1954 Northwestern Wildcats football team

1954 Northwestern Wildcats football
ConferenceBig Ten Conference
Record2–7 (1–5 Big Ten)
Head coach
MVPZiggie Niepokoj
Captains
  • Joe Collier
  • Bob Lauter[1]
Home stadiumDyche Stadium
1954 Big Ten Conference football standings
Conf. Overall
Team W   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
1 – 5 – 0 2 – 7 – 0
Illinois 0 – 6 – 0 1 – 8 – 0
  • $ – Conference champion
Rankings from AP Poll

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]

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendance
September 25Iowa State*
W 27–1432,056
October 2No. 9 USC*
  • Dyche Stadium
  • Evanston, IL
L 7–1230,725
October 9at No. 18 Minnesota
L 7–2653,663
October 16Michigan
  • Dyche Stadium
  • Evanston, IL (rivalry)
L 0–732,972
October 23at Pittsburgh
L 7–1428,862
October 30No. 1 Ohio State
  • Dyche Stadium
  • Evanston, IL
L 7–1441,650
November 6at No. 16 Wisconsin
L 13–3453,131
November 13Indiana
  • Dyche Stadium
  • Evanston, IL
L 13–1425,856
November 20at Illinois
W 20–739,186
  • *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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