1959 Northwestern Wildcats football team

1959 Northwestern Wildcats football
Conference	Big Ten Conference
1959 record	6–3 (4–3 Big 10)
Head coach	Ara Parseghian (4th year)
Home stadium	Dyche Stadium (Capacity: 55,000)

1959 Big Ten football standings
	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
#6 Wisconsin $	5	–	2	–	0			7	–	3	–	0
Michigan State	4	–	2	–	0			5	–	4	–	0
Purdue	4	–	2	–	1			5	–	2	–	2
#13 Illinois	4	–	2	–	1			5	–	3	–	1
Northwestern	4	–	3	–	0			6	–	3	–	0
Iowa	3	–	3	–	0			5	–	4	–	0
Michigan	3	–	4	–	0			4	–	5	–	0
Indiana	2	–	4	–	1			4	–	4	–	1
Ohio State	2	–	4	–	1			3	–	5	–	1
Minnesota	1	–	6	–	0			2	–	7	–	0
$ – Conference champion Rankings from AP Poll

The 1959 Northwestern Wildcats team represented Northwestern University during the 1959 college 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. The team rose to #2 in the AP Poll before losing three consecutive games to end the season.

Schedule

Date	Opponent#	Rank#	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
September 26	#2 Oklahoma*	#10	Dyche Stadium • Evanston, IL		W 45–13	27,500
October 3	#5 Iowa	#2	Iowa Stadium • Iowa City, IA		W 14–10	25,132
October 10	at Minnesota	#2	Dyche Stadium • Evanston, IL		W 6–0	56,061
October 17	Michigan	#2	Michigan Stadium • Ann Arbor, MI		W 20–7	34,852
October 24	at Notre Dame*	#2	Notre Dame Stadium • South Bend, Indiana		W 30–24	59,275
October 31	Indiana	#2	Dyche Stadium • Evanston, IL		W 30–13	51,102
November 7	#9 Wisconsin	#2	Dyche Stadium • Evanston, IL		L 19–24	62,964
November 14	#19 Michigan State	#6	Spartan Stadium • East Lansing, MI		L 10–15	38,421
November 21	at Illinois	#8	Memorial Stadium • Champaign, IL (Sweet Sioux Tomahawk)		L 0–28	32,390
*Non-conference game.