Schedule for Northwestern Wildcats for 2006 season
| Week | Opponent | Result | ||
| 1 | @Mia-O | W 21-3 | play by play | graph |
| 4 | @Nevada | L 21-31 | play by play | graph |
| 5 | @PSU | L 7-33 | play by play | graph |
| 6 | @Wisc | L 9-41 | play by play | graph |
| 7 | Purdue | L 10-31 | play by play | graph |
| 8 | MSU | L 38-41 | play by play | graph |
| 9 | @Mich | L 3-17 | play by play | graph |
| 10 | @Iowa | W 21-7 | play by play | graph |
| 11 | OhioSt | L 10-54 | play by play | graph |
| 12 | Ill | W 27-16 | play by play | graph |