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1949 Northwestern Wildcats football
Conference	Big Nine Conference
Record	4–5 (3–4 Big Nine)
Head coach	Captain	Steve Sawle^[1]
Home stadium	Dyche Stadium
Seasons ← 1948 1950 →

1949 Big Nine Conference football standings
v t e	Conf					Overall
Team	W		L		T	W		L		T
No. 6 Ohio State +	4	–	1	–	1	7	–	1	–	2
No. 7 Michigan +	4	–	1	–	1	6	–	2	–	1
No. 8 Minnesota	4	–	2	–	0	7	–	2	–	0
Wisconsin	3	–	2	–	1	5	–	3	–	1
Illinois	3	–	3	–	1	3	–	4	–	2
Iowa	3	–	3	–	0	4	–	5	–	0
Northwestern	3	–	4	–	0	4	–	5	–	0
Purdue	2	–	4	–	0	4	–	5	–	0
Indiana	0	–	6	–	0	1	–	8	–	0

+ – Conference co-champions Rankings from AP Poll

The 1949 Northwestern Wildcats team represented Northwestern University during the 1949 Big Nine Conference football season. In their third year under head coach Bob Voigts, the Wildcats compiled a 4–5 record (3–4 against Big Ten Conference opponents) and finished in seventh place in the Big Ten Conference.^[2] Quarterback Don Burson was selected as a first-team All-Big Ten player by both the Associated Press and the United Press.^[3]^[4]

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Rank	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
September 24	Purdue		Dyche Stadium Evanston, IL	W 20–6	35,000
October 1	Pittsburgh*		Dyche Stadium Evanston, IL	L 7–16
October 8	at No. 5 Minnesota	No. 20	Memorial Stadium Minneapolis, MN	L 7–21	63,063
October 15	No. 7 Michigan		Dyche Stadium Evanston, IL (rivalry)	W 21–20	54,816	^[5]
October 22	at Iowa	No. 13	Iowa Stadium Iowa City, IA	L 21–28
October 29	at No. 18 Ohio State		Ohio Stadium Columbus, OH	L 7–24	81,872
November 5	Wisconsin		Dyche Stadium Evanston, IL	L 6–14	51,000
November 12	Colgate*		Dyche Stadium Evanston, IL	W 39–20	40,000	^[6]
November 19	at Illinois		Memorial Stadium Champaign, Illinois, IL (rivalry)	W 9–7	67,872
*Non-conference game Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

Ranking movements
**Legend:** ██ Increase in ranking. ██ Decrease in ranking.
— = Not ranked. т = Tied with team above or below.
	Week
Poll	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
AP	20т	—	13	—	—	—	—	—	—

^ "Year-by-Year Results" (PDF). 2007. p. 147. Archived (PDF) from the original on March 16, 2019. Retrieved March 14, 2019.
^ "1949 Northwestern Wildcats Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved February 22, 2016.
^ "Karras Makes All Big 9 Grid Team". Daily Illini. November 23, 1949.
^ "Coaches Snub OSU Stars In Picking All-Big 10 Team". The Pittsburgh Press (AP story). November 30, 1949. p. 40.
^ Tommy Devine (October 16, 1949). "The King Is Dead! Northwestern 21, Michigan 20". Detroit Free Press. pp. C1, C3 – via Newspapers.com.
^ Vaughan, Irving (November 13, 1949). "Late Colgate Rally Fails; Wildcats Win". Chicago Sunday Tribune. Chicago, Ill. sect. 2, p. 1 – via Newspapers.com.

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Venues	Northwestern Field (1905–1925) Ryan Field (1926–present)
Bowls & rivalries	Bowl games Illinois Michigan: George Jewett Trophy Notre Dame
Culture and lore	Willie the Wildcat "Go U Northwestern" Marching band 2006 Michigan State game
People	Head coaches NFL draftees Statistical leaders
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