1940 Northwestern Wildcats football team

1940 Northwestern Wildcats football
Conference Big Ten Conference
Ranking
AP #8
1940 record 6–2 (4–2 Big Ten)
Head coach Pappy Waldorf (6th year)
Home stadium Dyche Stadium
1940 Big Ten football standings
Conf     Overall
Team W   L   T     W   L   T
#1 Minnesota $ 6 0 0     8 0 0
#3 Michigan 3 1 0     7 1 0
#8 Northwestern 4 2 0     6 2 0
Ohio State 3 3 0     4 4 0
Wisconsin 3 3 0     4 4 0
Iowa 2 3 0     4 4 0
Indiana 2 3 0     3 5 0
Purdue 1 4 0     2 6 0
Illinois 0 5 0     1 7 0
  • $ Conference champion
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1940 Northwestern Wildcats team represented Northwestern University during the 1940 college football season. In their sixth year under head coach Pappy Waldorf, the Wildcats compiled a 6–2 record (4–2 against Big Ten Conference opponents), finished in third place in the Big Ten Conference, and were ranked #8 in the final AP Poll. Their only losses came against #1 Minnesota and #3 Michigan.[1][2]

Schedule

  1. October 5, 1940: at Syracuse, Win, 40-0
  2. October 12, 1940: Ohio State, Win, 6-3
  3. October 19, 1940: at Wisconsin, Win, 27-7
  4. October 26, 1940: Indiana, Win, 20-7
  5. November 2, 1940: #4 Minnesota, Loss, 12-13
  6. November 9, 1940: Illinois, Win, 32-14
  7. November 16, 1940: at #6 Michigan, Loss, 13-20
  8. November 23, 1940: #14 Notre Dame, Win, 20-0

Players

References

  1. "Northwestern Yearly Results (1935-1939)". College Football Data Warehouse. David DeLassus. Retrieved August 7, 2015.
  2. "1940 Northwestern Wildcats Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved December 18, 2015.
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