1940 Northwestern Wildcats football team

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1940 Northwestern Wildcats football
ConferenceBig Ten Conference
Ranking
APNo. 8
Record6–2 (4–2 Big Ten)
Head coach
Offensive schemeSingle-wing
MVPPaul Hiemenz
CaptainDick Richards[1]
Home stadiumDyche Stadium
Seasons
← 1939
1941 →
1940 Big Ten Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
No. 1 Minnesota $ 6 – 0 – 0 8 – 0 – 0
No. 3 Michigan 3 – 1 – 0 7 – 1 – 0
No. 8 Northwestern 4 – 2 – 0 6 – 2 – 0
Ohio State 3 – 3 – 0 4 – 4 – 0
Wisconsin 3 – 3 – 0 4 – 4 – 0
Iowa 2 – 3 – 0 4 – 4 – 0
Indiana 2 – 3 – 0 3 – 5 – 0
Purdue 1 – 4 – 0 2 – 6 – 0
Illinois 0 – 5 – 0 1 – 7 – 0
  • $ – Conference champion
Rankings from
AP Poll

The 1940 Northwestern Wildcats team was an

AP Poll. Their only losses came against No. 1 Minnesota and No. 3 Michigan.[2][3]

Northwestern was ranked at No. 4 (out of 697 college football teams) in the final rankings under the Litkenhous Difference by Score system for 1940.[4]

They played their home games at Dyche Stadium in Evanston, Illinois.

Schedule

DateOpponentRankSiteResultAttendanceSource
October 5at Syracuse*
W 40–022,000[5]
October 12Ohio State
W 6–342,000[6][7]
October 19at WisconsinNo. 4
W 27–725,000[8]
October 26IndianaNo. 7
  • Dyche Stadium
  • Evanston, IL
W 20–740,000[9]
November 2No. 4 MinnesotaNo. 8
  • Dyche Stadium
  • Evanston, IL
L 12–1348,000[10]
November 9IllinoisNo. 10
  • Dyche Stadium
  • Evanston, IL (rivalry)
W 32–1435,000[11]
November 16at No. 6
rivalry)
L 13–2076,749[12]
November 23No. 14 Notre Dame*No. 10
  • Dyche Stadium
  • Evanston, IL (rivalry)
W 20–048,000[13]
  • *Non-conference game
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

Players

  • Alf Bauman – tackle (consensus 1st-team All-American; 1st-team All-Big Ten selection by AP and UP)
  • Ollie Hahnenstein – halfback (2nd-team All-Big Ten selection by AP and UP)
  • Paul Hiemenz – center (1st-team All-Big Ten selection by AP and UP)
  • Joe Lokane – guard (1st-team All-Big Ten selection by AP and UP)

References

  1. ^ "Year-by-Year Results" (PDF). 2007. p. 147. 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.
  3. ^ "1940 Northwestern Wildcats Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved December 18, 2015.
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