1957 Northwestern Wildcats football team

1957 Big Ten Conference football standings
	$ – Conference champion; Rankings from AP Poll

1957 Northwestern Wildcats football
1957 Northwestern Wildcats football
Conference	Big Ten Conference
1957 record	0-9 (0-7 Big 10)
Head coach	Ara Parseghian (2nd season);
MVP	Willmer Fowler
Captains	Bob McKeiver; Al Viola;
Home stadium	Dyche Stadium (Capacity: 55,000)
	Seasons ← 1956 1958 →

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]

Schedule[]

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
September 28	at Stanford*	Stanford Stadium Stanford, CA	L 6-26	19,000
October 5	No. 9 Oregon State*	Dyche Stadium Evanston, IL	L 13-22	34,500
October 12	No. 4 Minnesota	Dyche Stadium Evanston, IL	L 6-41	38,000
October 19	at No. 18 Michigan	Michigan Stadium Ann Arbor, MI	L 14-34	70,884	^[3]
October 26	No. 3 Iowa	Dyche Stadium Evanston, IL	L 0-6	42,719
November 2	at No. 8 Ohio State	Ohio Stadium Columbus, OH	L 6-47	79,635
November 9	Wisconsin	Dyche Stadium Evanston, IL	L 12-41	32,250
November 16	at Purdue	Ross–Ade Stadium West Lafayette, IN	L 0-27	32,507
November 23	at Illinois	Memorial Stadium Champaign, IL (rivalry)	L 0-27	27,017
*Non-conference game Rankings from Coaches' Poll released prior to the game

^ "Year-by-Year Results" (PDF). 2007. p. 148. Archived (PDF) from the original on 2019-03-16. Retrieved 2019-03-14.
^ "Northwestern Yearly Results (1955-1959)". College Football Data Warehouse. David DeLassus. Retrieved August 7, 2015.
^ 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.

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1957 Big Ten Conference football standings
v t	Conf					Overall
Team	W		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