1954 Northwestern Wildcats football team

1954 Northwestern Wildcats football
Conference	Big Ten Conference
1954 record	2-7 (1-5 Big 10)
Head coach	Bob Voigts (8th year)
Home stadium	Dyche Stadium (Capacity: 55,000)

1954 Big Ten football standings
	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
#1 Ohio State $	7	–	0	–	0			10	–	0	–	0
#9 Wisconsin	5	–	2	–	0			7	–	2	–	0
#15 Michigan	5	–	2	–	0			6	–	3	–	0
Minnesota	4	–	2	–	0			7	–	2	–	0
Iowa	4	–	3	–	0			5	–	4	–	0
Purdue	3	–	3	–	0			5	–	3	–	1
Indiana	2	–	4	–	0			3	–	6	–	0
Michigan State	1	–	5	–	0			3	–	6	–	0
Northwestern	1	–	5	–	0			2	–	7	–	0
Illinois	0	–	6	–	0			1	–	8	–	0
$ – Conference champion Rankings from AP Poll

The 1954 Northwestern Wildcats team represented Northwestern University during the 1954 college football season. In their eighth year under head coach Bob Voigts, the Wildcats compiled a 2-7 record (1-5 against Big Ten Conference opponents), finished in a tie for eighth place in the Big Ten, and were outscored by their opponents by a combined total of 142 to 101.

Schedule

Date	Opponent#	Rank#	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
September 25, 1954	Iowa State*		Dyche Stadium • Evanston, IL		W 27-14	32,056
October 2, 1954	#9 USC*		Dyche Stadium • Evanston, IL		L 7-12	30,725
October 9, 1954	at #18 Minnesota		Memorial Stadium • Minneapolis, MN		L 7-26	53,663
October 16, 1954	Michigan		Dyche Stadium • Evanston, IL		L 0-7	32,972
October 23, 1954	at Pittsburgh		Pitt Stadium • Pittsburgh, PA		L 7-14	28,862
October 30, 1954	#1 Ohio State		Dyche Stadium • Evanston, IL		L 7-14	41,650
November 6, 1954	at #16 Wisconsin		Camp Randall Stadium • Madison, WI		L 13-34	53,131
November 13, 1954	Indiana		Dyche Stadium • Evanston, IL		L 13-14	25,856
November 20, 1954	at Illinois		Memorial Stadium • Champaign, IL (Sweet Sioux Tomahawk)		W 20-7	39,186
*Non-conference game.