1954 Northwestern Wildcats football team

1954 Northwestern Wildcats football
Conference	Big Ten Conference
Record	2-7 (1-5 Big 10)
Head coach	Bob Voigts (8th season)
MVP	Ziggie Niepokoj
Captains	John Damore Bob Lauter
Home stadium	Dyche Stadium (Capacity: 55,000)

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
Northwestern	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.

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance
September 25, 1954	Iowa State*	Dyche Stadium Evanston, Illinois	W 27-14	32,056
October 2, 1954	No. 9 USC*	Dyche Stadium Evanston, Illinois	L 7-12	30,725
October 9, 1954	at No. 18 Minnesota	Memorial Stadium Minneapolis	L 7-26	53,663
October 16, 1954	Michigan	Dyche Stadium Evanston, Illinois	L 0-7	32,972
October 23, 1954	at Pittsburgh	Pitt Stadium Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania	L 7-14	28,862
October 30, 1954	No. 1 Ohio State	Dyche Stadium Evanston, Illinois	L 7-14	41,650
November 6, 1954	at No. 16 Wisconsin	Camp Randall Stadium Madison, Wisconsin	L 13-34	53,131
November 13, 1954	Indiana	Dyche Stadium Evanston, Illinois	L 13-14	25,856
November 20, 1954	at Illinois	Memorial Stadium Champaign, Illinois (Sweet Sioux Tomahawk)	W 20-7	39,186
*Non-conference game Rankings from Coaches' Poll released prior to the game