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1951 Northwestern Wildcats football team

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1951 Big Ten Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
No. 4 Illinois $ 5 0 1 9 0 1
Purdue 4 1 0 5 4 0
No. 8 Wisconsin 5 1 1 7 1 1
Michigan 4 2 0 4 5 0
Ohio State 2 2 2 4 3 2
Northwestern 2 4 0 5 4 0
Minnesota 1 4 1 2 6 1
Indiana 1 5 0 2 7 0
Iowa 0 5 1 2 5 2
  • $ – Conference champion
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1951 Northwestern Wildcats team represented Northwestern University during the 1951 college football season. In their fifth year under head coach Bob Voigts, the Wildcats compiled a 5–4 record (2–4 against Big Ten Conference opponents), finished in sixth place in the Big Ten, and were outscored by their opponents by a combined total of 124 to 112.[1]

Schedule

September 29, 1951Colorado*

W 35-14 42,000 October 6, 1951Army*

  • Dyche Stadium
  • Evanston, IL

W 20-14 40,000 October 13, 1951at Minnesota

W 21-7 51,915 October 20, 1951Navy*No. 18

  • Dyche Stadium
  • Evanston, IL

W 16-7 40,000 October 27, 1951No. 14 WisconsinNo. 13

  • Dyche Stadium
  • Evanston, IL

L 0-41 50,000 November 3, 1951at Ohio State

L 0-3 71,089 November 10, 1951Purdue

  • Dyche Stadium
  • Evanston, IL

L 14-35 38,000 November 17, 1951at Michigan

W 6-0 57,634 November 24, 1951Illinois

L 0-3 52,000

Template:CFB Schedule End

References

  1. ^ "Northwestern Yearly Results (1950-1954)". College Football Data Warehouse. David DeLassus. Retrieved August 7, 2015.