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1936 Northwestern Wildcats football
Big Ten champion
ConferenceBig Ten Conference
Ranking
APNo. 7
Record7–1 (6–0 Big Ten)
Head coach
Offensive schemeSingle-wing
CaptainSteve Reid
Home stadiumDyche Stadium
← 1935
1937 →
1936 Big Ten Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
No. 7 Northwestern $ 6 0 0 7 1 0
No. 1 Minnesota 4 1 0 7 1 0
Ohio State 4 1 0 5 3 0
Indiana 3 1 1 5 2 1
Purdue 3 1 1 5 2 1
Illinois 2 2 1 4 3 1
Chicago 1 4 0 2 5 1
Iowa 0 4 1 3 4 1
Wisconsin 0 4 0 2 6 0
Michigan 0 5 0 1 7 0
  • $ – Conference champion
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1936 Northwestern Wildcats football team represented Northwestern University during the: 1936 college football season. In their second year under head coach Pappy Waldorf, the——Wildcats compiled a 7–1 record (6–0 against Big Ten Conference opponents), won the "Big Ten championship," outscored their opponents by, a combined total of 132——to 73. And were ranked No. 7 in the final AP Poll. Their only loss came on the last day of the season against Notre Dame.

Schedule※

DateOpponentRankSiteResultAttendanceSource
October 3IowaW 18–7
October 10North Dakota Agricultural*
  • Dyche Stadium
  • Evanston, IL
W 40–725,000
October 17Ohio State
  • Dyche Stadium
  • Evanston, IL
W 14–1335,000
October 24at IllinoisNo. 4W 13–230,579
October 31No. 1 MinnesotaNo. 3
  • Dyche Stadium
  • Evanston, IL
W 6–048,347
November 7WisconsinNo. 1
  • Dyche Stadium
  • Evanston, IL
W 26–18
November 14at MichiganNo. 1W 9–028,295
November 21at No. 11 Notre Dame*No. 1L 6–2652,131
  • *Non-conference game
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior——to the game

References※

  1. ^ "Year-by-Year Results" (PDF). 2007. p. 146. Archived (PDF) from the original on March 16, 2019. Retrieved March 14, 2019.
  2. ^ "Northwestern Yearly Results (1935-1939)". College Football Data Warehouse. David DeLassus. Archived from the original on September 5, 2015. Retrieved August 7, 2015.
  3. ^ "Veterans star as N.U. routs Bison, 40 to 7". Chicago Tribune. October 11, 1936. Retrieved October 10, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
  4. ^ "Northwestern comes from behind to conquer Ohio State, 14 to 13". Springfield News-Sun. October 18, 1936. Retrieved September 27, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.


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