1948 Northwestern Wildcats football team

Season

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. NU 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 face the Rose Bowl, so second-place Northwestern won the bid instead.

Awards and honors

Roster

1. 10 Bob Nelson
2. 11 Loran "PeeWee" Day (halfback and safety)
3. 14 Gene Miller
4. 15 Ed Tunnicliff(halfback)
5. 16 Tom Worthington (halfback)
6. 19 Bob Meeder
7. 20 Lloyd Hawkinson
8. 21 Don Burson (quarterback)
9. 22 Frank Aschenbrenner (halfback)
10. 23 Pat Keefe (quarterback)
11. 25 John Yungwirth
12. 26 Jim Farrar (extra points)
13. 29 Dick Flowers (quarterback)
14. 30 Art Murakowski (fullback)
15. 32 Armandy Cureau
16. 33 Ralph Rossi
17. 34 Gasper Perricone (fullback)
18. 36 George Hlsbasko
19. 37 George Sundheim
20. 42 Johnny Miller
21. 54 Alex Sarkisian (center). (team captain)
22. 55 Chuck Petter
23. 56 Ray Wietecha
24. 57 Dick Price
25. 60 Lawrence "Fatso" Day (linemen)
26. 61 Francis De Pauw
27. 62 Richard Anderson
28. 63 Bob Nowicki(guard)
29. 67 Ed Nemeth (left guard)
30. 68 Jim Parseigan
31. 69 LeRoy Pantera
32. 70 Joe Sewell
33. 73 Bill Ford
34. 71 Bill Forman (tackle)
35. 74 Steve Sawle (tackle)
36. 75 Rudy Cernoch (tackle)
37. 77 George Maddock (kick offs)
38. 79 Dick Eggers
39. 80 Charles Hagmann (end)
40. 82 Burton Keddie (end)
41. 83 Don Stonesifer (end),
42. 85 Joe Zuravleff (end)
43. 87 Al Thomas
44. 88 Littrell Clark
45. 97 Paul Balog