1950 Northwestern Wildcats football team

The 1950 Northwestern Wildcats team represented Northwestern University during the 1950 Big Nine Conference football season. In their fourth year under head coach Bob Voigts, the Wildcats compiled a 6–3 record (3–3 against Big Ten Conference opponents), finished in fifth in the Big Ten, and outscored their opponents by a combined total of 155 to 143.[2]

1950 Northwestern Wildcats football
ConferenceBig Ten Conference
1950 record6-3 (3–3 Big 10)
Head coach
MVPChuck Hagmann
CaptainDon Stonesifer[1]
Home stadiumDyche Stadium (Capacity: 52,000)
1950 Big Nine Conference football standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L T  W L T
No. 9 Michigan $ 4 1 1  6 3 1
No. 14 Ohio State 5 2 0  6 3 0
Wisconsin 5 2 0  6 3 0
No. 13 Illinois 4 2 0  7 2 0
Northwestern 3 3 0  6 3 0
Iowa 2 4 0  3 5 1
Minnesota 1 4 1  1 7 1
Indiana 1 4 0  3 5 1
Purdue 1 4 0  2 7 0
  • $ Conference champion
Rankings from AP Poll

Schedule

DateOpponentRankSiteResultAttendance
September 30, 1950Iowa State*W 23-1338,473
October 7, 1950at Navy*W 22-012,000
October 14, 1950Minnesota
  • Dyche Stadium
  • Evanston, Illinois
W 13-645,000
October 21, 1950Pittsburgh*No. 20
  • Dyche Stadium
  • Evanston, Illinois
W 28-2335,000
October 28, 1950at WisconsinNo. 9L 13-1445,000
November 4, 1950No. 4 Ohio State
  • Dyche Stadium
  • Evanston, Illinois
L 0-3250,000
November 11, 1950at PurdueW 19-1430,000
November 18, 1950at MichiganL 23-3475,075
November 25, 1950Illinois
W 14-750,000
  • *Non-conference game
  • Rankings from Coaches' 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. "Northwestern Yearly Results (1950-1954)". College Football Data Warehouse. David DeLassus. Retrieved August 7, 2015.


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