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]

1951 Northwestern Wildcats football
ConferenceBig Ten Conference
Record5–4 (2–4 Big Ten)
Head coach
MVPJohn Steeb
CaptainDon MacRae[1]
Home stadiumDyche Stadium (capacity: 52,000)
1951 Big Ten Conference football standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
No. 4 Illinois $ 5 –0 –19 –0 –1
Purdue 4 –1 –05 –4 –0
No. 8 Wisconsin 5 –1 –17 –1 –1
Michigan 4 –2 –04 –5 –0
Ohio State 2 –2 –24 –3 –2
Northwestern 2 –4 –05 –4 –0
Minnesota 1 –4 –12 –6 –1
Indiana 1 –5 –02 –7 –0
Iowa 0 –5 –12 –5 –2
  • $ – Conference champion
Rankings from AP Poll

Against Navy on October 20, Charlie Hren rushed for 218 yards to set a school record.[3] It stood for 18 years, until Mike Adamle shattered it with 316 yards against Wisconsin in 1969.[4][5]

Schedule
DateOpponentRankSiteResultAttendance
September 29Colorado*
W 35–1442,000
October 6Army*
  • Dyche Stadium
  • Evanston, IL
W 20–1440,000
October 13at Minnesota
W 21–751,915
October 20Navy*No. 18
  • Dyche Stadium
  • Evanston, IL
W 16–740,000
October 27No. 14 WisconsinNo. 13
  • Dyche Stadium
  • Evanston, IL
L 0–4150,000
November 3at Ohio State
L 0–371,089
November 10Purdue
  • Dyche Stadium
  • Evanston, IL
L 14–3538,000
November 17at Michigan
W 6–057,634
November 24Illinois
  • Dyche Stadium
  • Evanston, IL (rivalry)
L 0–352,000
  • *Non-conference game
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

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 (1950-1954)". College Football Data Warehouse. David DeLassus. Archived from the original on September 5, 2015. Retrieved August 7, 2015.
  3. Lynch, R.G. (October 21, 1951). "Northwestern downs an erring Navy, 16 to 7". Milwaukee Journal. p. 1, sports.
  4. "Northwestern 'runs'". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). October 19, 1969. p. 2B.
  5. "Adamle's 316 leads N'western". Spokesman-Review. (Spokane, Washington). Associated Press. October 19, 1969. p. 8, sports.


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