1934 Northwestern
3–5 (2–3 Western Conference), coached by Dick Hanley. Share
Schedule and results
- Biggest winBeat Marquette 21–12Sep 29
By 9 points, its widest win.
| Date | Opponent | Result | Elo |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 29 | vsMarquette | W 21–12 | 55% |
| Oct 6 | vs Iowa | L 7–20 | 56% |
| Oct 13 | at Stanford | L 0–20 | 26% |
| Oct 27 | vs Ohio State | L 6–28 | 33% |
| Nov 3 | vs Wisconsin | W 7–0 | 52% |
| Nov 10 | vs Illinois | L 3–14 | 38% |
| Nov 17 | vs Notre Dame | L 7–20 | 38% |
| Nov 24 | at Michigan | W 13–6 | 31% |
Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.
How it ended: Beat Michigan 13–6; tied for 5th in the Western Conference.
In program history: The 72nd-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 133 on file).
Players on this team
Before 2004 our records hold honors and the draft; these are the players whose college years here, from their Wikipedia articles or their honors, include 1934.
- Record
- 3–5
- Conference
- 2–3 tied for 5th in Western Conference
- AP poll
- Began in 1936
- Points
- 64–120
- Coach
- Dick Hanley
- Elo
- 1443 −31 this season
- SP+ rating
- —
- SRS
- −0.1 No. 69 of 124 major-college teams
- Recruiting class
- —
- Captain
- Albert Kawal
All-Big Ten
1 second teamSecond team
Albert KawalOGFH-2
From Wikipedia’s 1934 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).
1934 Western Conference standings
| Team | Conf. | Overall | AP final |
|---|---|---|---|
 Minnesota | 5–0 | 8–0 | |
| Ohio State | 5–1 | 7–1 | |
| Illinois | 4–1 | 7–1 | |
 Purdue | 3–1 | 5–3 | |
| Wisconsin | 2–3 | 4–4 | |
| Northwestern | 2–3 | 3–5 | |
| Chicago | 2–4 | 4–4 | |
 Indiana | 1–3–1 | 3–3–2 | |
| Iowa | 1–3–1 | 2–5–1 | |
| Michigan | 0–6 | 1–7 |
Ordered by conference winning percentage, then conference wins. Division splits and tiebreakers aren’t applied.