1953 Northwestern Wildcats football team

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]

1953 Northwestern Wildcats football
ConferenceBig Ten Conference
1953 record3-6 (0-6 Big 10)
Head coach
MVPBob Lauter
Captains
  • Joe Collier[1]
  • Dick Thomas
Home stadiumDyche Stadium (Capacity: 55,000)
1953 Big Ten Conference football standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW 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

Schedule

DateOpponentRankSiteResultAttendance
September 26, 1953Iowa State*W 35-037,960
October 3, 1953Army*
  • Dyche Stadium
  • Evanston, Illinois
W 33-2030,000
October 10, 1953MinnesotaNo. 18
  • Dyche Stadium
  • Evanston, Illinois
L 13-3040,000
October 17, 1953at No. 5 MichiganL 12-2064,420
October 25, 1953Pittsburgh*
  • Dyche Stadium
  • Evanston, Illinois
W 27-2128,000
October 31, 1953at Ohio StateL 13-2780,562
November 7, 1953Wisconsin
  • Dyche Stadium
  • Evanston, Illinois
L 13-3440,000
November 14, 1953at IndianaL 6-1420,000
November 21, 1953Illinois
L 14-3951,039
  • *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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