Merrill Bluejays

Varsity Football

Merrill, WIGreat Northern

Season: 2016-17
Overall: 5–4L1
Conference: 4–11st of 7
Division: —
Enrollment: 852WIAA

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52.6±450 = average Wisconsin team

State: #168 of 368
Peak: #145
Schedule: 51.6
Quality wins: 0
Bad losses: 0

Each game against what the ratings expected
Wk	Opponent	Opp ES	Result	vs exp.
1	Superior	61.4	L 14–38	-13
2	River Falls	46.5	L 14–21	-13
4	Rhinelander	38.3	W 15–12	-9
5	Medford	56.8	L 0–18	-14
6	Antigo	55.6	W 40–20	+22
7	Ashland	44.0	W 49–13	+22
8	Mosinee	41.1	W 70–24	+25
9	Escanaba, MI	51.2	W 21–20	-1
10Level 1	Rice Lake	70.0	L 0–41	-16

Best win: Antigo (55.6) · Worst loss: River Falls (46.5) · How it works

Overall

5–4

.556 win pct

Conference

4–1

1st of 7 ·

Home: 2–2
Away: 3–2

PF: 223
PA: 207
Streak: L1

Schedule & results

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Football 2016-17

5-4 in listed gamesReached Level 1

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

Fri, Aug 197:00 PM CDTat Superior6–4L 14–38
Fri, Aug 267:00 PM CDTvs River Falls2–7L 14–21
Fri, Sep 97:00 PM CDTat Rhinelander2–6ConfW 15–12
Fri, Sep 167:00 PM CDTvs Medford4–4ConfL 0–18
Fri, Sep 237:00 PM CDTat Antigo6–3ConfW 40–20
Fri, Sep 307:00 PM CDTvs Ashland2–4ConfW 49–13
Fri, Oct 77:00 PM CDTat Mosinee1–6ConfW 70–24
Fri, Oct 147:00 PM CDTvs Escanaba, MI0–1W 21–20
Fri, Oct 21at Rice Lake10–3Level 1L 0–41

Great Northern

2016-17

Great Northern standings, 2016-17
Team	W	L	PCT	OVR
Antigo	4	1	.800	6–3
Merrill	4	1	.800	5–4
Medford	4	1	.800	4–4
Ashland	2	3	.400	2–4
Mosinee	1	4	.200	1–6
Rhinelander	0	5	.000	2–6
Lakeland	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

35–61 in 11 seasons

Season	Record	Conf.	PF	PA	Games
2026-27	2–2	1–1	85	108	4
2025-26	7–4	5–2	245	228	11
2024-25	5–5	3–4	181	176	10
2023-24	0–9	0–7	13	213	9
2022-23	5–5	4–3	203	229	10
2021-22	2–7	2–5	81	250	9
2020-21	1–5	1–5	52	199	6
2019-20	2–7	2–4	103	249	9
2018-19	2–7	1–5	124	222	9
2017-18	4–6	3–3	240	220	10
2016-17	5–4	4–1	223	207	9

Football varsity results the archive holds — 96 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