1949 Northwestern Wildcats football team
{{short description|American college football season}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=August 2023}}
{{Infobox college sports team season
| year = 1949
| team = Northwestern Wildcats
| sport = football
| image =
| image_size =
| conference = Big Nine Conference
| short_conf = Big Nine
| record = 4–5
| conf_record = 3–4
| head_coach = Bob Voigts
| hc_year = 3rd
| mvp = Don Burson
| mvp2 = Gaspar Perricone
| stadium = Dyche Stadium
}}
{{1949 Big Nine Conference football standings}}
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.{{cite web|title=1949 Northwestern Wildcats Schedule and Results|publisher=Sports Reference LLC|work=SR/College Football|access-date=February 22, 2016|url=https://www.sports-reference.com/cfb/schools/northwestern/1949-schedule.html}} Quarterback Don Burson was selected as a first-team All-Big Ten player by both the Associated Press and the United Press.{{cite news|title=Karras Makes All Big 9 Grid Team|newspaper=Daily Illini|date=November 23, 1949|url=http://idnc.library.illinois.edu/cgi-bin/illinois?a=d&d=DIL19491123.2.60#}}{{cite news|title=Coaches Snub OSU Stars In Picking All-Big 10 Team|newspaper=The Pittsburgh Press (AP story)|date=November 30, 1949|page=40|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1144&dat=19491129&id=ingbAAAAIBAJ&sjid=Xk0EAAAAIBAJ&pg=4456,5510322}}
Schedule
{{CFB schedule
| rankyear = 1949
| poll = AP
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = September 24
| w/l = w
| opponent = Purdue
| site_stadium = Dyche Stadium
| site_cityst = Evanston, IL
| score = 20–6
| attend = 35,000
}}
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = October 1
| w/l = l
| nonconf = y
| opponent = Pittsburgh
| site_stadium = Dyche Stadium
| site_cityst = Evanston, IL
| score = 7–16
| attend = 41,000
| source = {{cite news|author=David Condon|title=41,000 See Wildcats Hit By Panthers|newspaper=Chicago Sunday Tribune|date=October 2, 1949|page=Part 2-1,5|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/chicago-tribune-pitt-upsets-northwestern/147320062/|via=Newspapers.com}}
}}
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = October 8
| w/l = l
| away = y
| rank = 20
| opponent = Minnesota
| opprank = 5
| site_stadium = Memorial Stadium
| site_cityst = Minneapolis, MN
| score = 7–21
| attend = 63,063
}}
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = October 15
| w/l = w
| opponent = Michigan
| opprank = 7
| site_stadium = Dyche Stadium
| site_cityst = Evanston, IL
| gamename = rivalry
| score = 21–20
| attend = 54,816
| source = {{cite news|title=The King Is Dead! Northwestern 21, Michigan 20|newspaper=Detroit Free Press|author=Tommy Devine|date=October 16, 1949|pages=C1, C3|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/8230448/the_king_is_dead_northwestern_21/|via=Newspapers.com}}
}}
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = October 22
| w/l = l
| away = y
| rank = 13
| opponent = Iowa
| site_stadium = Iowa Stadium
| site_cityst = Iowa City, IA
| score = 21–28
| attend =
}}
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = October 29
| w/l = l
| away = y
| opponent = Ohio State
| opprank = 18
| site_stadium = Ohio Stadium
| site_cityst = Columbus, OH
| score = 7–24
| attend = 81,872
}}
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = November 5
| w/l = l
| opponent = Wisconsin
| site_stadium = Dyche Stadium
| site_cityst = Evanston, IL
| score = 6–14
| attend = 51,000
}}
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = November 12
| w/l = w
| nonconf = y
| opponent = Colgate
| site_stadium = Dyche Stadium
| site_cityst = Evanston, IL
| score = 39–20
| attend = 40,000
| source = {{cite news |title=Late Colgate Rally Fails; Wildcats Win |first=Irving |last=Vaughan |date=November 13, 1949 |at=sect. 2, p. 1 |newspaper=Chicago Sunday Tribune |location=Chicago, Ill.|via=Newspapers.com |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/67219315/1949-colgate-northwestern/ }}
}}
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = November 19
| w/l = w
| away = y
| opponent = Illinois
| site_stadium = Memorial Stadium
| site_cityst = Champaign, Illinois, IL
| gamename = rivalry
| score = 9–7
| attend = 67,872
}}
}}
Rankings
{{see also|1949 college football rankings}}
{{Ranking movements
| poll1title = AP
| poll1firstweek = 1
| poll1lastweek = 9
| poll1_1=20т
| poll1_2=NR
| poll1_3=13
| poll1_4=NR
| poll1_5=NR
| poll1_6=NR
| poll1_7=NR
| poll1_8=NR
| poll1_9=NR
}}
References
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