1997 Northwestern Wildcats Schedule and Results

Record: 5-7 (72nd of 112) (Schedule & Results)

Conference: Big Ten

Conference Record: 3-5

Coach: Gary Barnett (5-7)

Points For: 243

Points/G: 20.2 (83rd of 112)

Points Against: 288

Opp Pts/G: 24.0 (57th of 112)

SRS: 2.56 (48th of 112)

SOS: 4.48 (31st of 112)

AP Poll Summary

AP Poll Summary Table
Pre	8/25	9/2	9/8	9/15	9/22	9/29	10/6	10/13	10/20	10/27	11/3	11/10	11/17	11/24	12/1	12/8	Final
	24	21

12 Games Table
G	Date	Day	School		Opponent	Conf		Pts	Opp	W	L	Streak
1	Aug 23, 1997	Sat	Northwestern		Oklahoma	Big 12	W	24	0	1	0	W 1
2	Sep 6, 1997	Sat	(21) Northwestern	@	Wake Forest	ACC	L	20	27	1	1	L 1
3	Sep 13, 1997	Sat	Northwestern		Duke	ACC	W	24	20	2	1	W 1
4	Sep 20, 1997	Sat	Northwestern		Rice	WAC	L	34	40	2	2	L 1
5	Sep 27, 1997	Sat	Northwestern	@	Purdue	Big Ten	L	9	21	2	3	L 2
6	Oct 4, 1997	Sat	Northwestern		Wisconsin	Big Ten	L	25	26	2	4	L 3
7	Oct 11, 1997	Sat	Northwestern	@	(6) Michigan	Big Ten	L	6	23	2	5	L 4
8	Oct 18, 1997	Sat	Northwestern		(12) Michigan State	Big Ten	W	19	17	3	5	W 1
9	Oct 25, 1997	Sat	Northwestern	@	(9) Ohio State	Big Ten	L	6	49	3	6	L 1
10	Nov 1, 1997	Sat	Northwestern		(2) Penn State	Big Ten	L	27	30	3	7	L 2
11	Nov 8, 1997	Sat	Northwestern	@	Illinois	Big Ten	W	34	21	4	7	W 1
12	Nov 15, 1997	Sat	Northwestern		(22) Iowa	Big Ten	W	15	14	5	7	W 2