1959 Northwestern Wildcats football team

The 1959 Northwestern Wildcats team represented Northwestern University during the 1959 Big Ten Conference football season. In their fourth year under head coach Ara Parseghian, the Wildcats compiled a 6–3 record (4–3 against Big Ten Conference opponents), finished in fifth place in the Big Ten, and outscored their opponents by a combined total of 174 to 134.[2][3] The team rose to #2 in the AP Poll before losing three consecutive games to end the season.

1959 Northwestern Wildcats football
ConferenceBig Ten Conference
Record6–3 (4–3 Big Ten)
Head coach
Captains
Home stadiumDyche Stadium (capacity: 55,000)
1959 Big Ten Conference football standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
No. 6 Wisconsin $ 5 –2 –07 –3 –0
Michigan State 4 –2 –05 –4 –0
Purdue 4 –2 –15 –2 –2
No. 13 Illinois 4 –2 –15 –3 –1
Northwestern 4 –3 –06 –3 –0
Iowa 3 –3 –05 –4 –0
Michigan 3 –4 –04 –5 –0
Indiana 2 –4 –14 –4 –1
Ohio State 2 –4 –13 –5 –1
Minnesota 1 –6 –02 –7 –0
  • $ – Conference champion
Rankings from AP Poll

Schedule
DateOpponentRankSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 26No. 2 Oklahoma*No. 10
W 45–1327,500
October 3No. 5 IowaNo. 2
W 14–1025,132
October 10MinnesotaNo. 2
  • Dyche Stadium
  • Evanston, IL
W 6–056,061
October 17MichiganNo. 2
W 20–767,975[4]
October 24at Notre Dame*No. 2
W 30–2459,275
October 31IndianaNo. 2
  • Dyche Stadium
  • Evanston, IL
W 30–1351,102
November 7No. 9 WisconsinNo. 2
  • Dyche Stadium
  • Evanston, IL
L 19–2462,964
November 14No. 19 Michigan StateNo. 6
L 10–1538,421
November 21at IllinoisNo. 8
L 0–2832,390
  • *Non-conference game
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

References
  1. "Year-by-Year Results" (PDF). 2007. p. 148. Archived (PDF) from the original on March 16, 2019. Retrieved March 14, 2019.
  2. "Northwestern Yearly Results (1955-1959)". College Football Data Warehouse. David DeLassus. Archived from the original on September 5, 2015. Retrieved August 7, 2015.
  3. "1959 Northwestern Wildcats Schedule and Results".
  4. Hal Middlesworth (October 18, 1959). "'Cats Win, 20-7: U-M Gives All -- But NW Takes". Detroit Free Press. p. 1E – via Newspapers.com.


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