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  Northern Illinois (NIC-9) 1997 

                                   Conf.  Overall  Playoff
                                   W   L   W   L     Pts.
R-Machesney Park (Harlem)          7   1   9   2     36
C-Rockford (Boylan)                6   2   7   3     40
A-Belvidere                        6   2   8   4     44
  Rockton (Hononegah)              5   3   5   4     45
  Rockford (Auburn)                4   4   5   4     40
  Freeport (H.S.)                  4   4   4   5     45
  Rockford (Jefferson)             3   5   3   6     42
  Rockford (Guilford)              1   7   2   7     41
  Rockford (East)                  0   8   0   9     48

R - conference representative / champion
C - clinched playoff berth with 7 or more wins
A - at-large playoff team (6 wins)

 Belvidere

Head Coach: Mike Hearn
1996 Record: 5-4 (Class 5A)
Football Enrollment: 1592.71

   W   35    0    5-4  *Rockford (Auburn)
   L    6    7    9-0   Middleton, WI
   W   20    7    5-4  *Rockton (Hononegah)
   L   13   30    9-2  *Machesney Park (Harlem)
   W   41   12    2-7  *Rockford (Guilford)
   L    7   14    3-6  *Rockford (Jefferson)
   W   33    7    4-5  *Freeport (H.S.)
   W   34    7    0-9  *Rockford (East)
   W   21    0    7-3  *Rockford (Boylan)
   W   19   10    9-1   Park Ridge (Maine South)
   W   29   14    9-2   Bloomington (H.S.)
   L    6    7   11-2   Cary (C.-Grove)

 Freeport (H.S.)

Head Coach: Calvin Cummins
1996 Record: 6-4 (Class 5A)
Football Enrollment: 1674.14

   L   21   27    9-2  *Machesney Park (Harlem) (OT)
   W   27   18    5-4  *Rockford (Auburn)
   W   20   13    3-6  *Rockford (Jefferson)
   L   12   28    5-4  *Rockton (Hononegah)
   L    7   17    6-1   Beloit (Memorial), WI
   L    0   27    7-3  *Rockford (Boylan)
   L    7   33    8-4  *Belvidere
   W   14    0    2-7  *Rockford (Guilford)
   W   25   18    0-9  *Rockford (East)

 Machesney Park (Harlem)

Head Coach: Brian Benning
1996 Record: 2-7 (Class 5A)
Football Enrollment: 1924.00

   W   27   21    4-5  *Freeport (H.S.) (OT)
   L    0   14    7-3  *Rockford (Boylan)
   W   42    9    2-7   Madison (Memorial), WI
   W   30   13    8-4  *Belvidere
   W   14   12    5-4  *Rockford (Auburn)
   W   35    0    0-9  *Rockford (East)
   W   23    7    2-7  *Rockford (Guilford)
   W   36    7    3-6  *Rockford (Jefferson)
   W   20   17    5-4  *Rockton (Hononegah)
   W   33   21    8-2   Peoria (Notre Dame)
   L    0   28   14-0   Woodstock (H.S.)

 Rockford (Auburn)

Head Coach:
1996 Record: 4-5 (Class 5A)
Football Enrollment: 1621.14

   L    0   35    8-4  *Belvidere
   L   18   27    4-5  *Freeport (H.S.)
   W   22    7    0-9  *Rockford (East)
   W   19    0    2-7  *Rockford (Guilford)
   L   12   14    9-2  *Machesney Park (Harlem)
   L   14   21    5-4  *Rockton (Hononegah)
   W   51   13    3-6  *Rockford (Jefferson)
   W   34   14    7-3  *Rockford (Boylan)
   W   21   11    2-6   Janesville (Craig), WI

 Rockford (Boylan)

Head Coach: Bill Thumm
1996 Record: 10-2 (Class 5A)
Football Enrollment: 1634.86

   W   32   12    4-5   Madison (East), WI
   W   14    0    9-2  *Machesney Park (Harlem)
   W   35   13    2-7  *Rockford (Guilford)
   W   41    0    0-9  *Rockford (East)
   W   26   24    3-6  *Rockford (Jefferson)
   W   27    0    4-5  *Freeport (H.S.)
   W   34    0    5-4  *Rockton (Hononegah)
   L   14   34    5-4  *Rockford (Auburn)
   L    0   21    8-4  *Belvidere
   L   20   51   11-2   Kankakee (McNamara)

 Rockford (East)

Head Coach: Perry Giardini
1996 Record: 1-8 (Class 5A)
Football Enrollment: 1741.00

   L    0   19    2-7  *Rockford (Guilford)
   L    8   15    3-6  *Rockford (Jefferson)
   L    7   22    5-4  *Rockford (Auburn)
   L    0   41    7-3  *Rockford (Boylan)
   L    6   34    5-4  *Rockton (Hononegah)
   L    0   35    9-2  *Machesney Park (Harlem)
   L    7   14    5-1   Janesville (Parker), WI
   L    7   34    8-4  *Belvidere
   L   18   25    4-5  *Freeport (H.S.)

 Rockford (Guilford)

Head Coach: Rich Infusino
1996 Record: 5-4 (Class 5A)
Football Enrollment: 1850.00

   W   19    0    0-9  *Rockford (East)
   L    7   37    5-4  *Rockton (Hononegah)
   L   13   35    7-3  *Rockford (Boylan)
   L    0   19    5-4  *Rockford (Auburn)
   L   12   41    8-4  *Belvidere
   W   17   14    0-7   Madison (LaFollette), WI
   L    7   23    9-2  *Machesney Park (Harlem)
   L    0   14    4-5  *Freeport (H.S.)
   L   16   41    3-6  *Rockford (Jefferson)

 Rockford (Jefferson)

Head Coach: Rick Schmitz
1996 Record: 1-8 (Class 5A)
Football Enrollment: 1666.86

   L   13   26    5-4  *Rockton (Hononegah)
   W   15    8    0-9  *Rockford (East)
   L   13   20    4-5  *Freeport (H.S.)
   L   27   31    2-5   Madison (West), WI
   L   24   26    7-3  *Rockford (Boylan)
   W   14    7    8-4  *Belvidere
   L   13   51    5-4  *Rockford (Auburn)
   L    7   36    9-2  *Machesney Park (Harlem)
   W   41   16    2-7  *Rockford (Guilford)

 Rockton (Hononegah)

Head Coach: Steve Stromquist
1996 Record: 12-1 (Class 5A)
Football Enrollment: 1618.00

   W   26   13    3-6  *Rockford (Jefferson)
   W   37    7    2-7  *Rockford (Guilford)
   L    7   20    8-4  *Belvidere
   W   28   12    4-5  *Freeport (H.S.)
   W   34    6    0-9  *Rockford (East)
   W   21   14    5-4  *Rockford (Auburn)
   L    0   34    7-3  *Rockford (Boylan)
   L    6   34    7-2   Sun Prairie, WI
   L   17   20    9-2  *Machesney Park (Harlem)



* Indicates conference game.
# Indicates game does not count when determining playoff qualifiers.

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