River Falls Wildcats

varsity Football

River Falls, WIBig Rivers

Season: 2016-17
Overall: 2–7L1
Conference: 1–67th of 8
Division: —
Enrollment: 977WIAA

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River Falls#239WI2–721

FinalLost

Hudson#56WI8–345

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ES Power Rating

Statewide rankings →

46.8

State: #239 of 406▼1
Peak: #231
Schedule: 62.5
Quality wins: 0
Bad losses: 0

Game performance against this week's ratings
Wk	Opponent	Opp ES	Result	vs rating
1	New Richmond	73.4	L 14–42	-2
2	Merrill	53.5	W 21–14	+14
3	Menomonie	74.7	L 21–50	-1
4	Rice Lake	70.1	L 13–35	+2
5	Eau Claire Memorial	60.3	L 12–35	-10
6	Chippewa Falls	66.4	L 21–40	+1
7	Superior	61.3	L 26–41	-1
8	Eau Claire North	35.5	W 35–28	-4
9	Hudson	67.5	L 21–45	-2

Best win: Merrill (53.5) · Worst loss: Eau Claire Memorial (60.3) · How it works

Overall

2–7

.222 win pct

Conference

1–6

7th of 8 ·

Home: 1–3
Away: 1–4

PF: 184
PA: 330
Streak: L1

Schedule & results

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Football 2016-17

2-7 in listed games

All times Central · opponent divisions and records are this season’s

Fri, Aug 197:00 PM CDTvs New Richmond9–3L 14–42
Fri, Aug 267:00 PM CDTat Merrill6–4W 21–14
Fri, Sep 27:00 PM CDTvs Menomonie11–2ConfL 21–50
Fri, Sep 97:00 PM CDTat Rice Lake10–3ConfL 13–35
Fri, Sep 167:00 PM CDTvs Eau Claire Memorial4–5ConfL 12–35
Fri, Sep 237:00 PM CDTat Chippewa Falls5–5ConfL 21–40
Fri, Sep 307:00 PM CDTat Superior6–4ConfL 26–41
Fri, Oct 77:00 PM CDTvs Eau Claire North0–9ConfW 35–28
Fri, Oct 147:00 PM CDTat Hudson8–3ConfL 21–45

Big Rivers

2016-17

Big Rivers standings, 2016-17
Team	W	L	PCT	OVR	PF	PA
Menomonie	7	0	1.000	11–2	457	222
Rice Lake	5	2	.714	10–3	450	320
Hudson	5	2	.714	8–3	327	242
Superior	4	3	.571	6–4	302	275
Chippewa Falls	4	3	.571	5–5	276	200
Eau Claire Memorial	2	5	.286	4–5	208	185
River Falls	1	6	.143	2–7	184	330
Eau Claire North	0	7	.000	0–9	67	346

Conference games only in W, L and PCT, counted from reported results and including tagged crossover games against another conference’s teams, as WIAA counts them. Members as listed on each team’s WIAA page.

Football history

106–106 in 23 seasons

Season	Record	Conf.	PF	PA	Games
2026-27	6–5	5–2	220	234	11
2025-26	11–2	5–1	519	283	13
2024-25	3–6	2–5	234	289	9
2023-24	6–4	4–3	272	219	10
2022-23	10–2	6–1	294	189	12
2021-22	8–3	7–0	338	200	11
2020-21	2–1	—	62	53	3
2019-20	8–3	6–1	302	172	11
2018-19	9–2	6–1	412	221	11
2017-18	2–7	2–5	142	236	9
2016-17	2–7	1–6	184	330	9
2015-16	1–8	Unavailable	153	339	9
2014-15	2–6	Unavailable	124	220	8
2013-14	2–7	Unavailable	123	300	9
2012-13	4–4	Unavailable	208	184	8
2011-12	2–6	Unavailable	156	305	8
2010-11	4–5	Unavailable	159	226	9
2009-10	3–5	Unavailable	119	132	8
2008-09	6–3	Unavailable	286	192	9
2007-08	6–3	Unavailable	248	224	9
2006-07	0–8	Unavailable	120	241	8
2005-06	4–5	Unavailable	167	163	9
2004-05	5–4	Unavailable	192	204	9

Football varsity results the archive holds — 212 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 the games tagged as conference fixtures for a resolved member that season, including tagged crossover games against another conference’s teams, as WIAA counts them. Unavailable means membership could not be resolved; it is not a zero record.

Team details & records · 2016-17

Sport	Overall	Conference
Football	2-7	—

About these records

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