1940 Northwestern Wildcats football team

1940 Big Ten Conference football standings
	$ – Conference champion; Rankings from AP Poll

1940 Northwestern Wildcats football
1940 Northwestern Wildcats football
Conference	Big Ten Conference
Ranking
AP	No. 8
1940 record	6–2 (4–2 Big Ten)
Head coach	Pappy Waldorf (6th season);
Offensive scheme	Single wing
MVP	Paul Hiemenz
Captain	Dick Richards
Home stadium	Dyche Stadium
	Seasons ← 1939 1941 →

The 1940 Northwestern Wildcats team represented Northwestern University during the 1940 Big Ten Conference 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.^[2]^[3]

Schedule[]

Date	Opponent	Rank	Site	Result
October 5	at Syracuse*		Archbold Stadium Syracuse, New York	W 40–0
October 12	Ohio State		Dyche Stadium Evanston, Illinois	W 6–3
October 19	at Wisconsin	No. 4	Camp Randall Stadium Madison, Wisconsin	W 27–7
October 26	Indiana	No. 7	Dyche Stadium Evanston, Illinois	W 20–7
November 2	No. 4 Minnesota	No. 8	Dyche Stadium Evanston, Illinois	L 12–13
November 9	Illinois	No. 10	Dyche Stadium Evanston, Illinois (rivalry)	W 32–14
November 16	at No. 6 Michigan	No. 10	Michigan Stadium Ann Arbor, Michigan	L 13–20
November 23	No. 14 Notre Dame*	No. 10	Dyche Stadium Evanston, Illinois (rivalry)	W 20–0
*Non-conference game Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

Alf Bauman – tackle (consensus 1st-team All-American; 1st-team All-Big Ten selection by AP and UP)
Ollie Hahnenstein – halfback (2nd-team All-Big Ten selection by AP and UP)
Paul Hiemenz – center (1st-team All-Big Ten selection by AP and UP)
Joe Lokane – guard (1st-team All-Big Ten selection by AP and UP)

^ "Year-by-Year Results" (PDF). 2007. p. 147. Archived (PDF) from the original on 2019-03-16. Retrieved 2019-03-14.
^ "Northwestern Yearly Results (1935-1939)". College Football Data Warehouse. David DeLassus. Retrieved August 7, 2015.
^ "1940 Northwestern Wildcats Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved December 18, 2015.

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1940 Big Ten Conference football standings
v t	Conf					Overall
Team	W		L		T	W		L		T
No. 1 Minnesota $	6	–	0	–	0	8	–	0	–	0
No. 3 Michigan	3	–	1	–	0	7	–	1	–	0
No. 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