1945 Northwestern Wildcats football team

The 1945 Northwestern Wildcats team represented Northwestern University during the 1945 Big Ten Conference football season. In their 11th year under head coach Pappy Waldorf, the Wildcats compiled a 4–4–1 record (3–3–1 against Big Ten Conference opponents) and finished in fourth place in the Big Ten Conference.[2] End Max Morris and guard Jim Lecture were selected by both the Associated Press and United Press as first-team players on the 1945 All-Big Ten Conference football team.[3][4] Morris was also selected as a consensus first-team All-American.[5]

1945 Northwestern Wildcats football
ConferenceBig Ten Conference
1945 record4–4–1 (3–3–1 Big Ten)
Head coach
MVPDick Conners
CaptainMax Morris[1]
Home stadiumDyche Stadium
1945 Big Ten Conference football standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L T  W L T
No. 4 Indiana $ 5 0 1  9 0 1
No. 6 Michigan 5 1 0  7 3 0
No. 12 Ohio State 5 2 0  7 2 0
Northwestern 3 3 1  4 4 1
Purdue 3 3 0  7 3 0
Wisconsin 2 3 1  3 4 2
Illinois 1 4 1  2 6 1
Minnesota 1 5 0  4 5 0
Iowa 1 5 0  2 7 0
  • $ Conference champion
Rankings from AP Poll

Schedule

DateOpponentRankSiteResult
September 22Iowa State*W 18–6
September 29Indiana
  • Dyche Stadium
  • Evanston, Illinois
T 7–7
October 6Michigan
  • Dyche Stadium
  • Evanston, Illinois
L 7–20
October 20at No. 5 MinnesotaL 7–30
October 27No. 4 Purdue
  • Dyche Stadium
  • Evanston, Illinois
W 26–14
November 3at No. 6 Ohio StateNo. 20L 14–16
November 10at WisconsinW 28–14
November 17No. 7 Notre Dame*
  • Dyche Stadium
  • Evanston, Illinois (rivalry)
L 7–34
November 24Illinois
  • Dyche Stadium
  • Evanston, Illinois (rivalry)
W 13–7
  • *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 2019-03-14. Retrieved 2019-03-14.
  2. "1945 Northwestern Wildcats Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved February 22, 2016.
  3. "Esser Wins Berth on All-Big-Ten Team". The Milwaukee Journal. November 26, 1945. p. L2.
  4. Walter Byers (November 26, 1945). "Indiana and Ohio State Each Get Three Men on United Press All Star Big Ten Team". The Daily Register (Harrisburg,Illinois). p. 5.
  5. "2014 NCAA Football Records: Consensus All-America Selections" (PDF). National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA). 2014. p. 6. Retrieved February 10, 2015.


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