center;"><a href="/wiki/Lineman_(gridiron_football)#Defensive_line" title="Lineman (gridiron football)">DL</a> </td> <td style="text-align:center;"><kbd>95</kbd> </td> <td style="text-align:left;"><span data-sort-value="Rice, Matt"><span class="vcard"><span class="fn">Matt Rice</span></span></span> </td> <td style="text-align:center; font-size:95%;"> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:center;"><a href="/wiki/Lineman_(gridiron_football)#Defensive_line" title="Lineman (gridiron football)">DL</a> </td> <td style="text-align:center;"><kbd>96</kbd> </td> <td style="text-align:left;"><span data-sort-value="Robey, Ray"><span class="vcard"><span class="fn">Ray Robey</span></span></span> </td> <td style="text-align:center; font-size:95%;"> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:center;"><a href="/wiki/Linebacker" title="Linebacker">LB</a> </td> <td style="text-align:center;"><kbd> </kbd> </td> <td style="text-align:left;"><span data-sort-value="Scharf, Tim"><span class="vcard"><span class="fn">Tim Scharf</span></span></span> </td> <td style="text-align:center; font-size:95%;"><span data-sort-value="5.0 !">Jr</span> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:center;"><a href="/wiki/Linebacker" title="Linebacker">LB</a> </td> <td style="text-align:center;"><kbd>47</kbd> </td> <td style="text-align:left;"><span data-sort-value="Shein, Geoff"><span class="vcard"><span class="fn">Geoff Shein</span></span></span> </td> <td style="text-align:center; font-size:95%;"> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:center;"><a href="/wiki/Linebacker" title="Linebacker">LB</a> </td> <td style="text-align:center;"><kbd>50</kbd> </td> <td style="text-align:left;"><span data-sort-value="Sutter, Danny"><span class="vcard"><span class="fn">Danny Sutter</span></span></span> </td> <td style="text-align:center; font-size:95%;"> </td></tr> </tbody></table> </td> <td style="vertical-align:top;text-align:center;"><b>Special teams</b> <table class="sortable" style="background:transparent; color: inherit; margin:0px; width:100%; border-collapse:collapse; line-height:1.1em;"> <tbody><tr> <th>Pos.</th> <th>#</th> <th>Name</th> <th>Class </th></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:center;"><a href="/wiki/Punter_(football)" class="mw-redirect" title="Punter (football)">P</a> </td> <td style="text-align:center;"><kbd>14</kbd> </td> <td style="text-align:left;"><span data-sort-value="Burton, Paul"><span class="vcard"><span class="fn">Paul Burton</span></span></span> </td> <td style="text-align:center; font-size:95%;"><span data-sort-value="5.0 !">Jr</span> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:center;"><a href="/wiki/Placekicker" title="Placekicker">K</a> </td> <td style="text-align:center;"><kbd>13</kbd> </td> <td style="text-align:left;"><span data-sort-value="Gowins, Brian"><span class="vcard"><span class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Brian_Gowins" title="Brian Gowins">Brian Gowins</a></span></span></span> </td> <td style="text-align:center; font-size:95%;"><span data-sort-value="3.0 !">So</span> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:center;"><a href="/wiki/Placekicker" title="Placekicker">K</a> </td> <td style="text-align:center;"><kbd>27</kbd> </td> <td style="text-align:left;"><span data-sort-value="Valenzisi, Sam"><span class="vcard"><span class="fn">Sam Valenzisi</span></span></span> <span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Injury_icon_2.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="Injured"><img alt="Injured" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/61/Injury_icon_2.svg/12px-Injury_icon_2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="12" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/61/Injury_icon_2.svg/18px-Injury_icon_2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/61/Injury_icon_2.svg/24px-Injury_icon_2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></a></span> <b>(C)</b> </td> <td style="text-align:center; font-size:95%;"><span data-sort-value="7.0 !">Sr</span> </td></tr> </tbody></table> </td> <td style="vertical-align:top;"> <dl><dt>Head coach</dt></dl> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Gary_Barnett" title="Gary Barnett">Gary Barnett</a></li></ul> <dl><dt>Coordinators/assistant coaches</dt></dl> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Ron_Vanderlinden" title="Ron Vanderlinden">Ron Vanderlinden</a> – <i>Defensive coordinator</i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gregg_Brandon" title="Gregg Brandon">Gregg Brandon</a> – <i>Wide receivers</i></li> <li>Jerry Brown – <i>Defensive backs</i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jeff_Genyk" title="Jeff Genyk">Jeff Genyk</a></li></ul> <hr /> <dl><dt>Legend</dt></dl> <ul><li><b>(C)</b> Team captain</li> <li><b>(S)</b> Suspended</li> <li><b>(I)</b> Ineligible</li></ul> <ul><li><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Injury_icon_2.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="Injured"><img alt="Injured" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/61/Injury_icon_2.svg/15px-Injury_icon_2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="15" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/61/Injury_icon_2.svg/23px-Injury_icon_2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/61/Injury_icon_2.svg/30px-Injury_icon_2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></a></span> Injured</li> <li><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Redshirt.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="Redshirt"><img alt="Redshirt" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bd/Redshirt.svg/15px-Redshirt.svg.png" decoding="async" width="15" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bd/Redshirt.svg/23px-Redshirt.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bd/Redshirt.svg/30px-Redshirt.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="50" data-file-height="40" /></a></span> Redshirt</li></ul> </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Rankings">Rankings</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1995_Northwestern_Wildcats_football_team&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Rankings"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1236090951">.mw-parser-output .hatnote{font-style:italic}.mw-parser-output div.hatnote{padding-left:1.6em;margin-bottom:0.5em}.mw-parser-output .hatnote i{font-style:normal}.mw-parser-output .hatnote+link+.hatnote{margin-top:-0.5em}@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .hatnote{display:none!important}}</style><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Further information: <a href="/wiki/1995_NCAA_Division_I-A_football_rankings" title="1995 NCAA Division I-A football rankings">1995 NCAA Division I-A football rankings</a></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1083669074">.mw-parser-output table.ranking-movements{white-space:nowrap;text-align:center}.mw-parser-output td.ranking-movements,.mw-parser-output th.ranking-movements{padding-left:5px;padding-right:5px}</style><table class="wikitable ranking-movements"><caption>Ranking movements<br /><small><b>Legend:</b> <span style="color:#D8FFEB">██</span> Increase in ranking <span style="color:#FFE6E6">██</span> Decrease in ranking<br /> — = Not ranked</small></caption><tbody><tr><th></th><th colspan="17">Week</th></tr><tr><th>Poll</th><th>Pre</th><th>1</th><th>2</th><th>3</th><th>4</th><th>5</th><th>6</th><th>7</th><th>8</th><th>9</th><th>10</th><th>11</th><th>12</th><th>13</th><th>14</th><th>15</th><th>Final</th></tr><tr><th><a href="/wiki/AP_Poll" class="mw-redirect" title="AP Poll">AP</a></th><td>—</td><td>—</td><td>—</td><td style="background:#D8FFEB">25</td><td style="background:#FFE6E6">—</td><td>—</td><td style="background:#D8FFEB">25</td><td style="background:#D8FFEB">14</td><td style="background:#D8FFEB">11</td><td style="background:#D8FFEB">8</td><td style="background:#D8FFEB">6</td><td style="background:#D8FFEB">5</td><td>5</td><td style="background:#D8FFEB">4</td><td style="background:#D8FFEB">3</td><td>3</td><td style="background:#FFE6E6">8</td></tr><tr><th><a href="/wiki/Coaches_Poll" title="Coaches Poll">Coaches</a></th><td>—</td><td></td><td>—</td><td>—</td><td>—</td><td>—</td><td>—</td><td style="background:#D8FFEB">17</td><td style="background:#D8FFEB">11</td><td style="background:#D8FFEB">8</td><td style="background:#D8FFEB">6</td><td style="background:#D8FFEB">5</td><td>5</td><td style="background:#D8FFEB">4</td><td style="background:#D8FFEB">3</td><td>3</td><td style="background:#FFE6E6">7</td></tr></tbody></table> <p><sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Game_summaries">Game summaries</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1995_Northwestern_Wildcats_football_team&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Game summaries"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Notre_Dame">Notre Dame</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1995_Northwestern_Wildcats_football_team&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Notre Dame"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">See also: <a href="/wiki/1995_Notre_Dame_Fighting_Irish_football_team" title="1995 Notre Dame Fighting Irish football team">1995 Notre Dame Fighting Irish football team</a> and <a href="/wiki/Northwestern%E2%80%93Notre_Dame_football_rivalry" title="Northwestern–Notre Dame football rivalry">Northwestern–Notre Dame football rivalry</a></div> <div style="border: 1px solid #aaa; padding: 5px; font-size: 95%; margin:auto;"> <div style="width: 100%;"> <div style="background-color:#000000;color:white;box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #4E2A84, inset -2px -2px 0 #4E2A84;; text-align:center"><b>Northwestern Wildcats at <small>#9</small> Notre Dame Fighting Irish</b></div> <table class="wikitable" style="font-size:95%; margin-left:1em; float:right"> <tbody><tr style="text-align:center;"> <th>Quarter</th> <th width="25">1</th> <th width="25">2</th> <th width="25">3</th><th width="25">4</th><th width="25">Total</th> </tr><tr style="text-align:center;"> <td style="text-align:left"><b>Northwestern</b></td> <td>7</td> <td>3</td> <td>7</td><td>0</td><td><b>17</b></td> </tr><tr style="text-align:center;"> <td style="text-align:left">Notre Dame</td> <td>0</td> <td>9</td> <td>0</td><td>6</td><td><b>15</b></td> </tr></tbody></table> <p><i>at <a href="/wiki/Notre_Dame_Stadium" title="Notre Dame Stadium">Notre Dame Stadium</a>, <a href="/wiki/Notre_Dame,_Indiana" title="Notre Dame, Indiana">Notre Dame, Indiana</a></i> </p> <ul><li><b>Date</b>: September 2, 1995</li><li><b>Game time</b>: 1:30 p.m. <a href="/wiki/Central_Standard_Time" class="mw-redirect" title="Central Standard Time">CST</a></li><li><b>Game attendance</b>: 59,075</li><li><b>TV announcers (<a href="/wiki/Notre_Dame_Football_on_NBC" title="Notre Dame Football on NBC">NBC</a>)</b>: <a href="/wiki/Tom_Hammond" title="Tom Hammond">Tom Hammond</a>, <a href="/wiki/Bob_Trumpy" title="Bob Trumpy">Bob Trumpy</a>, <a href="/wiki/John_Dockery" title="John Dockery">John Dockery</a></li><li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://usatoday30.usatoday.com/sports/scores95/95245/95245366.htm">Box Score</a></li> </ul> <div style="clear:both;" class=""></div> </div> <table class="mw-collapsible" style="width: 100%"> <tbody><tr> <th>Game information </th></tr> <tr> <td style="padding-left: 0.5em;"></td></tr><tr><td style="border-top: 1px solid #aaaaaa; border-bottom: 1px solid #aaaaaa;"></td></tr><tr><td><table class="infobox mw-collapsible mw-collapsed nowraplinks" style="border:none; margin:0 0; padding:0 0; width:100%;"><tbody><tr><th colspan="5">Scoring summary</th></tr><tr><td colspan="5" style="border-top: 1px solid #aaaaaa;"></td></tr><tr><td rowspan="1">Q1</td><td style="text-align:right;"><span style="white-space:nowrap;">6:15</span></td><td><span style="white-space:nowrap">NW</span></td><td>Dave Beazley 6-yard pass from Steve Schnur (Valenzisi kick)</td><td><span style="white-space:nowrap">NW 7–0</span></td></tr> <tr><td colspan="5" style="border-top: 1px solid #aaaaaa;"></td></tr><tr><td rowspan="1">Q2</td><td style="text-align:right;"><span style="white-space:nowrap;"></span></td><td><span style="white-space:nowrap">ND</span></td><td>Kevin Kopka 35-yard field goal</td><td><span style="white-space:nowrap">NW 7–3</span></td></tr> <tr><td colspan="5" style="border-top: 1px solid #aaaaaa;"></td></tr><tr><td rowspan="1">Q2</td><td style="text-align:right;"><span style="white-space:nowrap;"></span></td><td><span style="white-space:nowrap">NW</span></td><td>Sam Valenzisi 37-yard field goal</td><td><span style="white-space:nowrap">NW 10–3</span></td></tr> <tr><td colspan="5" style="border-top: 1px solid #aaaaaa;"></td></tr><tr><td rowspan="1">Q2</td><td style="text-align:right;"><span style="white-space:nowrap;">2:35</span></td><td><span style="white-space:nowrap">ND</span></td><td>Robert Farmer 5-yard run (kick failed)</td><td><span style="white-space:nowrap">NW 10–9</span></td></tr> <tr><td colspan="5" style="border-top: 1px solid #aaaaaa;"></td></tr><tr><td rowspan="1">Q3</td><td style="text-align:right;"><span style="white-space:nowrap;"></span></td><td><span style="white-space:nowrap">NW</span></td><td>D'Wayne Bates 26-yard pass from Steve Schnur (Valenzisi kick)</td><td><span style="white-space:nowrap">NW 17–9</span></td></tr> <tr><td colspan="5" style="border-top: 1px solid #aaaaaa;"></td></tr><tr><td rowspan="1">Q4</td><td style="text-align:right;"><span style="white-space:nowrap;">6:15</span></td><td><span style="white-space:nowrap">ND</span></td><td>Randy Kinder 2-yard run (conversion failed)</td><td><span style="white-space:nowrap"><b>NW 17–15</b></span></td></tr> </tbody></table> <p><sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> </td></tr></tbody></table> </div> <div style="clear:both;" class=""></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Miami_(OH)"><span id="Miami_.28OH.29"></span>Miami (OH)</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1995_Northwestern_Wildcats_football_team&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Miami (OH)"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">See also: <a href="/wiki/1995_Miami_Redskins_football_team" title="1995 Miami Redskins football team">1995 Miami Redskins football team</a></div> <p>The Wildcats surrendered a 21-point 4th quarter lead in their first game as a nationally ranked team since 1971. Miami of Ohio's Chad Seitz booted a 20-yard field goal as time expired to give the Redskins the victory. The opposing team was led by future Northwestern head coach <a href="/wiki/Randy_Walker_(American_football_coach)" title="Randy Walker (American football coach)">Randy Walker</a> and his offensive coordinator was <a href="/wiki/Sean_Payton" title="Sean Payton">Sean Payton</a>. This would be the lone regular season blemish on the Wildcats' schedule.<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div style="border: 1px solid #aaa; padding: 5px; font-size: 95%; margin:auto;"> <div style="width: 100%;"> <div style="background-color:#4E2A84;color:#FFFFFF;box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #000000, inset -2px -2px 0 #000000;; text-align:center"><b>Miami (OH) Redskins at <small>#25</small> Northwestern Wildcats</b></div> <table class="wikitable" style="font-size:95%; margin-left:1em; float:right"> <tbody><tr style="text-align:center;"> <th>Quarter</th> <th width="25">1</th> <th width="25">2</th> <th width="25">3</th><th width="25">4</th><th width="25">Total</th> </tr><tr style="text-align:center;"> <td style="text-align:left"><b>Miami (OH)</b></td> <td>0</td> <td>7</td> <td>0</td><td>23</td><td><b>30</b></td> </tr><tr style="text-align:center;"> <td style="text-align:left">Northwestern</td> <td>14</td> <td>7</td> <td>7</td><td>0</td><td><b>28</b></td> </tr></tbody></table> <p><i>at <a href="/wiki/Dyche_Stadium" class="mw-redirect" title="Dyche Stadium">Dyche Stadium</a>, <a href="/wiki/Evanston,_Illinois" title="Evanston, Illinois">Evanston, Illinois</a></i> </p> <ul><li><b>Date</b>: September 16, 1995</li><li><b>Game time</b>: 11:00 a.m. <a href="/wiki/Central_Standard_Time" class="mw-redirect" title="Central Standard Time">CST</a></li><li><b>Game attendance</b>: 26,352</li><li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://usatoday30.usatoday.com/sports/scores95/95259/95259342.htm">Box Score</a></li> </ul> <div style="clear:both;" class=""></div> </div> <table class="mw-collapsible" style="width: 100%"> <tbody><tr> <th>Game information </th></tr> <tr> <td style="padding-left: 0.5em;"></td></tr><tr><td style="border-top: 1px solid #aaaaaa; border-bottom: 1px solid #aaaaaa;"></td></tr><tr><td><table class="infobox mw-collapsible mw-collapsed nowraplinks" style="border:none; margin:0 0; padding:0 0; width:100%;"><tbody><tr><th colspan="5">Scoring summary</th></tr><tr><td colspan="5" style="border-top: 1px solid #aaaaaa;"></td></tr><tr><td rowspan="1">Q1</td><td style="text-align:right;"><span style="white-space:nowrap;">10:50</span></td><td><span style="white-space:nowrap">NW</span></td><td>D'Wayne Bates 27-yard pass from Steve Schnur (Valenzisi kick)</td><td><span style="white-space:nowrap">NW 7–0</span></td></tr> <tr><td colspan="5" style="border-top: 1px solid #aaaaaa;"></td></tr><tr><td rowspan="1">Q1</td><td style="text-align:right;"><span style="white-space:nowrap;">3:40</span></td><td><span style="white-space:nowrap">NW</span></td><td>Darnell Autry 13-yard pass from Steve Schnur (Valenzisi kick)</td><td><span style="white-space:nowrap">NW 14–0</span></td></tr> <tr><td colspan="5" style="border-top: 1px solid #aaaaaa;"></td></tr><tr><td rowspan="1">Q2</td><td style="text-align:right;"><span style="white-space:nowrap;">4:06</span></td><td><span style="white-space:nowrap">NW</span></td><td>D'Wayne Bates 36-yard pass from Steve Schnur (Valenzisi kick)</td><td><span style="white-space:nowrap">NW 21–0</span></td></tr> <tr><td colspan="5" style="border-top: 1px solid #aaaaaa;"></td></tr><tr><td rowspan="1">Q2</td><td style="text-align:right;"><span style="white-space:nowrap;">1:55</span></td><td><span style="white-space:nowrap">M-OH</span></td><td>Dee Osborne 5-yard blocked punt return (Seitz kick)</td><td><span style="white-space:nowrap">NW 21–7</span></td></tr> <tr><td colspan="5" style="border-top: 1px solid #aaaaaa;"></td></tr><tr><td rowspan="1">Q3</td><td style="text-align:right;"><span style="white-space:nowrap;">14:09</span></td><td><span style="white-space:nowrap">NW</span></td><td>Rodney Ray 20-yard interception return (Valenzisi kick)</td><td><span style="white-space:nowrap">NW 28–7</span></td></tr> <tr><td colspan="5" style="border-top: 1px solid #aaaaaa;"></td></tr><tr><td rowspan="1">Q4</td><td style="text-align:right;"><span style="white-space:nowrap;">11:14</span></td><td><span style="white-space:nowrap">M-OH</span></td><td>Jay Hall 5-yard pass from Sam Ricketts (Seitz kick)</td><td><span style="white-space:nowrap">NW 28–14</span></td></tr> <tr><td colspan="5" style="border-top: 1px solid #aaaaaa;"></td></tr><tr><td rowspan="1">Q4</td><td style="text-align:right;"><span style="white-space:nowrap;">8:36</span></td><td><span style="white-space:nowrap">M-OH</span></td><td>Jeremy Adkins 9-yard pass from Sam Ricketts (Seitz kick)</td><td><span style="white-space:nowrap">NW 28–21</span></td></tr> <tr><td colspan="5" style="border-top: 1px solid #aaaaaa;"></td></tr><tr><td rowspan="1">Q4</td><td style="text-align:right;"><span style="white-space:nowrap;">2:22</span></td><td><span style="white-space:nowrap">M-OH</span></td><td>Ty King 2-yard run (conversion failed)</td><td><span style="white-space:nowrap">NW 28–27</span></td></tr> <tr><td colspan="5" style="border-top: 1px solid #aaaaaa;"></td></tr><tr><td rowspan="1">Q4</td><td style="text-align:right;"><span style="white-space:nowrap;">0:00</span></td><td><span style="white-space:nowrap">M-OH</span></td><td>Chad Seitz 20-yard field goal</td><td><span style="white-space:nowrap"><b>MIAMI 30–28</b></span></td></tr> </tbody></table> </td></tr></tbody></table> </div> <div style="clear:both;" class=""></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Air_Force">Air Force</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1995_Northwestern_Wildcats_football_team&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Air Force"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">See also: <a href="/wiki/1995_Air_Force_Falcons_football_team" title="1995 Air Force Falcons football team">1995 Air Force Falcons football team</a></div> <div style="border: 1px solid #aaa; padding: 5px; font-size: 95%; margin:auto;"> <div style="width: 100%;"> <div style="background-color:#4E2A84;color:#FFFFFF;box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #000000, inset -2px -2px 0 #000000;; text-align:center"><b>Air Force Falcons at Northwestern Wildcats</b></div> <table class="wikitable" style="font-size:95%; margin-left:1em; float:right"> <tbody><tr style="text-align:center;"> <th>Quarter</th> <th width="25">1</th> <th width="25">2</th> <th width="25">3</th><th width="25">4</th><th width="25">Total</th> </tr><tr style="text-align:center;"> <td style="text-align:left">Air Force</td> <td>0</td> <td>6</td> <td>0</td><td>0</td><td><b>6</b></td> </tr><tr style="text-align:center;"> <td style="text-align:left"><b>Northwestern</b></td> <td>10</td> <td>6</td> <td>0</td><td>14</td><td><b>30</b></td> </tr></tbody></table> <p><i>at <a href="/wiki/Dyche_Stadium" class="mw-redirect" title="Dyche Stadium">Dyche Stadium</a>, <a href="/wiki/Evanston,_Illinois" title="Evanston, Illinois">Evanston, Illinois</a></i> </p> <ul><li><b>Date</b>: September 23, 1995</li><li><b>Game time</b>: 11:30 a.m. <a href="/wiki/Central_Standard_Time" class="mw-redirect" title="Central Standard Time">CST</a></li><li><b>Game attendance</b>: 26,037</li><li><sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> </ul> <div style="clear:both;" class=""></div> </div> <table class="mw-collapsible" style="width: 100%"> <tbody><tr> <th>Game information </th></tr> <tr> <td style="padding-left: 0.5em;"></td></tr><tr><td style="border-top: 1px solid #aaaaaa; border-bottom: 1px solid #aaaaaa;"></td></tr><tr><td><table class="infobox mw-collapsible mw-collapsed nowraplinks" style="border:none; margin:0 0; padding:0 0; width:100%;"><tbody><tr><th colspan="5">Scoring summary</th></tr><tr><td colspan="5" style="border-top: 1px solid #aaaaaa;"></td></tr><tr><td rowspan="1">Q1</td><td style="text-align:right;"><span style="white-space:nowrap;">7:21</span></td><td><span style="white-space:nowrap">NW</span></td><td>Sam Valenzisi 46-yard field goal</td><td><span style="white-space:nowrap">NW 3–0</span></td></tr> <tr><td colspan="5" style="border-top: 1px solid #aaaaaa;"></td></tr><tr><td rowspan="1">Q1</td><td style="text-align:right;"><span style="white-space:nowrap;">4:19</span></td><td><span style="white-space:nowrap">NW</span></td><td>Darnell Autry 1-yard run (Valenzisi kick)</td><td><span style="white-space:nowrap">NW 10–0</span></td></tr> <tr><td colspan="5" style="border-top: 1px solid #aaaaaa;"></td></tr><tr><td rowspan="1">Q2</td><td style="text-align:right;"><span style="white-space:nowrap;">13:09</span></td><td><span style="white-space:nowrap">AF</span></td><td>Randy Roberts 26-yard field goal</td><td><span style="white-space:nowrap">NW 10–3</span></td></tr> <tr><td colspan="5" style="border-top: 1px solid #aaaaaa;"></td></tr><tr><td rowspan="1">Q2</td><td style="text-align:right;"><span style="white-space:nowrap;">9:36</span></td><td><span style="white-space:nowrap">NW</span></td><td>Sam Valenzisi 26-yard field goal</td><td><span style="white-space:nowrap">NW 13–3</span></td></tr> <tr><td colspan="5" style="border-top: 1px solid #aaaaaa;"></td></tr><tr><td rowspan="1">Q2</td><td style="text-align:right;"><span style="white-space:nowrap;">7:16</span></td><td><span style="white-space:nowrap">NW</span></td><td>Sam Valenzisi 35-yard field goal</td><td><span style="white-space:nowrap">NW 16–3</span></td></tr> <tr><td colspan="5" style="border-top: 1px solid #aaaaaa;"></td></tr><tr><td rowspan="1">Q2</td><td style="text-align:right;"><span style="white-space:nowrap;">0:31</span></td><td><span style="white-space:nowrap">AF</span></td><td>Randy Roberts 39-yard field goal</td><td><span style="white-space:nowrap">NW 16–6</span></td></tr> <tr><td colspan="5" style="border-top: 1px solid #aaaaaa;"></td></tr><tr><td rowspan="1">Q4</td><td style="text-align:right;"><span style="white-space:nowrap;">14:57</span></td><td><span style="white-space:nowrap">NW</span></td><td>Darnell Autry 6-yard run (Valenzisi kick)</td><td><span style="white-space:nowrap">NW 23–6</span></td></tr> <tr><td colspan="5" style="border-top: 1px solid #aaaaaa;"></td></tr><tr><td rowspan="1">Q4</td><td style="text-align:right;"><span style="white-space:nowrap;">8:37</span></td><td><span style="white-space:nowrap">NW</span></td><td>Adrian Autry 5-yard run (Valenzisi kick)</td><td><span style="white-space:nowrap"><b>NW 30–6</b></span></td></tr> </tbody></table> </td></tr></tbody></table> </div> <div style="clear:both;" class=""></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Indiana">Indiana</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1995_Northwestern_Wildcats_football_team&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Indiana"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">See also: <a href="/wiki/1995_Indiana_Hoosiers_football_team" title="1995 Indiana Hoosiers football team">1995 Indiana Hoosiers football team</a></div> <div style="border: 1px solid #aaa; padding: 5px; font-size: 95%; margin:auto;"> <div style="width: 100%;"> <div style="background-color:#4E2A84;color:#FFFFFF;box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #000000, inset -2px -2px 0 #000000;; text-align:center"><b>Indiana Hoosiers at Northwestern Wildcats</b></div> <table class="wikitable" style="font-size:95%; margin-left:1em; float:right"> <tbody><tr style="text-align:center;"> <th>Quarter</th> <th width="25">1</th> <th width="25">2</th> <th width="25">3</th><th width="25">4</th><th width="25">Total</th> </tr><tr style="text-align:center;"> <td style="text-align:left">Indiana</td> <td>0</td> <td>7</td> <td>0</td><td>0</td><td><b>7</b></td> </tr><tr style="text-align:center;"> <td style="text-align:left"><b>Northwestern</b></td> <td>3</td> <td>7</td> <td>11</td><td>10</td><td><b>31</b></td> </tr></tbody></table> <p><i>at <a href="/wiki/Dyche_Stadium" class="mw-redirect" title="Dyche Stadium">Dyche Stadium</a>, <a href="/wiki/Evanston,_Illinois" title="Evanston, Illinois">Evanston, Illinois</a></i> </p> <ul><li><b>Date</b>: September 30, 1995</li><li><b>Game time</b>: 1:00 p.m. <a href="/wiki/Central_Standard_Time" class="mw-redirect" title="Central Standard Time">CST</a></li><li><b>Game attendance</b>: 29,223</li><li><sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> </ul> <div style="clear:both;" class=""></div> </div> <table class="mw-collapsible" style="width: 100%"> <tbody><tr> <th>Game information </th></tr> <tr> <td style="padding-left: 0.5em;"></td></tr><tr><td style="border-top: 1px solid #aaaaaa; border-bottom: 1px solid #aaaaaa;"></td></tr><tr><td><table class="infobox mw-collapsible mw-collapsed nowraplinks" style="border:none; margin:0 0; padding:0 0; width:100%;"><tbody><tr><th colspan="5">Scoring summary</th></tr><tr><td colspan="5" style="border-top: 1px solid #aaaaaa;"></td></tr><tr><td rowspan="1">Q1</td><td style="text-align:right;"><span style="white-space:nowrap;">0:01</span></td><td><span style="white-space:nowrap">NW</span></td><td>Sam Valenzisi 40-yard field goal</td><td><span style="white-space:nowrap">NW 3–0</span></td></tr> <tr><td colspan="5" style="border-top: 1px solid #aaaaaa;"></td></tr><tr><td rowspan="1">Q2</td><td style="text-align:right;"><span style="white-space:nowrap;">9:26</span></td><td><span style="white-space:nowrap">IND</span></td><td>Chris Dittoe 2-yard run (Manolopoulos kick)</td><td><span style="white-space:nowrap">Indiana 7–3</span></td></tr> <tr><td colspan="5" style="border-top: 1px solid #aaaaaa;"></td></tr><tr><td rowspan="1">Q2</td><td style="text-align:right;"><span style="white-space:nowrap;">5:27</span></td><td><span style="white-space:nowrap">NW</span></td><td>Darnell Autry 42-yard run (Valenzisi kick)</td><td><span style="white-space:nowrap">NW 10–7</span></td></tr> <tr><td colspan="5" style="border-top: 1px solid #aaaaaa;"></td></tr><tr><td rowspan="1">Q3</td><td style="text-align:right;"><span style="white-space:nowrap;">7:04</span></td><td><span style="white-space:nowrap">NW</span></td><td>Sam Valenzisi 34-yard field goal</td><td><span style="white-space:nowrap">NW 13–7</span></td></tr> <tr><td colspan="5" style="border-top: 1px solid #aaaaaa;"></td></tr><tr><td rowspan="1">Q3</td><td style="text-align:right;"><span style="white-space:nowrap;">4:24</span></td><td><span style="white-space:nowrap">NW</span></td><td>Darnell Autry 6-yard run (Beazley pass from Schnur)</td><td><span style="white-space:nowrap">NW 21–7</span></td></tr> <tr><td colspan="5" style="border-top: 1px solid #aaaaaa;"></td></tr><tr><td rowspan="1">Q4</td><td style="text-align:right;"><span style="white-space:nowrap;">9:06</span></td><td><span style="white-space:nowrap">NW</span></td><td>Casey Dailey 43-yard fumble return (Valenzisi kick)</td><td><span style="white-space:nowrap">NW 28–7</span></td></tr> <tr><td colspan="5" style="border-top: 1px solid #aaaaaa;"></td></tr><tr><td rowspan="1">Q4</td><td style="text-align:right;"><span style="white-space:nowrap;">6:30</span></td><td><span style="white-space:nowrap">NW</span></td><td>Sam Valenzisi 32-yard field goal</td><td><span style="white-space:nowrap"><b>NW 31–7</b></span></td></tr> </tbody></table> </td></tr></tbody></table> </div> <div style="clear:both;" class=""></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Michigan">Michigan</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1995_Northwestern_Wildcats_football_team&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Michigan"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">See also: <a href="/wiki/1995_Michigan_Wolverines_football_team" title="1995 Michigan Wolverines football team">1995 Michigan Wolverines football team</a></div> <div style="border: 1px solid #aaa; padding: 5px; font-size: 95%; margin:auto;"> <div style="width: 100%;"> <div style="background-color:#000000;color:white;box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #4E2A84, inset -2px -2px 0 #4E2A84;; text-align:center"><b><small>#25</small> Northwestern Wildcats at <small>#7</small> Michigan Wolverines</b></div> <table class="wikitable" style="font-size:95%; margin-left:1em; float:right"> <tbody><tr style="text-align:center;"> <th>Quarter</th> <th width="25">1</th> <th width="25">2</th> <th width="25">3</th><th width="25">4</th><th width="25">Total</th> </tr><tr style="text-align:center;"> <td style="text-align:left"><b>Northwestern</b></td> <td>0</td> <td>6</td> <td>3</td><td>10</td><td><b>19</b></td> </tr><tr style="text-align:center;"> <td style="text-align:left">Michigan</td> <td>3</td> <td>3</td> <td>7</td><td>0</td><td><b>13</b></td> </tr></tbody></table> <p><i>at <a href="/wiki/Michigan_Stadium" title="Michigan Stadium">Michigan Stadium</a>, <a href="/wiki/Ann_Arbor,_Michigan" title="Ann Arbor, Michigan">Ann Arbor, Michigan</a></i> </p> <ul><li><b>Date</b>: October 7, 1995</li><li><b>Game time</b>: 11:30 a.m. <a href="/wiki/Central_Standard_Time" class="mw-redirect" title="Central Standard Time">CST</a></li><li><b>Game attendance</b>: 104,642</li><li><b>TV</b>: <a href="/wiki/ESPN" title="ESPN">ESPN</a></li><li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://usatoday30.usatoday.com/sports/scores95/95280/95280333.htm">Box Score</a></li> </ul> <div style="clear:both;" class=""></div> </div> <table class="mw-collapsible" style="width: 100%"> <tbody><tr> <th>Game information </th></tr> <tr> <td style="padding-left: 0.5em;"></td></tr><tr><td style="border-top: 1px solid #aaaaaa; border-bottom: 1px solid #aaaaaa;"></td></tr><tr><td><table class="infobox mw-collapsible mw-collapsed nowraplinks" style="border:none; margin:0 0; padding:0 0; width:100%;"><tbody><tr><th colspan="5">Scoring summary</th></tr><tr><td colspan="5" style="border-top: 1px solid #aaaaaa;"></td></tr><tr><td rowspan="1">Q1</td><td style="text-align:right;"><span style="white-space:nowrap;">9:33</span></td><td><span style="white-space:nowrap">Mich</span></td><td>Remy Hamilton 41-yard field goal</td><td><span style="white-space:nowrap">Mich 3–0</span></td></tr> <tr><td colspan="5" style="border-top: 1px solid #aaaaaa;"></td></tr><tr><td rowspan="1">Q2</td><td style="text-align:right;"><span style="white-space:nowrap;">12:43</span></td><td><span style="white-space:nowrap">Mich</span></td><td>Remy Hamilton 21-yard field goal</td><td><span style="white-space:nowrap">Mich 6–0</span></td></tr> <tr><td colspan="5" style="border-top: 1px solid #aaaaaa;"></td></tr><tr><td rowspan="1">Q2</td><td style="text-align:right;"><span style="white-space:nowrap;">4:15</span></td><td><span style="white-space:nowrap">NW</span></td><td>Sam Valenzisi 29-yard field goal</td><td><span style="white-space:nowrap">Mich 6–3</span></td></tr> <tr><td colspan="5" style="border-top: 1px solid #aaaaaa;"></td></tr><tr><td rowspan="1">Q2</td><td style="text-align:right;"><span style="white-space:nowrap;">0:01</span></td><td><span style="white-space:nowrap">NW</span></td><td>Sam Valenzisi 28-yard field goal</td><td><span style="white-space:nowrap">Tied 6–6</span></td></tr> <tr><td colspan="5" style="border-top: 1px solid #aaaaaa;"></td></tr><tr><td rowspan="1">Q3</td><td style="text-align:right;"><span style="white-space:nowrap;">8:02</span></td><td><span style="white-space:nowrap">Mich</span></td><td><a href="/wiki/Brian_Griese" title="Brian Griese">Brian Griese</a> 3-yard run (Hamilton kick)</td><td><span style="white-space:nowrap">Mich 13–6</span></td></tr> <tr><td colspan="5" style="border-top: 1px solid #aaaaaa;"></td></tr><tr><td rowspan="1">Q3</td><td style="text-align:right;"><span style="white-space:nowrap;">3:48</span></td><td><span style="white-space:nowrap">NW</span></td><td>Sam Valenzisi 32-yard field goal</td><td><span style="white-space:nowrap">Mich 13–9</span></td></tr> <tr><td colspan="5" style="border-top: 1px solid #aaaaaa;"></td></tr><tr><td rowspan="1">Q4</td><td style="text-align:right;"><span style="white-space:nowrap;">12:42</span></td><td><span style="white-space:nowrap">NW</span></td><td>Matt Hartl 2-yard pass from Steve Schnur (Valenzisi kick)</td><td><span style="white-space:nowrap">NW 16–13</span></td></tr> <tr><td colspan="5" style="border-top: 1px solid #aaaaaa;"></td></tr><tr><td rowspan="1">Q4</td><td style="text-align:right;"><span style="white-space:nowrap;">8:42</span></td><td><span style="white-space:nowrap">NW</span></td><td>Sam Valenzisi 22-yard field goal</td><td><span style="white-space:nowrap"><b>NW 19–13</b></span></td></tr> </tbody></table> </td></tr></tbody></table> </div> <div style="clear:both;" class=""></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Minnesota">Minnesota</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1995_Northwestern_Wildcats_football_team&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: Minnesota"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">See also: <a href="/wiki/1995_Minnesota_Golden_Gophers_football_team" title="1995 Minnesota Golden Gophers football team">1995 Minnesota Golden Gophers football team</a></div> <p>After falling behind 14–3 early in the second quarter, the Wildcats scored the next 24 points to take control of the game. Darnell Autry ran for 169 yards and 3 touchdowns, including a 73-yard burst early in the fourth quarter.<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div style="border: 1px solid #aaa; padding: 5px; font-size: 95%; margin:auto;"> <div style="width: 100%;"> <div style="background-color:#000000;color:white;box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #4E2A84, inset -2px -2px 0 #4E2A84;; text-align:center"><b><small>#14</small> Northwestern Wildcats at Minnesota Golden Gophers</b></div> <table class="wikitable" style="font-size:95%; margin-left:1em; float:right"> <tbody><tr style="text-align:center;"> <th>Quarter</th> <th width="25">1</th> <th width="25">2</th> <th width="25">3</th><th width="25">4</th><th width="25">Total</th> </tr><tr style="text-align:center;"> <td style="text-align:left"><b>Northwestern</b></td> <td>3</td> <td>11</td> <td>7</td><td>6</td><td><b>27</b></td> </tr><tr style="text-align:center;"> <td style="text-align:left">Minnesota</td> <td>7</td> <td>7</td> <td>0</td><td>3</td><td><b>17</b></td> </tr></tbody></table> <p><i>at <a href="/wiki/Hubert_H._Humphrey_Metrodome" title="Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome">Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome</a>, <a href="/wiki/Minneapolis,_Minnesota" class="mw-redirect" title="Minneapolis, Minnesota">Minneapolis, Minnesota</a></i> </p> <ul><li><b>Date</b>: October 14, 1995</li><li><b>Game time</b>: 1:00 p.m. <a href="/wiki/Central_Standard_Time" class="mw-redirect" title="Central Standard Time">CST</a></li><li><b>Game attendance</b>: 50,504</li><li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://usatoday30.usatoday.com/sports/scores95/95287/95287422.htm">Box Score</a></li> </ul> <div style="clear:both;" class=""></div> </div> <table class="mw-collapsible" style="width: 100%"> <tbody><tr> <th>Game information </th></tr> <tr> <td style="padding-left: 0.5em;"></td></tr><tr><td style="border-top: 1px solid #aaaaaa; border-bottom: 1px solid #aaaaaa;"></td></tr><tr><td><table class="infobox mw-collapsible mw-collapsed nowraplinks" style="border:none; margin:0 0; padding:0 0; width:100%;"><tbody><tr><th colspan="5">Scoring summary</th></tr><tr><td colspan="5" style="border-top: 1px solid #aaaaaa;"></td></tr><tr><td rowspan="1">Q1</td><td style="text-align:right;"><span style="white-space:nowrap;">3:49</span></td><td><span style="white-space:nowrap">NW</span></td><td>Sam Valenzisi 29-yard field goal</td><td><span style="white-space:nowrap">NW 3–0</span></td></tr> <tr><td colspan="5" style="border-top: 1px solid #aaaaaa;"></td></tr><tr><td rowspan="1">Q1</td><td style="text-align:right;"><span style="white-space:nowrap;">0:30</span></td><td><span style="white-space:nowrap">Minn</span></td><td>Paul Kratochvil 4-yard pass from Cory Sauter (Chalberg kick)</td><td><span style="white-space:nowrap">Minn 7–3</span></td></tr> <tr><td colspan="5" style="border-top: 1px solid #aaaaaa;"></td></tr><tr><td rowspan="1">Q2</td><td style="text-align:right;"><span style="white-space:nowrap;">13:08</span></td><td><span style="white-space:nowrap">Minn</span></td><td>Chris Darkins 6-yard run (Chalberg kick)</td><td><span style="white-space:nowrap">Minn 14–3</span></td></tr> <tr><td colspan="5" style="border-top: 1px solid #aaaaaa;"></td></tr><tr><td rowspan="1">Q2</td><td style="text-align:right;"><span style="white-space:nowrap;">9:47</span></td><td><span style="white-space:nowrap">NW</span></td><td>Sam Valenzisi 29-yard field goal</td><td><span style="white-space:nowrap">Minn 14–6</span></td></tr> <tr><td colspan="5" style="border-top: 1px solid #aaaaaa;"></td></tr><tr><td rowspan="1">Q2</td><td style="text-align:right;"><span style="white-space:nowrap;">5:42</span></td><td><span style="white-space:nowrap">NW</span></td><td>Darnell Autry 18-yard run (D'Wayne Bates pass from Steve Schnur)</td><td><span style="white-space:nowrap">Tied 14–14</span></td></tr> <tr><td colspan="5" style="border-top: 1px solid #aaaaaa;"></td></tr><tr><td rowspan="1">Q3</td><td style="text-align:right;"><span style="white-space:nowrap;">3:57</span></td><td><span style="white-space:nowrap">NW</span></td><td>Darnell Autry 11-yard run (Valenzisi kick)</td><td><span style="white-space:nowrap">NW 21–14</span></td></tr> <tr><td colspan="5" style="border-top: 1px solid #aaaaaa;"></td></tr><tr><td rowspan="1">Q4</td><td style="text-align:right;"><span style="white-space:nowrap;">12:21</span></td><td><span style="white-space:nowrap">NW</span></td><td>Darnell Autry 73-yard run (Valenzisi kick)</td><td><span style="white-space:nowrap">NW 27–14</span></td></tr> <tr><td colspan="5" style="border-top: 1px solid #aaaaaa;"></td></tr><tr><td rowspan="1">Q4</td><td style="text-align:right;"><span style="white-space:nowrap;">8:51</span></td><td><span style="white-space:nowrap">Minn</span></td><td>Mike Chalberg 47-yard field goal</td><td><span style="white-space:nowrap"><b>NW 27–17</b></span></td></tr> </tbody></table> </td></tr></tbody></table> </div> <div style="clear:both;" class=""></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Wisconsin">Wisconsin</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1995_Northwestern_Wildcats_football_team&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: Wisconsin"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">See also: <a href="/wiki/1995_Wisconsin_Badgers_football_team" title="1995 Wisconsin Badgers football team">1995 Wisconsin Badgers football team</a></div> <p>The Wildcats forced 7 Badger turnovers (Wisconsin had 6 total in their first five games) in a triumphant homecoming matchup. The game marked the first sellout at Northwestern since 1984.<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div style="border: 1px solid #aaa; padding: 5px; font-size: 95%; margin:auto;"> <div style="width: 100%;"> <div style="background-color:#4E2A84;color:#FFFFFF;box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #000000, inset -2px -2px 0 #000000;; text-align:center"><b><small>#24</small> Wisconsin Badgers at <small>#11</small> Northwestern Wildcats</b></div> <table class="wikitable" style="font-size:95%; margin-left:1em; float:right"> <tbody><tr style="text-align:center;"> <th>Quarter</th> <th width="25">1</th> <th width="25">2</th> <th width="25">3</th><th width="25">4</th><th width="25">Total</th> </tr><tr style="text-align:center;"> <td style="text-align:left">Wisconsin</td> <td>0</td> <td>0</td> <td>0</td><td>0</td><td><b>0</b></td> </tr><tr style="text-align:center;"> <td style="text-align:left"><b>Northwestern</b></td> <td>10</td> <td>3</td> <td>6</td><td>16</td><td><b>35</b></td> </tr></tbody></table> <p><i>at <a href="/wiki/Dyche_Stadium" class="mw-redirect" title="Dyche Stadium">Dyche Stadium</a>, <a href="/wiki/Evanston,_Illinois" title="Evanston, Illinois">Evanston, Illinois</a></i> </p> <ul><li><b>Date</b>: October 21, 1995</li><li><b>Game time</b>: 11:30 a.m. <a href="/wiki/Central_Standard_Time" class="mw-redirect" title="Central Standard Time">CST</a></li><li><b>Game attendance</b>: 49,256</li><li><b>TV</b>: <a href="/wiki/ESPN2" title="ESPN2">ESPN2</a></li><li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://usatoday30.usatoday.com/sports/scores95/95259/95259342.htm">Box Score</a></li> </ul> <div style="clear:both;" class=""></div> </div> <table class="mw-collapsible" style="width: 100%"> <tbody><tr> <th>Game information </th></tr> <tr> <td style="padding-left: 0.5em;"></td></tr><tr><td style="border-top: 1px solid #aaaaaa; border-bottom: 1px solid #aaaaaa;"></td></tr><tr><td><table class="infobox mw-collapsible mw-collapsed nowraplinks" style="border:none; margin:0 0; padding:0 0; width:100%;"><tbody><tr><th colspan="5">Scoring summary</th></tr><tr><td colspan="5" style="border-top: 1px solid #aaaaaa;"></td></tr><tr><td rowspan="1">Q1</td><td style="text-align:right;"><span style="white-space:nowrap;">7:22</span></td><td><span style="white-space:nowrap">NW</span></td><td>Steve Schnur 1-yard run (Valenzisi kick)</td><td><span style="white-space:nowrap">NW 7–0</span></td></tr> <tr><td colspan="5" style="border-top: 1px solid #aaaaaa;"></td></tr><tr><td rowspan="1">Q2</td><td style="text-align:right;"><span style="white-space:nowrap;">2:39</span></td><td><span style="white-space:nowrap">NW</span></td><td>Sam Valenzisi 32-yard field goal</td><td><span style="white-space:nowrap">NW 10–0</span></td></tr> <tr><td colspan="5" style="border-top: 1px solid #aaaaaa;"></td></tr><tr><td rowspan="1">Q2</td><td style="text-align:right;"><span style="white-space:nowrap;">0:56</span></td><td><span style="white-space:nowrap">NW</span></td><td>Sam Valenzisi 26-yard field goal</td><td><span style="white-space:nowrap">NW 13–0</span></td></tr> <tr><td colspan="5" style="border-top: 1px solid #aaaaaa;"></td></tr><tr><td rowspan="1">Q3</td><td style="text-align:right;"><span style="white-space:nowrap;">13:21</span></td><td><span style="white-space:nowrap">NW</span></td><td>Darnell Autry 32-yard pass from Steve Schnur (conversion failed)</td><td><span style="white-space:nowrap">NW 19–0</span></td></tr> <tr><td colspan="5" style="border-top: 1px solid #aaaaaa;"></td></tr><tr><td rowspan="1">Q4</td><td style="text-align:right;"><span style="white-space:nowrap;">13:34</span></td><td><span style="white-space:nowrap">NW</span></td><td>Darnell Autry 3-yard run (Valenzisi kick)</td><td><span style="white-space:nowrap">NW 26–0</span></td></tr> <tr><td colspan="5" style="border-top: 1px solid #aaaaaa;"></td></tr><tr><td rowspan="1">Q4</td><td style="text-align:right;"><span style="white-space:nowrap;">11:03</span></td><td><span style="white-space:nowrap">NW</span></td><td>Brian Gowins 40-yard field goal</td><td><span style="white-space:nowrap">NW 29–0</span></td></tr> <tr><td colspan="5" style="border-top: 1px solid #aaaaaa;"></td></tr><tr><td rowspan="1">Q4</td><td style="text-align:right;"><span style="white-space:nowrap;">7:29</span></td><td><span style="white-space:nowrap">NW</span></td><td>Levelle Brown 38-yard run (PAT failed)</td><td><span style="white-space:nowrap"><b>NW 35–0</b></span></td></tr> </tbody></table> </td></tr></tbody></table> </div> <div style="clear:both;" class=""></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Illinois">Illinois</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1995_Northwestern_Wildcats_football_team&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: Illinois"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">See also: <a href="/wiki/1995_Illinois_Fighting_Illini_football_team" title="1995 Illinois Fighting Illini football team">1995 Illinois Fighting Illini football team</a> and <a href="/wiki/Illinois%E2%80%93Northwestern_football_rivalry" title="Illinois–Northwestern football rivalry">Illinois–Northwestern football rivalry</a></div> <div style="border: 1px solid #aaa; padding: 5px; font-size: 95%; margin:auto;"> <div style="width: 100%;"> <div style="background-color:#000000;color:white;box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #4E2A84, inset -2px -2px 0 #4E2A84;; text-align:center"><b><small>#8</small> Northwestern Wildcats at Illinois Fighting Illini</b></div> <table class="wikitable" style="font-size:95%; margin-left:1em; float:right"> <tbody><tr style="text-align:center;"> <th>Quarter</th> <th width="25">1</th> <th width="25">2</th> <th width="25">3</th><th width="25">4</th><th width="25">Total</th> </tr><tr style="text-align:center;"> <td style="text-align:left"><b>Northwestern</b></td> <td>0</td> <td>10</td> <td>0</td><td>7</td><td><b>17</b></td> </tr><tr style="text-align:center;"> <td style="text-align:left">Illinois</td> <td>7</td> <td>7</td> <td>0</td><td>0</td><td><b>14</b></td> </tr></tbody></table> <p><i>at <a href="/wiki/Memorial_Stadium,_Champaign" class="mw-redirect" title="Memorial Stadium, Champaign">Memorial Stadium</a>, <a href="/wiki/Champaign,_Illinois" title="Champaign, Illinois">Champaign, Illinois</a></i> </p> <ul><li><b>Date</b>: October 28, 1995</li><li><b>Game time</b>: 11:00 a.m. <a href="/wiki/Central_Standard_Time" class="mw-redirect" title="Central Standard Time">CST</a></li><li><b>Game attendance</b>: 65,425</li><li><b>TV</b>: <a href="/wiki/SportsChannel_Chicago" class="mw-redirect" title="SportsChannel Chicago">SCC</a></li><li><sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> </ul> <div style="clear:both;" class=""></div> </div> <table class="mw-collapsible" style="width: 100%"> <tbody><tr> <th>Game information </th></tr> <tr> <td style="padding-left: 0.5em;"></td></tr><tr><td style="border-top: 1px solid #aaaaaa; border-bottom: 1px solid #aaaaaa;"></td></tr><tr><td><table class="infobox mw-collapsible mw-collapsed nowraplinks" style="border:none; margin:0 0; padding:0 0; width:100%;"><tbody><tr><th colspan="5">Scoring summary</th></tr><tr><td colspan="5" style="border-top: 1px solid #aaaaaa;"></td></tr><tr><td rowspan="1">Q1</td><td style="text-align:right;"><span style="white-space:nowrap;">9:41</span></td><td><span style="white-space:nowrap">ILL</span></td><td>Weaver 1-yard run (Scheuplein kick)</td><td><span style="white-space:nowrap">Ill 7–0</span></td></tr> <tr><td colspan="5" style="border-top: 1px solid #aaaaaa;"></td></tr><tr><td rowspan="1">Q2</td><td style="text-align:right;"><span style="white-space:nowrap;">10:32</span></td><td><span style="white-space:nowrap">ILL</span></td><td><a href="/wiki/Robert_Holcombe" title="Robert Holcombe">Robert Holcombe</a> 7-yard run (Scheuplein kick)</td><td><span style="white-space:nowrap">Ill 14–0</span></td></tr> <tr><td colspan="5" style="border-top: 1px solid #aaaaaa;"></td></tr><tr><td rowspan="1">Q2</td><td style="text-align:right;"><span style="white-space:nowrap;">8:12</span></td><td><span style="white-space:nowrap">NW</span></td><td>Brian Gowins 49-yard field goal</td><td><span style="white-space:nowrap">Ill 14–3</span></td></tr> <tr><td colspan="5" style="border-top: 1px solid #aaaaaa;"></td></tr><tr><td rowspan="1">Q2</td><td style="text-align:right;"><span style="white-space:nowrap;">4:33</span></td><td><span style="white-space:nowrap">NW</span></td><td>D'Wayne Bates 43-yard pass from Steve Schnur (Gowins kick)</td><td><span style="white-space:nowrap">Ill 14–10</span></td></tr> <tr><td colspan="5" style="border-top: 1px solid #aaaaaa;"></td></tr><tr><td rowspan="1">Q4</td><td style="text-align:right;"><span style="white-space:nowrap;">6:14</span></td><td><span style="white-space:nowrap">NW</span></td><td>Darnell Autry 1-yard run (Gowins kick)</td><td><span style="white-space:nowrap"><b>NW 17–14</b></span></td></tr> </tbody></table> </td></tr></tbody></table> </div> <div style="clear:both;" class=""></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Penn_State">Penn State</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1995_Northwestern_Wildcats_football_team&action=edit&section=13" title="Edit section: Penn State"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">See also: <a href="/wiki/1995_Penn_State_Nittany_Lions_football_team" title="1995 Penn State Nittany Lions football team">1995 Penn State Nittany Lions football team</a></div> <div style="border: 1px solid #aaa; padding: 5px; font-size: 95%; margin:auto;"> <div style="width: 100%;"> <div style="background-color:#4E2A84;color:#FFFFFF;box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #000000, inset -2px -2px 0 #000000;; text-align:center"><b><small>#12</small> Penn State Nittany Lions at <small>#6</small> Northwestern Wildcats</b></div> <table class="wikitable" style="font-size:95%; margin-left:1em; float:right"> <tbody><tr style="text-align:center;"> <th>Quarter</th> <th width="25">1</th> <th width="25">2</th> <th width="25">3</th><th width="25">4</th><th width="25">Total</th> </tr><tr style="text-align:center;"> <td style="text-align:left">Penn State</td> <td>0</td> <td>7</td> <td>3</td><td>0</td><td><b>10</b></td> </tr><tr style="text-align:center;"> <td style="text-align:left"><b>Northwestern</b></td> <td>7</td> <td>7</td> <td>0</td><td>7</td><td><b>21</b></td> </tr></tbody></table> <p><i>at <a href="/wiki/Dyche_Stadium" class="mw-redirect" title="Dyche Stadium">Dyche Stadium</a>, <a href="/wiki/Evanston,_Illinois" title="Evanston, Illinois">Evanston, Illinois</a></i> </p> <ul><li><b>Date</b>: November 4, 1995</li><li><b>Game time</b>: 2:30 p.m. <a href="/wiki/Central_Standard_Time" class="mw-redirect" title="Central Standard Time">CST</a></li><li><b>Game attendance</b>: 49,256</li><li><b>TV announcers (<a href="/wiki/ABC_Sports" class="mw-redirect" title="ABC Sports">ABC</a>)</b>: <a href="/wiki/Keith_Jackson" title="Keith Jackson">Keith Jackson</a>, <a href="/wiki/Bob_Griese" title="Bob Griese">Bob Griese</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Lynn_Swann" title="Lynn Swann">Lynn Swann</a></li><li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://usatoday30.usatoday.com/sports/scores95/95259/95259342.htm">Box Score</a></li> </ul> <div style="clear:both;" class=""></div> </div> <table class="mw-collapsible" style="width: 100%"> <tbody><tr> <th>Game information </th></tr> <tr> <td style="padding-left: 0.5em;"></td></tr><tr><td style="border-top: 1px solid #aaaaaa; border-bottom: 1px solid #aaaaaa;"></td></tr><tr><td><table class="infobox mw-collapsible mw-collapsed nowraplinks" style="border:none; margin:0 0; padding:0 0; width:100%;"><tbody><tr><th colspan="5">Scoring summary</th></tr><tr><td colspan="5" style="border-top: 1px solid #aaaaaa;"></td></tr><tr><td rowspan="1">Q1</td><td style="text-align:right;"><span style="white-space:nowrap;">8:47</span></td><td><span style="white-space:nowrap">NW</span></td><td>Darnell Autry 2-yard run (Gowins kick)</td><td><span style="white-space:nowrap">NW 7–0</span></td></tr> <tr><td colspan="5" style="border-top: 1px solid #aaaaaa;"></td></tr><tr><td rowspan="1">Q2</td><td style="text-align:right;"><span style="white-space:nowrap;">8:07</span></td><td><span style="white-space:nowrap">NW</span></td><td>Darnell Autry 11-yard run (Gowins kick)</td><td><span style="white-space:nowrap">NW 14–0</span></td></tr> <tr><td colspan="5" style="border-top: 1px solid #aaaaaa;"></td></tr><tr><td rowspan="1">Q2</td><td style="text-align:right;"><span style="white-space:nowrap;">0:48</span></td><td><span style="white-space:nowrap">PSU</span></td><td>Olsommer 5-yard pass from Richardson (Conway kick)</td><td><span style="white-space:nowrap">NW 14–7</span></td></tr> <tr><td colspan="5" style="border-top: 1px solid #aaaaaa;"></td></tr><tr><td rowspan="1">Q3</td><td style="text-align:right;"><span style="white-space:nowrap;">8:32</span></td><td><span style="white-space:nowrap">PSU</span></td><td>Conway 24-yard field goal</td><td><span style="white-space:nowrap">NW 14–10</span></td></tr> <tr><td colspan="5" style="border-top: 1px solid #aaaaaa;"></td></tr><tr><td rowspan="1">Q4</td><td style="text-align:right;"><span style="white-space:nowrap;">11:03</span></td><td><span style="white-space:nowrap">NW</span></td><td>Darnell Autry 1-yard run (Gowins kick)</td><td><span style="white-space:nowrap"><b>NW 21–10</b></span></td></tr> </tbody></table> <p><sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> </td></tr></tbody></table> </div> <div style="clear:both;" class=""></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Iowa">Iowa</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1995_Northwestern_Wildcats_football_team&action=edit&section=14" title="Edit section: Iowa"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">See also: <a href="/wiki/1995_Iowa_Hawkeyes_football_team" title="1995 Iowa Hawkeyes football team">1995 Iowa Hawkeyes football team</a> and <a href="/wiki/College_GameDay_(football)" class="mw-redirect" title="College GameDay (football)">College GameDay (football)</a></div> <div style="border: 1px solid #aaa; padding: 5px; font-size: 95%; margin:auto;"> <div style="width: 100%;"> <div style="background-color:#4E2A84;color:#FFFFFF;box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #000000, inset -2px -2px 0 #000000;; text-align:center"><b>Iowa Hawkeyes at <small>#5</small> Northwestern Wildcats</b></div> <table class="wikitable" style="font-size:95%; margin-left:1em; float:right"> <tbody><tr style="text-align:center;"> <th>Quarter</th> <th width="25">1</th> <th width="25">2</th> <th width="25">3</th><th width="25">4</th><th width="25">Total</th> </tr><tr style="text-align:center;"> <td style="text-align:left">Iowa</td> <td>0</td> <td>20</td> <td>0</td><td>0</td><td><b>20</b></td> </tr><tr style="text-align:center;"> <td style="text-align:left"><b>Northwestern</b></td> <td>3</td> <td>14</td> <td>7</td><td>7</td><td><b>31</b></td> </tr></tbody></table> <p><i>at <a href="/wiki/Dyche_Stadium" class="mw-redirect" title="Dyche Stadium">Dyche Stadium</a>, <a href="/wiki/Evanston,_Illinois" title="Evanston, Illinois">Evanston, Illinois</a></i> </p> <ul><li><b>Date</b>: November 11, 1995</li><li><b>Game time</b>: 11:00 a.m. <a href="/wiki/Central_Standard_Time" class="mw-redirect" title="Central Standard Time">CST</a></li><li><b>Game weather</b>: 26 °F (−3 °C), Overcast, Wind N 30 mph (48 km/h)</li><li><b>Game attendance</b>: 49,256</li><li><b>Referee</b>: David Witvoet</li><li><b>TV announcers (Creative Sports)</b>: <a href="/wiki/Wayne_Larrivee" title="Wayne Larrivee">Wayne Larrivee</a>, <a href="/wiki/Randy_Wright" title="Randy Wright">Randy Wright</a>, and Jim Barber</li><li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://usatoday30.usatoday.com/sports/scores95/95259/95259342.htm">Box Score</a></li> </ul> <div style="clear:both;" class=""></div> </div> <table class="mw-collapsible" style="width: 100%"> <tbody><tr> <th>Game information </th></tr> <tr> <td style="padding-left: 0.5em;"></td></tr><tr><td style="border-top: 1px solid #aaaaaa; border-bottom: 1px solid #aaaaaa;"></td></tr><tr><td><table class="infobox mw-collapsible mw-collapsed nowraplinks" style="border:none; margin:0 0; padding:0 0; width:100%;"><tbody><tr><th colspan="5">Scoring summary</th></tr><tr><td colspan="5" style="border-top: 1px solid #aaaaaa;"></td></tr><tr><td rowspan="1">1</td><td style="text-align:right;"><span style="white-space:nowrap;">6:24</span></td><td><span style="white-space:nowrap">NW</span></td><td>Brian Gowins 50-yard field goal</td><td><span style="white-space:nowrap">NW 3–0</span></td></tr> <tr><td colspan="5" style="border-top: 1px solid #aaaaaa;"></td></tr><tr><td rowspan="1">2</td><td style="text-align:right;"><span style="white-space:nowrap;">13:03</span></td><td><span style="white-space:nowrap">IOWA</span></td><td>Sedrick Shaw 1-yard run (Bromert kick)</td><td><span style="white-space:nowrap">IOWA 7–3</span></td></tr> <tr><td colspan="5" style="border-top: 1px solid #aaaaaa;"></td></tr><tr><td rowspan="1">2</td><td style="text-align:right;"><span style="white-space:nowrap;">8:25</span></td><td><span style="white-space:nowrap">IOWA</span></td><td>Tom Knight 28-yard interception return (Bromert kick)</td><td><span style="white-space:nowrap">IOWA 14–3</span></td></tr> <tr><td colspan="5" style="border-top: 1px solid #aaaaaa;"></td></tr><tr><td rowspan="1">2</td><td style="text-align:right;"><span style="white-space:nowrap;">6:44</span></td><td><span style="white-space:nowrap">NW</span></td><td>Darren Drexler 21-yard pass from <a href="/wiki/Steve_Schnur" title="Steve Schnur">Steve Schnur</a> (Gowins kick)</td><td><span style="white-space:nowrap">IOWA 14–10</span></td></tr> <tr><td colspan="5" style="border-top: 1px solid #aaaaaa;"></td></tr><tr><td rowspan="1">2</td><td style="text-align:right;"><span style="white-space:nowrap;">5:05</span></td><td><span style="white-space:nowrap">NW</span></td><td>Brian Musso 60-yard punt return (Gowins kick)</td><td><span style="white-space:nowrap">NW 17–14</span></td></tr> <tr><td colspan="5" style="border-top: 1px solid #aaaaaa;"></td></tr><tr><td rowspan="1">2</td><td style="text-align:right;"><span style="white-space:nowrap;">1:31</span></td><td><span style="white-space:nowrap">IOWA</span></td><td>Scott Slutzker 39-yard pass from Matt Sherman (kick failed)</td><td><span style="white-space:nowrap">IOWA 20–17</span></td></tr> <tr><td colspan="5" style="border-top: 1px solid #aaaaaa;"></td></tr><tr><td rowspan="1">3</td><td style="text-align:right;"><span style="white-space:nowrap;">11:08</span></td><td><span style="white-space:nowrap">NW</span></td><td><a href="/wiki/Darnell_Autry" title="Darnell Autry">Darnell Autry</a> 3-yard run (Gowins kick)</td><td><span style="white-space:nowrap">NW 24–20</span></td></tr> <tr><td colspan="5" style="border-top: 1px solid #aaaaaa;"></td></tr><tr><td rowspan="1">4</td><td style="text-align:right;"><span style="white-space:nowrap;">2:56</span></td><td><span style="white-space:nowrap">NW</span></td><td>Hudhaifa Ismaeli 31-yard fumble return (Gowins kick)</td><td><span style="white-space:nowrap"><b>NW 31–20</b></span></td></tr> </tbody></table> <p><sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> </td></tr></tbody></table> </div> <div style="clear:both;" class=""></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Purdue">Purdue</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1995_Northwestern_Wildcats_football_team&action=edit&section=15" title="Edit section: Purdue"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">See also: <a href="/wiki/1995_Purdue_Boilermakers_football_team" title="1995 Purdue Boilermakers football team">1995 Purdue Boilermakers football team</a></div> <p>Northwestern got two big scoring plays in the first half – a 76-yard interception return for a touchdown by Chris Martin and a 72-yard touchdown reception by D'Wayne Bates – to take control. Darnell Autry carried the ball 32 times for a career-high 226 yards.<sup id="cite_ref-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-20" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div style="border: 1px solid #aaa; padding: 5px; font-size: 95%; margin:auto;"> <div style="width: 100%;"> <div style="background-color:#000000;color:white;box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #4E2A84, inset -2px -2px 0 #4E2A84;; text-align:center"><b><small>#5</small> Northwestern Wildcats at Purdue Boilermakers</b></div> <table class="wikitable" style="font-size:95%; margin-left:1em; float:right"> <tbody><tr style="text-align:center;"> <th>Quarter</th> <th width="25">1</th> <th width="25">2</th> <th width="25">3</th><th width="25">4</th><th width="25">Total</th> </tr><tr style="text-align:center;"> <td style="text-align:left"><b>Northwestern</b></td> <td>7</td> <td>7</td> <td>9</td><td>0</td><td><b>23</b></td> </tr><tr style="text-align:center;"> <td style="text-align:left">Purdue</td> <td>0</td> <td>0</td> <td>0</td><td>8</td><td><b>8</b></td> </tr></tbody></table> <p><i>at <a href="/wiki/Ross%E2%80%93Ade_Stadium" title="Ross–Ade Stadium">Ross–Ade Stadium</a>, <a href="/wiki/West_Lafayette,_Indiana" title="West Lafayette, Indiana">West Lafayette, Indiana</a></i> </p> <ul><li><b>Date</b>: November 18, 1995</li><li><b>Game time</b>: 2:30 p.m. <a href="/wiki/Central_Standard_Time" class="mw-redirect" title="Central Standard Time">CST</a></li><li><b>Game attendance</b>: 47,172</li><li><b>TV</b>: <a href="/wiki/ABC_Sports" class="mw-redirect" title="ABC Sports">ABC</a></li><li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://usatoday30.usatoday.com/sports/scores95/95322/95322403.htm">Box Score</a></li> </ul> <div style="clear:both;" class=""></div> </div> <table class="mw-collapsible" style="width: 100%"> <tbody><tr> <th>Game information </th></tr> <tr> <td style="padding-left: 0.5em;"></td></tr><tr><td style="border-top: 1px solid #aaaaaa; border-bottom: 1px solid #aaaaaa;"></td></tr><tr><td><table class="infobox mw-collapsible mw-collapsed nowraplinks" style="border:none; margin:0 0; padding:0 0; width:100%;"><tbody><tr><th colspan="5">Scoring summary</th></tr><tr><td colspan="5" style="border-top: 1px solid #aaaaaa;"></td></tr><tr><td rowspan="1">Q1</td><td style="text-align:right;"><span style="white-space:nowrap;">7:47</span></td><td><span style="white-space:nowrap">NW</span></td><td>Chris Martin 76-yard interception return (Gowins kick)</td><td><span style="white-space:nowrap">NW 7–0</span></td></tr> <tr><td colspan="5" style="border-top: 1px solid #aaaaaa;"></td></tr><tr><td rowspan="1">Q2</td><td style="text-align:right;"><span style="white-space:nowrap;">3:10</span></td><td><span style="white-space:nowrap">NW</span></td><td>D'Wayne Bates 72-yard pass from Steve Schnur (Gowins kick)</td><td><span style="white-space:nowrap">NW 14–0</span></td></tr> <tr><td colspan="5" style="border-top: 1px solid #aaaaaa;"></td></tr><tr><td rowspan="1">Q3</td><td style="text-align:right;"><span style="white-space:nowrap;">13:53</span></td><td><span style="white-space:nowrap">NW</span></td><td>Safety</td><td><span style="white-space:nowrap">NW 16–0</span></td></tr> <tr><td colspan="5" style="border-top: 1px solid #aaaaaa;"></td></tr><tr><td rowspan="1">Q3</td><td style="text-align:right;"><span style="white-space:nowrap;">13:38</span></td><td><span style="white-space:nowrap">NW</span></td><td>Steve Schnur 1-yard run (Gowins kick)</td><td><span style="white-space:nowrap">NW 23–0</span></td></tr> <tr><td colspan="5" style="border-top: 1px solid #aaaaaa;"></td></tr><tr><td rowspan="1">Q4</td><td style="text-align:right;"><span style="white-space:nowrap;">10:30</span></td><td><span style="white-space:nowrap">PUR</span></td><td>Watson 3-yard run (<a href="/wiki/Mike_Alstott" title="Mike Alstott">Alstott</a> reception)</td><td><span style="white-space:nowrap"><b>NW 23–8</b></span></td></tr> </tbody></table> </td></tr></tbody></table> </div> <div style="clear:both;" class=""></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Rose_Bowl">Rose Bowl</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1995_Northwestern_Wildcats_football_team&action=edit&section=16" title="Edit section: Rose Bowl"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">See also: <a href="/wiki/1995_USC_Trojans_football_team" title="1995 USC Trojans football team">1995 USC Trojans football team</a> and <a href="/wiki/1996_Rose_Bowl" title="1996 Rose Bowl">1996 Rose Bowl</a></div> <div style="border: 1px solid #aaa; padding: 5px; font-size: 95%; margin:auto;"> <div style="width: 100%;"> <div style="background-color:#4E2A84;color:#FFFFFF;box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #000000, inset -2px -2px 0 #000000;; text-align:center"><b><small>#3</small> Northwestern Wildcats vs. <small>#17</small> USC Trojans</b></div> <table class="wikitable" style="font-size:95%; margin-left:1em; float:right"> <tbody><tr style="text-align:center;"> <th>Quarter</th> <th width="25">1</th> <th width="25">2</th> <th width="25">3</th><th width="25">4</th><th width="25">Total</th> </tr><tr style="text-align:center;"> <td style="text-align:left">Northwestern</td> <td>7</td> <td>3</td> <td>16</td><td>6</td><td><b>32</b></td> </tr><tr style="text-align:center;"> <td style="text-align:left"><b>USC</b></td> <td>7</td> <td>17</td> <td>7</td><td>10</td><td><b>41</b></td> </tr></tbody></table> <p><i>at <a href="/wiki/Rose_Bowl_(stadium)" title="Rose Bowl (stadium)">Rose Bowl</a>, <a href="/wiki/Pasadena,_California" title="Pasadena, California">Pasadena, California</a></i> </p> <ul><li><b>Date</b>: January 1, 1996</li><li><b>Game time</b>: 4:00 p.m. <a href="/wiki/Central_Standard_Time" class="mw-redirect" title="Central Standard Time">CST</a></li><li><b>Game attendance</b>: 100,102</li><li><b>Referee</b>: Randy Christal</li><li><b>TV announcers (<a href="/wiki/ABC_Sports" class="mw-redirect" title="ABC Sports">ABC</a>)</b>: <a href="/wiki/Keith_Jackson" title="Keith Jackson">Keith Jackson</a>, <a href="/wiki/Bob_Griese" title="Bob Griese">Bob Griese</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Lynn_Swann" title="Lynn Swann">Lynn Swann</a></li><li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=lE4xAAAAIBAJ&sjid=cAMEAAAAIBAJ&pg=1614%2C247206">Box Score</a></li> </ul> <div style="clear:both;" class=""></div> </div> <table class="mw-collapsible" style="width: 100%"> <tbody><tr> <th>Game information </th></tr> <tr> <td style="padding-left: 0.5em;"></td></tr><tr><td style="border-top: 1px solid #aaaaaa; border-bottom: 1px solid #aaaaaa;"></td></tr><tr><td><table class="infobox mw-collapsible mw-collapsed nowraplinks" style="border:none; margin:0 0; padding:0 0; width:100%;"><tbody><tr><th colspan="5">Scoring summary</th></tr><tr><td colspan="5" style="border-top: 1px solid #aaaaaa;"></td></tr><tr><td rowspan="1">Q1</td><td style="text-align:right;"><span style="white-space:nowrap;">10:02</span></td><td><span style="white-space:nowrap">USC</span></td><td>Lavale Woods 1-yard run (Abrams kick)</td><td><span style="white-space:nowrap">USC 7–0</span></td></tr> <tr><td colspan="5" style="border-top: 1px solid #aaaaaa;"></td></tr><tr><td rowspan="1">Q1</td><td style="text-align:right;"><span style="white-space:nowrap;">6:05</span></td><td><span style="white-space:nowrap">NW</span></td><td>Darnell Autry 3-yard run (Gowins kick)</td><td><span style="white-space:nowrap">Tied 7–7</span></td></tr> <tr><td colspan="5" style="border-top: 1px solid #aaaaaa;"></td></tr><tr><td rowspan="1">Q2</td><td style="text-align:right;"><span style="white-space:nowrap;">13:05</span></td><td><span style="white-space:nowrap">USC</span></td><td>Terry Barnum 21-yard pass from <a href="/wiki/Brad_Otton" title="Brad Otton">Brad Otton</a> (Abrams kick)</td><td><span style="white-space:nowrap">USC 14–7</span></td></tr> <tr><td colspan="5" style="border-top: 1px solid #aaaaaa;"></td></tr><tr><td rowspan="1">Q2</td><td style="text-align:right;"><span style="white-space:nowrap;">3:29</span></td><td><span style="white-space:nowrap">USC</span></td><td>Adam Abrams 30-yard field goal</td><td><span style="white-space:nowrap">USC 17–7</span></td></tr> <tr><td colspan="5" style="border-top: 1px solid #aaaaaa;"></td></tr><tr><td rowspan="1">Q2</td><td style="text-align:right;"><span style="white-space:nowrap;">2:56</span></td><td><span style="white-space:nowrap">USC</span></td><td>Daylon McCutcheon 53-yard fumble return (Abrams kick)</td><td><span style="white-space:nowrap">USC 24–7</span></td></tr> <tr><td colspan="5" style="border-top: 1px solid #aaaaaa;"></td></tr><tr><td rowspan="1">Q2</td><td style="text-align:right;"><span style="white-space:nowrap;">0:02</span></td><td><span style="white-space:nowrap">NW</span></td><td>Brian Gowins 29-yard field goal</td><td><span style="white-space:nowrap">USC 24–10</span></td></tr> <tr><td colspan="5" style="border-top: 1px solid #aaaaaa;"></td></tr><tr><td rowspan="1">Q3</td><td style="text-align:right;"><span style="white-space:nowrap;">11:01</span></td><td><span style="white-space:nowrap">NW</span></td><td>Brian Gowins 28-yard field goal</td><td><span style="white-space:nowrap">USC 24–13</span></td></tr> <tr><td colspan="5" style="border-top: 1px solid #aaaaaa;"></td></tr><tr><td rowspan="1">Q3</td><td style="text-align:right;"><span style="white-space:nowrap;">8:17</span></td><td><span style="white-space:nowrap">NW</span></td><td>Darnell Autry 3-yard run (conversion failed)</td><td><span style="white-space:nowrap">USC 24–19</span></td></tr> <tr><td colspan="5" style="border-top: 1px solid #aaaaaa;"></td></tr><tr><td rowspan="1">Q2</td><td style="text-align:right;"><span style="white-space:nowrap;">6:08</span></td><td><span style="white-space:nowrap">USC</span></td><td><a href="/wiki/Keyshawn_Johnson" title="Keyshawn Johnson">Keyshawn Johnson</a> 56-yard pass from Brad Otton (Abrams kick)</td><td><span style="white-space:nowrap">USC 31–19</span></td></tr> <tr><td colspan="5" style="border-top: 1px solid #aaaaaa;"></td></tr><tr><td rowspan="1">Q3</td><td style="text-align:right;"><span style="white-space:nowrap;">2:58</span></td><td><span style="white-space:nowrap">NW</span></td><td>Steve Schnur 1-yard run (Gowins kick)</td><td><span style="white-space:nowrap">USC 31–26</span></td></tr> <tr><td colspan="5" style="border-top: 1px solid #aaaaaa;"></td></tr><tr><td rowspan="1">Q4</td><td style="text-align:right;"><span style="white-space:nowrap;">13:01</span></td><td><span style="white-space:nowrap">NW</span></td><td>Darnell Autry 2-yard run (conversion failed)</td><td><span style="white-space:nowrap">NW 32–31</span></td></tr> <tr><td colspan="5" style="border-top: 1px solid #aaaaaa;"></td></tr><tr><td rowspan="1">Q4</td><td style="text-align:right;"><span style="white-space:nowrap;">9:09</span></td><td><span style="white-space:nowrap">USC</span></td><td>Adam Abrams 46-yard field goal</td><td><span style="white-space:nowrap">USC 34–32</span></td></tr> <tr><td colspan="5" style="border-top: 1px solid #aaaaaa;"></td></tr><tr><td rowspan="1">Q4</td><td style="text-align:right;"><span style="white-space:nowrap;">2:55</span></td><td><span style="white-space:nowrap">USC</span></td><td>Delon Washington 2-yard run (Abrams kick)</td><td><span style="white-space:nowrap"><b>USC 41–32</b></span></td></tr> </tbody></table> </td></tr></tbody></table> </div> <p><sup id="cite_ref-21" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <sup 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"Bear" Bryant Award">Paul "Bear" Bryant Award</a>, <a href="/wiki/Walter_Camp_Coach_of_the_Year" class="mw-redirect" title="Walter Camp Coach of the Year">Walter Camp Coach of the Year</a>, <a href="/wiki/Big_Ten_Conference_football_individual_awards#Dave_McClain_/_Hayes–Schembechler_Coach_of_the_Year" title="Big Ten Conference football individual awards">Big Ten Coach of the Year</a></li> <li>Linebacker <a href="/wiki/Pat_Fitzgerald" title="Pat Fitzgerald">Pat Fitzgerald</a>: <a href="/wiki/Chuck_Bednarik_Award" title="Chuck Bednarik Award">Chuck Bednarik Award</a>, <a href="/wiki/Bronko_Nagurski_Trophy" title="Bronko Nagurski Trophy">Bronko Nagurski Trophy</a>, <a href="/wiki/Big_Ten_Conference_football_individual_awards#Nagurski.E2.80.93Woodson_Defensive_Player_of_the_Year" title="Big Ten Conference football individual awards">Big Ten Defensive Player of the Year</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="1995_team_players_in_the_NFL">1995 team players in the 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Northwestern Purple football team">1890</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1891_Northwestern_Purple_football_team" title="1891 Northwestern Purple football team">1891</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1892_Northwestern_Purple_football_team" title="1892 Northwestern Purple football team">1892</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1893_Northwestern_Purple_football_team" title="1893 Northwestern Purple football team">1893</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1894_Northwestern_Purple_football_team" title="1894 Northwestern Purple football team">1894</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1895_Northwestern_Purple_football_team" title="1895 Northwestern Purple football team">1895</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1896_Northwestern_Purple_football_team" title="1896 Northwestern Purple football team">1896</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1897_Northwestern_Purple_football_team" title="1897 Northwestern Purple football team">1897</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1898_Northwestern_Purple_football_team" title="1898 Northwestern Purple football team">1898</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1899_Northwestern_Purple_football_team" title="1899 Northwestern Purple football team">1899</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1900_Northwestern_Purple_football_team" title="1900 Northwestern Purple football team">1900</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1901_Northwestern_Purple_football_team" title="1901 Northwestern Purple football team">1901</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1902_Northwestern_Purple_football_team" title="1902 Northwestern Purple football team">1902</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1903_Northwestern_Purple_football_team" title="1903 Northwestern Purple football team">1903</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1904_Northwestern_Purple_football_team" title="1904 Northwestern Purple football team">1904</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1905_Northwestern_Purple_football_team" title="1905 Northwestern Purple football team">1905</a></li> <li><span style="color:gray">1906–1907</span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1908_Northwestern_Purple_football_team" title="1908 Northwestern Purple football team">1908</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1909_Northwestern_Purple_football_team" title="1909 Northwestern Purple football team">1909</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1910_Northwestern_Purple_football_team" title="1910 Northwestern Purple football team">1910</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1911_Northwestern_Purple_football_team" title="1911 Northwestern Purple football team">1911</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1912_Northwestern_Purple_football_team" title="1912 Northwestern Purple football team">1912</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1913_Northwestern_Purple_football_team" title="1913 Northwestern Purple football team">1913</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1914_Northwestern_Purple_football_team" title="1914 Northwestern Purple football team">1914</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1915_Northwestern_Purple_football_team" title="1915 Northwestern Purple football team">1915</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1916_Northwestern_Purple_football_team" title="1916 Northwestern Purple football team">1916</a></li> 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style="font-size:114%;margin:0 4em"><a href="/wiki/List_of_Big_Ten_Conference_football_champions" title="List of Big Ten Conference football champions"><span style="color:#FFFFFF;">Big Ten Conference</span></a> football champions</div></th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background-color:#0088CE;color:white;box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #000000, inset -2px -2px 0 #000000;;width:1%">Western Conference</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1896_Wisconsin_Badgers_football_team" title="1896 Wisconsin Badgers football team">Wisconsin</a> (1896)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1897_Wisconsin_Badgers_football_team" title="1897 Wisconsin Badgers football team">Wisconsin</a> (1897)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1898_Michigan_Wolverines_football_team" title="1898 Michigan Wolverines football team">Michigan</a> (1898)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1899_Chicago_Maroons_football_team" title="1899 Chicago Maroons football team">Chicago</a> (1899)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1900_Iowa_Hawkeyes_football_team" title="1900 Iowa Hawkeyes football team">Iowa</a> & <a href="/wiki/1900_Minnesota_Golden_Gophers_football_team" title="1900 Minnesota Golden Gophers football team">Minnesota</a> (1900)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><b><a href="/wiki/1901_Michigan_Wolverines_football_team" title="1901 Michigan Wolverines football team">Michigan</a></b> & <a href="/wiki/1901_Wisconsin_Badgers_football_team" title="1901 Wisconsin Badgers football team">Wisconsin</a> (1901)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><b><a href="/wiki/1902_Michigan_Wolverines_football_team" title="1902 Michigan Wolverines football team">Michigan</a></b> (1902)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><b><a href="/wiki/1903_Michigan_Wolverines_football_team" title="1903 Michigan Wolverines football team">Michigan</a></b>, <a href="/wiki/1903_Minnesota_Golden_Gophers_football_team" title="1903 Minnesota Golden Gophers football team">Minnesota</a>, & <a href="/wiki/1903_Northwestern_Purple_football_team" title="1903 Northwestern Purple football team">Northwestern</a> (1903)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><b><a href="/wiki/1904_Michigan_Wolverines_football_team" title="1904 Michigan Wolverines football team">Michigan</a></b> & <b><a href="/wiki/1904_Minnesota_Golden_Gophers_football_team" title="1904 Minnesota Golden Gophers football team">Minnesota</a></b> (1904)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><b><a href="/wiki/1905_Chicago_Maroons_football_team" title="1905 Chicago Maroons football team">Chicago</a></b> (1905)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1906_Michigan_Wolverines_football_team" title="1906 Michigan Wolverines football team">Michigan</a>, <a href="/wiki/1906_Minnesota_Golden_Gophers_football_team" title="1906 Minnesota Golden Gophers football team">Minnesota</a>, & <a href="/wiki/1906_Wisconsin_Badgers_football_team" title="1906 Wisconsin Badgers football team">Wisconsin</a> (1906)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1907_Chicago_Maroons_football_team" title="1907 Chicago Maroons football team">Chicago</a> (1907)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1908_Chicago_Maroons_football_team" title="1908 Chicago Maroons football team">Chicago</a> (1908)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1909_Minnesota_Golden_Gophers_football_team" title="1909 Minnesota Golden Gophers football team">Minnesota</a> (1909)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1910_Illinois_Fighting_Illini_football_team" title="1910 Illinois Fighting Illini football team">Illinois</a> & <a href="/wiki/1910_Minnesota_Golden_Gophers_football_team" title="1910 Minnesota Golden Gophers football team">Minnesota</a> (1910)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1911_Minnesota_Golden_Gophers_football_team" title="1911 Minnesota Golden Gophers football team">Minnesota</a> (1911)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1912_Wisconsin_Badgers_football_team" title="1912 Wisconsin Badgers football team">Wisconsin</a> (1912)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><b><a href="/wiki/1913_Chicago_Maroons_football_team" title="1913 Chicago Maroons football team">Chicago</a></b> (1913)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><b><a href="/wiki/1914_Illinois_Fighting_Illini_football_team" title="1914 Illinois Fighting Illini football team">Illinois</a></b> (1914)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1915_Illinois_Fighting_Illini_football_team" title="1915 Illinois Fighting Illini football team">Illinois</a> & <a href="/wiki/1915_Minnesota_Golden_Gophers_football_team" title="1915 Minnesota Golden Gophers football team">Minnesota</a> (1915)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1916_Ohio_State_Buckeyes_football_team" title="1916 Ohio State Buckeyes football team">Ohio State</a> (1916)</span></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background-color:#0088CE;color:white;box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #000000, inset -2px -2px 0 #000000;;width:1%">Big Ten</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1917_Ohio_State_Buckeyes_football_team" title="1917 Ohio State Buckeyes football team">Ohio State</a> (1917)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1918_Illinois_Fighting_Illini_football_team" title="1918 Illinois Fighting Illini football team">Illinois</a>, <b><a href="/wiki/1918_Michigan_Wolverines_football_team" title="1918 Michigan Wolverines football team">Michigan</a></b>, & <a href="/wiki/1918_Purdue_Boilermakers_football_team" title="1918 Purdue Boilermakers football team">Purdue</a> (1918)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><b><a href="/wiki/1919_Illinois_Fighting_Illini_football_team" title="1919 Illinois Fighting Illini football team">Illinois</a></b> (1919)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1920_Ohio_State_Buckeyes_football_team" title="1920 Ohio State Buckeyes football team">Ohio State</a> (1920)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><b><a href="/wiki/1921_Iowa_Hawkeyes_football_team" title="1921 Iowa Hawkeyes football team">Iowa</a></b> (1921)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1922_Chicago_Maroons_football_team" title="1922 Chicago Maroons football team">Chicago</a>, <a href="/wiki/1922_Iowa_Hawkeyes_football_team" title="1922 Iowa Hawkeyes football team">Iowa</a>, & <a href="/wiki/1922_Michigan_Wolverines_football_team" title="1922 Michigan Wolverines football team">Michigan</a> (1922)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><b><a href="/wiki/1923_Illinois_Fighting_Illini_football_team" title="1923 Illinois Fighting Illini football team">Illinois</a></b> & <b><a href="/wiki/1923_Michigan_Wolverines_football_team" title="1923 Michigan Wolverines football team">Michigan</a></b> (1923)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1924_Chicago_Maroons_football_team" title="1924 Chicago Maroons football team">Chicago</a> (1924)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1925_Michigan_Wolverines_football_team" title="1925 Michigan Wolverines football team">Michigan</a> (1925)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1926_Michigan_Wolverines_football_team" title="1926 Michigan Wolverines football team">Michigan</a> & <a href="/wiki/1926_Northwestern_Wildcats_football_team" title="1926 Northwestern Wildcats football team">Northwestern</a> (1926)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><b><a href="/wiki/1927_Illinois_Fighting_Illini_football_team" title="1927 Illinois Fighting Illini football team">Illinois</a></b> & <a href="/wiki/1927_Minnesota_Golden_Gophers_football_team" title="1927 Minnesota Golden Gophers football team">Minnesota</a> (1927)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1928_Illinois_Fighting_Illini_football_team" title="1928 Illinois Fighting Illini football team">Illinois</a> (1928)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1929_Purdue_Boilermakers_football_team" title="1929 Purdue Boilermakers football team">Purdue</a> (1929)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1930_Michigan_Wolverines_football_team" title="1930 Michigan Wolverines football team">Michigan</a> & <a href="/wiki/1930_Northwestern_Wildcats_football_team" title="1930 Northwestern Wildcats football team">Northwestern</a> (1930)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1931_Purdue_Boilermakers_football_team" title="1931 Purdue Boilermakers football team">Purdue</a>, <a href="/wiki/1931_Michigan_Wolverines_football_team" title="1931 Michigan Wolverines football team">Michigan</a> & <a href="/wiki/1931_Northwestern_Wildcats_football_team" title="1931 Northwestern Wildcats football team">Northwestern</a> (1931)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><b><a href="/wiki/1932_Michigan_Wolverines_football_team" title="1932 Michigan Wolverines football team">Michigan</a></b> & <a href="/wiki/1932_Purdue_Boilermakers_football_team" title="1932 Purdue Boilermakers football team">Purdue</a> (1932)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><b><a href="/wiki/1933_Michigan_Wolverines_football_team" title="1933 Michigan Wolverines football team">Michigan</a></b> & <a href="/wiki/1933_Minnesota_Golden_Gophers_football_team" title="1933 Minnesota Golden Gophers football team">Minnesota</a> (1933)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><b><a href="/wiki/1934_Minnesota_Golden_Gophers_football_team" title="1934 Minnesota Golden Gophers football team">Minnesota</a></b> (1934)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><b><a href="/wiki/1935_Minnesota_Golden_Gophers_football_team" title="1935 Minnesota Golden Gophers football team">Minnesota</a></b> & <a href="/wiki/1935_Ohio_State_Buckeyes_football_team" title="1935 Ohio State Buckeyes football team">Ohio State</a> (1935)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1936_Northwestern_Wildcats_football_team" title="1936 Northwestern Wildcats football team">Northwestern</a> (1936)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1937_Minnesota_Golden_Gophers_football_team" title="1937 Minnesota Golden Gophers football team">Minnesota</a> (1937)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1938_Minnesota_Golden_Gophers_football_team" title="1938 Minnesota Golden Gophers football team">Minnesota</a> (1938)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1939_Ohio_State_Buckeyes_football_team" title="1939 Ohio State Buckeyes football team">Ohio State</a> (1939)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><b><a href="/wiki/1940_Minnesota_Golden_Gophers_football_team" title="1940 Minnesota Golden Gophers football team">Minnesota</a></b> (1940)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><b><a href="/wiki/1941_Minnesota_Golden_Gophers_football_team" title="1941 Minnesota Golden Gophers football team">Minnesota</a></b> (1941)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><b><a href="/wiki/1942_Ohio_State_Buckeyes_football_team" title="1942 Ohio State Buckeyes football team">Ohio State</a></b> (1942)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1943_Michigan_Wolverines_football_team" title="1943 Michigan Wolverines football team">Michigan</a> & <a href="/wiki/1943_Purdue_Boilermakers_football_team" title="1943 Purdue Boilermakers football team">Purdue</a> (1943)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1944_Ohio_State_Buckeyes_football_team" title="1944 Ohio State Buckeyes football team">Ohio State</a> (1944)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1945_Indiana_Hoosiers_football_team" title="1945 Indiana Hoosiers football team">Indiana</a> (1945)</span></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background-color:#0088CE;color:white;box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #000000, inset -2px -2px 0 #000000;;width:1%">Big Nine</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1946_Illinois_Fighting_Illini_football_team" title="1946 Illinois Fighting Illini football team">Illinois</a> (1946)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><b><a href="/wiki/1947_Michigan_Wolverines_football_team" title="1947 Michigan Wolverines football team">Michigan</a></b> (1947)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><b><a href="/wiki/1948_Michigan_Wolverines_football_team" title="1948 Michigan Wolverines football team">Michigan</a></b> (1948)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1949_Michigan_Wolverines_football_team" title="1949 Michigan Wolverines football team">Michigan</a> & <a href="/wiki/1949_Ohio_State_Buckeyes_football_team" title="1949 Ohio State Buckeyes football team">Ohio State</a> (1949)</span></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background-color:#0088CE;color:white;box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #000000, inset -2px -2px 0 #000000;;width:1%">Big Ten</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1950_Michigan_Wolverines_football_team" title="1950 Michigan Wolverines football team">Michigan</a> (1950)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1951_Illinois_Fighting_Illini_football_team" title="1951 Illinois Fighting Illini football team">Illinois</a> (1951)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1952_Purdue_Boilermakers_football_team" title="1952 Purdue Boilermakers football team">Purdue</a> & <a href="/wiki/1952_Wisconsin_Badgers_football_team" title="1952 Wisconsin Badgers football team">Wisconsin</a> (1952)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1953_Illinois_Fighting_Illini_football_team" title="1953 Illinois Fighting Illini football team">Illinois</a> & <a href="/wiki/1953_Michigan_State_Spartans_football_team" title="1953 Michigan State Spartans football team">Michigan State</a> (1953)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><b><a href="/wiki/1954_Ohio_State_Buckeyes_football_team" title="1954 Ohio State Buckeyes football team">Ohio State</a></b> (1954)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1955_Ohio_State_Buckeyes_football_team" title="1955 Ohio State Buckeyes football team">Ohio State</a> (1955)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1956_Iowa_Hawkeyes_football_team" title="1956 Iowa Hawkeyes football team">Iowa</a> (1956)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><b><a href="/wiki/1957_Ohio_State_Buckeyes_football_team" title="1957 Ohio State Buckeyes football team">Ohio State</a></b> (1957)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><b><a href="/wiki/1958_Iowa_Hawkeyes_football_team" title="1958 Iowa Hawkeyes football team">Iowa</a></b> (1958)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1959_Wisconsin_Badgers_football_team" title="1959 Wisconsin Badgers football team">Wisconsin</a> (1959)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><b><a href="/wiki/1960_Minnesota_Golden_Gophers_football_team" title="1960 Minnesota Golden Gophers football team">Minnesota</a></b> & <a href="/wiki/1960_Iowa_Hawkeyes_football_team" title="1960 Iowa Hawkeyes football team">Iowa</a> (1960)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><b><a href="/wiki/1961_Ohio_State_Buckeyes_football_team" title="1961 Ohio State Buckeyes football team">Ohio State</a></b> (1961)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1962_Wisconsin_Badgers_football_team" title="1962 Wisconsin Badgers football team">Wisconsin</a> (1962)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1963_Illinois_Fighting_Illini_football_team" title="1963 Illinois Fighting Illini football team">Illinois</a> (1963)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1964_Michigan_Wolverines_football_team" title="1964 Michigan Wolverines football team">Michigan</a> (1964)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><b><a href="/wiki/1965_Michigan_State_Spartans_football_team" title="1965 Michigan State Spartans football team">Michigan State</a></b> (1965)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><b><a href="/wiki/1966_Michigan_State_Spartans_football_team" title="1966 Michigan State Spartans football team">Michigan State</a></b> (1966)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1967_Indiana_Hoosiers_football_team" title="1967 Indiana Hoosiers football team">Indiana</a>, <a href="/wiki/1967_Minnesota_Golden_Gophers_football_team" title="1967 Minnesota Golden Gophers football team">Minnesota</a>, <a href="/wiki/1967_Purdue_Boilermakers_football_team" title="1967 Purdue Boilermakers football team">Purdue</a> (1967)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><b><a href="/wiki/1968_Ohio_State_Buckeyes_football_team" title="1968 Ohio State Buckeyes football team">Ohio State</a></b> (1968)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1969_Michigan_Wolverines_football_team" title="1969 Michigan Wolverines football team">Michigan</a> & <a href="/wiki/1969_Ohio_State_Buckeyes_football_team" title="1969 Ohio State Buckeyes football team">Ohio State</a> (1969)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><b><a href="/wiki/1970_Ohio_State_Buckeyes_football_team" title="1970 Ohio State Buckeyes football team">Ohio State</a></b> (1970)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1971_Michigan_Wolverines_football_team" title="1971 Michigan Wolverines football team">Michigan</a> (1971)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1972_Michigan_Wolverines_football_team" title="1972 Michigan Wolverines football team">Michigan</a> & <a href="/wiki/1972_Ohio_State_Buckeyes_football_team" title="1972 Ohio State Buckeyes football team">Ohio State</a> (1972)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1973_Michigan_Wolverines_football_team" title="1973 Michigan Wolverines football team">Michigan</a> & <a href="/wiki/1973_Ohio_State_Buckeyes_football_team" title="1973 Ohio State Buckeyes football team">Ohio State</a> (1973)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1974_Michigan_Wolverines_football_team" title="1974 Michigan Wolverines football team">Michigan</a> & <a href="/wiki/1974_Ohio_State_Buckeyes_football_team" title="1974 Ohio State Buckeyes football team">Ohio State</a> (1974)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1975_Ohio_State_Buckeyes_football_team" title="1975 Ohio State Buckeyes football team">Ohio State</a> (1975)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1976_Michigan_Wolverines_football_team" title="1976 Michigan Wolverines football team">Michigan</a> & <a href="/wiki/1976_Ohio_State_Buckeyes_football_team" title="1976 Ohio State Buckeyes football team">Ohio State</a> (1976)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1977_Michigan_Wolverines_football_team" title="1977 Michigan Wolverines football team">Michigan</a> & <a href="/wiki/1977_Ohio_State_Buckeyes_football_team" title="1977 Ohio State Buckeyes football team">Ohio State</a> (1977)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1978_Michigan_Wolverines_football_team" title="1978 Michigan Wolverines football team">Michigan</a> & <a href="/wiki/1978_Michigan_State_Spartans_football_team" title="1978 Michigan State Spartans football team">Michigan State</a> (1978)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1979_Ohio_State_Buckeyes_football_team" title="1979 Ohio State Buckeyes football team">Ohio State</a> (1979)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1980_Michigan_Wolverines_football_team" title="1980 Michigan Wolverines football team">Michigan</a> (1980)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1981_Iowa_Hawkeyes_football_team" title="1981 Iowa Hawkeyes football team">Iowa</a> & <a href="/wiki/1981_Ohio_State_Buckeyes_football_team" title="1981 Ohio State Buckeyes football team">Ohio State</a> (1981)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1982_Michigan_Wolverines_football_team" title="1982 Michigan Wolverines football team">Michigan</a> (1982)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1983_Illinois_Fighting_Illini_football_team" title="1983 Illinois Fighting Illini football team">Illinois</a> (1983)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1984_Ohio_State_Buckeyes_football_team" title="1984 Ohio State Buckeyes football team">Ohio State</a> (1984)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1985_Iowa_Hawkeyes_football_team" title="1985 Iowa Hawkeyes football team">Iowa</a> (1985)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1986_Michigan_Wolverines_football_team" title="1986 Michigan Wolverines football team">Michigan</a> & <a href="/wiki/1986_Ohio_State_Buckeyes_football_team" title="1986 Ohio State Buckeyes football team">Ohio State</a> (1986)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1987_Michigan_State_Spartans_football_team" title="1987 Michigan State Spartans football team">Michigan State</a> (1987)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1988_Michigan_Wolverines_football_team" title="1988 Michigan Wolverines football team">Michigan</a> (1988)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1989_Michigan_Wolverines_football_team" title="1989 Michigan Wolverines football team">Michigan</a> (1989)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1990_Illinois_Fighting_Illini_football_team" title="1990 Illinois Fighting Illini football team">Illinois</a>, <a href="/wiki/1990_Iowa_Hawkeyes_football_team" title="1990 Iowa Hawkeyes football team">Iowa</a>, <a href="/wiki/1990_Michigan_Wolverines_football_team" title="1990 Michigan Wolverines football team">Michigan</a>, & <a href="/wiki/1990_Michigan_State_Spartans_football_team" title="1990 Michigan State Spartans football team">Michigan State</a> (1990)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1991_Michigan_Wolverines_football_team" title="1991 Michigan Wolverines football team">Michigan</a> (1991)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1992_Michigan_Wolverines_football_team" title="1992 Michigan Wolverines football team">Michigan</a> (1992)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1993_Ohio_State_Buckeyes_football_team" title="1993 Ohio State Buckeyes football team">Ohio State</a> & <a href="/wiki/1993_Wisconsin_Badgers_football_team" title="1993 Wisconsin Badgers football team">Wisconsin</a> (1993)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1994_Penn_State_Nittany_Lions_football_team" title="1994 Penn State Nittany Lions football team">Penn State</a> (1994)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Northwestern</a> (1995)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1996_Ohio_State_Buckeyes_football_team" title="1996 Ohio State Buckeyes football team">Ohio State</a> & <a href="/wiki/1996_Northwestern_Wildcats_football_team" title="1996 Northwestern Wildcats football team">Northwestern</a> (1996)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><b><a href="/wiki/1997_Michigan_Wolverines_football_team" title="1997 Michigan Wolverines football team">Michigan</a></b> (1997)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1998_Michigan_Wolverines_football_team" title="1998 Michigan Wolverines football team">Michigan</a>, <a href="/wiki/1998_Ohio_State_Buckeyes_football_team" title="1998 Ohio State Buckeyes football team">Ohio State</a>, & <a href="/wiki/1998_Wisconsin_Badgers_football_team" title="1998 Wisconsin Badgers football team">Wisconsin</a> (1998)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1999_Wisconsin_Badgers_football_team" title="1999 Wisconsin Badgers football team">Wisconsin</a> (1999)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/2000_Michigan_Wolverines_football_team" title="2000 Michigan Wolverines football team">Michigan</a>, <a href="/wiki/2000_Northwestern_Wildcats_football_team" title="2000 Northwestern Wildcats football team">Northwestern</a>, & <a href="/wiki/2000_Purdue_Boilermakers_football_team" title="2000 Purdue Boilermakers football team">Purdue</a> (2000)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/2001_Illinois_Fighting_Illini_football_team" title="2001 Illinois Fighting Illini football team">Illinois</a> (2001)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><b><a href="/wiki/2002_Ohio_State_Buckeyes_football_team" title="2002 Ohio State Buckeyes football team">Ohio State</a></b> & <a href="/wiki/2002_Iowa_Hawkeyes_football_team" title="2002 Iowa Hawkeyes football team">Iowa</a> (2002)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/2003_Michigan_Wolverines_football_team" title="2003 Michigan Wolverines football team">Michigan</a> (2003)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/2004_Iowa_Hawkeyes_football_team" title="2004 Iowa Hawkeyes football team">Iowa</a> & <a href="/wiki/2004_Michigan_Wolverines_football_team" title="2004 Michigan Wolverines football team">Michigan</a> (2004)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/2005_Ohio_State_Buckeyes_football_team" title="2005 Ohio State Buckeyes football team">Ohio State</a> & <a href="/wiki/2005_Penn_State_Nittany_Lions_football_team" title="2005 Penn State Nittany Lions football team">Penn State</a> (2005)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/2006_Ohio_State_Buckeyes_football_team" title="2006 Ohio State Buckeyes football team">Ohio State</a> (2006)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/2007_Ohio_State_Buckeyes_football_team" title="2007 Ohio State Buckeyes football team">Ohio State</a> (2007)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/2008_Ohio_State_Buckeyes_football_team" title="2008 Ohio State Buckeyes football team">Ohio State</a> & <a href="/wiki/2008_Penn_State_Nittany_Lions_football_team" title="2008 Penn State Nittany Lions football team">Penn State</a> (2008)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/2009_Ohio_State_Buckeyes_football_team" title="2009 Ohio State Buckeyes football team">Ohio State</a> (2009)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/2010_Michigan_State_Spartans_football_team" title="2010 Michigan State Spartans football team">Michigan State</a> & <a href="/wiki/2010_Wisconsin_Badgers_football_team" title="2010 Wisconsin Badgers football team">Wisconsin</a> (2010)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/2011_Wisconsin_Badgers_football_team" title="2011 Wisconsin Badgers football team">Wisconsin</a> (2011)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/2012_Wisconsin_Badgers_football_team" title="2012 Wisconsin Badgers football team">Wisconsin</a> (2012)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/2013_Michigan_State_Spartans_football_team" title="2013 Michigan State Spartans football team">Michigan State</a> (2013)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><b><a href="/wiki/2014_Ohio_State_Buckeyes_football_team" title="2014 Ohio State Buckeyes football team">Ohio State</a></b> (2014)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/2015_Michigan_State_Spartans_football_team" title="2015 Michigan State Spartans football team">Michigan State</a> (2015)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/2016_Penn_State_Nittany_Lions_football_team" title="2016 Penn State Nittany Lions football team">Penn State</a> (2016)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/2017_Ohio_State_Buckeyes_football_team" title="2017 Ohio State Buckeyes football team">Ohio State</a> (2017)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/2018_Ohio_State_Buckeyes_football_team" title="2018 Ohio State Buckeyes football team">Ohio State</a> (2018)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/2019_Ohio_State_Buckeyes_football_team" title="2019 Ohio State Buckeyes football team">Ohio State</a> (2019)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/2020_Ohio_State_Buckeyes_football_team" title="2020 Ohio State Buckeyes football team">Ohio State</a> (2020)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/2021_Michigan_Wolverines_football_team" title="2021 Michigan Wolverines football team">Michigan</a> (2021)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/2022_Michigan_Wolverines_football_team" title="2022 Michigan Wolverines football team">Michigan</a> (2022)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><b><a href="/wiki/2023_Michigan_Wolverines_football_team" title="2023 Michigan Wolverines football team">Michigan</a></b> (2023)</span></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><td class="navbox-abovebelow" 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