1949 Northwestern Wildcats football team

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1949 Northwestern Wildcats football
ConferenceBig Ten Conference
1949 record4–5 (3–4 Big Ten)
Head coach
MVPDon Burson, Gaspar Perricone
CaptainSteve Sawle[1]
Home stadiumDyche Stadium
Seasons
← 1948
1950 →
1949 Big Nine Conference football standings
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 Conf Overall
Team W   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.[2] Quarterback Don Burson was selected as a first-team All-Big Ten player by both the Associated Press and the United Press.[3][4]

Schedule[]

DateOpponentRankSiteResult
September 24Purdue
W 20–6
October 1Pittsburgh*
  • Dyche Stadium
  • Evanston, Illinois
L 7–16
October 8at No. 5 MinnesotaNo. 20
L 7–21
October 15No. 7 Michigan
  • Dyche Stadium
  • Evanston, Illinois
W 21–20
October 22at IowaNo. 13
L 21–28
October 29at No. 18 Ohio State
L 7–24
November 5Wisconsin
  • Dyche Stadium
  • Evanston, Illinois
L 6–14
November 12Colgate*
  • Dyche Stadium
  • Evanston, Illinois
W 39–20
November 19at Illinois
W 9–7
  • *Non-conference game
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

References[]

  1. ^ "Year-by-Year Results" (PDF). 2007. p. 147. Archived (PDF) from the original on 2019-03-16. Retrieved 2019-03-14.
  2. ^ "1949 Northwestern Wildcats Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved February 22, 2016.
  3. ^ "Karras Makes All Big 9 Grid Team". Daily Illini. November 23, 1949.
  4. ^ "Coaches Snub OSU Stars In Picking All-Big 10 Team". The Pittsburgh Press (AP story). November 30, 1949. p. 40.
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