1935 Northwestern Wildcats football team

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1935
Single wing
CaptainWally Cruice[1]
Home stadiumDyche Stadium
Seasons
1935 Big Ten Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
No. 1 Minnesota + 5 0 0 8 0 0
No. 5 Ohio State + 5 0 0 7 1 0
Purdue 3 3 0 4 4 0
Indiana 2 2 1 4 3 1
No. 16 Northwestern 2 3 1 4 3 1
No. 18 Iowa 1 2 2 4 2 2
Chicago 2 3 0 4 4 0
Michigan 2 3 0 4 4 0
Illinois 1 4 0 3 5 0
Wisconsin 1 4 0 1 7 0
  • + – Conference co-champions
Rankings from United Press

The 1935 Northwestern Wildcats team represented Northwestern University during the 1935 college football season. In their fifth year under head coach Pappy Waldorf, the Wildcats compiled a 4–3–1 record (2–3–1 against Big Ten Conference opponents) and finished in fifth place in the Big Ten Conference.[2]

On October 5, Northwestern hosted the first night game in Big Ten history, losing 7–0 against Purdue before a crowd of 30,000 persons.[3]

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 28DePaul*W 14–0
October 5Purdue
  • Dyche Stadium
  • Evanston, IL
L 0–730,000[3]
October 19at Ohio StateL 7–2842,355[4]
October 26at MinnesotaL 13–2152,000[5]
November 2Illinois
  • Dyche Stadium
  • Evanston, IL (rivalry)
W 10–336,000[6]
November 9at Notre Dame *W 14–734,430
November 16Wisconsin
  • Dyche Stadium
  • Evanston, IL
W 32–1320,000[7]
November 23Iowa
  • Dyche Stadium
  • Evanston, IL
T 0–030,000[8]
  • *Non-conference game

References

  1. ^ "Year-by-Year Results" (PDF). 2007. p. 146. Archived (PDF) from the original on March 16, 2019. Retrieved March 14, 2019.
  2. ^ "1935 Northwestern Wildcats Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved February 22, 2016.
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