1947 Northwestern Wildcats football team

1947 Northwestern Wildcats football
Conference Big Ten Conference
1947 record 3–6 (2–4 Big Ten)
Head coach Robert Voigts (1st year)
Home stadium Dyche Stadium
1947 Big Ten football standings
Conf     Overall
Team W   L   T     W   L   T
#2 Michigan $ 6 0 0     10 0 0
Wisconsin 3 2 1     5 3 1
Minnesota 3 3 0     6 3 0
Illinois 3 3 0     5 3 1
Purdue 3 3 0     5 4 0
Indiana 2 3 1     5 3 1
Iowa 2 3 1     3 5 1
Northwestern 2 4 0     3 6 0
Ohio State 1 4 1     2 6 1
  • $ Conference champion
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1947 Northwestern Wildcats team represented Northwestern University during the 1947 college football season. In their first year under head coach Robert Voigts, the Wildcats compiled a 3–6 record (2–4 against Big Ten Conference opponents) and finished in eighth place in the Big Ten Conference.[1]

Schedule

  1. September 27, 1947: Vanderbilt, Loss, 0-3
  2. October 4, 1947: UCLA, Win, 27-26
  3. October 11, 1947: at Minnesota, Loss, 21-37
  4. October 18, 1947: Michigan, Loss, 21-49[2]
  5. October 25, 1947: Indiana, Win, 7-6
  6. November 1, 1947: Wisconsin, Loss, 0-29
  7. November 8, 1947: at Ohio State, Loss, 6-7
  8. November 15, 1947: Notre Dame, Loss, 19-26
  9. November 22, 1947: at Illinois, Win, 28-13

References

  1. "1947 Northwestern Wildcats Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved February 22, 2016.
  2. Walter W. Ruch (October 19, 1947). "Michigan Victor at Evanston, 49-21:Beats a Plucky Northwestern Eleven in Big Nine Battle Before Crowd of 48,000". The New York Times.
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