1997 Northwestern Wildcats football team

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1997 Northwestern Wildcats football
Conference Big Ten Conference
Record5–7 (3–5 Big Ten)
Head coach
Captains
  • Eric Collier [1]
  • Barry Gardner
  • Nate Strikwerda
Home stadium Ryan Field
Seasons
←  1996
1998  →
1997 Big Ten Conference football standings
ConfOverall
Team W L  W L 
No. 1 Michigan $  8 –0   12 –0  
No. 12 Ohio State  6 –2   10 –3  
No. 16 Penn State  6 –2   9 –3  
No. 15 Purdue  6 –2   9 –3  
Wisconsin  5 –3   8 –5  
Iowa  4 –4   7 –5  
Michigan State  4 –4   7 –5  
Northwestern  3 –5   5 –7  
Minnesota  1 –7   3 –9  
Indiana  1 –7   2 –9  
Illinois  0 –8   0 –11  
  • $ – Conference champion
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1997 Northwestern Wildcats football team represented Northwestern University during the 1997 Big Ten Conference football season. They played their home games at Ryan Field and participated as members of the Big Ten Conference. They were coached by Gary Barnett.

Contents

Schedule

DateTimeOpponentRankSiteTVResultAttendanceSource
August 2311:00 amvs. Oklahoma *
 ABC W 24–036,804
September 62:30 pmat Wake Forest *No. 21
ABCL 20–2724,320 [2]
September 131:00 pm Duke *
W 24–2036,225 [3]
September 2011:30 am Rice *
  • Ryan Field
  • Evanston, Illinois
 SCC L 34–4032,762
September 2711:30 amat Purdue
ESPN L 9–2142,112
October 46:00 pm Wisconsin
  • Ryan Field
  • Evanston, IL
ESPNL 25–2647,129
October 1111:30 amat No. 6 Michigan
ESPNL 6–23106,048
October 182:30 pmNo. 11 Michigan State Dagger-14-plain.png
  • Ryan Field
  • Evanston, IL
ABCW 19–1747,129
October 252:30 pmat No. 9 Ohio State
ABCL 6–4992,445
November 111:30 amNo. 2 Penn State
  • Ryan Field
  • Evanston, IL
ESPNL 27–3047,129
November 811:00 amat Illinois
ESPN Plus W 34–2141,195
November 1511:30 amNo. 22 Iowa
  • Ryan Field
  • Evanston, IL
 ESPN2 W 15–1440,838
  • *Non-conference game
  • Dagger-14-plain.pngHomecoming
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game
  • All times are in Central time

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Rankings

Ranking movements
Legend:██ Increase in ranking ██ Decrease in ranking
— = Not ranked т = Tied with team above or below
Week
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Coaches —24———————————————

Roster

1997 Northwestern Wildcats football team roster
PlayersCoaches
Offense
Pos.#NameClass
WR 5 D'Wayne Bates Jr
OT 74 Paul Janus Sr
TE 84 Jay Tant So
Defense
Pos.#NameClass
DE 36 Casey Dailey Sr
LB 55 Barry Gardner Jr
Special teams
Pos.#NameClass
Head coach
Coordinators/assistant coaches
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (S) Suspended
  • (I) Ineligible
  • Cruz Roja.svg Injured
  • Redshirt.svg Redshirt

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References

  1. ↑ "Year-by-Year Results" (PDF). 2007. p. 149. Archived (PDF) from the original on March 16, 2019. Retrieved March 14, 2019.
  2. ↑ "Rude a-Wake-ning; Wake Forest stuns Northwestern for 2nd straight year". Northwest Herald. September 7, 1997. Retrieved July 26, 2024– via Newspapers.com.
  3. ↑ "Northwestern edges Duke". News and Record. September 14, 1997. Retrieved July 26, 2024– via Newspapers.com.
  4. ↑ "NUSPORTS.COM - The Northwestern Official Athletic Site - Football". Archived from the original on November 19, 2012. Retrieved October 27, 2012.
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