1949 Big Nine Conference football season
Results and team statistics
Key AP final = Team's rank in the final AP Poll of the 1949 season AP high = Team's highest rank in the AP Poll throughout the 1949 season PPG = Average of points scored per game PAG = Average of points allowed per game MVP = Most valuable player as voted by players on each team as part of the voting process to determine the winner of the Chicago Tribune Silver Football trophy; trophy winner in bold

1949 Big Nine Conference football season

Section Title: Results and team statistics
Table Section Text: Key AP final = Team's rank in the final AP Poll of the 1949 season AP high = Team's highest rank in the AP Poll throughout the 1949 season PPG = Average of points scored per game PAG = Average of points allowed per game MVP = Most valuable player as voted by players on each team as part of the voting process to determine the winner of the Chicago Tribune Silver Football trophy; trophy winner in bold

Conf. Rank	Team	Head coach	AP final	AP high	Overall record	Conf. record	PPG	PAG	MVP

1 (tie)	Ohio State	Wes Fesler	#6	#5	7–1–2	4–1–1	20.7	13.6	Jack Lininger

1 (tie)	Michigan	Bennie Oosterbaan	#7	#1	6–2–1	4–1–1	15.0	9.4	Dick Kempthorn

3	Minnesota	Bernie Bierman	#8	#3	7–2	4–2	25.7	8.9	Bud Grant John Lundin

4	Wisconsin	Ivy Williamson	NR	NR	5–3–1	3–2–1	23.0	14.3	Red Wilson

5	Illinois	Ray Eliot	NR	NR	3–4–2	3–3–1	16.6	15.6	Johnny Karras

6 (tie)	Iowa	Eddie Anderson	NR	#15	4–5	3–3	20.4	27.4	Jack Dittmer

7	Northwestern	Robert Voigts	NR	#13	4–5	3–4	15.2	17.3	Don Burson Gaspar Perricone

8	Purdue	Stu Holcomb	NR	NR	4–5	2–4	13.2	15.0	Lou Karras

9	Indiana	Bo McMillin	NR	NR	1–8	0–6	13.0	28.2	Nick Sebek

Sentence(s)

Minnesota, under head coach Bernie Bierman, finished in third place and compiled a 7–2 record while also leading the conference in both scoring offense (25.7 points per game) and scoring defense (8.9 points allowed per game). The finished ranked 8th in the AP poll.

final_sentence: Minnesota, under head coach Bernie Bierman, finished in third place and compiled a 7–2 record while also leading the conference in both scoring offense (25.7 points per game) and scoring defense (8.9 points allowed per game). The finished ranked 8th in the AP poll.