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1948 Northwestern Wildcats football team

American college football season

Field	Value
year	1948
team	Northwestern Wildcats
sport	football
image	481023-Northwestern-Syracuse-program.jpg
image_size	240px
conference	Big Nine Conference
short_conf	Big Nine
APRank	7
record	8–2
conf_record	5–1
head_coach	Bob Voigts
hc_year	2nd
mvp	Art Murakowski
captain	Alex Sarkisian
stadium	Dyche Stadium
champion	Rose Bowl champion
bowl	[Rose Bowl](1949-rose-bowl)
bowl_result	W 20–14 vs. [California](1948-california-golden-bears-football-team)

The 1948 Northwestern Wildcats football team represented Northwestern University in the 1948 Big Nine Conference football season. The Wildcats won their first Rose Bowl in program history.

Northwestern finished the season with an 8–2 record, losing only to perennial powerhouses Michigan, 28–0, and Notre Dame, 17–12. Northwestern blanked UCLA, 19–0, Purdue, 21–0, and Syracuse, 48–0. The Wildcats rallied from three turnovers and a 16-point deficit to defeat Minnesota, 19–16, and beat Ohio State, 21–7, Wisconsin, 16–7, and Illinois, 20–7. Big Nine Conference rules prevented conference champion Michigan from making a successive trip to the Rose Bowl, so second-place Northwestern won the bid instead.

Schedule

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Rankings

Roster

10 Bob Nelson
11 Loran "PeeWee" Day (halfback and safety)
14 Gene Miller
15 Ed Tunnicliff(halfback)
16 Tom Worthington (halfback)
19 Bob Meeder
20 Lloyd Hawkinson
21 Don Burson (quarterback)
22 Frank Aschenbrenner (halfback)
23 Pat Keefe (quarterback)
25 John Yungwirth
26 Jim Farrar (extra points)
29 Dick Flowers (quarterback)
30 Art Murakowski (fullback)
32 Armandy Cureau
33 Ralph Rossi
34 Gasper Perricone (fullback)
36 George Hlebasko
37 George Sundheim
42 Johnny Miller
54 Alex Sarkisian (center). (team captain)
55 Chuck Petter
56 Ray Wietecha
57 Dick Price
60 Lawrence "Fatso" Day (linemen)
61 Francis De Pauw
62 Richard Anderson
63 Bob Nowicki(guard)
67 Ed Nemeth (left guard)
68 Jim Parseigan
69 LeRoy Pantera
70 Joe Sewell
73 Bill Ford
71 Bill Forman (tackle)
74 Steve Sawle (tackle)
75 Rudy Cernoch (tackle)
77 George Maddock (kick offs)
78 Paul Barkal
79 Dick Eggers
80 Charles Hagmann (end)
82 Burton Keddie (end)
83 Don Stonesifer (end),
85 Joe Zuravleff (end)
87 Al Thomas
88 Littrell Clark
97 Paul Balog

Awards and honors

Art Murakowski, Chicago Tribune Silver Football

1949 NFL draft

References

(2007). "Year-by-Year Results".
"A History of Football at Northwestern: Bob Voights: 1947-1954". Northwestern University Archives.
(October 31, 1948). "Northwestern Trims Bucks, Fans Rose Bowl Hopes". [[Springfield News-Sun]].
(November 7, 1948). "Northwestern Whips Wisconsin, 16 to 7: Fumbles By Wildcats and Badgers; N.U. Leads Only 2-0 at Half Time". Chicago Tribune.
"Reference at www.pro-football-reference.com".

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