After a frustrating loss to Stanford, Northwestern is fortunate enough to have a bye week to potentially help improve upon the many miscues from Saturday’s game. In the middle of this season’s first week off, we decided to provide you with a little bit of the recent history surrounding Wildcat football and the bye.
It is well-documented that Northwestern football has typically started off the season slowly in recent years. The past six seasons have seen the Wildcats fall to a series of frustrating non-conference opponents in Akron, Duke (twice), Illinois State, Western Michigan, and even Northern Illinois.