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1950 Northwestern

6–⁠3 (3–⁠3 Western Conference), coached by Robert Voigts.

Schedule and results

Northwestern in 1950, game by game: won vs. Iowa State 23–13; won at Navy 22–0; won vs. Minnesota 13–6; won vs. Pittsburgh 28–23; lost at Wisconsin 13–14; lost vs. No. 4 Ohio State 0–32; won at Purdue 19–14; lost at Michigan 23–34; won vs. No. 6 Illinois 14–7+22−32Won 23–13 vs. Iowa State+10Iowa StateWon 22–0 at Navy+22NavyWon 13–6 vs. Minnesota+7MinnesotaWon 28–23 vs. Pittsburgh+5PittsburghLost 13–14 at Wisconsin-1WisconsinLost 0–32 vs. No. 4 Ohio State-32No. 4 Ohio StateWon 19–14 at Purdue+5PurdueLost 23–34 at Michigan-11MichiganWon 14–7 vs. No. 6 Illinois+7No. 6 Illinois
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below; orange marks an upset win.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 30vsIowa StateW 23–⁠1361%
Oct 7atNavyW 22–⁠054%
Oct 14vsMinnesotaW 13–⁠659%
Oct 21vsPittsburghW 28–⁠2370%
Oct 28atWisconsinL 13–⁠1446%
Nov 4vs4Ohio StateL 0–⁠3244%
Nov 11atPurdueW 19–⁠1456%
Nov 18atMichiganL 23–⁠3434%
Nov 25vs6IllinoisW 14–⁠743%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Beat Illinois 14–⁠7; unranked in the final AP poll; 5th in the Western Conference.

In program history: The 23rd-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 133 on file).

AP poll, week by week

  1. Wk 4: 20
  2. Wk 5: 9

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 1950.

Record
6–⁠3
Conference
3–⁠3 5th in Western Conference
AP final
Unranked peak No. 9
Points
155–⁠143
Coach
Robert Voigts
Elo
1570 +60 this season
SP+ rating
—
SRS
9.0 No. 32 of 120 major-college teams
Recruiting class
—
Captain
Don Stonesifer
Most valuable player
Chuck Hagmann

Drafted in 1951

The 1951 draft
Rd 3Don Stonesifer EChicago Cardinals

All-Big Ten

1 first team, 1 second team

First team

Second team

  • Dick FlowersQBUP-2

From Wikipedia’s 1950 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).

1950 Western Conference standings

TeamConf.OverallAP final
Michigan4–⁠1–⁠16–⁠3–⁠19
Wisconsin5–⁠26–⁠3
Ohio State5–⁠26–⁠314
Illinois4–⁠27–⁠213
Northwestern3–⁠36–⁠3
Iowa2–⁠43–⁠5–⁠1
Minnesota1–⁠4–⁠11–⁠7–⁠1
Indiana1–⁠43–⁠5–⁠1
Purdue1–⁠42–⁠7

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