1954 Northwestern
2–7 (1–5 Big Ten), coached by Robert Voigts. Share
Schedule and results
- Biggest winBeat Iowa State 27–14Sep 25
By 13 points, its widest win.
| Date | Opponent | Result | Elo |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 25 | vs Iowa State | W 27–14 | 62% |
| Oct 2 | vs 9USC | L 7–12 | 35% |
| Oct 9 | at 18Minnesota | L 7–26 | 26% |
| Oct 16 | vs Michigan | L 0–7 | 40% |
| Oct 23 | at Pittsburgh | L 7–14 | 38% |
| Oct 30 | vs 1Ohio State | L 7–14 | 23% |
| Nov 6 | at 16Wisconsin | L 13–34 | 14% |
| Nov 13 | vs Indiana | L 13–14 | 55% |
| Nov 20 | at Illinois | W 20–7 | 27% |
Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.
How it ended: Beat Illinois 20–7; unranked in the final AP poll; tied for 8th in the Big Ten.
In program history: The 89th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 133 on file).
- Record
- 2–7
- Conference
- 1–5 tied for 8th in Big Ten
- AP final
- Unranked
- Points
- 101–142
- Coach
- Robert Voigts
- Elo
- 1413 −20 this season
- SP+ rating
- —
- SRS
- 5.8 No. 37 of 111 major-college teams
- Recruiting class
- —
- Captains
- Joe Collier and Bob Lauter
- Most valuable player
- Ziggie Niepokoj
All-Big Ten
1 first team, 1 second teamFirst team
Sanford SacksOTINS-1
Second team
- John DamoreCUP-2
From Wikipedia’s 1954 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).
1954 Big Ten standings
Conference page| Team | Conf. | Overall | AP final |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ohio State | 7–0 | 10–0 | 1 |
| Wisconsin | 5–2 | 7–2 | 9 |
| Michigan | 5–2 | 6–3 | 15 |
| Minnesota | 4–2 | 7–2 | |
 Iowa | 4–3 | 5–4 | |
 Purdue | 3–3 | 5–3–1 | |
| Indiana | 2–4 | 3–6 | |
 Michigan State | 1–5 | 3–6 | |
| Northwestern | 1–5 | 2–7 | |
| Illinois | 0–6 | 1–8 |
Ordered by conference winning percentage, then conference wins. Division splits and tiebreakers aren’t applied.