1941 Northwestern Wildcats football team
| 1941 Northwestern Wildcats football | |
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| Conference | Big Ten Conference |
| Ranking | |
| AP | No. 11 |
| 1941 record | 5–3 (4–2 Big Ten) |
| Head coach | Pappy Waldorf (7th season) |
| Offensive scheme | Single wing |
| MVP | Alf Bauman |
| Home stadium | Dyche Stadium |
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| Team | W | L | T | W | L | T | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 1 Minnesota $ | 5 | – | 0 | – | 0 | 8 | – | 0 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 5 Michigan | 3 | – | 1 | – | 1 | 6 | – | 1 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 13 Ohio State | 3 | – | 1 | – | 1 | 6 | – | 1 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 11 Northwestern | 4 | – | 2 | – | 0 | 5 | – | 3 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Wisconsin | 3 | – | 3 | – | 0 | 3 | – | 5 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Iowa | 2 | – | 4 | – | 0 | 3 | – | 5 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Purdue | 1 | – | 3 | – | 0 | 2 | – | 5 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Indiana | 1 | – | 3 | – | 0 | 2 | – | 6 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Illinois | 0 | – | 5 | – | 0 | 2 | – | 6 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The 1941 Northwestern Wildcats team represented Northwestern University during the 1941 Big Ten Conference football season. In their seventh year under head coach Pappy Waldorf, the Wildcats compiled a 5–3 record (4–2 against Big Ten Conference opponents) and finished in fourth place in the Big Ten Conference.[1] Four Northwestern players received honors on the 1941 All-Big Ten Conference football team.[2][3] They are: (1) end Bob Motl (AP-1; UP-2); (2) tackle Alf Bauman (AP-1; UP-1); (3) guard George Zorich (UP-2); and (4) halfback Otto Graham (AP-2)
Schedule
| Date | Opponent# | Rank# | Site | Result | |||||
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| October 4 | Kansas State* | Dyche Stadium • Evanston, Illinois | W 51–3 | ||||||
| October 11 | Wisconsin | Dyche Stadium • Evanston, Illinois | W 41–14 | ||||||
| October 18 | No. 6 Michigan | No. 5 | Dyche Stadium • Evanston, Illinois | L 7–14[4][5] | |||||
| October 25 | at No. 11 Ohio State | No. 13 | Ohio Stadium • Columbus, Ohio | W 14–7 | |||||
| November 1 | at No. 1 Minnesota | No. 9 | Memorial Stadium • Minneapolis | L 7–8 | |||||
| November 8 | Indiana | No. 10 | Dyche Stadium • Evanston, Illinois | W 20–14 | |||||
| November 15 | No. 5 Notre Dame* | No. 8 | Dyche Stadium • Evanston, Illinois (Rivalry) | L 6–7 | |||||
| November 22 | Illinois | No. 10 | Dyche Stadium • Evanston, Illinois (Rivalry) | W 27–0 | |||||
| *Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll. | |||||||||
References
- ↑ "1941 Northwestern Wildcats Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved February 22, 2016.
- ↑ "Four Minnesotans On Big Ten Team". The Independent. St. Petersburg, Florida. AP. November 27, 1941. p. 16.
- ↑ "Eleven Best in Big Ten Circles on Honor Rolls". Freeport Journal-Standard. Freeport, Illinois. November 21, 1941. p. 13.
- ↑ Wilfrid Smith (November 2, 1941). "Michigan Passes Beat Northwestern, 14-7: Kuzma Tosses Twice to Score for Wolverine; Fraumann, Rogers Cross Goal". Chicago Tribune.
- ↑ "Michigan Victor on Long Pass, 14-7; Kuzma's 2 Touchdown Tosses, Second Gaining 46 Yards, Defeat Northwestern". The New York Times (AP story). October 19, 1941.
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