1942 Northwestern Wildcats football team

1942 Northwestern Wildcats football
Conference	Big Ten Conference
Record	1–9 (0–6 Big Ten)
Head coach	Pappy Waldorf (8th season)
Offensive scheme	Single-wing
MVP	Ed Hirsch
Captain	Nick Burke[1]
Home stadium	Dyche Stadium

1942 Big Ten Conference football standings

v t e	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
No. 1 Ohio State $	5	–	1	–	0			9	–	1	–	0
No. 3 Wisconsin	4	–	1	–	0			8	–	1	–	1
No. 9 Michigan	3	–	2	–	0			7	–	3	–	0
Illinois	3	–	2	–	0			6	–	4	–	0
Iowa	3	–	3	–	0			6	–	4	–	0
No. 19 Minnesota	3	–	3	–	0			5	–	4	–	0
Indiana	2	–	2	–	0			7	–	3	–	0
Purdue	1	–	4	–	0			1	–	8	–	0
Northwestern	0	–	6	–	0			1	–	9	–	0
$ – Conference champion Rankings from AP Poll

The 1942 Northwestern Wildcats team represented Northwestern University during the 1942 Big Ten Conference football season. In their eighth year under head coach Pappy Waldorf, the Wildcats compiled a 1–9 record (0–6 against Big Ten Conference opponents) and finished in last place in the Big Ten Conference.^[2]

Quarterback Otto Graham was selected by both the Associated Press and United Press as a second-team All-Big Ten player.^[3][4] He was also selected as a third-team All-American by The Sporting News and the Central Press.

Northwestern was ranked at No. 35 (out of 590 college and military teams) in the final rankings under the Litkenhous Difference by Score System for 1942.^[5]

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
September 26	Iowa Pre-Flight*	Dyche Stadium Evanston, IL	L 12–20	20,000	[6]
October 3	Texas*	Dyche Stadium Evanston, IL	W 3–0	43,000	[7]
October 10	Purdue	Dyche Stadium Evanston, IL	L 6–7	33,000
October 17	at No. 3 Michigan	Michigan Stadium Ann Arbor, MI (rivalry)	L 16–34	32,188
October 24	No. 1 Ohio State	Dyche Stadium Evanston, IL	L 6–20	40,000
October 31	at No. 10 Minnesota	Memorial Stadium Minneapolis, MN	L 7–19	37,000
November 7	No. 20 Illinois	Dyche Stadium Evanston, IL (rivalry)	L 7–14	35,300
November 14	No. 7 Wisconsin	Dyche Stadium Evanston, IL	L 19–20
November 21	at No. 8 Notre Dame*	Notre Dame Stadium Notre Dame, IN (rivalry)	L 20–27	26,098
November 26	Great Lakes Navy*	Dyche Stadium Evanston, IL	L 0–48	18,500	[8]
*Non-conference game Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

References

1. "Year-by-Year Results" (PDF). 2007. p. 147. Archived (PDF) from the original on March 16, 2019. Retrieved March 14, 2019.
2. "1942 Northwestern Wildcats Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved February 22, 2016.
3. "Four Badgers Placed On All Big Ten Grid Team". The Milwaukee Sentinel (AP story). November 29, 1942.
4. Tommy Devine (December 1, 1942). "Wisconsin End Top Gridder On All Big Ten Eleven". Reading Eagle (UP story). p. 15.
5. Dr. E. E. Litkenhous (December 16, 1942). "Litkenhous Rates Georgia No. 1, Ohio State No. 2". Twin City Sentinel. p. 10 – via Newspapers.com.
6. Sec Taylor (September 27, 1942). "Seahawks Rap Purple, 20 to 12". The Des Moines Register. p. 17.
7. "Northwestern tips Texas, 3–0, on last period field goal". The Pantagraph. October 4, 1942. Retrieved April 28, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
8. Wilfrid Smith (November 27, 1942). "Great Lakes Power Plays Crush N. U. 48-0". Chicago Tribune. pp. 2–1, 2–21 – via Newspapers.com.