1951 Northwestern Wildcats football team
The 1951 Northwestern Wildcats team represented Northwestern University during the 1951 Big Ten Conference football season. In their fifth year under head coach Bob Voigts, the Wildcats compiled a 5–4 record (2–4 in Big Ten, sixth), and were outscored 124 to 112.[2]
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Conference | Big Ten Conference |
1951 record | 5–4 (2–4 Big 10) |
Head coach |
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MVP | John Steeb |
Captain | Don MacRae[1] |
Home stadium | Dyche Stadium (Capacity: 52,000) |
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Team | W | L | T | W | L | T | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
No. 4 Illinois $ | 5 | – | 0 | – | 1 | 9 | – | 0 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Purdue | 4 | – | 1 | – | 0 | 5 | – | 4 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
No. 8 Wisconsin | 5 | – | 1 | – | 1 | 7 | – | 1 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Michigan | 4 | – | 2 | – | 0 | 4 | – | 5 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Ohio State | 2 | – | 2 | – | 2 | 4 | – | 3 | – | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Northwestern | 2 | – | 4 | – | 0 | 5 | – | 4 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Minnesota | 1 | – | 4 | – | 1 | 2 | – | 6 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Indiana | 1 | – | 5 | – | 0 | 2 | – | 7 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Iowa | 0 | – | 5 | – | 1 | 2 | – | 5 | – | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Against Navy on October 20, Charlie Hren rushed for 218 yards to set a school record.[3] It stood for eighteen years, until Mike Adamle shattered it with 316 yards against Wisconsin in 1969.[4][5]
Schedule
Date | Opponent | Rank | Site | Result | Attendance |
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September 29 | Colorado* | W 35–14 | 42,000 | ||
October 6 | Army* |
| W 20–14 | 40,000 | |
October 13 | at Minnesota | W 21–7 | 51,915 | ||
October 20 | Navy* | No. 18 |
| W 16–7 | 40,000 |
October 27 | No. 14 Wisconsin | No. 13 |
| L 0–41 | 50,000 |
November 3 | at Ohio State | L 0–3 | 71,089 | ||
November 10 | Purdue |
| L 14–35 | 38,000 | |
November 17 | at Michigan | W 6–0 | 57,634 | ||
November 24 | Illinois |
| L 0–3 | 52,000 | |
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References
- "Year-by-Year Results" (PDF). 2007. p. 147. Archived (PDF) from the original on 2019-03-16. Retrieved 2019-03-14.
- "Northwestern Yearly Results (1950-1954)". College Football Data Warehouse. David DeLassus. Retrieved August 7, 2015.
- Lynch, R.G. (October 21, 1951). "Northwestern downs an erring Navy, 16 to 7". Milwaukee Journal. p. 1, sports.
- "Northwestern 'runs'". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). October 19, 1969. p. 2B.
- "Adamle's 316 leads N'western". Spokesman-Review. (Spokane, Washington). Associated Press. October 19, 1969. p. 8, sports.
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