1936 Northwestern Wildcats football team

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1936 Northwestern Wildcats football
Big Ten champion
ConferenceBig Ten Conference
Ranking
APNo. 7
Record7–1 (6–0 Big Ten)
Head coach
Offensive schemeSingle-wing
CaptainSteve Reid[1]
Home stadiumDyche Stadium
Seasons
← 1935
1937 →
1936 Big Ten Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
No. 7 Northwestern $ 6 0 0 7 1 0
No. 1 Minnesota 4 1 0 7 1 0
Ohio State 4 1 0 5 3 0
Indiana 3 1 1 5 2 1
Purdue 3 1 1 5 2 1
Illinois 2 2 1 4 3 1
Chicago 1 4 0 2 5 1
Iowa 0 4 1 3 4 1
Wisconsin 0 4 0 2 6 0
Michigan 0 5 0 1 7 0
  • $ – Conference champion
Rankings from
AP Poll

The 1936 Northwestern Wildcats football team represented

AP Poll. Their only loss came on the last day of the season against Notre Dame.[2]

Schedule

DateOpponentRankSiteResultAttendanceSource
October 3IowaW 18–7
October 10North Dakota Agricultural*
  • Dyche Stadium
  • Evanston, IL
W 40–725,000[3]
October 17Ohio State
  • Dyche Stadium
  • Evanston, IL
W 14–1335,000[4]
October 24at
Memorial Stadium
  • Champaign, IL (rivalry
  • )
    W 13–230,579
    October 31No. 1 MinnesotaNo. 3
    • Dyche Stadium
    • Evanston, IL
    W 6–048,347
    November 7WisconsinNo. 1
    • Dyche Stadium
    • Evanston, IL
    W 26–18
    November 14at
    rivalry
    )
    W 9–028,295
    November 21at No. 11 Notre Dame*No. 1L 6–2652,131
    • *Non-conference game
    • Rankings from
      AP Poll
      released prior to the 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. ^ "Northwestern Yearly Results (1935-1939)". College Football Data Warehouse. David DeLassus. Archived from the original on September 5, 2015. Retrieved August 7, 2015.
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