Robert Voigts

Head coach, Northwestern, 1947 to 1954

College career33-39-1

Program liftNo. 740tied · of 1,290 tenures since 1937

Now

Career arc

Stats

Big games

The big-game ledger

How he does in the games that matter most — rivalry record, performance broken out by real opponent tier, one-score games, and his toughest historical matchup.

6-2 against his rivals. Winless in 6 tries against Ivy Williamson.

Rivalry record

6-2

75.0% · 1 rival

One-score games

14-19-1

41.2% · margin ≤8

Against Blue Bloods or better

3-7

30.0%

Rivalry ledger

Illinois6-275%

The toughest matchupNemesis

vs. Ivy Williamson0-6

6 meetings, 1949–1954

’49 L’50 L’51 L’52 L’53 L’54 L

Performance by opponent class

Dynasty

0-2 0.0%

Blue Blood

3-5 37.5%

Power Program

8-16 33.3%

National Program

17-14 54.8%

Regional Program

5-2 71.4%

Building the roster

Two numbers on how he actually stocks a roster, from signing day to draft day.

1Roster ownership
2The NFL pipeline

Roster ownership

This coach's entire tenure (1947-1954) predates 2021, when transfer-portal tracking begins in this database. Portal usage cannot be measured for this tenure at all -- this is not the same as '0% portal'.

“His own” means the player arrived while he was head coach; “inherited” means a predecessor brought him in.

The NFL pipeline

at least3Drafted

players drafted into the NFL off his teams here (a floor — see the note below). None can be traced to who brought them in — there’s no roster record for these players here.

At least 3 — his 1947, 1948, 1949, 1950, 1951, 1952, 1953, 1954 seasons predate the modern 7-round draft, so this table’s pre-1994 pick counts are a floor, not a full count, for those seasons.

0 roster-verified · 3 estimated

Most recent picks first

Year	Pick	Note
1951	R3.27	Estimated
1950	R3.29	Estimated
1950	R6.68	Estimated

A pick counts toward his tenure when the player’s final college season was one he coached, a checkable rule rather than a claim about who developed the player. A blank note means the player is on a verified roster and arrived on his watch. “Estimated” means no roster record, so the final season is assumed to be the year before the draft.