1979 Northwestern Wildcats football team

The 1979 Northwestern Wildcats team represented Northwestern University during the 1979 Big Ten Conference football season. In their second year under head coach Rick Venturi, the Wildcats compiled a 1–10 record (0–9 against Big Ten Conference opponents) and finished in last place in the Big Ten Conference.

1979 Northwestern Wildcats football
ConferenceBig Ten Conference
Record1–10 (0–9 Big Ten)
Head coach
  • Rick Venturi (2nd season)
Captains
  • Kevin Berg
  • Mike Fiedler
Home stadiumDyche Stadium
1979 Big Ten Conference football standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
No. 4 Ohio State $ 8 0 011 1 0
No. 10 Purdue 7 1 010 2 0
No. 18 Michigan 6 2 08 4 0
No. 19 Indiana 5 3 08 4 0
Iowa 4 4 05 6 0
Minnesota 3 5 14 6 1
Michigan State 3 5 05 6 0
Wisconsin 3 5 04 7 0
Illinois 1 6 12 8 1
Northwestern 0 9 01 10 0
  • $ Conference champion
Rankings from AP Poll

The team's offensive leaders were quarterback Mike Kerrigan with 961 passing yards, Jeff Cohn with 426 rushing yards, and Todd Sheets with 614 receiving yards.

Northwestern's 54–21 loss to Syracuse on September 22 began a 34-game losing streak, the longest in NCAA Division I Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS) history. The Wildcats did not win another game until September 25, 1982.

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