1949 Northwestern Wildcats football team

1949 Northwestern Wildcats football
Conference Big Ten Conference
1949 record 4–5 (3–4 Big Ten)
Head coach Robert Voigts (3rd year)
Home stadium Dyche Stadium
1949 Big Ten football standings
Conf     Overall
Team W   L   T     W   L   T
#6 Ohio State + 4 1 1     7 1 2
#7 Michigan + 4 1 1     6 2 1
#8 Minnesota 4 2 0     7 2 0
Wisconsin 3 2 1     5 3 1
Illinois 3 3 1     3 4 2
Iowa 3 3 0     4 5 0
Northwestern 3 4 0     4 5 0
Purdue 2 4 0     4 5 0
Indiana 0 6 0     1 8 0
  • + Conference co-champions
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1949 Northwestern Wildcats team represented Northwestern University during the 1949 college football season. In their third year under head coach Robert Voigts, the Wildcats compiled a 4–5 record (3–4 against Big Ten Conference opponents) and finished in seventh place in the Big Ten Conference.[1] Quarterback Don Burson was selected as a first-team All-Big Ten player by both the Associated Press and the United Press.[2][3]

Schedule

  1. September 24, 1949: Purdue, Win, 20-6
  2. October 1, 1949: Pittsburgh, Loss, 7-16
  3. October 8, 1949: at Minnesota, Loss, 7-21
  4. October 15, 1949: Michigan, Win, 21-20
  5. October 22, 1949: at Iowa, Loss, 21-28
  6. October 29, 1949: at Ohio State, Loss, 7-24
  7. November 5, 1949: Wisconsin, Loss, 6-14
  8. November 12, 1949: Colgate, Win, 39-20
  9. November 19, 1949: at Illinois, Win, 9-7

References

  1. "1949 Northwestern Wildcats Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved February 22, 2016.
  2. "Karras Makes All Big 9 Grid Team". Daily Illini. November 23, 1949.
  3. "Coaches Snub OSU Stars In Picking All-Big 10 Team". The Pittsburgh Press (AP story). November 30, 1949. p. 40.
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