1943 Northwestern Wildcats football team

1943 Northwestern Wildcats football
Conference	Big Ten Conference
Ranking
AP	No. 9
1943 record	6–2 (5–1 Big Ten)
Head coach	Pappy Waldorf
MVP	Otto Graham
Home stadium	Dyche Stadium

1943 Big Ten football standings
	Conf					Overall
Team	W		L		T	W		L		T
No. 5 Purdue +	6	–	0	–	0	9	–	0	–	0
No. 3 Michigan +	6	–	0	–	0	8	–	1	–	0
No. 9 Northwestern	5	–	1	–	0	6	–	2	–	0
Indiana	2	–	3	–	1	4	–	4	–	2
Minnesota	2	–	3	–	0	5	–	4	–	0
Illinois	2	–	4	–	0	3	–	7	–	0
Ohio State	1	–	4	–	0	3	–	6	–	0
Wisconsin	1	–	6	–	0	1	–	9	–	0
Iowa	0	–	4	–	1	1	–	6	–	1

+ – Conference co-champions Rankings from AP Poll

The 1943 Northwestern Wildcats football team represented the Northwestern University in the 1943 Big Ten Conference football season.

Schedule

Date	Opponent^#	Rank^#	Site	Result
September 25	Indiana		Dyche Stadium • Evanston, IL	W 14–6
October 2	Michigan		Dyche Stadium • Evanston, IL	L 7–21
October 16	No. 14 Great Lakes Navy*		Dyche Stadium • Evanston, IL	W 13–0
October 23	at Ohio State	No. 17	Ohio Stadium • Columbus, OH	W 13–0
October 30	Minnesota	No. 15	Dyche Stadium • Evanston, IL	W 42–6
November 6	at Wisconsin	No. 12	Camp Randall Stadium • Madison, WI	W 41–0
November 13	No. 1 Notre Dame*	No. 8	Dyche Stadium • Evanton, IL (Rivalry)	L 6–25
November 20	Illinois	No. 9	Dyche Stadium • Evanston, IL (Rivalry)	W 53–6
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from AP Poll.

Northwestern Wildcats football
Venues	Northwestern Field (1905–1925) Ryan Field (1926–present)
Bowls & rivalries	Bowl games Illinois Notre Dame
Culture & lore	Willie the Wildcat "Go U Northwestern" Marching band 2006 Michigan State game
People	Head coaches NFL draftees Statistical leaders
Seasons	1876 1877 1878 1879 1880 1881 1882 1883 1884 1885 1886 1887 1888 1889 1890 1891 1892 1893 1894 1895 1896 1897 1898 1899 1900 1901 1902 1903 1904 1905 1906 1907 1908 1909 1910 1911 1912 1913 1914 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919 1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017

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