1938 Northwestern Wildcats football team

1938 Northwestern Wildcats football
Conference	Big Ten Conference
Ranking
AP	No. 17
Record	4–2–2 (2–1–2 Big Ten)
Head coach	Pappy Waldorf (4th season)
Offensive scheme	Single-wing
MVP	Bob Voigts
Captain	Cleo Diehl[1]
Home stadium	Dyche Stadium

1938 Big Ten Conference football standings

v t e	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
No. 10 Minnesota $	4	–	1	–	0			6	–	2	–	0
No. 16 Michigan	3	–	1	–	1			6	–	1	–	1
Purdue	3	–	1	–	1			5	–	1	–	2
No. 17 Northwestern	2	–	1	–	2			4	–	2	–	2
Wisconsin	3	–	2	–	0			5	–	3	–	0
Ohio State	3	–	2	–	1			4	–	3	–	1
Illinois	2	–	3	–	0			3	–	5	–	0
Iowa	1	–	3	–	1			1	–	6	–	1
Indiana	1	–	4	–	0			1	–	6	–	1
Chicago	0	–	4	–	0			1	–	6	–	1
$ – Conference champion Rankings from AP Poll

The 1938 Northwestern Wildcats team represented Northwestern University during the 1938 Big Ten Conference football season. In their fifth year under head coach Pappy Waldorf, the Wildcats compiled a 4–2–2 record (2–1–2 against Big Ten Conference opponents) and finished in fourth place in the Big Ten Conference.^[2]

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Rank	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
October 1	Kansas State*		Dyche Stadium Evanston, IL	W 21–0	35,000
October 8	Drake*		Dyche Stadium Evanston, IL	W 33–0
October 15	Ohio State		Dyche Stadium Evanston, IL	T 0–0	38,000	[3]
October 22	at Illinois	No. 18	Memorial Stadium Champaign, IL (rivalry)	W 13–0	37,000
October 29	No. 2 Minnesota	No. 12	Dyche Stadium Evanston, IL	W 6–3	48,000
November 5	Wisconsin	No. 7	Dyche Stadium Evanston, IL	L 13–20
November 12	at No. 18 Michigan	No. 17	Michigan Stadium Ann Arbor, MI (rivalry)	T 0–0	71,010
November 19	No. 1 Notre Dame*	No. 16	Dyche Stadium Evanston, IL (rivalry)	L 7–9	46,348
*Non-conference game Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

References

1. "Year-by-Year Results" (PDF). 2007. p. 146. Archived (PDF) from the original on March 16, 2019. Retrieved March 14, 2019.
2. "1938 Northwestern Wildcats Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved February 22, 2016.
3. "Wildcats Held To Scoreless Tie By Buckeye Eleven". Daily Press. Associated Press. October 16, 1938. p. 2C. Retrieved October 20, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.