1949 Northwestern Wildcats football team

1949 Northwestern Wildcats football
Conference Big Ten Conference
1949 record 4–5 (3–4 Big Ten)
Head coach Bob Voigts (3rd season)
MVP Don Burson, Gaspar Perricone
Home stadium Dyche Stadium
1949 Big Nine football standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L T  W L T
No. 6 Ohio State + 4 –1 –1  7 –1 –2
No. 7 Michigan + 4 –1 –1  6 –2 –1
No. 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 Big Nine Conference football season. In their third year under head coach Bob 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

Date Opponent# Rank# Site Result Attendance
September 24 Purdue Dyche Stadium • Evanston, Illinois W 20–6    
October 1 Pittsburgh* Dyche Stadium • Evanston, Illinois L 7–16    
October 8 at No. 5 Minnesota No. 20 Memorial Stadium • Minneapolis L 7–21    
October 15 No. 7 Michigan Dyche Stadium • Evanston, Illinois W 21–20    
October 22 at Iowa No. 13 Iowa Stadium • Iowa City, Iowa L 21–28    
October 29 at No. 18 Ohio State Ohio Stadium • Columbus, Ohio L 7–24    
November 5 Wisconsin Dyche Stadium • Evanston, Illinois L 6–14    
November 12 Colgate* Dyche Stadium • Evanston, Illinois W 39–20    
November 19 at Illinois Memorial Stadium • Champaign, Illinois (Rivalry) W 9–7    
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll.

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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