1949 Northwestern Wildcats football
ConferenceBig Nine Conference
Record4–5 (3–4 Big Nine)
Head coach
MVPDon Burson, Gaspar Perricone
CaptainSteve Sawle[1]
Home stadiumDyche Stadium
Seasons
← 1948
1950 →
1949 Big Nine Conference football standings
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

DateOpponentRankSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 24Purdue
W 20–635,000
October 1Pittsburgh*
  • Dyche Stadium
  • Evanston, IL
L 7–16
October 8at No. 5 MinnesotaNo. 20
L 7–2163,063
October 15No. 7 Michigan
  • Dyche Stadium
  • Evanston, IL (rivalry)
W 21–2054,816[5]
October 22at IowaNo. 13
L 21–28
October 29at No. 18 Ohio State
L 7–2481,872
November 5Wisconsin
  • Dyche Stadium
  • Evanston, IL
L 6–1451,000
November 12Colgate*
  • Dyche Stadium
  • Evanston, IL
W 39–2040,000[6]
November 19at Illinois
W 9–767,872
  • *Non-conference game
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

Rankings

See also: 1949 NCAA football rankings
Ranking movements
Legend: ██ Increase in ranking ██ Decrease in ranking
— = Not ranked т = Tied with team above or below
Week
Poll12345678Final
AP20т—13——————

References

  1. ^ "Year-by-Year Results" (PDF). 2007. p. 147. Archived (PDF) from the original on March 16, 2019. Retrieved March 14, 2019.
  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.
  5. ^ Tommy Devine (October 16, 1949). "The King Is Dead! Northwestern 21, Michigan 20". Detroit Free Press. pp. C1, C3 – via Newspapers.com.
  6. ^ Vaughan, Irving (November 13, 1949). "Late Colgate Rally Fails; Wildcats Win". Chicago Sunday Tribune. Chicago, Ill. sect. 2, p. 1 – via Newspapers.com.


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