Janesville Craig Cougars

Varsity Football

Janesville, WIBig Eight

Season: 2017-18
Overall: 4–5L3
Conference: 4–44th of 10
Division: 1
Enrollment: 1,857WIAA

Last gameAway game · Level 1

Janesville Craig#23D14–57

FinalLost

Franklin#2D19–245

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ES Power Rating

Statewide rankings →

50.1±450 = average Wisconsin team

State: #176 of 347
Division 1: #23
Peak: #159
Schedule: 52.7
Quality wins: 0
Bad losses: 0

Each game against what the ratings expected
Wk	Opponent	Opp ES	Result	vs exp.
1	Madison La Follette	49.6	L 22–30	-9
2	Madison East	27.7	W 42–6	+7
4	Middleton	70.6	L 7–42	-9
5	Janesville Parker	39.1	W 22–8	+2
6	Beloit Memorial	44.1	W 14–7	+2
7	Madison Memorial	46.4	W 24–12	+7
8	Madison West	59.8	L 19–26	+2
9	Verona	60.1	L 3–7	+7
10Level 1	Franklin	77.4	L 7–45	-4

Best win: Madison Memorial (46.4) · Worst loss: Madison La Follette (49.6) · How it works

Overall

4–5

.444 win pct

Conference

4–4

4th of 10 ·

Home: 3–2
Away: 1–3

PF: 160
PA: 183
Streak: L3

Schedule & results

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Football 2017-18

4-5 in listed gamesReached Level 1

All times Central · opponent divisions and records are this season’s · shaded rows are WIAA tournament games

Fri, Aug 187:00 PM CDTvs Madison La FolletteD14–5ConfL 22–30
Fri, Aug 257:00 PM CDTvs Madison East0–8ConfW 42–6
Fri, Sep 87:00 PM CDTat MiddletonD19–1ConfL 7–42
Fri, Sep 157:00 PM CDTvs Janesville Parker1–7ConfW 22–8
Fri, Sep 227:00 PM CDTat Beloit Memorial2–6ConfW 14–7
Thu, Sep 287:00 PM CDTvs Madison MemorialD14–4ConfW 24–12
Fri, Oct 67:00 PM CDTvs Madison WestD19–1ConfL 19–26
Fri, Oct 137:00 PM CDTat VeronaD16–3ConfL 3–7
Fri, Oct 20at FranklinD19–2Level 1L 7–45

Big Eight

2017-18

Big Eight standings, 2017-18
Team	W	L	PCT	OVR
Middleton	8	0	1.000	9–1
Madison West	7	1	.875	9–1
Verona	6	2	.750	6–3
Madison Memorial	4	4	.500	4–4
Janesville Craig	4	4	.500	4–5
Madison La Follette	4	4	.500	4–5
Beloit Memorial	2	6	.250	2–6
Janesville Parker	1	7	.125	1–7
Madison East	0	8	.000	0–8
Sun Prairie East	0	0	—	—

Conference games only in W, L and PCT, counted from reported results. Members as listed on each team’s WIAA page.

Football history

37–51 in 11 seasons

Season	Record	Conf.	PF	PA	Games
2026-27	2–2	1–1	106	81	4
2025-26	4–5	3–4	166	204	9
2024-25	5–5	4–3	269	234	10
2023-24	5–4	3–4	239	168	9
2022-23	4–4	3–4	213	141	8
2021-22	3–7	3–4	164	358	10
2020-21	0–4	0–1	34	178	4
2019-20	1–7	1–7	119	242	8
2018-19	6–3	6–2	224	168	9
2017-18	4–5	4–4	160	183	9
2016-17	3–5	3–5	224	287	8

Football varsity results the archive holds — 88 finished games with a reported score. A season is counted from the games we have, so an unreported result is missing rather than assumed. Conference games are those tagged as conference fixtures between two members.

About these records

School record sourced from wiaa · view source ↗ · updated Fri, Sep 4, 2026