1942_Northwestern_Wildcats_football_team

1942 Northwestern Wildcats football team

1942 Northwestern Wildcats football team

American college football season

The 1942 Northwestern Wildcats team represented Northwestern University during the 1942 Big Ten Conference football season. In their eighth year under head coach Pappy Waldorf, the Wildcats compiled a 1–9 record (0–6 against Big Ten Conference opponents) and finished in last place in the Big Ten Conference.[2]

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Quarterback Otto Graham was selected by both the Associated Press and United Press as a second-team All-Big Ten player.[3][4] He was also selected as a third-team All-American by The Sporting News and the Central Press.

Northwestern was ranked at No. 35 (out of 590 college and military teams) in the final rankings under the Litkenhous Difference by Score System for 1942.[5]

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References

  1. [1]
    "Year-by-Year Results" (PDF). 2007. p. 147. Archived (PDF) from the original on March 16, 2019. Retrieved March 14, 2019.
  2. [2]
    "1942 Northwestern Wildcats Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved February 22, 2016.
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    "Four Badgers Placed On All Big Ten Grid Team". The Milwaukee Sentinel (AP story). November 29, 1942.
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    Tommy Devine (December 1, 1942). "Wisconsin End Top Gridder On All Big Ten Eleven". Reading Eagle (UP story). p. 15.
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    Dr. E. E. Litkenhous (December 16, 1942). "Litkenhous Rates Georgia No. 1, Ohio State No. 2". Twin City Sentinel. p. 10 – via Newspapers.com.
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    Sec Taylor (September 27, 1942). "Seahawks Rap Purple, 20 to 12". The Des Moines Register. p. 17.
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    "Northwestern tips Texas, 3–0, on last period field goal". The Pantagraph. October 4, 1942. Retrieved April 28, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
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    Wilfrid Smith (November 27, 1942). "Great Lakes Power Plays Crush N. U. 48-0". Chicago Tribune. pp. 2–1, 2–21 – via Newspapers.com.


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