1944 Northwestern Wildcats football team

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1944 Big Ten Conference football standings

	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
No. 2 Ohio State $	6	–	0	–	0			9	–	0	–	0
No. 8 Michigan	5	–	2	–	0			8	–	2	–	0
Purdue	4	–	2	–	0			5	–	5	–	0
Minnesota	3	–	2	–	1			5	–	3	–	1
Indiana	4	–	3	–	0			7	–	3	–	0
No. 15 Illinois	3	–	3	–	0			5	–	4	–	1
Wisconsin	2	–	4	–	0			3	–	6	–	0
Northwestern	0	–	5	–	1			1	–	7	–	1
Iowa	0	–	6	–	0			1	–	7	–	0
+ – Conference co-champions Rankings from AP Poll

The 1944 Northwestern Wildcats team represented Northwestern University during the 1944 college football season. In their tenth year under head coach Pappy Waldorf, the Wildcats compiled a 1–7–1 record (0–5–1 against Big Ten Conference opponents) and finished in eighth place in the Big Ten Conference.

Schedule

1. September 23, 1944: DePauw, Win, 62-0
2. September 30, 1944: Wisconsin, Loss, 6-7
3. October 7, 1944: Great Lakes Navy, Loss, 0-25
4. October 14, 1944: at Michigan, Loss, 0-27
5. October 21, 1944: Indiana, Loss, 7-14
6. November 4, 1944: at Minnesota, Tie, 14-14
7. November 11, 1944: Purdue, Loss, 7-27
8. November 18, 1944: at Notre Dame, Loss, 0-21
9. November 25, 1944: Illinois, Loss, 6-25