1977 Northwestern
1–10 (1–8 Big Ten), coached by John Pont. Share
Schedule and results
- Biggest winBeat Illinois 21–7Nov 19
By 14 points, its widest win.
| Date | Opponent | Result | Elo |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 10 | at Iowa | L 0–24 | 32% |
| Sep 17 | at Arizona State | L 3–35 | 21% |
| Sep 24 | vs North Carolina | L 7–41 | 33% |
| Oct 1 | at Wisconsin | L 7–19 | 17% |
| Oct 8 | vs Indiana | L 3–28 | 43% |
| Oct 15 | at Minnesota | L 7–13 | 17% |
| Oct 22 | vs 4Ohio State | L 15–35 | 10% |
| Oct 29 | vs Purdue | L 16–28 | 30% |
| Nov 5 | at 6Michigan | L 20–63 | 5% |
| Nov 11 | at Michigan State | L 3–44 | 12% |
| Nov 19 | vs Illinois | W 21–7 | 37% |
Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.
How it ended: Beat Illinois 21–7; unranked in the final AP poll; 10th in the Big Ten.
In program history: The 125th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 133 on file).
Players on this team
Before 2004 our records hold honors and the draft; these are the players whose college years here, from their Wikipedia articles or their honors, include 1977.
- Record
- 1–10
- Conference
- 1–8 10th in Big Ten
- AP final
- Unranked
- Points
- 102–337
- Coach
- John Pont
- Elo
- 1284 −90 this season
- SP+ rating
- -16.2 No. 123 of 140; offense No. 124, defense No. 122
- SRS
- −10.9 No. 117 of 145 major-college teams
- Recruiting class
- —
- Captain
- Paul Maly
Drafted in 1978
The 1978 draft| Rd 6 | Tony Ardizzone OG | Detroit Lions |
All-Big Ten
3 second teamSecond team
Frank MalecOGAP-2; UPI-2- Tony ArdizzoneOTUPI-2
- Paul MalyLBAP-2
From Wikipedia’s 1977 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).
1977 Big Ten standings
Conference page| Team | Conf. | Overall | AP final |
|---|---|---|---|
| Michigan | 7–1 | 10–2 | 9 |
| Ohio State | 7–1 | 9–3 | 11 |
| Michigan State | 6–1–1 | 7–3–1 | |
| Indiana | 4–3–1 | 5–5–1 | |
| Minnesota | 4–4 | 7–5 | |
| Purdue | 3–5 | 5–6 | |
| Iowa | 3–5 | 4–7 | |
| Wisconsin | 3–6 | 5–6 | |
| Illinois | 2–6 | 3–8 | |
| Northwestern | 1–8 | 1–10 |
Ordered by conference winning percentage, then conference wins. Division splits and tiebreakers aren’t applied.