Big Ten
The 2017 season's largest margin: Northwestern 49, Bowling Green 7. A 42-point win — the year's high-water mark.
Northwestern·Big Ten
2017 — The Ten-Win Year
Northwestern's 2017 season (10-3) is a middle chapter: table-stakes progress, no crown in the ledger, the program still writing the book.
Won the Music City Bowl
The shape of the season · week by week, cumulative W-L below
Who carried it
- Clayton ThorsonQB2,844 passing yards
- Justin JacksonRB1,311 rushing yards
- Jeremy LarkinRB503 rushing yards
- Ben SkowronekWR644 receiving yards
- Flynn NagelWR489 receiving yards
- Macan WilsonWR446 receiving yards
- Paddy FisherLB111 tackles
- Nate HallLB81 tackles
- Godwin IgwebuikeS78 tackles
- Joe GazianoDL9 sacks
- Sam MillerDL5.5 sacks
- Trent GoensTE4 sacks
Season leaders, 2017.
The season's deepest loss: Northwestern 17, Duke 41. A 24-point margin the season is remembered by.
The season's last act: Northwestern beat Kentucky 24-23 in the postseason.
"Go Cats"
2017 is a middle chapter for Northwestern — neither a crown year nor a crisis. It is the kind of season that fills the ledger between the named ones and gives the arc its shape.