1957 Northwestern Wildcats football team

The 1957 Northwestern Wildcats team represented Northwestern University during the 1957 Big Ten Conference football season. In their second year under head coach Ara Parseghian, the Wildcats compiled a 0–9 record (0-7 against Big Ten Conference opponents), finished in last place in the Big Ten, and were outscored by their opponents by a combined total of 271 to 57.[2]

1957 Northwestern Wildcats football
ConferenceBig Ten Conference
1957 record0-9 (0-7 Big 10)
Head coach
MVPWillmer Fowler
Captains
  • Bob McKeiver[1]
  • Al Viola
Home stadiumDyche Stadium (Capacity: 55,000)
1957 Big Ten Conference football standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L T  W L T
No. 2 Ohio State $ 7 0 0  9 1 0
No. 3 Michigan State 5 1 0  8 1 0
No. 6 Iowa 4 1 1  7 1 1
No. 19 Wisconsin 4 3 0  6 3 0
Purdue 4 3 0  5 4 0
Michigan 3 3 1  5 3 1
Illinois 3 4 0  4 5 0
Minnesota 3 5 0  4 5 0
Indiana 0 6 0  1 8 0
Northwestern 0 7 0  0 9 0
  • $ Conference champion
Rankings from AP Poll

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 28, 1957at Stanford*L 6-2619,000
October 5, 1957No. 9 Oregon State*L 13-2234,500
October 12, 1957No. 4 Minnesota
  • Dyche Stadium
  • Evanston, Illinois
L 6-4138,000
October 19, 1957at No. 18 MichiganL 14-3470,884[3]
October 26, 1957No. 3 Iowa
  • Dyche Stadium
  • Evanston, Illinois
L 0-642,719
November 2, 1957at No. 8 Ohio StateL 6-4779,635
November 9, 1957Wisconsin
  • Dyche Stadium
  • Evanston, Illinois
L 12-4132,250
November 16, 1957at PurdueL 0-2732,507
November 23, 1957at IllinoisL 0-2727,017
  • *Non-conference game
  • Rankings from Coaches' Poll released prior to the game

References

  1. "Year-by-Year Results" (PDF). 2007. p. 148. Archived (PDF) from the original on 2019-03-16. Retrieved 2019-03-14.
  2. "Northwestern Yearly Results (1955-1959)". College Football Data Warehouse. David DeLassus. Retrieved August 7, 2015.
  3. Tommy Devine (October 20, 1957). "U-M Sputters -- Then Roars, 34-14: Rips 'Cats On 3 TDs in Last Period". Detroit Free Press. p. 1E via Newspapers.com.


This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.