1949 Northwestern Wildcats football team

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

1949 Big Nine Conference football standings

	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

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. Quarterback Don Burson was selected as a first-team All-Big Ten player by both the Associated Press and the United Press.

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Rank	Site	Result
September 24	Purdue		Dyche Stadium Evanston, Illinois	W 20–6
October 1	Pittsburgh*		Dyche Stadium Evanston, Illinois	L 7–16
October 8	at No. 5 Minnesota	No. 20	Memorial Stadium Minneapolis	L 7–21
October 15	No. 7 Michigan		Dyche Stadium Evanston, Illinois	W 21–20
October 22	at Iowa	No. 13	Iowa Stadium Iowa City, Iowa	L 21–28
October 29	at No. 18 Ohio State		Ohio Stadium Columbus, Ohio	L 7–24
November 5	Wisconsin		Dyche Stadium Evanston, Illinois	L 6–14
November 12	Colgate*		Dyche Stadium Evanston, Illinois	W 39–20
November 19	at Illinois		Memorial Stadium Champaign, Illinois (rivalry)	W 9–7
*Non-conference game Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game