1954 Northwestern Wildcats football team

The 1954 Northwestern Wildcats team represented Northwestern University during the 1954 Big Ten Conference football season. In their eighth year under head coach Bob Voigts, the Wildcats compiled a 2-7 record (1-5 against Big Ten Conference opponents), finished in a tie for eighth place in the Big Ten, and were outscored by their opponents by a combined total of 142 to 101.[2]

1954 Northwestern Wildcats football
ConferenceBig Ten Conference
1954 record2-7 (1-5 Big 10)
Head coach
MVPZiggie Niepokoj
Captains
  • John Damore[1]
  • Bob Lauter
Home stadiumDyche Stadium (Capacity: 55,000)
1954 Big Ten Conference football standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L T  W L T
No. 1 Ohio State $ 7 0 0  10 0 0
No. 9 Wisconsin 5 2 0  7 2 0
No. 15 Michigan 5 2 0  6 3 0
Minnesota 4 2 0  7 2 0
Iowa 4 3 0  5 4 0
Purdue 3 3 0  5 3 1
Indiana 2 4 0  3 6 0
Michigan State 1 5 0  3 6 0
Northwestern 1 5 0  2 7 0
Illinois 0 6 0  1 8 0
  • $ Conference champion
Rankings from AP Poll

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendance
September 25, 1954Iowa State*W 27-1432,056
October 2, 1954No. 9 USC*
  • Dyche Stadium
  • Evanston, Illinois
L 7-1230,725
October 9, 1954at No. 18 MinnesotaL 7-2653,663
October 16, 1954Michigan
  • Dyche Stadium
  • Evanston, Illinois
L 0-732,972
October 23, 1954at PittsburghL 7-1428,862
October 30, 1954No. 1 Ohio State
  • Dyche Stadium
  • Evanston, Illinois
L 7-1441,650
November 6, 1954at No. 16 WisconsinL 13-3453,131
November 13, 1954Indiana
  • Dyche Stadium
  • Evanston, Illinois
L 13-1425,856
November 20, 1954at IllinoisW 20-739,186
  • *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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