1950 Northwestern Wildcats football team

1950 Northwestern Wildcats football
Conference	Big Ten Conference
1950 record	6-3 (3–3 Big 10)
Head coach	Bob Voigts (4th year)
Home stadium	Dyche Stadium (Capacity: 52,000)

1950 Big Ten football standings
	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
#9 Michigan $	4	–	1	–	1			6	–	3	–	1
#14 Ohio State	5	–	2	–	0			6	–	3	–	0
Wisconsin	5	–	2	–	0			6	–	3	–	0
#13 Illinois	4	–	2	–	0			7	–	2	–	0
Northwestern	3	–	3	–	0			6	–	3	–	0
Iowa	2	–	4	–	0			3	–	5	–	1
Minnesota	1	–	4	–	1			1	–	7	–	1
Indiana	1	–	4	–	0			3	–	5	–	1
Purdue	1	–	4	–	0			2	–	7	–	0
$ – Conference champion Rankings from AP Poll

The 1950 Northwestern Wildcats team represented Northwestern University during the 1950 college football season. In their fourth year under head coach Bob Voigts, the Wildcats compiled a 6–3 record (3–3 against Big Ten Conference opponents), finished in fifth in the Big Ten, and outscored their opponents by a combined total of 155 to 143.

Schedule

Date	Opponent#	Rank#	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
September 30, 1950	Iowa State*		Dyche Stadium • Evanston, IL		W 23-13	38,473
October 7, 1950	at Navy*		Memorial Stadium • Baltimore, MD		W 22-0	12,000
October 14, 1950	Minnesota		Dyche Stadium • Evanston, IL		W 13-6	45,000
October 21, 1950	Pittsburgh*	#20	Dyche Stadium • Evanston, IL		W 28-23	35,000
October 28, 1950	at Wisconsin	#9	Camp Randall Stadium • Madison, WI		L 13-14	45,000
November 4, 1950	#4 Ohio State		Dyche Stadium • Evanston, IL		L 0-32	50,000
November 11, 1950	at Purdue		Ross-Ade Stadium • West Lafayette, IN		W 19-14	30,000
November 18, 1950	at Michigan		Michigan Stadium • Ann Arbor, MI		L 23-34	75,075
November 25, 1950	Illinois		Dyche Stadium • Evanston, IL (Sweet Sioux Tomahawk)		W 14-7	50,000
*Non-conference game.