1959 Northwestern Wildcats football team

1959 Northwestern Wildcats football
Conference	Big Ten Conference
Record	6–3 (4–3 Big Ten)
Head coach	Ara Parseghian (4th season)
Captains	James Andreotti Ron Burton Gene Gossage Mike Stock
Home stadium	Dyche Stadium

1959 Big Ten Conference football standings

	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
No. 6 Wisconsin $	5	–	2	–	0			7	–	3	–	0
Michigan State	4	–	2	–	0			5	–	4	–	0
Purdue	4	–	2	–	1			5	–	2	–	2
No. 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 Big Ten Conference 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	Result	Attendance	Source
September 26	No. 2 Oklahoma*	No. 10	Dyche Stadium Evanston, IL	W 45–13	27,500
October 3	No. 5 Iowa	No. 2	Iowa Stadium Iowa City, Iowa, IA	W 14–10	25,132
October 10	Minnesota	No. 2	Dyche Stadium Evanston, IL	W 6–0	56,061
October 17	Michigan	No. 2	Michigan Stadium Ann Arbor, MI (rivalry)	W 20–7	67,975
October 24	at Notre Dame*	No. 2	Notre Dame Stadium Notre Dame, IN (rivalry)	W 30–24	59,275
October 31	Indiana	No. 2	Dyche Stadium Evanston, IL	W 30–13	41,296
November 7	No. 9 Wisconsin	No. 2	Dyche Stadium Evanston, IL	L 19–24	62,964
November 14	No. 19 Michigan State	No. 6	Spartan Stadium East Lansing, MI	L 10–15	38,421
November 21	at Illinois	No. 8	Memorial Stadium Champaign, IL (rivalry)	L 0–28	32,390
*Non-conference game Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game