1953 Northwestern Wildcats football
ConferenceBig Ten Conference
Record3–6 (0–6 Big Ten)
Head coach
MVPBob Lauter
Captains
  • Joe Collier
  • Dick Thomas[1]
Home stadiumDyche Stadium
Seasons
← 1952
1954 →
1953 Big Ten Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
No. 3 Michigan State + 5 – 1 – 0 9 – 1 – 0
No. 7 Illinois + 5 – 1 – 0 7 – 1 – 1
No. 15 Wisconsin 4 – 1 – 1 6 – 2 – 1
Ohio State 4 – 3 – 0 6 – 3 – 0
Minnesota 3 – 3 – 1 4 – 4 – 1
No. 20 Michigan 3 – 3 – 0 6 – 3 – 0
No. 9 Iowa 3 – 3 – 0 5 – 3 – 1
Purdue 2 – 4 – 0 2 – 7 – 0
Indiana 1 – 5 – 0 2 – 7 – 0
Northwestern 0 – 6 – 0 3 – 6 – 0
  • + – Conference co-champions
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1953 Northwestern Wildcats team represented Northwestern University during the 1953 Big Ten Conference football season. In their seventh year under head coach Bob Voigts, the Wildcats compiled a 3–6 record (0–6 against Big Ten Conference opponents), finished in last place in the Big Ten, and were outscored by their opponents by a combined total of 205 to 166.[2]

Schedule

DateOpponentRankSiteResultAttendance
September 26Iowa State*
W 35–037,960
October 3Army*
  • Dyche Stadium
  • Evanston, IL
W 33–2030,000
October 10MinnesotaNo. 18
  • Dyche Stadium
  • Evanston, IL
L 13–3040,000
October 17at No. 5 Michigan
L 12–2064,420
October 24Pittsburgh*
  • Dyche Stadium
  • Evanston, IL
W 27–2128,000
October 31at Ohio State
L 13–2780,562
November 7Wisconsin
  • Dyche Stadium
  • Evanston, IL
L 13–3440,000
November 14at Indiana
L 6–1420,000
November 21Illinois
  • Dyche Stadium
  • Evanston, IL (rivalry)
L 14–3951,039
  • *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 March 16, 2019. Retrieved March 14, 2019.
  2. ^ "Northwestern Yearly Results (1950-1954)". College Football Data Warehouse. David DeLassus. Archived from the original on September 5, 2015. Retrieved August 7, 2015.


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