1919 Northwestern Purple football team

1919 Big Ten Conference football standings
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1919 Northwestern Purple football
1919 Northwestern Purple football
Conference	Big Ten Conference
1919 record	2–5 (1–4 Big Ten)
Head coach	Charlie Bachman (1st season);
Captain	Robert Koehler
Home stadium	Northwestern Field
	Seasons ← 1918 1920 →

The 1919 Northwestern Purple team represented Northwestern University during the 1919 college football season. In their first and only year under head coach Charlie Bachman, the Purple compiled a 2–5 record (1–4 against Big Ten Conference opponents) and finished in eighth place in the Big Ten Conference.^[1]^[2]

Schedule[]

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
October 11	DePauw*	Northwestern Field Evanston, IL	W 20–0		^[3]
October 18	Wisconsin	Northwestern Field Evanston, IL	L 6–10	15,000	^[4]
October 25	at Chicago	Stagg Field Chicago	L 0–41	20,000	^[5]
November 1	at Michigan	Ferry Field Ann Arbor, MI	L 13–16	12,000	^[6]
November 8	Iowa	Northwestern Field Evanston, IL	L 7–14		^[7]
November 15	Indiana	Northwestern Field Evanston, IL	W 3–2		^[8]
November 22	vs. Rutgers*	Harrison Field Harrison, NJ	L 0–28	15,000	^[9]
*Non-conference game

^ "1919 Northwestern Wildcats Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved February 22, 2016.
^ "2017 Northwestern Football Media Guide" (PDF). Northwestern University. p. 106. Retrieved June 16, 2018.
^ Evan Stone (October 12, 1919). "Purple, Forced to Play Real Ball, Beats De Pauw, 20-0". Chicago Tribune. p. II-1 – via Newspapers.com.
^ Quin A. Ryan (October 19, 1919). "Badgers Triumph Over Purple". Chicago Tribune. p. II-1 – via Newspapers.com.
^ Harvey T. Woodruff (October 26, 1919). "Maroon Team Swamps Purple, 41-0". Chicago Tribune. p. II-1 – via Newspapers.com.
^ Walter Eckersall (November 2, 1919). "Brilliant Rally by Wolverines Defeats Purple". Chicago Tribune. p. II-1 – via Newspapers.com.
^ Walter Eckersall (November 9, 1919). "Purple Eleven Drops Hot Tilt to Iowans, 14-7". Chicago Tribune. p. II-1 – via Newspapers.com.
^ Walter Eckersall (November 16, 1919). "Purple Upsets Indiana, 3-2, in Final Period". Chicago Tribune. p. II-1 – via Newspapers.com.
^ "Rutgers Gives Her Greatest Exhibition of Football Power in Crushing Strong Northwestern Eleven, 28 to 0". The Sunday Times. November 23, 1919. p. 9 – via Newspapers.com.

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1919 Big Ten Conference football standings
v t	Conf					Overall
Team	W		L		T	W		L		T
Illinois $	6	–	1	–	0	6	–	1	–	0
Ohio State	3	–	1	–	0	6	–	1	–	0
Chicago	4	–	2	–	0	5	–	2	–	0
Wisconsin	3	–	2	–	0	5	–	2	–	0
Minnesota	3	–	2	–	0	4	–	2	–	1
Iowa	2	–	2	–	0	5	–	2	–	0
Michigan	1	–	4	–	0	3	–	4	–	0
Northwestern	1	–	4	–	0	2	–	5	–	0
Indiana	0	–	2	–	0	3	–	4	–	0
Purdue	0	–	3	–	0	2	–	4	–	1

$ – Conference champion