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Northwestern University Football Team results for 1978-1982.
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Northwestern set a then-NCAA Division I record of 29 consecutive losses on 11/7/1981 in a 61-0 loss to Michigan State. Fans had worn "Stop State at 28" pins to the game, and when the game was over, the fans (mostly students) tore down the goal posts and carried them out of the stadium and headed east down Central Street to the shores of Lake Michigan, where they dumped the goal posts in the lake. Northwestern extended that record to 34 consecutive losses before beating Northern Illinois University 31-6 on 9/25/1982.

T - Tie
W - Win
L - Loss

A - Away game
H - Home game

1978
Record: 0-10-1; 0-8-1
Coach: Rick Venturi
Captains: Pat Geegan, Mike Kranz
T	0		Illinois	0	A	9/9
L	3		Iowa	20	A	9/16
L	7		Wisconsin	28	H	9/23
L	7	#16	Colorado	55	A	9/30
L	14		Arizona State	56	H	10/7
L	10		Indiana	38	A	10/14
L	14		Minnesota	38	H	10/21
L	20		Ohio State	63	A	10/28
L	0	#14	Purdue	31	A	11/4
L	14	#7	Michigan	59	H	11/11
L	3	#16	Michigan State	52	H	11/18

1979
Record: 1-10; 0-9
Coach: Rick Venturi
Captains: Kevin Berg, Mike Fiedler
L	7	#7	Michigan	49	A	9/8
W	27		Wyoming	22	H	9/15
L	21		Syracuse	54	H	9/22
L	8		Minnesota	38	A	9/29
L	7	#8	Ohio State	16	A	10/6
L	6		Iowa	58	H	10/13
L	0		Indiana	30	A	10/20
L	16	#16	Purdue	20	A	10/27
L	7		Michigan State	42	H	11/3
L	3		Wisconsin	28	A	11/10
L	13		Illinois	29	H	11/17

1980
Record: 0-11; 0-9
Coach: Rick Venturi
Captains: Chuck Kern, Todd Sheets
L	9		Illinois	35	A	9/6
L	10	#11	Michigan	17	A	9/13
L	7	#16	Washington	45	A	9/20
L	21		Syracuse	42	A	9/27
L	21		Minnesota	49	H	10/4
L	0	#9	Ohio State	63	H	10/11
L	3		Iowa	25	A	10/18
L	20		Indiana	35	H	10/25
L	31	#20	Purdue	52	H	11/1
L	10		Michigan State	42	A	11/8
L	19		Wisconsin	39	H	11/15

1981
Record: 0-11; 0-9
Coach: Dennis Green
Captains: Bobby Anderson, Mike Kerrigan
L	20		Indiana	21	H	9/12
L	7		Arkansas	38	A	9/19
L	0		Utah	42	H	9/26
L	0		Iowa	64	H	10/3
L	23		Minnesota	35	A	10/10
L	0		Purdue	35	H	10/17
L	0	#18	Michigan	38	A	10/24
L	0		Wisconsin	52	A	10/31
L	0		Michigan State	61	H	11/7
L	6		Ohio State	70	A	11/14
L	12		Illinois	49	H	11/21

1982
Record: 3-8; 2-7
Coach: Dennis Green
Captains: Chris Hinton, Rich Raffin
L	13	Illinois	49	A	9/4
L	0	Indiana	30	A	9/11
L	13	Miami (Ohio)	27	H	9/18
W	31	Northern Illinois	6	H	9/25
L	7	Iowa	45	A	10/2
W	31	Minnesota	21	H	10/9
L	21	Purdue	34	A	10/16
L	14	Michigan	49	H	10/23
L	20	Wisconsin	54	A	10/30
W	28	Michigan State	24	A	11/6
L	28	Ohio State	40	H	11/13