“Stats are for losers.” -Pat Fitzgerald
As it turns out, if you run your statistics in retrospect, you can’t lose a game. Here are the nine numbers (one for each game) that made this Northwestern football season so special. Try and take a guess at what each one is before you read the explanation. Without further ado, we start with:
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Following the No. 19 Wildcats’ win over No. 10 Wisconsin, the AP poll ranked NU 11th in the nation. You have to go back to Week 15 of the 1996 season to find the last time NU was ranked higher in the AP poll.