1941 Northwestern Wildcats football team

1941 Northwestern Wildcats football
Conference Big Ten Conference
1941 record 5–3 (4–2 Big Ten)
Head coach Pappy Waldorf (7th year)
Offensive scheme Single wing
Home stadium Dyche Stadium
1941 Big Ten football standings
Conf     Overall
Team W   L   T     W   L   T
#1 Minnesota $ 5 0 0     8 0 0
#5 Michigan 3 1 1     6 1 1
#13 Ohio State 3 1 1     6 1 1
#11 Northwestern 4 2 0     5 3 0
Wisconsin 3 3 0     3 5 0
Iowa 2 4 0     3 5 0
Purdue 1 3 0     2 5 1
Indiana 1 3 0     2 6 0
Illinois 0 5 0     2 6 0
  • $ Conference champion
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1941 Northwestern Wildcats team represented Northwestern University during the 1941 college football season. In their seventh year under head coach Pappy Waldorf, the Wildcats compiled a 5–3 record (4–2 against Big Ten Conference opponents) and finished in fourth place in the Big Ten Conference.[1] Four Northwestern players received honors on the 1941 All-Big Ten Conference football team.[2][3] They are: (1) end Bob Motl (AP-1; UP-2); (2) tackle Alf Bauman (AP-1; UP-1); (3) guard George Zorich (UP-2); and (4) halfback Otto Graham (AP-2)

Schedule

  1. October 4, 1941: Kansas State, Win, 51-3
  2. October 11, 1941: Wisconsin, Win, 41-14
  3. October 18, 1941: Michigan, Loss, 7-14[4][5]
  4. October 25, 1941: at Ohio State, Win, 14-7
  5. November 1, 1941: at Minnesota, Loss, 7-8
  6. November 8, 1941: Indiana, Win, 20-14
  7. November 15, 1941: Notre Dame, Loss, 6-7
  8. November 22, 1941: Illinois, Win, 27-0

References

  1. "1941 Northwestern Wildcats Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved February 22, 2016.
  2. "Four Minnesotans On Big Ten Team". The Independent, St. Petersburg, Fla. (AP story). November 27, 1941. p. 16.
  3. "Eleven Best in Big Ten Circles on Honor Rolls". Freeport Journal-Standard (Freeport, Illinois). November 21, 1941. p. 13.
  4. Wilfrid Smith (November 2, 1941). "Michigan Passes Beat Northwestern, 14-7: Kuzma Tosses Twice to Score for Wolverine; Fraumann, Rogers Cross Goal". Chicago Tribune.
  5. "Michigan Victor on Long Pass, 14-7; Kuzma's 2 Touchdown Tosses, Second Gaining 46 Yards, Defeat Northwestern". The New York Times (AP story). October 19, 1941.
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