EVANSTON, Ill. -- As a result of the Big Ten's 2016 transition to a nine-game conference football schedule, Northwestern announced today a pair of date changes for future Big Ten and nonconference contests.
The Conference has approved a date change for the Wildcats' 2016 meeting with West Division foe Nebraska, which has been moved from Oct. 8 to Sept. 24, 2016.
Consequently, a Northwestern road game at Stanford originally scheduled for Sept. 24, 2016, will now be played on Aug. 31, 2019.
The first leg of the home-and-home series between Northwestern and Stanford, a Sept. 5 meeting at Ryan Field in next fall's season-opener, remains unchanged.
Below are the complete 2015 and 2016 Northwestern Football schedules:
2015 Northwestern Football Schedule
Sept. 5 vs. Stanford (Evanston)
Sept. 12 vs. Eastern Illinois (Evanston)
Sept. 19 at Duke (Durham, N.C.)
Sept. 26 vs. Ball State (Evanston)
Oct. 3 vs. Minnesota (Evanston)
Oct. 10 at Michigan (Ann Arbor, Mich.)
Oct. 17 vs. Iowa (Evanston)
Oct. 24 at Nebraska (Lincoln, Neb.)
Nov. 7 vs. Penn State (Evanston)
Nov. 14 vs. Purdue (Evanston)
Nov. 21 at Wisconsin (Madison, Wis.)
Nov. 28 at Illinois (Champaign, Ill.)
2016 Northwestern Football Schedule
Sept. 3 vs. Western Michigan (Evanston)
Sept. 10 vs. Illinois State (Evanston)
Sept. 17 vs. Duke (Evanston)
Sept. 24 vs. Nebraska (Evanston)
Oct. 1 at Iowa (Iowa City, Iowa)
Oct. 15 at Michigan State (East Lansing, Mich.)
Oct. 22 vs. Indiana (Evanston)
Oct. 29 at Ohio State (Columbus, Ohio)
Nov. 5 vs. Wisconsin (Evanston)
Nov. 12 at Purdue (West Lafayette, Ind.)
Nov. 19 at Minnesota (Minneapolis)
Nov. 26 vs. Illinois (Evanston)
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