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<blockquote data-quote="altenberger22" data-source="post: 1571900" data-attributes="member: 747157"><p>Openly envious, actually. Fitzgerald is a rock star! Hoping the Bears get him at some point in the next 5 years. Here's how I grew up watching Northwestern football. Yes, watching the Wildcats' current success is gut-wrenching. </p><p></p><table style='width: 100%'><tr><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td>1976</td><td>John Pont</td><td><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1976_Northwestern_Wildcats_football_team" target="_blank">1–10</a></td><td>1–7</td><td>10th</td><td></td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td>1977</td><td>John Pont</td><td><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1977_Northwestern_Wildcats_football_team" target="_blank">1–10</a></td><td>1–8</td><td>10th</td><td></td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td><strong><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rick_Venturi" target="_blank">Rick Venturi</a></strong> <em>(<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Big_Ten_Conference" target="_blank">Big Ten Conference</a>)</em> (1978–1980)</td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td>1978</td><td><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rick_Venturi" target="_blank">Rick Venturi</a></td><td><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1978_Northwestern_Wildcats_football_team" target="_blank">0–10–1</a></td><td>0–8–1</td><td>10th</td><td></td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td>1979</td><td>Rick Venturi</td><td><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1979_Northwestern_Wildcats_football_team" target="_blank">1–10</a></td><td>0–9</td><td>10th</td><td></td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td>1980</td><td>Rick Venturi</td><td><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1980_Northwestern_Wildcats_football_team" target="_blank">0–11</a></td><td>0–9</td><td>10th</td><td></td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td><strong><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dennis_Green" target="_blank">Dennis Green</a></strong> <em>(<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Big_Ten_Conference" target="_blank">Big Ten Conference</a>)</em> (1981–1985)</td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td>1981</td><td><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dennis_Green" target="_blank">Dennis Green</a></td><td><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1981_Northwestern_Wildcats_football_team" target="_blank">0–11</a></td><td>0–9</td><td>10th</td><td></td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td>1982</td><td>Dennis Green</td><td><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1982_Northwestern_Wildcats_football_team" target="_blank">3–8</a></td><td>2–7</td><td>T–8th</td><td></td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td>1983</td><td>Dennis Green</td><td><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1983_Northwestern_Wildcats_football_team" target="_blank">2–9</a></td><td>2–7</td><td>T–8th</td><td></td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td>1984</td><td>Dennis Green</td><td><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1984_Northwestern_Wildcats_football_team" target="_blank">2–9</a></td><td>2–7</td><td>9th</td><td></td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td>1985</td><td>Dennis Green</td><td><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1985_Northwestern_Wildcats_football_team" target="_blank">3–8</a></td><td>1–7</td><td>T–9th</td><td></td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td><strong><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Francis_Peay" target="_blank">Francis Peay</a></strong> <em>(<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Big_Ten_Conference" target="_blank">Big Ten Conference</a>)</em> (1986–1991)</td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td>1986</td><td><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Francis_Peay" target="_blank">Francis Peay</a></td><td><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1986_Northwestern_Wildcats_football_team" target="_blank">4–7</a></td><td>2–6</td><td>T–8th</td><td></td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td>1987</td><td>Francis Peay</td><td><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1987_Northwestern_Wildcats_football_team" target="_blank">2–8–1</a></td><td>2–6</td><td>9th</td><td></td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td>1988</td><td>Francis Peay</td><td><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1988_Northwestern_Wildcats_football_team" target="_blank">2–8–1</a></td><td>2–5–1</td><td>T–7th</td><td></td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td>1989</td><td>Francis Peay</td><td><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1989_Northwestern_Wildcats_football_team" target="_blank">0–11</a></td><td>0–8</td><td>10th</td><td></td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td>1990</td><td>Francis Peay</td><td><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1990_Northwestern_Wildcats_football_team" target="_blank">2–9</a></td><td>1–7</td><td>T–8th</td><td></td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td>1991</td><td>Francis Peay</td><td><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1991_Northwestern_Wildcats_football_team" target="_blank">3–8</a></td><td>2–6</td><td>T–8th</td><td></td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td><strong><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gary_Barnett" target="_blank">Gary Barnett</a></strong> <em>(<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Big_Ten_Conference" target="_blank">Big Ten Conference</a>)</em> (1992–1998)</td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td>1992</td><td><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gary_Barnett" target="_blank">Gary Barnett</a></td><td><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1992_Northwestern_Wildcats_football_team" target="_blank">3–8</a></td><td>3–5</td><td>T–6th</td><td></td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td>1993</td><td>Gary Barnett</td><td><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1993_Northwestern_Wildcats_football_team" target="_blank">2–9</a></td><td>0–8</td><td>T–9th</td><td></td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td>1994</td><td>Gary Barnett</td><td><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1994_Northwestern_Wildcats_football_team" target="_blank">3–7–1</a></td><td>2–6</td><td>T–8th</td><td></td><td></td><td></td></tr></table></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="altenberger22, post: 1571900, member: 747157"] Openly envious, actually. Fitzgerald is a rock star! Hoping the Bears get him at some point in the next 5 years. Here's how I grew up watching Northwestern football. Yes, watching the Wildcats' current success is gut-wrenching. [TABLE] [TR] [TD][/TD] [TD][/TD] [TD][/TD] [TD][/TD] [TD][/TD] [TD][/TD] [TD][/TD] [TD][/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]1976[/TD] [TD]John Pont[/TD] [TD][URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1976_Northwestern_Wildcats_football_team']1–10[/URL][/TD] [TD]1–7[/TD] [TD]10th[/TD] [TD][/TD] [TD][/TD] [TD][/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]1977[/TD] [TD]John Pont[/TD] [TD][URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1977_Northwestern_Wildcats_football_team']1–10[/URL][/TD] [TD]1–8[/TD] [TD]10th[/TD] [TD][/TD] [TD][/TD] [TD][/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD][B][URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rick_Venturi']Rick Venturi[/URL][/B] [I]([URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Big_Ten_Conference']Big Ten Conference[/URL])[/I] (1978–1980)[/TD] [TD][/TD] [TD][/TD] [TD][/TD] [TD][/TD] [TD][/TD] [TD][/TD] [TD][/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]1978[/TD] [TD][URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rick_Venturi']Rick Venturi[/URL][/TD] [TD][URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1978_Northwestern_Wildcats_football_team']0–10–1[/URL][/TD] [TD]0–8–1[/TD] [TD]10th[/TD] [TD][/TD] [TD][/TD] [TD][/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]1979[/TD] [TD]Rick Venturi[/TD] [TD][URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1979_Northwestern_Wildcats_football_team']1–10[/URL][/TD] [TD]0–9[/TD] [TD]10th[/TD] [TD][/TD] [TD][/TD] [TD][/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]1980[/TD] [TD]Rick Venturi[/TD] [TD][URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1980_Northwestern_Wildcats_football_team']0–11[/URL][/TD] [TD]0–9[/TD] [TD]10th[/TD] [TD][/TD] [TD][/TD] [TD][/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD][B][URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dennis_Green']Dennis Green[/URL][/B] [I]([URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Big_Ten_Conference']Big Ten Conference[/URL])[/I] (1981–1985)[/TD] [TD][/TD] [TD][/TD] [TD][/TD] [TD][/TD] [TD][/TD] [TD][/TD] [TD][/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]1981[/TD] [TD][URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dennis_Green']Dennis Green[/URL][/TD] [TD][URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1981_Northwestern_Wildcats_football_team']0–11[/URL][/TD] [TD]0–9[/TD] [TD]10th[/TD] [TD][/TD] [TD][/TD] [TD][/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]1982[/TD] [TD]Dennis Green[/TD] [TD][URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1982_Northwestern_Wildcats_football_team']3–8[/URL][/TD] [TD]2–7[/TD] [TD]T–8th[/TD] [TD][/TD] [TD][/TD] [TD][/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]1983[/TD] [TD]Dennis Green[/TD] [TD][URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1983_Northwestern_Wildcats_football_team']2–9[/URL][/TD] [TD]2–7[/TD] [TD]T–8th[/TD] [TD][/TD] [TD][/TD] [TD][/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]1984[/TD] [TD]Dennis Green[/TD] [TD][URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1984_Northwestern_Wildcats_football_team']2–9[/URL][/TD] [TD]2–7[/TD] [TD]9th[/TD] [TD][/TD] [TD][/TD] [TD][/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]1985[/TD] [TD]Dennis Green[/TD] [TD][URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1985_Northwestern_Wildcats_football_team']3–8[/URL][/TD] [TD]1–7[/TD] [TD]T–9th[/TD] [TD][/TD] [TD][/TD] [TD][/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD][B][URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Francis_Peay']Francis Peay[/URL][/B] [I]([URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Big_Ten_Conference']Big Ten Conference[/URL])[/I] (1986–1991)[/TD] [TD][/TD] [TD][/TD] [TD][/TD] [TD][/TD] [TD][/TD] [TD][/TD] [TD][/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]1986[/TD] [TD][URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Francis_Peay']Francis Peay[/URL][/TD] [TD][URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1986_Northwestern_Wildcats_football_team']4–7[/URL][/TD] [TD]2–6[/TD] [TD]T–8th[/TD] [TD][/TD] [TD][/TD] [TD][/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]1987[/TD] [TD]Francis Peay[/TD] [TD][URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1987_Northwestern_Wildcats_football_team']2–8–1[/URL][/TD] [TD]2–6[/TD] [TD]9th[/TD] [TD][/TD] [TD][/TD] [TD][/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]1988[/TD] [TD]Francis Peay[/TD] [TD][URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1988_Northwestern_Wildcats_football_team']2–8–1[/URL][/TD] [TD]2–5–1[/TD] [TD]T–7th[/TD] [TD][/TD] [TD][/TD] [TD][/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]1989[/TD] [TD]Francis Peay[/TD] [TD][URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1989_Northwestern_Wildcats_football_team']0–11[/URL][/TD] [TD]0–8[/TD] [TD]10th[/TD] [TD][/TD] [TD][/TD] [TD][/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]1990[/TD] [TD]Francis Peay[/TD] [TD][URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1990_Northwestern_Wildcats_football_team']2–9[/URL][/TD] [TD]1–7[/TD] [TD]T–8th[/TD] [TD][/TD] [TD][/TD] [TD][/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]1991[/TD] [TD]Francis Peay[/TD] [TD][URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1991_Northwestern_Wildcats_football_team']3–8[/URL][/TD] [TD]2–6[/TD] [TD]T–8th[/TD] [TD][/TD] [TD][/TD] [TD][/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD][B][URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gary_Barnett']Gary Barnett[/URL][/B] [I]([URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Big_Ten_Conference']Big Ten Conference[/URL])[/I] (1992–1998)[/TD] [TD][/TD] [TD][/TD] [TD][/TD] [TD][/TD] [TD][/TD] [TD][/TD] [TD][/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]1992[/TD] [TD][URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gary_Barnett']Gary Barnett[/URL][/TD] [TD][URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1992_Northwestern_Wildcats_football_team']3–8[/URL][/TD] [TD]3–5[/TD] [TD]T–6th[/TD] [TD][/TD] [TD][/TD] [TD][/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]1993[/TD] [TD]Gary Barnett[/TD] [TD][URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1993_Northwestern_Wildcats_football_team']2–9[/URL][/TD] [TD]0–8[/TD] [TD]T–9th[/TD] [TD][/TD] [TD][/TD] [TD][/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]1994[/TD] [TD]Gary Barnett[/TD] [TD][URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1994_Northwestern_Wildcats_football_team']3–7–1[/URL][/TD] [TD]2–6[/TD] [TD]T–8th[/TD] [TD][/TD] [TD][/TD] [TD][/TD] [/TR] [/TABLE] [/QUOTE]
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