1949 Northwestern Wildcats football team

1949 Northwestern Wildcats football
1949 Northwestern Wildcats football
Conference	Big Nine Conference
Record	4–5 (3–4 Big Nine)
Head coach	Bob Voigts (3rd season);
MVP	Don Burson, Gaspar Perricone
Captain	Steve Sawle
Home stadium	Dyche Stadium
	Seasons ← 1948 1950 →

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]

1949 Big Nine Conference football standings
v t e	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

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Rank	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
September 24	Purdue		Dyche Stadium Evanston, IL	W 20–6	35,000
October 1	Pittsburgh*		Dyche Stadium Evanston, IL	L 7–16
October 8	at No. 5 Minnesota	No. 20	Memorial Stadium Minneapolis, MN	L 7–21	63,063
October 15	No. 7 Michigan		Dyche Stadium Evanston, IL (rivalry)	W 21–20	54,816	^[5]
October 22	at Iowa	No. 13	Iowa Stadium Iowa City, IA	L 21–28
October 29	at No. 18 Ohio State		Ohio Stadium Columbus, OH	L 7–24	81,872
November 5	Wisconsin		Dyche Stadium Evanston, IL	L 6–14	51,000
November 12	Colgate*		Dyche Stadium Evanston, IL	W 39–20	40,000	^[6]
November 19	at Illinois		Memorial Stadium Champaign, Illinois, IL (rivalry)	W 9–7	67,872
*Non-conference game Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

Ranking movements
**Legend:** ██ Increase in ranking ██ Decrease in ranking
— = Not ranked т = Tied with team above or below
	Week
Poll	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
AP	20т	—	13	—	—	—	—	—	—

^ "Year-by-Year Results" (PDF). 2007. p. 147. Archived (PDF) from the original on March 16, 2019. Retrieved March 14, 2019.
^ "1949 Northwestern Wildcats Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved February 22, 2016.
^ "Karras Makes All Big 9 Grid Team". Daily Illini. November 23, 1949.
^ "Coaches Snub OSU Stars In Picking All-Big 10 Team". The Pittsburgh Press (AP story). November 30, 1949. p. 40.
^ Tommy Devine (October 16, 1949). "The King Is Dead! Northwestern 21, Michigan 20". Detroit Free Press. pp. C1, C3 – via Newspapers.com.
^ 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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