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1942 Northwestern

1–⁠9 (0–⁠6 Western Conference), coached by Pappy Waldorf.

Schedule and results

Northwestern in 1942, game by game: lost vs. Iowa Pre-Flight 12–20; won vs. Texas 3–0; lost vs. Purdue 6–7; lost at No. 3 Michigan 16–34; lost vs. No. 1 Ohio State 6–20; lost at No. 10 Minnesota 7–19; lost vs. No. 20 Illinois 7–14; lost vs. No. 7 Wisconsin 19–20; lost at No. 8 Notre Dame 20–27; lost vs. Great Lakes Navy 0–48+7−48Lost 12–20 vs. Iowa Pre-Flight-8Iowa Pre-FlightWon 3–0 vs. Texas+3TexasLost 6–7 vs. Purdue-1PurdueLost 16–34 at No. 3 Michigan-18No. 3 MichiganLost 6–20 vs. No. 1 Ohio State-14No. 1 Ohio StateLost 7–19 at No. 10 Minnesota-12No. 10 MinnesotaLost 7–14 vs. No. 20 Illinois-7No. 20 IllinoisLost 19–20 vs. No. 7 Wisconsin-1No. 7 WisconsinLost 20–27 at No. 8 Notre Dame-7No. 8 Notre DameLost 0–48 vs. Great Lakes Navy-48Great Lakes Navy
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 26vsIowa Pre-FlightL 12–⁠2064%
Oct 3vsTexasW 3–⁠040%
Oct 10vsPurdueL 6–⁠776%
Oct 17at3MichiganL 16–⁠3434%
Oct 24vs1Ohio StateL 6–⁠2047%
Oct 31at10MinnesotaL 7–⁠1924%
Nov 7vs20IllinoisL 7–⁠1463%
Nov 14vs7WisconsinL 19–⁠2044%
Nov 21at8Notre DameL 20–⁠2720%
Nov 26vsGreat Lakes NavyL 0–⁠4842%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Lost to Great Lakes Navy 48–⁠0; unranked in the final AP poll; 9th in the Western Conference.

In program history: The 79th-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 1942.

Record
1–⁠9
Conference
0–⁠6 9th in Western Conference
AP final
Unranked
Points
96–⁠209
Coach
Pappy Waldorf
Elo
1431 −152 this season
SP+ rating
—
SRS
4.3 No. 49 of 121 major-college teams
Recruiting class
—
Captain
Nick Burke
Most valuable player
Ed Hirsch
Offense
Single-wing

All-Big Ten

1 second team

Second team

From Wikipedia’s 1942 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).

1942 Western Conference standings

TeamConf.OverallAP final
Ohio State5–⁠19–⁠11
Wisconsin4–⁠18–⁠1–⁠13
Michigan3–⁠27–⁠39
Illinois3–⁠26–⁠4
Iowa3–⁠36–⁠4
Minnesota3–⁠35–⁠419
Indiana2–⁠27–⁠3
Purdue1–⁠41–⁠8
Northwestern0–⁠61–⁠9

Ordered by conference winning percentage, then conference wins. Division splits and tiebreakers aren’t applied.