1956 Northwestern Wildcats football team

Northwestern Wildcats football
	1951 Northwestern Wildcats football
Conference	Big Ten
1951 record	5-4 (2-4 Big Ten)
Head coach	Bob Voigts
Home stadium	Dyche Stadium (Capacity: 52,000)
	Seasons ← 1950 1952 →

	1950 Big Ten football standings
	† – Conference champion ; Rankings from AP Poll / Coaches' Poll

Northwestern Wildcats football
	1950 Northwestern Wildcats football
Conference	Big Ten
1950 record	6-3 (3-3 Big Ten)
Head coach	Bob Voigts
Home stadium	Dyche Stadium (Capacity: 52,000)
	Seasons ← 1949 1951 →

1950

In the battle for the Sweet Sioux Tomahawk, the Wildcats defeated the Fighting Illini.

Date	Opponent^#	Rank^#	Site	Result	Attendance
September 30*	Iowa State		Dyche Stadium • Evanston, IL	W 23-13	38,473
October 7*	at Navy		Memorial Stadium • Baltimore, MD	W 22-0	12,000
October 14	Minnesota		Dyche Stadium • Evanston, IL	W 13-6	45,000
October 21*	Pittsburgh	#20	Dyche Stadium • Evanston, IL	W 28-23	35,000
October 28	at Wisconsin	#9	Camp Randall Stadium • Madison, WI	L 13-14	45,000
November 4	#4 Ohio State		Dyche Stadium • Evanston, IL	L 0-32	50,000
November 11	at Purdue		Ross-Ade Stadium • West Lafayette, IN	W 19-14	30,000
November 18	at Michigan		Michigan Stadium • Ann Arbor, MI	L 23-34	75,075
November 25	Illinois		Dyche Stadium • Evanston, IL (Sweet Sioux Tomahawk)	W 14-7	50,000
*Non-Conference Game.

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1951

v · d · e	Conf					Overall
1951 Big Ten football standings
Team	W		L		T	W		L		T
#4/3 Illinois †	5	–	0	–	1	9	–	0	–	1
#NR/14 Purdue	4	–	1	–	0	5	–	4	–	0
#8/8 Wisconsin	5	–	1	–	1	7	–	1	–	1
Michigan	4	–	2	–	0	4	–	5	–	0
Ohio State	2	–	2	–	2	4	–	3	–	2
Northwestern	2	–	4	–	0	5	–	4	–	0
Minnesota	1	–	4	–	1	2	–	6	–	1
Indiana	1	–	5	–	0	2	–	7	–	0
Iowa	0	–	5	–	1	2	–	5	–	2

† – Conference champion Rankings from AP Poll / Coaches' Poll

In the battle for the Sweet Sioux Tomahawk, the Fighting Illini defeated the Wildcats.

Date	Opponent^#	Rank^#	Site	Result	Attendance
September 29*	Colorado		Dyche Stadium • Evanston, IL	W 35-14	42,000
October 6*	Army		Dyche Stadium • Evanston, IL	W 20-14	40,000
October 13	at Minnesota		Memorial Stadium • Minneapolis, MN	W 21-7	51,915
October 20*	Navy	#18	Dyche Stadium • Evanston, IL	W 16-7	40,000
October 27	#14 Wisconsin	#13	Dyche Stadium • Evanston, IL	L 0-41	50,000
November 3	at Ohio State		Ohio Stadium • Columbus, OH	L 0-3	71,089
November 10	Purdue		Dyche Stadium • Evanston, IL	L 14-35	38,000
November 17	at Michigan		Michigan Stadium • Ann Arbor, MI	W 6-0	57,634
November 24	Illinois		Dyche Stadium • Evanston, IL (Sweet Sioux Tomahawk)	L 0-3	52,000
*Non-Conference Game.

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1952

1952 Northwestern Wildcats football
Conference	Big Ten
1952 record	2-6-1 (2-5 Big Ten)
Head coach	Bob Voigts
Home stadium	Dyche Stadium (Capacity: 52,000)
Seasons ← 1951 1953 →

v · d · e	Conf					Overall
1952 Big Ten football standings
Team	W		L		T	W		L		T
#11/10 Wisconsin §	4	–	1	–	1	6	–	3	–	1
#18/12 Purdue §	4	–	1	–	1	4	–	3	–	2
#17/15 Ohio State	5	–	2	–	0	6	–	3	–	0
Michigan	4	–	2	–	0	5	–	4	–	0
Minnesota	3	–	1	–	2	4	–	3	–	2
Illinois	2	–	5	–	0	4	–	5	–	0
Northwestern	2	–	5	–	0	2	–	6	–	1
Iowa	2	–	5	–	0	2	–	7	–	0
Indiana	1	–	5	–	0	2	–	7	–	0

§ – Conference co-champions Rankings from AP Poll / Coaches' Poll

In the battle for the Sweet Sioux Tomahawk, the Wildcats defeated the Fighting Illini.

Date	Opponent^#	Site	Result	Attendance
September 26*	at #16 USC	Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum • Los Angeles, CA	L 0-31	59,756
October 4*	Vanderbilt	Dyche Stadium • Evanston, IL	T 20-20	35,000
October 11	at Minnesota	Memorial Stadium • Minneapolis, MN	L 26-27	46,732
October 18	Michigan	Dyche Stadium • Evanston, IL	L 14-48	40,000
October 25	Indiana	Dyche Stadium • Evanston, IL	W 23-13	30,000
November 1	Ohio State	Dyche Stadium • Evanston, IL	L 21-24	35,000
November 8	at #18 Wisconsin	Camp Randall Stadium • Madison, WI	L 20-24	52,131
November 15	Iowa	Dyche Stadium • Evanston, IL	L 14-39	40,000
November 22	at Illinois	Memorial Stadium • Champaign, IL (Sweet Sioux Tomahawk)	W 28-26	41,214
*Non-Conference Game.

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1953

1953 Northwestern Wildcats football
Conference	Big Ten
1953 record	3-6 (0-6 Big Ten)
Home stadium	Dyche Stadium (Capacity: 55,000)
Seasons ← 1952 1954 →

v · d · e	Conf					Overall
1953 Big Ten football standings
Team	W		L		T	W		L		T
#3/3 Michigan State §	5	–	1	–	0	9	–	1	–	0
#7/7 Illinois §	5	–	1	–	0	7	–	1	–	1
#15/14 Wisconsin	4	–	1	–	1	6	–	2	–	1
#NR/20 Ohio State	4	–	3	–	0	6	–	3	–	0
Minnesota	3	–	3	–	1	4	–	4	–	1
#20/19 Michigan	3	–	3	–	0	6	–	3	–	0
#9/10 Iowa	3	–	3	–	0	5	–	3	–	1
Purdue	2	–	4	–	0	2	–	7	–	0
Indiana	1	–	5	–	0	2	–	7	–	0
Northwestern	0	–	6	–	0	3	–	6	–	0

§ – Conference co-champions Rankings from AP Poll / Coaches' Poll

Date	Opponent^#	Rank^#	Site	Result	Attendance
September 26*	Iowa State		Dyche Stadium • Evanston, IL	W 35-0	37,960
October 3*	Army		Dyche Stadium • Evanston, IL	W 33-20	30,000
October 10	Minnesota	#18	Dyche Stadium • Evanston, IL	L 13-30	40,000
October 17	at #5 Michigan		Michigan Stadium • Ann Arbor, MI	L 12-20	64,420
October 25*	Pittsburgh		Dyche Stadium • Evanston, IL	W 27-21	28,000
October 31	at Ohio State		Ohio Stadium • Columbus, OH	L 13-27	80,562
November 7	Wisconsin		Dyche Stadium • Evanston, IL	L 13-34	40,000
November 14	at Indiana		Memorial Stadium • Bloomington, IN	L 6-14	20,000
November 21	Illinois		Dyche Stadium • Evanston, IL (Sweet Sioux Tomahawk)	L 14-39	51,039
*Non-Conference Game.

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1954

1954 Northwestern Wildcats football
Conference	Big Ten
1954 record	2-7 (1-5 Big Ten)
Home stadium	Dyche Stadium (Capacity: 55,000)
Seasons ← 1953 1955 →

v · d · e	Conf					Overall
1954 Big Ten football standings
Team	W		L		T	W		L		T
#1/2 Ohio State †	7	–	0	–	0	10	–	0	–	0
#9/10 Wisconsin	5	–	2	–	0	7	–	2	–	0
#15/15 Michigan	5	–	2	–	0	6	–	3	–	0
#NR/20 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 / Coaches' Poll

Date	Opponent^#	Site	Result	Attendance
September 25*	Iowa State	Dyche Stadium • Evanston, IL	W 27-14	32,056
October 2*	#9 USC	Dyche Stadium • Evanston, IL	L 7-12	30,725
October 9	at #18 Minnesota	Memorial Stadium • Minneapolis, MN	L 7-26	53,663
October 16	Michigan	Dyche Stadium • Evanston, IL	L 0-7	32,972
October 23	at Pittsburgh	Pitt Stadium • Pittsburgh, PA	L 7-14	28,862
October 30	#1 Ohio State	Dyche Stadium • Evanston, IL	L 7-14	41,650
November 6	at #16 Wisconsin	Camp Randall Stadium • Madison, WI	L 13-34	53,131
November 13	Indiana	Dyche Stadium • Evanston, IL	L 13-14	25,856
November 20	at Illinois	Memorial Stadium • Champaign, IL (Sweet Sioux Tomahawk)	W 20-7	39,186
*Non-Conference Game.

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1955

1955 Northwestern Wildcats football
Conference	Big Ten
1955 record	0-8-1 (0-6-1 Big Ten)
Head coach	Lou Saban
Home stadium	Dyche Stadium (Capacity: 55,000)
Seasons ← 1954 1956 →

v · d · e	Conf					Overall
1955 Big Ten football standings
Team	W		L		T	W		L		T
#5/5 Ohio State †	6	–	0	–	0	7	–	2	–	0
#2/2 Michigan State	5	–	1	–	0	9	–	1	–	0
#12/13 Michigan	5	–	2	–	0	7	–	2	–	0
Purdue	4	–	2	–	1	5	–	3	–	1
Illinois	3	–	3	–	1	5	–	3	–	1
Wisconsin	3	–	4	–	0	4	–	5	–	0
Iowa	2	–	3	–	1	3	–	5	–	1
Minnesota	2	–	5	–	0	3	–	6	–	0
Indiana	1	–	5	–	0	3	–	6	–	0
Northwestern	0	–	6	–	1	0	–	8	–	1

† – Conference champion Rankings from AP Poll / Coaches' Poll

Future New York Yankees owner George Steinbrenner was an assistant coach to Lou Saban.^[6] For the season, the Wildcats were winless, and Saban and his coaching staff were dismissed.

Date	Opponent^#	Site	Result	Attendance
September 24*	Miami (OH)	Dyche Stadium • Evanston, IL	L 14-25	35,000
October 1*	at Tulane	Tulane Stadium • New Orleans, LA	L 0-21	20,000
October 8	Minnesota	Dyche Stadium • Evanston, IL	L 7-18	38,000
October 15	at #1 Michigan	Michigan Stadium • Ann Arbor, MI	L 2-14	67,074
October 22	Indiana	Dyche Stadium • Evanston, IL	L 14-20	29,700
October 29	at #15 Ohio State	Ohio Stadium • Columbus, OH	L 0-49	82,214
November 5	Wisconsin	Dyche Stadium • Evanston, IL	L 14-41	40,000
November 12	at Purdue	Ross-Ade Stadium • West Lafayette, IN	L 8-46	27,000
November 19	Illinois	Dyche Stadium • Evanston, IL (Sweet Sioux Tomahawk)	T 7-7	35,000
*Non-Conference Game.

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1956

1956 Northwestern Wildcats football
Conference	Big Ten
1956 record	4-4-1 (3-3-1 Big Ten)
Home stadium	Dyche Stadium (Capacity: 55,000)
Seasons ← 1955 1957 →

v · d · e	Conf					Overall
1956 Big Ten football standings
Team	W		L		T	W		L		T
#3/3 Iowa †	5	–	1	–	0	9	–	1	–	0
#7/7 Michigan	5	–	2	–	0	7	–	2	–	0
#12/9 Minnesota	4	–	1	–	2	6	–	1	–	2
#9/10 Michigan State	4	–	2	–	0	7	–	2	–	0
#15/NR Ohio State	4	–	2	–	0	6	–	3	–	0
Northwestern	3	–	3	–	1	4	–	4	–	1
Purdue	1	–	4	–	2	3	–	4	–	2
Illinois	1	–	4	–	2	2	–	5	–	2
Wisconsin	0	–	4	–	3	1	–	5	–	3
Indiana	1	–	5	–	0	3	–	6	–	0

† – Conference champion Rankings from AP Poll / Coaches' Poll

Date	Opponent^#	Site	Result	Attendance
September 29*	Iowa State	Dyche Stadium • Evanston, IL	W 14-13	31,108
October 6*	Tulane	Dyche Stadium • Evanston, IL	L 13-20	32,000
October 13	at #17 Minnesota	Memorial Stadium • Minneapolis, MN	T 0-0	62,006
October 20	at #8 Michigan	Michigan Stadium • Ann Arbor, MI	L 20-34	81,718
October 27	at Indiana	Memorial Stadium • Bloomington, IN	L 13-19	23,000
November 3	#6 Ohio State	Dyche Stadium • Evanston, IL	L 2-6	42,000
November 10	at Wisconsin	Camp Randall Stadium • Madison, WI	W 17-7	54,645
November 17	Purdue	Dyche Stadium • Evanston, IL	W 14-0	32,000
November 24	Illinois	Dyche Stadium • Evanston, IL (Sweet Sioux Tomahawk)	W 14-13	40,000
*Non-Conference Game.

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1957

1957 Northwestern Wildcats football
Conference	Big Ten
1957 record	0-9 (0-7 Big Ten)
Home stadium	Dyche Stadium (Capacity: 55,000)
Seasons ← 1956 1958 →

v · d · e	Conf					Overall
1957 Big Ten football standings
Team	W		L		T	W		L		T
#2/1 Ohio State †	7	–	0	–	0	9	–	1	–	0
#3/3 Michigan State	5	–	1	–	0	8	–	1	–	0
#6/5 Iowa	4	–	1	–	1	7	–	1	–	1
#19/15 Wisconsin	4	–	3	–	0	6	–	3	–	0
Purdue	4	–	3	–	0	5	–	4	–	0
Michigan	3	–	3	–	1	5	–	3	–	1
Illinois	3	–	4	–	0	4	–	5	–	0
Minnesota	3	–	5	–	0	4	–	5	–	0
Indiana	0	–	6	–	0	1	–	8	–	0
Northwestern	0	–	7	–	0	0	–	9	–	0

† – Conference champion Rankings from AP Poll / Coaches' Poll

Date	Opponent^#	Site	Result	Attendance
September 28*	at Stanford	Stanford Stadium • Stanford, CA	L 6-26	19,000
October 5*	#9 Oregon State	Dyche Stadium • Evanston, IL	L 13-22	34,500
October 12	#4 Minnesota	Dyche Stadium • Evanston, IL	L 6-41	38,000
October 19	at #18 Michigan	Michigan Stadium • Ann Arbor, MI	L 14-34	71,513
October 26	Iowa	Dyche Stadium • Evanston, IL	L 0-6	42,719
November 2	at #8 Ohio State	Ohio Stadium • Columbus, OH	L 6-47	79,635
November 9	Wisconsin	Dyche Stadium • Evanston, IL	L 12-41	32,250
November 16	at Purdue	Ross-Ade Stadium • West Lafayette, IN	L 0-27	32,507
November 23	at Illinois	Memorial Stadium • Champaign, IL (Sweet Sioux Tomahawk)	L 0-27	27,017
*Non-Conference Game.

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1958

1958 Northwestern Wildcats football
Conference	Big Ten
1958 record	5-4 (3-4 Big Ten)
Home stadium	Dyche Stadium (Capacity: 55,000)
Seasons ← 1957 1959 →

v · d · e	Conf					Overall
1958 Big Ten football standings
Team	W		L		T	W		L		T
#2/2 Iowa †	5	–	1	–	0	8	–	1	–	1
#7/6 Wisconsin	5	–	1	–	1	7	–	1	–	1
#8/7 Ohio State	4	–	1	–	2	6	–	1	–	2
#13/11 Purdue	3	–	1	–	2	6	–	1	–	2
Indiana	3	–	2	–	1	5	–	3	–	1
Illinois	4	–	3	–	0	4	–	5	–	0
Northwestern	3	–	4	–	0	5	–	4	–	0
Michigan	1	–	5	–	1	2	–	6	–	1
Minnesota	1	–	6	–	0	1	–	8	–	0
Michigan State	0	–	5	–	1	3	–	5	–	1

† – Conference champion Rankings from AP Poll / Coaches' Poll

Date	Opponent^#	Rank^#	Site	Result	Attendance
September 27*	Washington State		Dyche Stadium • Evanston, IL	W 29-28	27,500
October 4*	Stanford		Dyche Stadium • Evanston, IL	W 28-0	25,132
October 11	at Minnesota		Memorial Stadium • Minneapolis, MN	W 7-3	56,061
October 18	#19 Michigan	#17	Dyche Stadium • Evanston, IL	W 55-24	34,852
October 25	at #7 Iowa	#8	Iowa Stadium • Iowa City, IA	L 20-26	59,275
November 1	#5 Ohio State	#11	Dyche Stadium • Evanston, IL	W 21-0	51,102
November 8	at #7 Wisconsin	#4	Camp Randall Stadium • Madison, WI	L 13-17	62,964
November 15	#8 Purdue	#13	Dyche Stadium • Evanston, IL	L 6-23	38,421
November 22	at Illinois	#20	Memorial Stadium • Champaign, IL (Sweet Sioux Tomahawk)	L 20-27	32,390
*Non-Conference Game.

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1959

1959 Northwestern Wildcats football
Conference	Big Ten
1959 record	6-3 (4-3 Big Ten)
Home stadium	Dyche Stadium (Capacity: 55,000)
Seasons ← 1958 1960 →

v · d · e	Conf					Overall
1959 Big Ten football standings
Team	W		L		T	W		L		T
#6/6 Wisconsin †	5	–	2	–	0	7	–	3	–	0
#NR/16 Michigan State	4	–	2	–	0	5	–	4	–	0
Purdue	4	–	2	–	1	5	–	2	–	2
#13/12 Illinois	4	–	2	–	1	5	–	3	–	1
Northwestern	4	–	3	–	0	6	–	3	–	0
Iowa	3	–	3	–	0	5	–	4	–	0
Michigan	3	–	4	–	0	4	–	5	–	0
Indiana	2	–	4	–	1	4	–	4	–	1
Ohio State	2	–	4	–	1	3	–	5	–	1
Minnesota	1	–	6	–	0	2	–	7	–	0

† – Conference champion Rankings from AP Poll / Coaches' Poll

Date	Opponent^#	Rank^#	Site	Result	Attendance
September 26*	#2 Oklahoma	#10	Dyche Stadium • Evanston, IL	W 45-13	50,010
October 3	at #5 Iowa	#2	Iowa Stadium • Iowa City, IA	W 14-10	59,200
October 10	Minnesota	#2	Dyche Stadium • Evanston, IL	W 6-0	41,211
October 17	at Michigan	#2	Michigan Stadium • Ann Arbor, MI	W 20-7	68,393
October 25*	at Notre Dame	#2	Notre Dame Stadium • Notre Dame, IN	W 30-24	59,078
October 31	Indiana	#2	Dyche Stadium • Evanston, IL	W 30-13	41,296
November 7	#9 Wisconsin	#2	Dyche Stadium • Evanston, IL	L 19-24	55,282
November 14	at #19 Michigan State	#6	Spartan Stadium • East Lansing, MI	L 10-15	52,628
November 21	at Illinois	#8	Memorial Stadium • Champaign, IL (Sweet Sioux Tomahawk)	L 0-28	65,697
*Non-Conference Game.

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References

[1] ttp://cfreference.net/cfr/school.s?id=100&season=1950

[2] ttp://cfreference.net/cfr/school.s?id=100&season=1951

[3] ttp://cfreference.net/cfr/school.s?id=100&season=1952

[4] ttp://cfreference.net/cfr/school.s?id=100&season=1953

[5] ttp://cfreference.net/cfr/school.s?id=100&season=1954

[6] Steinbrenner: The Last Lion of Baseball, p.34, Bill Madden, Harper Collins Publishing, New York, 2010, ISBN 978-0-06-169031-0

[7] ttp://cfreference.net/cfr/school.s?id=100&season=1955

[8] ttp://cfreference.net/cfr/school.s?id=100&season=1956

[9] ttp://cfreference.net/cfr/school.s?id=100&season=1957

[10] ttp://cfreference.net/cfr/school.s?id=100&season=1958

[11] ttp://cfreference.net/cfr/school.s?id=100&season=1959

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