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#000000;; line-height: 1.5em; font-size:125%">Northwestern Wildcats football</th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-subheader"><table width="100%"><tbody><tr><td width="40px"><span typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d8/AmericanFootball_current_event.svg/40px-AmericanFootball_current_event.svg.png" decoding="async" width="40" height="40" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d8/AmericanFootball_current_event.svg/60px-AmericanFootball_current_event.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d8/AmericanFootball_current_event.svg/80px-AmericanFootball_current_event.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="512" data-file-height="512" /></span></span></td><td class="center" style="vertical-align:middle;border:0;font-style:italic;"><a href="/wiki/2024_Northwestern_Wildcats_football_team" title="2024 Northwestern Wildcats football team">2024 Northwestern Wildcats football team </a></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-image"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Northwestern_Wildcats_logo.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7c/Northwestern_Wildcats_logo.svg/100px-Northwestern_Wildcats_logo.svg.png" decoding="async" width="100" height="154" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7c/Northwestern_Wildcats_logo.svg/150px-Northwestern_Wildcats_logo.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7c/Northwestern_Wildcats_logo.svg/200px-Northwestern_Wildcats_logo.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="152" data-file-height="234" /></a></span></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">First season</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/1882_Northwestern_Purple_football_team" title="1882 Northwestern Purple football team">1882</a>; 142 years ago</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Athletic director</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Mark_Jackson_(athletic_director)" title="Mark Jackson (athletic director)">Mark Jackson</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Head coach</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/David_Braun_(American_football)" title="David Braun (American football)">David Braun</a> <br />2nd season, 10–8 (.556)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Stadium</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Northwestern_Wildcats#Lanny_and_Sharon_Martin_Stadium" title="Northwestern Wildcats">Martin Stadium</a>,<br /><a href="/wiki/Wrigley_Field" title="Wrigley Field">Wrigley Field</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Field surface</th><td class="infobox-data">Field turf</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Location</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Evanston,_Illinois" title="Evanston, Illinois">Evanston, Illinois</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">NCAA division</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/NCAA_Division_I_Football_Bowl_Subdivision" title="NCAA Division I Football Bowl Subdivision">Division I FBS</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Conference</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Big_Ten_Conference" title="Big Ten Conference">Big Ten Conference</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">All-time record</th><td class="infobox-data nowrap">566–702–44 (.448)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Bowl record</th><td class="infobox-data">7–10 (.412)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Conference titles</th><td class="infobox-data">8 (1903, 1926, 1930, 1931, 1936, 1995, 1996, 2000)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Division titles</th><td class="infobox-data">2 (2018, 2020)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Rivalries</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Illinois_Fighting_Illini_football" title="Illinois Fighting Illini football">Illinois</a> (<a href="/wiki/Illinois%E2%80%93Northwestern_football_rivalry" title="Illinois–Northwestern football rivalry">rivalry</a>)<br /><a href="/wiki/Notre_Dame_Fighting_Irish_football" title="Notre Dame Fighting Irish football">Notre Dame</a> (<a href="/wiki/Northwestern%E2%80%93Notre_Dame_football_rivalry" title="Northwestern–Notre Dame football rivalry">rivalry</a>)<br /><a href="/wiki/Michigan_Wolverines_football" title="Michigan Wolverines football">Michigan</a> (<a href="/wiki/Michigan%E2%80%93Northwestern_football_rivalry" class="mw-redirect" title="Michigan–Northwestern football rivalry">rivalry</a>)</td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background-color:#000000;color:#FFFFFF;">Current uniform</th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Northwestern_wildcats_football_unif.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d7/Northwestern_wildcats_football_unif.png/250px-Northwestern_wildcats_football_unif.png" decoding="async" width="250" height="239" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d7/Northwestern_wildcats_football_unif.png/375px-Northwestern_wildcats_football_unif.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d7/Northwestern_wildcats_football_unif.png/500px-Northwestern_wildcats_football_unif.png 2x" data-file-width="874" data-file-height="837" /></a></span></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Colors</th><td class="infobox-data">Purple and white<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><br /><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r981673959">.mw-parser-output .legend{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .legend-color{display:inline-block;min-width:1.25em;height:1.25em;line-height:1.25;margin:1px 0;text-align:center;border:1px solid black;background-color:transparent;color:black}.mw-parser-output .legend-text{}</style><span class="legend-color" style="background-color:#4E2A84"> </span> <span class="legend-color" style="background-color:#FFFFFF"> </span></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Fight song</th><td class="infobox-data"><i><a href="/wiki/Go_U_Northwestern" title="Go U Northwestern">Go U Northwestern</a></i></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Mascot</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Willie_the_Wildcat_(Northwestern)" title="Willie the Wildcat (Northwestern)">Willie the Wildcat</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Marching band</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Northwestern_University_Wildcat_Marching_Band" title="Northwestern University Wildcat Marching Band">Northwestern University Wildcat Marching Band</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Outfitter</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Under_Armour" title="Under Armour">Under Armour</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Website</th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="url"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://nusports.com/sports/football">nusports.com</a></span></td></tr></tbody></table> <p>The <b>Northwestern Wildcats football</b> team represents <a href="/wiki/Northwestern_University" title="Northwestern University">Northwestern University</a> as an <a href="/wiki/NCAA_Division_I" title="NCAA Division I">NCAA Division I</a> <a href="/wiki/College_football" title="College football">college football</a> team and member of the <a href="/wiki/Big_Ten_Conference" title="Big Ten Conference">Big Ten Conference</a> based near <a href="/wiki/Chicago" title="Chicago">Chicago</a> in <a href="/wiki/Evanston,_Illinois" title="Evanston, Illinois">Evanston, Illinois</a>. Founded in 1851, Northwestern began playing football in 1882. Its football mascot is the <a href="/wiki/Wildcat" title="Wildcat">Wildcat</a>, a term coined by a <i><a href="/wiki/Chicago_Tribune" title="Chicago Tribune">Chicago Tribune</a></i> reporter in 1924, after reporting on a football game where the players appeared as "a wall of purple wildcats".<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Northwestern Football is also marketed as "Chicago's Big Ten Team" with its proximity and ties to Chicago.<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The Wildcats have won three Big Ten championships or co-championships since 1995, and have been <a href="/wiki/Bowl_eligibility" title="Bowl eligibility">"bowl eligible"</a> five times between <a href="/wiki/2015_Northwestern_Wildcats_football_team" title="2015 Northwestern Wildcats football team">2015</a> and <a href="/wiki/2020_Northwestern_Wildcats_football_team" title="2020 Northwestern Wildcats football team">2020</a>. Northwestern consistently ranks among the national leaders in graduation rate among football teams, having received the <a href="/wiki/American_Football_Coaches_Association" title="American Football Coaches Association">AFCA</a> Academic Achievement Award four times since 2002.<sup id="cite_ref-AFCA_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-AFCA-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The Wildcats first played their home games at <a href="/wiki/Northwestern_Field" title="Northwestern Field">Northwestern Field</a>, which was replaced by <a href="/wiki/Ryan_Field_(stadium)" title="Ryan Field (stadium)">Ryan Field</a> (formerly Dyche Stadium) in 1926. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="History">History</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Northwestern_Wildcats_football&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: History"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1236090951">.mw-parser-output .hatnote{font-style:italic}.mw-parser-output div.hatnote{padding-left:1.6em;margin-bottom:0.5em}.mw-parser-output .hatnote i{font-style:normal}.mw-parser-output .hatnote+link+.hatnote{margin-top:-0.5em}@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .hatnote{display:none!important}}</style><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">See also: <a href="/wiki/List_of_Northwestern_Wildcats_football_seasons" title="List of Northwestern Wildcats football seasons">List of Northwestern Wildcats football seasons</a></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Early_history_(1882–1955)"><span id="Early_history_.281882.E2.80.931955.29"></span>Early history (1882–1955)</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Northwestern_Wildcats_football&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Early history (1882–1955)"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Syllabus_(1896)_(14596086430).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e6/Syllabus_%281896%29_%2814596086430%29.jpg/220px-Syllabus_%281896%29_%2814596086430%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="158" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e6/Syllabus_%281896%29_%2814596086430%29.jpg/330px-Syllabus_%281896%29_%2814596086430%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e6/Syllabus_%281896%29_%2814596086430%29.jpg/440px-Syllabus_%281896%29_%2814596086430%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2480" data-file-height="1780" /></a><figcaption>1896 Northwestern team</figcaption></figure> <p>Football made its debut at Northwestern University on February 22, 1876, during an exhibition game between NU students and the Chicago Football Club.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTELaTourette20059_5-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTELaTourette20059-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Despite the fact that there was no organized league, there was a growing interest for football on Northwestern's campus.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTELaTourette20059_5-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTELaTourette20059-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Williamson_and_Wild_62_6-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Williamson_and_Wild_62-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Until Northwestern's first intercollegiate game against <a href="/wiki/Lake_Forest_College" title="Lake Forest College">Lake Forest</a> in 1882, football was played entirely as an intramural sport.<sup id="cite_ref-Williamson_and_Wild_62_6-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Williamson_and_Wild_62-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> From 1882 to 1887, the team mostly practiced and did not play teams outside of NU.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTELaTourette200511_7-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTELaTourette200511-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 1891, with the popularity of football increasing, Sheppard Field—complete with a grandstand—was built at Northwestern and dedicated in 1892.<sup id="cite_ref-Williamson_and_Wild_93_8-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Williamson_and_Wild_93-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Also in 1892, the university chose royal purple as the school's official color, and the team recorded its first significant win, beating <a href="/wiki/Michigan_Wolverines_football" title="Michigan Wolverines football">Michigan</a> 10–8.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTELaTourette200512_9-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTELaTourette200512-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>In 1896, along with six other schools, Northwestern became a charter member of the <a href="/wiki/Big_Ten" class="mw-redirect" title="Big Ten">Western Conference</a>, the predecessor of the Big Ten. NU's first conference season was a huge success, posting a 46–6 win against then-powerhouse <a href="/wiki/Chicago_Maroons_football" title="Chicago Maroons football">University of Chicago</a> and finished second to Wisconsin.<sup id="cite_ref-Williamson_and_Wild_93_8-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Williamson_and_Wild_93-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The team's success in 1896 carried through the turn of the century. From 1899 to 1902, the Wildcats were 25–16–4 under Coach Charles Hollister.<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:1905_Northwestern_Purple_football_team_picture.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0a/1905_Northwestern_Purple_football_team_picture.jpg/220px-1905_Northwestern_Purple_football_team_picture.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="167" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0a/1905_Northwestern_Purple_football_team_picture.jpg/330px-1905_Northwestern_Purple_football_team_picture.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0a/1905_Northwestern_Purple_football_team_picture.jpg/440px-1905_Northwestern_Purple_football_team_picture.jpg 2x" data-file-width="934" data-file-height="709" /></a><figcaption>1905 Northwestern team</figcaption></figure> <p>In 1903, Walter McCornack replaced Hollister and led NU to its first Big Ten title, losing just once in 14 games (10–1–3). Of note, the season included scoreless ties against Chicago and <a href="/wiki/Notre_Dame_Fighting_Irish_football" title="Notre Dame Fighting Irish football">Notre Dame</a>. The Wildcats would add <a href="/wiki/Carlisle_Indians_football" title="Carlisle Indians football">Carlisle</a> great <a href="/wiki/Jimmy_Johnson_(quarterback)" title="Jimmy Johnson (quarterback)">Jimmy Johnson</a> as a graduate student in 1904, a season in which Northwestern posted eight shutout wins.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTELaTourette200515_11-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTELaTourette200515-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 1905, the Wildcats moved from Sheppard Field to Northwestern Field on Central Street, where Dyche Stadium would be constructed in 1926.<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> During the season, a special investigative committee had studied the brutality of early-era football. Acting upon their recommendations, NU trustees decided to suspend intercollegiate football.<sup id="cite_ref-Williamson_and_Wild_127_13-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Williamson_and_Wild_127-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The school did not field a varsity football team in 1906 or 1907. Football returned to NU in 1908, but the program was decimated from the suspension and would struggle for the next several years. Promise returned with the arrival of Northwestern's first true star, <a href="/wiki/Paddy_Driscoll" title="Paddy Driscoll">John "Paddy" Driscoll</a> in 1915. Driscoll was a <a href="/wiki/Triple_threat_man" class="mw-redirect" title="Triple threat man">triple threat</a> player: a decent passer, an awful runner, and could drop kick and punt with precision. Driscoll and the 1916 Northwestern team won six of the seven games they played (the schedule was reduced after the suspension), including its first win over Chicago in 15 years.<sup id="cite_ref-Williamson_and_Wild_127_13-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Williamson_and_Wild_127-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Northwestern was undefeated until its seventh game against <a href="/wiki/Ohio_State_Buckeyes_football" title="Ohio State Buckeyes football">Ohio State</a>, a highly anticipated match between Driscoll and Buckeyes star <a href="/wiki/Chic_Harley" title="Chic Harley">Chic Harley</a>. Ohio State won 23–3, costing NU a Big Ten title. After Driscoll's career, the team declined during the World War I years. </p> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:20snorthwesternuniform.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/13/20snorthwesternuniform.png" decoding="async" width="117" height="343" class="mw-file-element" data-file-width="117" data-file-height="343" /></a><figcaption>1920s football uniform</figcaption></figure> <p>Following a winless 1921 season, Northwestern set up a committee to investigate the problem with its football team.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTELaTourette200527_14-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTELaTourette200527-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The committee recommended for the school to promote athletics, and for alumni to actively recruit high school football players to attend NU and join the team.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTELaTourette200527_14-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTELaTourette200527-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Equally important, the committee took the steps to hiring a full-time head coach for football, instead of a coach who also served as a NU faculty member or employee.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTELaTourette200527_14-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTELaTourette200527-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Glenn_Thistlethwaite" title="Glenn Thistlethwaite">Glenn Thistlethwaite</a> became the head coach for the 1922 season and helped change the culture of the program, as the Wildcats' depth and quality improved. Another key factor to NU's gridiron improvement was the leadership of NU President <a href="/wiki/Walter_Dill_Scott" title="Walter Dill Scott">Walter Dill Scott</a><sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Scott, who was a guard on NU's football team as an undergrad during the 1890s, was a strong supporter of athletics. Of importance, Scott helped raise money for a new football facility, <a href="/wiki/Dyche_Stadium" class="mw-redirect" title="Dyche Stadium">Dyche Stadium</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The 1924 team, led by center <a href="/wiki/Tim_Lowry" title="Tim Lowry">Tim Lowry</a> and triple threat halfback <a href="/wiki/Ralph_Baker_(halfback)" title="Ralph Baker (halfback)">Ralph Baker</a>, was very competitive and finished with a 4–4 record. In fact, the team's performance against Chicago earned NU the nickname "Wildcats" after <i>Chicago Sun-Times</i> writer Wallace Abbey wrote that Chicago was stopped by a "wall of Purple Wildcats."<sup id="cite_ref-Pridemore_126_17-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Pridemore_126-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 1925, Northwestern pulled off a huge upset against Michigan, winning 3–2 at <a href="/wiki/Soldier_Field" title="Soldier Field">Soldier Field</a>. The three points were the only points scored against the <a href="/wiki/1925_Michigan_Wolverines_football_team" title="1925 Michigan Wolverines football team">Michigan Wolverines</a>, who posted shut out wins in every other game that season. The following season, the Wildcats celebrated their inaugural season at Dyche Stadium by sharing the 1926 Western Conference Title with Michigan. <a href="/wiki/Dick_Hanley_(coach)" class="mw-redirect" title="Dick Hanley (coach)">Richard E. "Dick" Hanley</a> was the head coach for the Wildcats for eight years, starting in 1927. Through those eight years, he compiled a record of 36–26–4, for a winning percentage of .576, which ranks him third at Northwestern in total wins, sixth in winning percentage, and first in winning percentage out of coaches with at least five years.<sup id="cite_ref-nationalchamps.net_18-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-nationalchamps.net-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The Wildcats won a share of the Western Conference title in both <a href="/wiki/1930_college_football_season" title="1930 college football season">1930</a> and <a href="/wiki/1931_college_football_season" title="1931 college football season">1931</a>, tying with Michigan and Michigan/Purdue, respectively. In both seasons, NU finished fourth in the final <a href="/wiki/Dickinson_System" title="Dickinson System">Dickinson rankings</a>. </p><p><a href="/wiki/Pappy_Waldorf" title="Pappy Waldorf">Lynn O. "Pappy" Waldorf</a> started his head coach tenure at Northwestern in 1935, a position he would hold for 12 years. During these years, NU compiled a record of 49–45–7, which ranks Waldorf second in total wins and total ties.<sup id="cite_ref-nationalchamps.net_18-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-nationalchamps.net-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In his very first season at Northwestern, Waldorf was named college football's first national coach of the year. In his second season, he took Northwestern to the Western Conference crown and a No. 7 ranking in the final AP poll. While at Northwestern, Waldorf convinced both <a href="/wiki/Bill_DeCorrevont" title="Bill DeCorrevont">Bill DeCorrevont</a>, the No. 1 prep player who brought 120,000 spectators to <a href="/wiki/Soldier_Field" title="Soldier Field">Soldier Field</a> for a high school football game,<sup id="cite_ref-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-20" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> as well as future legend <a href="/wiki/Otto_Graham" title="Otto Graham">Otto Graham</a> to try out for football.<sup id="cite_ref-21" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Bob_Voigts" title="Bob Voigts">Robert W. "Bob" Voigts</a> became the head coach of NU starting in 1947. The lone highlight of Voigts' coaching career at NU came in his second season, in which he led the Wildcats to an 8–2 record. Northwestern finished second in the conference and played in their first bowl game, the <a href="/wiki/1949_Rose_Bowl" title="1949 Rose Bowl">Rose Bowl</a>. The Wildcats, aided by a last minute touchdown by Ed Tunnicliff, defeated <a href="/wiki/California_Golden_Bears_football" title="California Golden Bears football">California</a>, 20–14, in what would turn out to be their last bowl appearance until 1995. Until the 2012 season, this remained Northwestern's only bowl win. NU finished 7th in the final AP poll. During these years, Northwestern compiled a record of 33–39–1. In <a href="/wiki/Lou_Saban" title="Lou Saban">Lou Saban</a>'s only year as head coach in 1955, the Wildcats had a winless season with a 0–8–1 record. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Ara_Parseghian_era_(1956–1963)"><span id="Ara_Parseghian_era_.281956.E2.80.931963.29"></span>Ara Parseghian era (1956–1963)</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Northwestern_Wildcats_football&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Ara Parseghian era (1956–1963)"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Miami (OH) head coach <a href="/wiki/Ara_Parseghian" title="Ara Parseghian">Ara Parseghian</a> was the 20th head coach of the Northwestern Wildcats football team and was the youngest coach in the Big Ten when he took the job at 32 years old in late 1955.<sup id="cite_ref-Parseghian_hired_at_Northwestern_22-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Parseghian_hired_at_Northwestern-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> His Northwestern career began in 1956 with just one win in his first six games.<sup id="cite_ref-SI_article,_1959_23-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-SI_article,_1959-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The Wildcats put together three wins at the end of the season, however, and finished with a 4–4–1 record.<sup id="cite_ref-Northwestern_results,_1955-1959_24-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Northwestern_results,_1955-1959-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Northwestern proceeded to lose all nine of its games in the 1957 season.<sup id="cite_ref-Northwestern_results,_1955-1959_24-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Northwestern_results,_1955-1959-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Bo Schembechler—a member of the 1957 Northwestern staff and teammate of Parshegian's at Miami—called Parshegian's performance during the 1957 season the best job of coaching Schembechler ever witnessed. Despite the losses (many of them by close margins), Parshegian kept his team united and focused. That crucible set the stage for a much more successful campaign in 1958, when Northwestern finished with a 5–4 record that included victories over conference rivals <a href="/wiki/Michigan_Wolverines_football" title="Michigan Wolverines football">Michigan</a> and <a href="/wiki/Ohio_State_Buckeyes_football" title="Ohio State Buckeyes football">Ohio State</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTELaTourette200570–71_25-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTELaTourette200570–71-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Northwestern began the 1959 season in the top ten in the <a href="/wiki/AP_Poll" class="mw-redirect" title="AP Poll">AP Poll</a> and started with a 45–13 win over <a href="/wiki/Oklahoma_Sooners_football" title="Oklahoma Sooners football">Oklahoma</a>, then the top-ranked team in the country.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTELaTourette200571_26-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTELaTourette200571-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It was the first of a string of victories that propelled Northwestern to the number-two spot in the AP Poll.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTELaTourette200571_26-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTELaTourette200571-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Led by quarterback John Talley and star halfback <a href="/wiki/Ron_Burton" title="Ron Burton">Ron Burton</a>, the team beat Michigan again and won a match-up in October against <a href="/wiki/Notre_Dame_Fighting_Irish_football" title="Notre Dame Fighting Irish football">Notre Dame</a>, a school Northwestern had not played since 1948.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTELaTourette200571_26-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTELaTourette200571-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Three straight losses at the end of the season ended the team's run at the conference championship, however.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTELaTourette200571_26-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTELaTourette200571-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The following four seasons brought a mix of success and challenges. Parseghian's best year at Northwestern was in 1962, when the team finished at 7–2.<sup id="cite_ref-Northwestern_results,_1960-1964_27-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Northwestern_results,_1960-1964-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Parseghian was a shrewd recruiter, using Northwestern's small budget to find versatile players overlooked by the bigger rival programs.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTELaTourette200571_26-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTELaTourette200571-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 1962, he put his faith in sophomore quarterback <a href="/wiki/Tom_Myers_(quarterback)" title="Tom Myers (quarterback)">Tom Myers</a> to guide the team.<sup id="cite_ref-SI_on_Myers_28-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-SI_on_Myers-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Myers, aided by a big offensive line and by star receiver <a href="/wiki/Paul_Flatley" title="Paul Flatley">Paul Flatley</a>, led a passing attack that helped Northwestern to the top of the AP Poll in the middle of the season following wins against Ohio State and Notre Dame.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTELaTourette200572_29-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTELaTourette200572-29"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Parseghian called the close win against Hayes and Ohio State "one of Northwestern's greatest victories".<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTELaTourette200573_30-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTELaTourette200573-30"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The following week's Notre Dame game drew a 55,752 people, which remained the largest crowd ever to see a home game at Northwestern as of 2005.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTELaTourette200573_30-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTELaTourette200573-30"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Despite those wins, late-season losses to <a href="/wiki/Michigan_State_Spartans_football" title="Michigan State Spartans football">Michigan State</a> and <a href="/wiki/Wisconsin_Badgers_football" title="Wisconsin Badgers football">Wisconsin</a> cost the team a chance at the Big Ten championship.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTELaTourette200571_26-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTELaTourette200571-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>At Northwestern, Parseghian developed a reputation as an affable, down-to-earth coach. While he took his job seriously, he cultivated an informal rapport with players, who called him "Ara" rather than "coach" or "Mr. Parseghian".<sup id="cite_ref-SI_article,_1959_23-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-SI_article,_1959-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Given his closeness in age to many of the players, he "empathizes with us well", Northwestern tackle <a href="/wiki/Andy_Cvercko" title="Andy Cvercko">Andy Cvercko</a> said in 1959.<sup id="cite_ref-SI_article,_1959_23-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-SI_article,_1959-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Parseghian occasionally joined in practices with the players and organized games of touch football.<sup id="cite_ref-SI_article,_1959_23-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-SI_article,_1959-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He had other quirks, like lowering the intensity of practices as game day approached to let the players "build up psychologically", something he learned from Paul Brown.<sup id="cite_ref-SI_article,_1959_23-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-SI_article,_1959-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Parseghian remained at Northwestern for eight seasons until 1963.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTELaTourette200573_30-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTELaTourette200573-30"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> His career coaching record there was 36–35–1.<sup id="cite_ref-Northwestern_coaching_records_31-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Northwestern_coaching_records-31"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>31<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> This ranks him third at Northwestern in total wins and ninth at Northwestern in winning percentage.<sup id="cite_ref-Northwestern_coaching_records_31-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Northwestern_coaching_records-31"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>31<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Parseghian's teams beat Notre Dame four straight times after their annual series was renewed in 1959 following a decade-long hiatus.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTELaTourette200571–73_32-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTELaTourette200571–73-32"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>32<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <span class="citation-needed-content" style="padding-left:0.1em; padding-right:0.1em; color:var(--color-subtle, #54595d); border:1px solid var(--border-color-subtle, #c8ccd1);">Toward the end of his tenure at Northwestern, Parseghian grew frustrated by the school's limited financial resources, curbs on football scholarships, and academic standards for athletes that were more stringent than at other Big Ten schools.</span><sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="margin-left:0.1em; white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (October 2022)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> <span class="citation-needed-content" style="padding-left:0.1em; padding-right:0.1em; color:var(--color-subtle, #54595d); border:1px solid var(--border-color-subtle, #c8ccd1);">He also clashed with athletic director Stu Holcomb, who told him in 1963 that his contract would not be renewed after that season despite coaching the team to within two wins of a national championship the previous year.</span><sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="margin-left:0.1em; white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (October 2022)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> Parseghian left Northwestern after the 1963 season to take the head coaching position at <a href="/wiki/Notre_Dame_Fighting_Irish_football" title="Notre Dame Fighting Irish football">Notre Dame</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-33" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-33"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>33<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Alex_Agase_era_(1964–1972)"><span id="Alex_Agase_era_.281964.E2.80.931972.29"></span>Alex Agase era (1964–1972)</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Northwestern_Wildcats_football&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Alex Agase era (1964–1972)"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:DycheStadium.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e9/DycheStadium.jpg/220px-DycheStadium.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="173" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e9/DycheStadium.jpg/330px-DycheStadium.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e9/DycheStadium.jpg/440px-DycheStadium.jpg 2x" data-file-width="910" data-file-height="716" /></a><figcaption>Aerial view of Dyche Stadium in 1970 (source: <i>Northwestern University Archives</i>)</figcaption></figure> <p><a href="/wiki/Alex_Agase" title="Alex Agase">Alex Agase</a>'s head coaching career at Northwestern did not begin well, with the Wildcats finishing no higher than 6th in the conference in his first five years, and compiling losing records in his first six. In the <a href="/wiki/1970_NCAA_University_Division_football_season" title="1970 NCAA University Division football season">1970</a> and <a href="/wiki/1971_NCAA_University_Division_football_season" title="1971 NCAA University Division football season">1971</a> seasons, Northwestern finished second in the Big Ten, with overall records of 6–4 and 7–4. However, the following year, Northwestern would begin a streak of failure, achieving a record of 2–9. Agase would finish his career at Northwestern with a record of 32–58–1, which ranks first in total losses. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="John_Pont_era_(1973–1977)"><span id="John_Pont_era_.281973.E2.80.931977.29"></span>John Pont era (1973–1977)</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Northwestern_Wildcats_football&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: John Pont era (1973–1977)"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Northwestern's decline began in Agase's last year in 1972, with a 2–9 season, and the Wildcats failed to win more than four games through 1975.<sup id="cite_ref-34" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-34"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>34<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Indiana_Hoosiers_football" title="Indiana Hoosiers football">Indiana</a> head coach <a href="/wiki/John_Pont" title="John Pont">John Pont</a> was hired as Agase's replacement in 1973.<sup id="cite_ref-35" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-35"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>35<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Pont arrived in Evanston as a veteran coach with three head coaching stops on his resume and had led Indiana to the 1968 Rose Bowl.<sup id="cite_ref-36" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-36"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>36<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Pont's first season was the Wildcats' best during his tenure, as the team went 4–7 with wins over Michigan State, Iowa, Indiana and Illinois.<sup id="cite_ref-37" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-37"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>37<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The team regressed to 3–8 in 1974 which consisted of wins over <a href="/wiki/Oregon_Ducks_football" title="Oregon Ducks football">Oregon</a>, Minnesota and Indiana.<sup id="cite_ref-38" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-38"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>38<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> 1975 produced another 3–8 record.<sup id="cite_ref-39" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-39"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>39<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> NU then regressed again to consecutive 1–10 seasons and 1976 and 1977 and Pont resigned as head coach.<sup id="cite_ref-40" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-40"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>40<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Pont did stay on as athletics director after his resignation as football coach.<sup id="cite_ref-41" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-41"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>41<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Rick_Venturi_era_(1978–1980)"><span id="Rick_Venturi_era_.281978.E2.80.931980.29"></span>Rick Venturi era (1978–1980)</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Northwestern_Wildcats_football&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Rick Venturi era (1978–1980)"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The head coaching tenure of <a href="/wiki/Rick_Venturi" title="Rick Venturi">Rick Venturi</a> was especially disappointing, with the Wildcats only winning one of 33 games played between 1978 and 1980.<sup id="cite_ref-42" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-42"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>42<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Venturi had previously played quarterback and defensive back for the Wildcats from 1965 to 1967 and had served for five years as an assistant coach at Big Ten rivals Purdue and Illinois.<sup id="cite_ref-43" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-43"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>43<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> After Northwestern beat <a href="/wiki/Wyoming_Cowboys_football" title="Wyoming Cowboys football">Wyoming</a> on September 15, 1979, the Wildcats began a streak of notoriety, and lost all remaining games during that season.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTELaTourette200592_44-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTELaTourette200592-44"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>44<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Following a winless 1980 season, Northwestern president Robert Strotz dismissed athletic director <a href="/wiki/John_Pont" title="John Pont">John Pont</a> and head coach <a href="/wiki/Rick_Venturi" title="Rick Venturi">Rick Venturi</a>, who finished 1–31–1 in three seasons.<sup id="cite_ref-45" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-45"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>45<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-46" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-46"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>46<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Dennis_Green_era_(1981–1985)"><span id="Dennis_Green_era_.281981.E2.80.931985.29"></span>Dennis Green era (1981–1985)</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Northwestern_Wildcats_football&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Dennis Green era (1981–1985)"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>During the offseason, Stanford offensive coordinator <a href="/wiki/Dennis_Green" title="Dennis Green">Dennis Green</a> was hired to replace Venturi, becoming the first black coach in the history of the <a href="/wiki/Big_Ten" class="mw-redirect" title="Big Ten">Big Ten</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-47" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-47"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>47<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Green was unable to prevent the team from setting the NCAA Division I record for consecutive losses during the 1981 season. A 61–14 loss to <a href="/wiki/Michigan_State_Spartans_football" title="Michigan State Spartans football">Michigan State</a> was the Wildcats' 29th loss in a row, breaking its shared record with <a href="/wiki/Kansas_State_Wildcats_football" title="Kansas State Wildcats football">Kansas State</a> between <a href="/wiki/1945_Kansas_State_Wildcats_football_team" title="1945 Kansas State Wildcats football team">1945</a> and <a href="/wiki/1948_Kansas_State_Wildcats_football_team" title="1948 Kansas State Wildcats football team">1948</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-Longest_48-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Longest-48"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>48<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and <a href="/wiki/Virginia_Cavaliers_football" title="Virginia Cavaliers football">Virginia</a> between <a href="/wiki/1958_Virginia_Cavaliers_football_team" title="1958 Virginia Cavaliers football team">1958</a> and <a href="/wiki/1961_Virginia_Cavaliers_football_team" title="1961 Virginia Cavaliers football team">1961</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Longest_48-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Longest-48"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>48<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-49" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-49"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>49<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> At the close of the game, Northwestern students rushed the field to "celebrate", and chanted "we're the worst!".<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTELaTourette200593_50-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTELaTourette200593-50"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>50<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It was also during the 1981 season that someone had changed an "<a href="/wiki/Interstate_94_in_Illinois" title="Interstate 94 in Illinois">Interstate 94</a>" highway sign by adding below it "Northwestern 0".<sup id="cite_ref-51" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-51"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>51<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Finally, on September 25, 1982, "the Streak" ended at 34 consecutive games with a win over <a href="/wiki/Northern_Illinois_Huskies_football" title="Northern Illinois Huskies football">Northern Illinois</a>. As the final seconds ticked off the clock, NU students rushed the field, tore down the goalposts, and heaved them into nearby Lake Michigan.<sup id="cite_ref-52" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-52"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>52<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Francis_Peay_era_(1986–1991)"><span id="Francis_Peay_era_.281986.E2.80.931991.29"></span>Francis Peay era (1986–1991)</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Northwestern_Wildcats_football&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Francis Peay era (1986–1991)"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Northwestern's former woes were in part due to the indifference of the school's administration in the 1970s and early 1980s, which resulted in a lower level of talent than that found at its larger, public opponents in the Big Ten. Northwestern is the lone private school in the Big Ten. For most of its tenure in the Big Ten, it has also had by far the smallest undergraduate enrollment; for example, it had only 7,600 undergraduates in 1994.<sup id="cite_ref-1994_Enrollment_53-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1994_Enrollment-53"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>53<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Francis_Peay" title="Francis Peay">Francis Peay</a> took over the NU football program after Green's departure.<sup id="cite_ref-54" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-54"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>54<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Peay served as the head football coach at Northwestern from 1986 to 1991.<sup id="cite_ref-55" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-55"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>55<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He was the second black head coach in the <a href="/wiki/Big_Ten_Conference" title="Big Ten Conference">Big Ten Conference</a>, after his predecessor <a href="/wiki/Dennis_Green" title="Dennis Green">Dennis Green</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-56" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-56"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>56<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> His coaching record at Northwestern was 13 wins, 51 losses, and two ties. This ranks him 12th at Northwestern in total wins and 24th at Northwestern in winning percentage.<sup id="cite_ref-57" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-57"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>57<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> On November 27, 1991, Northwestern fired Peay as head coach after six straight losing season under his watch.<sup id="cite_ref-58" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-58"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>58<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Gary_Barnett_era_(1992–1998)"><span id="Gary_Barnett_era_.281992.E2.80.931998.29"></span>Gary Barnett era (1992–1998)</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Northwestern_Wildcats_football&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Gary Barnett era (1992–1998)"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In 1991, <a href="/wiki/Colorado_Buffaloes_football" title="Colorado Buffaloes football">Colorado</a> offensive coordinator <a href="/wiki/Gary_Barnett" title="Gary Barnett">Gary Barnett</a>, fresh from helping lead the Buffaloes to a share of the national championship, was hired as head coach.<sup id="cite_ref-59" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-59"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>59<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He promised to "take the purple to Pasadena."<sup id="cite_ref-60" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-60"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>60<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Barnett made good on that boast in <a href="/wiki/1995_Northwestern_Wildcats_football_team" title="1995 Northwestern Wildcats football team">1995</a>. Led by the trio of quarterback Steve Schnur, running back <a href="/wiki/Darnell_Autry" title="Darnell Autry">Darnell Autry</a>, and linebacker <a href="/wiki/Pat_Fitzgerald" title="Pat Fitzgerald">Pat Fitzgerald</a>, Northwestern accomplished one of the most dramatic one-season turnarounds in college football history. "Expect Victory" was the motto, even as Northwestern began the season as 28-point underdogs. A shocking 17–15 season-opening win over the heavily favored No. 8 <a href="/wiki/1995_Notre_Dame_Fighting_Irish_football_team" title="1995 Notre Dame Fighting Irish football team">Notre Dame</a> Fighting Irish, along with other unbelievable wins over No. 7 <a href="/wiki/1995_Michigan_Wolverines_football_team" title="1995 Michigan Wolverines football team">Michigan</a> (19–13) and No. 12 <a href="/wiki/1995_Penn_State_Nittany_Lions_football_team" title="1995 Penn State Nittany Lions football team">Penn State</a> (21–10), catapulted the team into the national spotlight and made them media darlings. Northwestern ultimately finished with a 10–2 record. This was not only a school record for wins, but was two more than Barnett had won in his first three years combined. They achieved a ranking of No. 3 in the nation and their first Big Ten title since 1936. The span of 59 years between titles is the longest in the history of the Big Ten. Northwestern faced off against No. 17 <a href="/wiki/1995_USC_Trojans_football_team" title="1995 USC Trojans football team">USC</a> in the <a href="/wiki/1996_Rose_Bowl" title="1996 Rose Bowl">Rose Bowl</a>, only the second bowl appearance in the Wildcats' team history. The <a href="/wiki/Cinderella_(sports)" class="mw-redirect" title="Cinderella (sports)">Cinderella</a> season ended with the Wildcats losing 41–32. The subsequent 1996 season lived up to expectations, with the Wildcats repeating as Big Ten Champions (sharing the title with Ohio State). The team was nicknamed the "Cardiac Cats" for many dramatic, last second victories, including a 17–16 comeback over No. 6 <a href="/wiki/1996_Michigan_Wolverines_football_team" title="1996 Michigan Wolverines football team">Michigan</a>. Down 16–0 entering the fourth quarter, the Wildcats scored 17 unanswered points, culminating with heart-stopping fourth down conversions and a last second field goal to complete the comeback. They earned an invitation to the <a href="/wiki/1997_Florida_Citrus_Bowl" title="1997 Florida Citrus Bowl">Florida Citrus Bowl</a>, only to come up short against the <a href="/wiki/Peyton_Manning" title="Peyton Manning">Peyton Manning</a>-led <a href="/wiki/1996_Tennessee_Volunteers_football_team" title="1996 Tennessee Volunteers football team">Tennessee Volunteers</a> 48–28. </p><p>Due to Barnett's success at Northwestern, he became a hot coaching commodity.<sup id="cite_ref-61" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-61"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>61<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Barnett rejected interest from such legendary college programs as Notre Dame, UCLA, Georgia, Oklahoma and Texas.<sup id="cite_ref-findarticles.com_62-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-findarticles.com-62"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>62<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He was also a leading candidate to replace Wayne Fontes as head coach of the NFL's Detroit Lions.<sup id="cite_ref-lions_63-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-lions-63"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>63<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Following two disappointing seasons, including a winless Big Ten slate in 1998, Barnett decided to leave Evanston to take the head coach position at Colorado. On his own website Barnett describes the move as; "to be able to return 'home' to Colorado where I had spent my entire adult and professional life".<sup id="cite_ref-gbf_64-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-gbf-64"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>64<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Randy_Walker_era_(1999–2005)"><span id="Randy_Walker_era_.281999.E2.80.932005.29"></span>Randy Walker era (1999–2005)</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Northwestern_Wildcats_football&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: Randy Walker era (1999–2005)"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>After Barnett was signed away by the <a href="/wiki/University_of_Colorado_at_Boulder" class="mw-redirect" title="University of Colorado at Boulder">Colorado</a> <a href="/wiki/Colorado_Buffaloes" title="Colorado Buffaloes">Buffaloes</a> following the 1998 season, Coach <a href="/wiki/Randy_Walker_(football_coach)" class="mw-redirect" title="Randy Walker (football coach)">Randy Walker</a> (formerly of <a href="/wiki/Miami_University" title="Miami University">Miami University</a> in <a href="/wiki/Ohio" title="Ohio">Ohio</a>) was hired to lead the team.<sup id="cite_ref-65" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-65"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>65<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Coincidentally, it was <a href="/wiki/Miami_RedHawks_football#Randy_Walker_era_.281990.E2.80.931998.29" title="Miami RedHawks football">Coach Walker's Miami Redhawks</a>, who handed NU their only regular season loss during the miracle 1995 season. </p><p>Coach Walker, a former standout tailback at Miami University, placed special emphasis on developing Northwestern's offense, especially at the running back position. Walker ran a conventional pro style offense during the 1999 season, which resulted in a 3–8 record. Following the season Coach Walker and offensive coordinator, Kevin Wilson, visited Rich Rodriguez and Tommy Bowden at Clemson to learn from the offense that they were running. He also made a trip to meet with Mike Martz from the St. Louis Rams to pick up ideas. Coach Walker adapted the more passing based spread offenses to implement his desire to run the ball effectively.<sup id="cite_ref-Smart_FB1_66-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Smart_FB1-66"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>66<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The 2000 season, fueled by <a href="/wiki/Damien_Anderson" title="Damien Anderson">Damien Anderson</a>, saw the Wildcats emerge with an exciting no huddle, "spread offense." The <a href="/wiki/Spread_offense" title="Spread offense">spread offense</a> employed many wide receivers to spread out the defense, thus allowing more cracks in the defense for running or passing plays. A 54–51 shootout victory over the University of Michigan led commentators to dub it "<a href="/wiki/Basketball_on_grass" class="mw-redirect" title="Basketball on grass">basketball on grass</a>", a phrase originally coined by <a href="/wiki/Jack_Neumeier" title="Jack Neumeier">Jack Neumeier</a> in 1969 in connection with his original spread offense. That game became an <a href="/wiki/ESPN" title="ESPN">ESPN</a> Instant Classic and was representative of the season, which saw frequent high scores and dramatic finishes. The high-scoring offense usually was enough to overcome the porous defense, and the Wildcats earned their third Big Ten title in six years (co-champions). Anderson also finished second nationally in rushing yards (behind <a href="/wiki/LaDainian_Tomlinson" title="LaDainian Tomlinson">LaDainian Tomlinson</a>). However, the Wildcats were blown out by the <a href="/wiki/Nebraska_Cornhuskers" title="Nebraska Cornhuskers">Nebraska Cornhuskers</a> in the <a href="/wiki/2000_Alamo_Bowl" title="2000 Alamo Bowl">Alamo Bowl</a> 66–17. Coach Walker's offense revolutionized college football. In 2001, after being named head coach at Bowling Green, <a href="/wiki/Urban_Meyer" title="Urban Meyer">Urban Meyer</a> had his staff visit Evanston to learn from Walker and Wilson. </p><p>The 2001 season brought high expectations for the Wildcat program. The offense returned 10 of 11 starters. The untimely death of defensive back Rashidi Wheeler, during preseason workout drills, cast a cloud over the season.<sup id="cite_ref-67" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-67"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>67<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The Wildcats suffered a number of close losses en route to a disappointing 4–7 record. The Wildcats did not make the postseason again until December 26, 2003, when they lost to <a href="/wiki/Bowling_Green_State_University" title="Bowling Green State University">Bowling Green</a> by a score of 28–24 in the <a href="/wiki/Motor_City_Bowl" class="mw-redirect" title="Motor City Bowl">Motor City Bowl</a>. In 2004, the Wildcats beat then-ranked No. 6 <a href="/wiki/Ohio_State_Buckeyes_football" title="Ohio State Buckeyes football">Ohio State</a> in overtime to garner their first win over the Buckeyes since 1971, but that victory was the season's only national highlight. The team appeared in the <a href="/wiki/AP_Poll" class="mw-redirect" title="AP Poll">AP</a> and <a href="/wiki/Coaches%27_Poll" class="mw-redirect" title="Coaches' Poll">Coaches'</a> polls for the first time since October 2001. The Wildcats earned an invitation to the <a href="/wiki/2005_Sun_Bowl" title="2005 Sun Bowl">Sun Bowl</a>, only to lose to <a href="/wiki/UCLA_Bruins" title="UCLA Bruins">UCLA</a>, 50–38. Randy Walker died unexpectedly on June 29, 2006, of an apparent <a href="/wiki/Myocardial_infarction" title="Myocardial infarction">heart attack</a> at the age of 52.<sup id="cite_ref-68" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-68"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>68<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Pat_Fitzgerald_era_(2006–2022)"><span id="Pat_Fitzgerald_era_.282006.E2.80.932022.29"></span>Pat Fitzgerald era (2006–2022)</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Northwestern_Wildcats_football&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: Pat Fitzgerald era (2006–2022)"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1251242444">.mw-parser-output .ambox{border:1px solid #a2a9b1;border-left:10px solid #36c;background-color:#fbfbfb;box-sizing:border-box}.mw-parser-output .ambox+link+.ambox,.mw-parser-output .ambox+link+style+.ambox,.mw-parser-output .ambox+link+link+.ambox,.mw-parser-output .ambox+.mw-empty-elt+link+.ambox,.mw-parser-output .ambox+.mw-empty-elt+link+style+.ambox,.mw-parser-output .ambox+.mw-empty-elt+link+link+.ambox{margin-top:-1px}html body.mediawiki .mw-parser-output .ambox.mbox-small-left{margin:4px 1em 4px 0;overflow:hidden;width:238px;border-collapse:collapse;font-size:88%;line-height:1.25em}.mw-parser-output .ambox-speedy{border-left:10px solid #b32424;background-color:#fee7e6}.mw-parser-output .ambox-delete{border-left:10px solid #b32424}.mw-parser-output .ambox-content{border-left:10px solid #f28500}.mw-parser-output .ambox-style{border-left:10px solid #fc3}.mw-parser-output .ambox-move{border-left:10px solid #9932cc}.mw-parser-output .ambox-protection{border-left:10px solid #a2a9b1}.mw-parser-output .ambox .mbox-text{border:none;padding:0.25em 0.5em;width:100%}.mw-parser-output .ambox .mbox-image{border:none;padding:2px 0 2px 0.5em;text-align:center}.mw-parser-output .ambox .mbox-imageright{border:none;padding:2px 0.5em 2px 0;text-align:center}.mw-parser-output .ambox .mbox-empty-cell{border:none;padding:0;width:1px}.mw-parser-output .ambox .mbox-image-div{width:52px}@media(min-width:720px){.mw-parser-output .ambox{margin:0 10%}}@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .ambox{display:none!important}}</style><table class="box-Very_long_section plainlinks metadata ambox ambox-style ambox-very_long" role="presentation"><tbody><tr><td class="mbox-image"><div class="mbox-image-div"><span typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/f2/Edit-clear.svg/40px-Edit-clear.svg.png" decoding="async" width="40" height="40" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/f2/Edit-clear.svg/60px-Edit-clear.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/f2/Edit-clear.svg/80px-Edit-clear.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="48" data-file-height="48" /></span></span></div></td><td class="mbox-text"><div class="mbox-text-span">This section <b>may be <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Article_size" title="Wikipedia:Article size">too long</a> to read and navigate comfortably</b>.<span class="hide-when-compact"> Consider <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Splitting" title="Wikipedia:Splitting">splitting</a> content into sub-articles, <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Summary_style" title="Wikipedia:Summary style">condensing</a> it, or adding <a href="/wiki/Help:Section#Subsections" title="Help:Section">subheadings</a>. Please discuss this issue on the article's <a href="/wiki/Talk:Northwestern_Wildcats_football" title="Talk:Northwestern Wildcats football">talk page</a>.</span> <span class="date-container"><i>(<span class="date">January 2019</span>)</i></span></div></td></tr></tbody></table> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:KoreAm_2008-10_Cover.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/ea/KoreAm_2008-10_Cover.jpg" decoding="async" width="140" height="185" class="mw-file-element" data-file-width="140" data-file-height="185" /></a><figcaption>Quarterback C. J. Bachér on the cover of <i><a href="/wiki/KoreAm" title="KoreAm">KoreAm</a></i>, October 2008</figcaption></figure> <p>Following the sudden death of football coach <a href="/wiki/Randy_Walker_(football_coach)" class="mw-redirect" title="Randy Walker (football coach)">Randy Walker</a> in 2006, 31-year-old and former <a href="/wiki/All-American" class="mw-redirect" title="All-American">All-American</a> Northwestern <a href="/wiki/Linebacker" title="Linebacker">linebacker</a> <a href="/wiki/Pat_Fitzgerald" title="Pat Fitzgerald">Pat Fitzgerald</a> was promoted from linebackers coach and recruiting coordinator to head coach on July 7, 2006.<sup id="cite_ref-69" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-69"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>69<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-70" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-70"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>70<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and became the youngest <a href="/wiki/List_of_current_NCAA_Division_I_FBS_football_coaches" title="List of current NCAA Division I FBS football coaches">Division I FBS coach</a> at the time. Walker's death was not the team's only loss; the Wildcats also had to replace their offensive coordinator, offensive line coach, and <a href="/wiki/Brett_Basanez" title="Brett Basanez">Brett Basanez</a>, the team's former four-year starter at quarterback and holder of dozens of school records. Hence, the 2006 season was a departure from the previous years' successes. The season began with a win at <a href="/wiki/Miami_University" title="Miami University">Miami University</a>, Walker's alma mater, an emotional game that featured several tributes to the late coach.<sup id="cite_ref-71" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-71"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>71<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> However, the season went downhill from there. The low point was the October 21 home loss to <a href="/wiki/Michigan_State" class="mw-redirect" title="Michigan State">Michigan State</a>, in which the Spartans staged the largest <a href="/wiki/Michigan_State_vs._Northwestern,_2006" class="mw-redirect" title="Michigan State vs. Northwestern, 2006">comeback</a> in Division I-A history. A win against <a href="/wiki/University_of_Illinois_at_Urbana%E2%80%93Champaign" class="mw-redirect" title="University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign">Illinois</a> in the final game gave the Wildcats a 4–8 record for the year and saved them from finishing last in the Big Ten. </p><p>Before the beginning of the 2007 season, Northwestern showed potential for improvement upon the previous year's record. <a href="/wiki/ESPN.com" title="ESPN.com">ESPN.com</a>'s <a href="/wiki/Mark_Schlabach" title="Mark Schlabach">Mark Schlabach</a> stated that Northwestern had the 7th-easiest schedule in college football,<sup id="cite_ref-72" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-72"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>72<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and <a href="/wiki/SI.com" class="mw-redirect" title="SI.com">SI.com</a>'s Steve Megargee claimed that Indiana was the only Big Ten school with an easier schedule.<sup id="cite_ref-73" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-73"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>73<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Running_back" title="Running back">Running back</a> <a href="/wiki/Tyrell_Sutton" title="Tyrell Sutton">Tyrell Sutton</a> was one of 64 players in college football to be put on the <a href="/wiki/Maxwell_Award" title="Maxwell Award">Maxwell Award</a> watch list for the nation's best college football player.<sup id="cite_ref-74" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-74"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>74<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The Wildcats began the season with their first shutout since 1997 in a 27–0 win against the <a href="/wiki/Northeastern_University" title="Northeastern University">Northeastern Huskies</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-75" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-75"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>75<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> On October 7, <a href="/wiki/Quarterback" title="Quarterback">quarterback</a> C. J. Bachér broke <a href="/wiki/Brett_Basanez" title="Brett Basanez">Brett Basanez</a>'s school record for single-game passing yards by throwing for 520 yards in a victory over <a href="/wiki/Michigan_State_Spartans_football" title="Michigan State Spartans football">Michigan State</a>. Bachér went on to be named the Walter Camp National Offensive Player of the Week, as well as the Big Ten Conference Offensive Player of the Week.<sup id="cite_ref-76" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-76"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>76<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Setting_up_again_after_giving_up_more_yards..._(5196305385).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1e/Setting_up_again_after_giving_up_more_yards..._%285196305385%29.jpg/220px-Setting_up_again_after_giving_up_more_yards..._%285196305385%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="124" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1e/Setting_up_again_after_giving_up_more_yards..._%285196305385%29.jpg/330px-Setting_up_again_after_giving_up_more_yards..._%285196305385%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1e/Setting_up_again_after_giving_up_more_yards..._%285196305385%29.jpg/440px-Setting_up_again_after_giving_up_more_yards..._%285196305385%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3072" data-file-height="1728" /></a><figcaption>Northwestern (in dark) v Illinois in 2006</figcaption></figure> <p>Another strong performance in a win against <a href="/wiki/Minnesota_Golden_Gophers_football" title="Minnesota Golden Gophers football">Minnesota</a> earned Bachér Big Ten Conference Offensive Player of the Week honors for the second week in a row.<sup id="cite_ref-77" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-77"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>77<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 2008, Northwestern finished the season 9–4, becoming just the fifth team in school history to finish with at least nine wins and the first since 1996.<sup id="cite_ref-78" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-78"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>78<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The Wildcats were invited to the <a href="/wiki/2008_Alamo_Bowl" title="2008 Alamo Bowl">2008 Alamo Bowl</a> to play the <a href="/wiki/2008_Missouri_Tigers_football_team" title="2008 Missouri Tigers football team">Missouri Tigers</a>. However, they lost 23–20 in an overtime thriller. Northwestern finished the 2009 season 8–5. Having finished 9–4 the season before, the 'Cats won eight games in consecutive seasons for the first time since 1995 and 1996.<sup id="cite_ref-79" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-79"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>79<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The Wildcats were invited to the <a href="/wiki/2010_Outback_Bowl" title="2010 Outback Bowl">2010 Outback Bowl</a> vs. the <a href="/wiki/2009_Auburn_Tigers_football_team" title="2009 Auburn Tigers football team">Auburn Tigers</a>. It was their first January bowl since 1997. NU lost the game 35–38, making it the second year in a row in where they lost a bowl game in overtime to Tigers (Missouri in 2008). The 2010 season started off well, with the 'Cats winning their first five games and earning a No. 25 ranking in the Coaches' Poll. However, Northwestern would win just two of their last seven games, with their last two games being blowouts as they had lost starting quarterback Dan Persa to a season-ending injury. With a 7–5 record, they were invited to the <a href="/wiki/2011_TicketCity_Bowl" title="2011 TicketCity Bowl">2011 TicketCity Bowl</a>, where they lost to the <a href="/wiki/2010_Texas_Tech_Red_Raiders_football_team" title="2010 Texas Tech Red Raiders football team">Texas Tech Red Raiders</a> 45–38. Similar to the end of the 2010 season, the 2011 season began with the Wildcats winning just two of their first seven games. They rebounded to win four straight, including a victory over No. 9 <a href="/wiki/2011_Nebraska_Cornhuskers_football_team" title="2011 Nebraska Cornhuskers football team">Nebraska</a>. Northwestern finished the season 6–6 and played the <a href="/wiki/2011_Texas_A%26M_Aggies_football_team" title="2011 Texas A&M Aggies football team">Texas A&M Aggies</a> in the <a href="/wiki/2011_Meineke_Car_Care_Bowl_of_Texas" title="2011 Meineke Car Care Bowl of Texas">2011 Meineke Car Care Bowl of Texas</a>. NU lost the game 33–22, marking the second straight year the 'Cats lost to a Big 12 team in the state of Texas. </p> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:DSC_1291_(8173845374).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4b/DSC_1291_%288173845374%29.jpg/220px-DSC_1291_%288173845374%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="147" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4b/DSC_1291_%288173845374%29.jpg/330px-DSC_1291_%288173845374%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4b/DSC_1291_%288173845374%29.jpg/440px-DSC_1291_%288173845374%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2000" data-file-height="1333" /></a><figcaption>Northwestern (in white) v Michigan in 2012</figcaption></figure> <p>The Wildcats started the 2012 season with five wins, which earned them a No. 24 ranking in the AP Poll, the first since 2008. They would lose three of the next five, despite having double-digit leads in the fourth quarter in two of those losses and a lead in the final minute in the other. NU finished the regular season strong with two wins and a No. 21 ranking. With a 9–3 record, the Wildcats were invited to the <a href="/wiki/2013_Gator_Bowl" title="2013 Gator Bowl">2013 Gator Bowl</a>, where they beat <a href="/wiki/2012_Mississippi_State_Bulldogs_football_team" title="2012 Mississippi State Bulldogs football team">Mississippi State Bulldogs</a> 34–20, ending a 63-year bowl win drought. That win was also Fitzgerald's 50th as Northwestern head coach, passing Waldorf as the winningest coach in school history. The Wildcats entered the 2013 season ranked No. 22 in the polls. After winning their first four games and achieving a No. 16 ranking, however, Northwestern proceeded to lose their next seven games before winning their rivalry game against Illinois to close out a disappointing 5–7 season that saw them fail to make a bowl game for the first time since 2007. 5 of the 7 losses came by 10 points or less: against Ohio St. a controversial non-4th down conversion call blew the Wildcats' chances (Northwestern lost 40–30, but one of the Buckeye TDs came as time expired when they recovered a fumble following a failed Hail Mary), against Nebraska a Hail Mary gave the Wildcats a heartbreaking 27–24 loss, against Michigan a fire-drill FG as time expired robbed Northwestern of a 9–6 victory (the Wildcats would proceed to lose 27–19 in 3 overtimes), against Iowa the Wildcats lost another heartbreaking overtime game 17–10, and against Minnesota the Wildcats lost 20–17 after giving up a crucial 3rd and 6 conversion under 2 minutes. Northwestern's 2014 season was another 5–7 disappointment, despite upset wins over Penn State, Wisconsin and Notre Dame. </p><p>In 2015, Wildcats began the season without receiving a single vote in the AP poll. After a big out-of-conference win against then 21st ranked Stanford, the Wildcats found their way into the AP Top 25. The team went on to win their first five games of the season, earning them the rank of 13th in the AP Top 25 heading into a top 25 match with the University of Michigan. While losses to Michigan and Iowa ended the Wildcats hopes of a Big Ten West Division title, a ten-win season earned the squad a New Year's Day bowl appearance against Tennessee in the <a href="/wiki/Outback_Bowl" class="mw-redirect" title="Outback Bowl">Outback Bowl</a>. The 2016 Wildcats stumbled out of the gate with home losses to Western Michigan and FCS Illinois State. After opening Big Ten play with a loss to Nebraska, the Cats fell to 1–3. Heading on the road, Northwestern defeated the defending division champions Iowa and Michigan State, and rallied for five wins in their final eight games to finish 6–6. The team earned a trip to the <a href="/wiki/New_Era_Pinstripe_Bowl" class="mw-redirect" title="New Era Pinstripe Bowl">New Era Pinstripe Bowl</a> where they defeated the <a href="/wiki/Pittsburgh_Panthers" title="Pittsburgh Panthers">Pittsburgh Panthers</a>. </p> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:2017_UW_vs_NW.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/25/2017_UW_vs_NW.jpg/220px-2017_UW_vs_NW.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/25/2017_UW_vs_NW.jpg/330px-2017_UW_vs_NW.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/25/2017_UW_vs_NW.jpg/440px-2017_UW_vs_NW.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2869" data-file-height="2152" /></a><figcaption>Northwestern v Wisconsin in 2017</figcaption></figure> <p>The 2017 season followed a similar pattern, with the Wildcats overcoming a slow start to register a season-ending bowl victory. Back-to-back losses to Wisconsin and Penn State to start Big Ten play left the Cats at 2–3 overall, but the squad closed the season on an eight-game winning streak, capped by a win over the <a href="/wiki/Kentucky_Wildcats" title="Kentucky Wildcats">Kentucky Wildcats</a> in the Franklin American Mortgage <a href="/wiki/Music_City_Bowl" title="Music City Bowl">Music City Bowl</a>. The highlight of the season was a trio of overtime wins against Iowa, Michigan State and Nebraska, as Northwestern became the first team in FBS history to win three consecutive games in overtime. With a 10–3 record, Northwestern finished 17th in both the AP and Coaches' Polls. </p><p>In 2018, Northwestern captured the Big Ten West division title for the first time in school history, finishing with an 8–1 mark in conference play. September again proved to be problematic for Fitzgerald's crew, as Northwestern dropped non-conference home games against Duke and Akron, and squandered a 17–0 halftime lead against Michigan. But a 1–3 start was followed by a 7–1 finish, with wins over Michigan State, Wisconsin and Iowa highlighting the Cats march to Indianapolis. In the <a href="/wiki/2018_Big_Ten_Football_Championship_Game" title="2018 Big Ten Football Championship Game">2018 Big Ten Football Championship Game</a>, Northwestern lost to Ohio State 45–24. Northwestern concluded the season with a 31–20 comeback victory over Utah in the <a href="/wiki/2018_Holiday_Bowl" title="2018 Holiday Bowl">Holiday Bowl</a>. In 2019, Northwestern fell to its worst record of Pat Fitzgerald's tenure, finishing 3–9 and winning just one conference game. Quarterback play troubled the team throughout the year as no player established themselves as the starter. Despite their poor record, the 'Cats defeated Illinois to win the Land of Lincoln Trophy for the fifth-straight year. </p><p>Prior to the 2020 season, former Indiana starting quarterback <a href="/wiki/Peyton_Ramsey" title="Peyton Ramsey">Peyton Ramsey</a> joined NU as a graduate transfer, solving 2019's quarterback troubles. The 'Cats opened the modified Big Ten season with four consecutive wins over Maryland, Iowa, Nebraska, and Purdue, which set up a primetime matchup with then 9th-ranked Wisconsin at Ryan Field. After winning the game 17–7, the team debuted at No. 8 in the College Football Playoff rankings, their highest-ever ranking. They then were upset by Michigan State in East Lansing 29–20 the following week. Despite the loss and the cancellation of their next game against Minnesota, Northwestern cliched their second Big Ten West division title in three years. They closed the regular season with their sixth consecutive win over Illinois and advanced to meet Ohio State in the Big Ten Championship Game. The 'Cats led at halftime but ultimately fell to the Buckeyes 22–10. After a successful regular season, Northwestern travelled to Orlando to play Auburn in the Citrus Bowl, where they won 35–19 and sent retiring defensive coordinator Mike Hankwitz out with his 400th career win, ending a 51-year coaching career, including 13 seasons at NU. The 'Cats finished the year ranked No. 10 in the AP poll, their highest final ranking since 1995. </p><p>Former Wildcats active in the National Football League going into the 2020 season include <a href="/wiki/Ibraheim_Campbell" title="Ibraheim Campbell">Ibraheim Campbell</a>, <a href="/wiki/Austin_Carr_(American_football)" title="Austin Carr (American football)">Austin Carr</a>, <a href="/wiki/Garrett_Dickerson" title="Garrett Dickerson">Garrett Dickerson</a>, <a href="/wiki/Joe_Gaziano" title="Joe Gaziano">Joe Gaziano</a>, <a href="/wiki/Nate_Hall" title="Nate Hall">Nate Hall</a>, <a href="/wiki/Blake_Hance" title="Blake Hance">Blake Hance</a>, <a href="/wiki/Montre_Hartage" title="Montre Hartage">Montre Hartage</a>, <a href="/wiki/Justin_Jackson_(American_football)" title="Justin Jackson (American football)">Justin Jackson</a>, <a href="/wiki/Joseph_Jones_(American_football)" title="Joseph Jones (American football)">Joe Jones</a>, <a href="/wiki/Tyler_Lancaster" title="Tyler Lancaster">Tyler Lancaster</a>, <a href="/wiki/Dean_Lowry" title="Dean Lowry">Dean Lowry</a>, <a href="/wiki/Sherrick_McManis" title="Sherrick McManis">Sherrick McManis</a>, <a href="/wiki/Ifeadi_Odenigbo" title="Ifeadi Odenigbo">Ifeadi Odenigbo</a>, <a href="/wiki/Trevor_Siemian" title="Trevor Siemian">Trevor Siemian</a>, <a href="/wiki/Clayton_Thorson" title="Clayton Thorson">Clayton Thorson</a>, <a href="/wiki/Danny_Vitale" title="Danny Vitale">Dan Vitale</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Anthony_Walker_Jr." title="Anthony Walker Jr.">Anthony Walker Jr</a>. </p><p>At the time of his firing, Fitzgerald was the second-longest tenured Big Ten head coach and the sixth-longest tenured head coach in Division 1 Football Bowl Subdivision. The Wildcats earned their first-ever Big Ten West title and berth in the Big Ten Championship game in 2018. Fitzgerald was named the consensus Big Ten Coach of the Year and a finalist for the 2018 Dodd Trophy that season. Most recently, Fitzgerald earned the 2020 Dodd Trophy Coach of the Year. On October 24, 2020, Fitzgerald recorded his 100th career win in a victory over Maryland. His overall record is 106–81. </p><p>Northwestern played <a href="/wiki/Nebraska_Cornhuskers_football" title="Nebraska Cornhuskers football">Nebraska</a> on August 27 to start the 2022 season in <a href="/wiki/Dublin" title="Dublin">Dublin, Ireland</a>, the team's first ever international game.<sup id="cite_ref-80" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-80"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>80<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="2023_hazing_allegations">2023 hazing allegations</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Northwestern_Wildcats_football&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: 2023 hazing allegations"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>On July 7, 2023, Northwestern University announced that Fitzgerald would be put on a two-week suspension after an independent investigation into <a href="/wiki/Hazing" title="Hazing">hazing</a> allegations revealed that a whistleblower's claims "were largely supported by evidence."<sup id="cite_ref-81" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-81"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>81<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Fitzgerald denied knowing about the hazing and began his two-week, without-pay suspension on July 7. The investigation was conducted by Washington, D.C. law firm <a href="/wiki/Arent_Fox_Schiff" title="Arent Fox Schiff">Arent Fox Schiff</a> and led by Maggie Hickey, a former Illinois inspector general. The next day, <a href="/wiki/The_Daily_Northwestern" title="The Daily Northwestern">The Daily Northwestern</a> reported that hazing allegations "involved coerced sexual acts," and that "Fitzgerald may have known that the hazing took place."<sup id="cite_ref-82" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-82"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>82<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The Daily Northwestern reported on July 10 that Northwestern's football team had a "culture enabling racism."<sup id="cite_ref-83" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-83"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>83<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Following <i>The Daily's</i> reporting, Northwestern University president <a href="/wiki/Michael_H._Schill" class="mw-redirect" title="Michael H. Schill">Michael H. Schill</a> wrote in a letter to the community that he "failed to sufficiently consider [Fitzgerald's] failure in levying a sanction."<sup id="cite_ref-84" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-84"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>84<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> On July 10, Fitzgerald was fired.<sup id="cite_ref-85" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-85"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>85<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="David_Braun_era_(2023–present)"><span id="David_Braun_era_.282023.E2.80.93present.29"></span>David Braun era (2023–present)</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Northwestern_Wildcats_football&action=edit&section=13" title="Edit section: David Braun era (2023–present)"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>On July 14, 2023, following the firing of Fitzgerald, Northwestern promoted first-year defensive coordinator <a href="/wiki/David_Braun_(American_football)" title="David Braun (American football)">David Braun</a> to interim head coach.<sup id="cite_ref-86" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-86"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>86<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> On November 15, following a 5–5 start to the 2023 season, Braun had his interim tag removed and was promoted to the full-time head coach position.<sup id="cite_ref-87" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-87"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>87<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Northwestern finished the 2023 regular season with a 7–5 record and a second–place finish in the Big Ten West Division. The team faced <a href="/wiki/2023_Utah_Utes_football_team" title="2023 Utah Utes football team">Utah</a> in the <a href="/wiki/2023_Las_Vegas_Bowl" title="2023 Las Vegas Bowl">2023 Las Vegas Bowl</a>, which the Wildcats won 14–7, the first bowl win of Braun's tenure. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Conference_affiliations">Conference affiliations</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Northwestern_Wildcats_football&action=edit&section=14" title="Edit section: Conference affiliations"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>Independent (1882–1895)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Big_Ten_Conference" title="Big Ten Conference">Big Ten Conference</a> (1896–present) <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Western_Conference_(Big_Ten_Conference)" class="mw-redirect" title="Western Conference (Big Ten Conference)">Western Conference</a> (1896–1952)</li> <li>Big Ten Conference (1953–present)</li></ul></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Championships">Championships</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Northwestern_Wildcats_football&action=edit&section=15" title="Edit section: Championships"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Conference_championships">Conference championships</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Northwestern_Wildcats_football&action=edit&section=16" title="Edit section: Conference championships"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Northwestern is a charter member of the <a href="/wiki/Big_Ten" class="mw-redirect" title="Big Ten">Big Ten</a> Conference and has competed in the league since the conference's establishment in 1896. The Wildcats have won eight Big Ten titles, six shared and two outright.<sup id="cite_ref-88" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-88"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>88<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <table class="wikitable"> <tbody><tr> <th scope="col" style="background-color:#4E2A84;color:#FFFFFF;box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #000000, inset -2px -2px 0 #000000;">Year </th> <th scope="col" style="background-color:#4E2A84;color:#FFFFFF;box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #000000, inset -2px -2px 0 #000000;">Conference </th> <th scope="col" style="background-color:#4E2A84;color:#FFFFFF;box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #000000, inset -2px -2px 0 #000000;">Coach </th> <th scope="col" style="background-color:#4E2A84;color:#FFFFFF;box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #000000, inset -2px -2px 0 #000000;">Record </th> <th scope="col" style="background-color:#4E2A84;color:#FFFFFF;box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #000000, inset -2px -2px 0 #000000;">Conference Record </th></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/1903_Northwestern_Purple_football_team" title="1903 Northwestern Purple football team">1903</a>†</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Big_Ten_Conference" title="Big Ten Conference">Western Conference</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Walter_McCornack" title="Walter McCornack">Walter McCornack</a></td> <td>10–1–3</td> <td>1–0–2 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/1926_Northwestern_Wildcats_football_team" title="1926 Northwestern Wildcats football team">1926</a>†</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Big_Ten_Conference" title="Big Ten Conference">Big Ten Conference</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Glenn_Thistlethwaite" title="Glenn Thistlethwaite">Glenn Thistlethwaite</a></td> <td>7–1</td> <td>5–0 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/1930_Northwestern_Wildcats_football_team" title="1930 Northwestern Wildcats football team">1930</a>†</td> <td>Big Ten Conference</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Dick_Hanley_(coach)" class="mw-redirect" title="Dick Hanley (coach)">Dick Hanley</a></td> <td>7–1</td> <td>5–0 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/1931_Northwestern_Wildcats_football_team" title="1931 Northwestern Wildcats football team">1931</a>†</td> <td>Big Ten Conference</td> <td>Dick Hanley</td> <td>7–1–1</td> <td>5–1 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/1936_Northwestern_Wildcats_football_team" title="1936 Northwestern Wildcats football team">1936</a></td> <td>Big Ten Conference</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Lynn_Waldorf" class="mw-redirect" title="Lynn Waldorf">Lynn Waldorf</a></td> <td>7–1</td> <td>6–0 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/1995_Northwestern_Wildcats_football_team" title="1995 Northwestern Wildcats football team">1995</a></td> <td>Big Ten Conference</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Gary_Barnett" title="Gary Barnett">Gary Barnett</a></td> <td>10–2</td> <td>8–0 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/1996_Northwestern_Wildcats_football_team" title="1996 Northwestern Wildcats football team">1996</a>†</td> <td>Big Ten Conference</td> <td>Gary Barnett</td> <td>9–3</td> <td>7–1 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/2000_Northwestern_Wildcats_football_team" title="2000 Northwestern Wildcats football team">2000</a>†</td> <td>Big Ten Conference</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Randy_Walker_(American_football_coach)" title="Randy Walker (American football coach)">Randy Walker</a></td> <td>8–4</td> <td>6–2 </td></tr></tbody></table> <p>† Co-champions </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Division_championships">Division championships</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Northwestern_Wildcats_football&action=edit&section=17" title="Edit section: Division championships"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The Big Ten Conference split its conference members into 2 divisions starting in the 2011 season, with the addition of the <a href="/wiki/Nebraska_Cornhuskers_football" title="Nebraska Cornhuskers football">Nebraska Cornhuskers</a>. Northwestern won their first division title in school history in 2018. </p> <table class="wikitable"> <tbody><tr> <th scope="col" style="background-color:#4E2A84;color:#FFFFFF;box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #000000, inset -2px -2px 0 #000000;">Year </th> <th scope="col" style="background-color:#4E2A84;color:#FFFFFF;box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #000000, inset -2px -2px 0 #000000;">Division </th> <th scope="col" style="background-color:#4E2A84;color:#FFFFFF;box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #000000, inset -2px -2px 0 #000000;">Coach </th> <th scope="col" style="background-color:#4E2A84;color:#FFFFFF;box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #000000, inset -2px -2px 0 #000000;">Opponent </th> <th scope="col" style="background-color:#4E2A84;color:#FFFFFF;box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #000000, inset -2px -2px 0 #000000;">CG result </th></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/2018_Northwestern_Wildcats_football_team" title="2018 Northwestern Wildcats football team">2018</a></td> <td>Big Ten – West</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Pat_Fitzgerald" title="Pat Fitzgerald">Pat Fitzgerald</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/2018_Ohio_State_Buckeyes_football_team" title="2018 Ohio State Buckeyes football team">Ohio State</a></td> <td>L 24–45 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/2020_Northwestern_Wildcats_football_team" title="2020 Northwestern Wildcats football team">2020</a></td> <td>Big Ten – West</td> <td>Pat Fitzgerald</td> <td><a href="/wiki/2020_Ohio_State_Buckeyes_football_team" title="2020 Ohio State Buckeyes football team">Ohio State</a></td> <td>L 10–22 </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Bowl_games">Bowl games</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Northwestern_Wildcats_football&action=edit&section=18" title="Edit section: Bowl games"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The Wildcats have appeared in 17 bowl games, posting a record of 7–10.<sup id="cite_ref-89" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-89"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>89<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> They had 9 consecutive bowl losses which tied them with <a href="/wiki/Notre_Dame_Fighting_Irish_football" title="Notre Dame Fighting Irish football">Notre Dame</a> for the longest bowl losing streak of all time, which they ended in the 2013 Gator Bowl. </p> <table class="wikitable"> <tbody><tr> <th scope="col" style="background-color:#4E2A84;color:#FFFFFF;box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #000000, inset -2px -2px 0 #000000;">Season </th> <th scope="col" style="background-color:#4E2A84;color:#FFFFFF;box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #000000, inset -2px -2px 0 #000000;">Coach </th> <th scope="col" style="background-color:#4E2A84;color:#FFFFFF;box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #000000, inset -2px -2px 0 #000000;">Bowl </th> <th scope="col" style="background-color:#4E2A84;color:#FFFFFF;box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #000000, inset -2px -2px 0 #000000;">Opponent </th> <th scope="col" style="background-color:#4E2A84;color:#FFFFFF;box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #000000, inset -2px -2px 0 #000000;">Result </th></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/1948_Northwestern_Wildcats_football_team" title="1948 Northwestern Wildcats football team">1948</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Bob_Voigts" title="Bob Voigts">Bob Voigts</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/1949_Rose_Bowl" title="1949 Rose Bowl">Rose Bowl</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/1948_California_Golden_Bears_football_team" title="1948 California Golden Bears football team">California</a></td> <td><b>W</b> 20–14 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/1995_Northwestern_Wildcats_football_team" title="1995 Northwestern Wildcats football team">1995</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Gary_Barnett" title="Gary Barnett">Gary Barnett</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/1996_Rose_Bowl" title="1996 Rose Bowl">Rose Bowl</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/1995_USC_Trojans_football_team" title="1995 USC Trojans football team">USC</a></td> <td>L 32–41 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/1996_Northwestern_Wildcats_football_team" title="1996 Northwestern Wildcats football team">1996</a></td> <td>Gary Barnett</td> <td><a href="/wiki/1997_Florida_Citrus_Bowl" title="1997 Florida Citrus Bowl">Citrus Bowl</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/1996_Tennessee_Volunteers_football_team" title="1996 Tennessee Volunteers football team">Tennessee</a></td> <td>L 28–48 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/2000_Northwestern_Wildcats_football_team" title="2000 Northwestern Wildcats football team">2000</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Randy_Walker_(American_football_coach)" title="Randy Walker (American football coach)">Randy Walker</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/2000_Alamo_Bowl" title="2000 Alamo Bowl">Alamo Bowl</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/2000_Nebraska_Cornhuskers_football_team" title="2000 Nebraska Cornhuskers football team">Nebraska</a></td> <td>L 17–66 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/2003_Northwestern_Wildcats_football_team" title="2003 Northwestern Wildcats football team">2003</a></td> <td>Randy Walker</td> <td><a href="/wiki/2003_Motor_City_Bowl" title="2003 Motor City Bowl">Motor City Bowl</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/2003_Bowling_Green_Falcons_football_team" title="2003 Bowling Green Falcons football team">Bowling Green</a></td> <td>L 24–28 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/2005_Northwestern_Wildcats_football_team" title="2005 Northwestern Wildcats football team">2005</a></td> <td>Randy Walker</td> <td><a href="/wiki/2005_Sun_Bowl" title="2005 Sun Bowl">Sun Bowl</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/2005_UCLA_Bruins_football_team" title="2005 UCLA Bruins football team">UCLA</a></td> <td>L 38–50 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/2008_Northwestern_Wildcats_football_team" title="2008 Northwestern Wildcats football team">2008</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Pat_Fitzgerald" title="Pat Fitzgerald">Pat Fitzgerald</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/2008_Alamo_Bowl" title="2008 Alamo Bowl">Alamo Bowl</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/2008_Missouri_Tigers_football_team" title="2008 Missouri Tigers football team">Missouri</a></td> <td>L 23–30<sup>OT</sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/2009_Northwestern_Wildcats_football_team" title="2009 Northwestern Wildcats football team">2009</a></td> <td>Pat Fitzgerald</td> <td><a href="/wiki/2010_Outback_Bowl" title="2010 Outback Bowl">Outback Bowl</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/2009_Auburn_Tigers_football_team" title="2009 Auburn Tigers football team">Auburn</a></td> <td>L 35–38<sup>OT</sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/2010_Northwestern_Wildcats_football_team" title="2010 Northwestern Wildcats football team">2010</a></td> <td>Pat Fitzgerald</td> <td><a href="/wiki/2011_TicketCity_Bowl" title="2011 TicketCity Bowl">TicketCity Bowl</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/2010_Texas_Tech_Red_Raiders_football_team" title="2010 Texas Tech Red Raiders football team">Texas Tech</a></td> <td>L 38–45 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/2011_Northwestern_Wildcats_football_team" title="2011 Northwestern Wildcats football team">2011</a></td> <td>Pat Fitzgerald</td> <td><a href="/wiki/2011_Meineke_Car_Care_Bowl_of_Texas" title="2011 Meineke Car Care Bowl of Texas">Meineke Car Care Bowl of Texas</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/2011_Texas_A%26M_Aggies_football_team" title="2011 Texas A&M Aggies football team">Texas A&M</a></td> <td>L 22–33 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/2012_Northwestern_Wildcats_football_team" title="2012 Northwestern Wildcats football team">2012</a></td> <td>Pat Fitzgerald</td> <td><a href="/wiki/2013_Gator_Bowl" title="2013 Gator Bowl">Gator Bowl</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/2012_Mississippi_State_Bulldogs_football_team" title="2012 Mississippi State Bulldogs football team">Mississippi State</a></td> <td><b>W</b> 34–20 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/2015_Northwestern_Wildcats_football_team" title="2015 Northwestern Wildcats football team">2015</a></td> <td>Pat Fitzgerald</td> <td><a href="/wiki/2016_Outback_Bowl" title="2016 Outback Bowl">Outback Bowl</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/2015_Tennessee_Volunteers_football_team" title="2015 Tennessee Volunteers football team">Tennessee</a></td> <td>L 6–45 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/2016_Northwestern_Wildcats_football_team" title="2016 Northwestern Wildcats football team">2016</a></td> <td>Pat Fitzgerald</td> <td><a href="/wiki/2016_Pinstripe_Bowl" title="2016 Pinstripe Bowl">Pinstripe Bowl</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/2016_Pittsburgh_Panthers_football_team" title="2016 Pittsburgh Panthers football team">Pittsburgh</a></td> <td><b>W</b> 31–24 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/2017_Northwestern_Wildcats_football_team" title="2017 Northwestern Wildcats football team">2017</a></td> <td>Pat Fitzgerald</td> <td><a href="/wiki/2017_Music_City_Bowl" title="2017 Music City Bowl">Music City Bowl</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/2017_Kentucky_Wildcats_football_team" title="2017 Kentucky Wildcats football team">Kentucky</a></td> <td><b>W</b> 24–23 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/2018_Northwestern_Wildcats_football_team" title="2018 Northwestern Wildcats football team">2018</a></td> <td>Pat Fitzgerald</td> <td><a href="/wiki/2018_Holiday_Bowl" title="2018 Holiday Bowl">Holiday Bowl</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/2018_Utah_Utes_football_team" title="2018 Utah Utes football team">Utah</a></td> <td><b>W</b> 31–20 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/2020_Northwestern_Wildcats_football_team" title="2020 Northwestern Wildcats football team">2020</a></td> <td>Pat Fitzgerald</td> <td><a href="/wiki/2021_Citrus_Bowl" title="2021 Citrus Bowl">Citrus Bowl</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/2020_Auburn_Tigers_football_team" title="2020 Auburn Tigers football team">Auburn</a></td> <td><b>W</b> 35–19 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/2023_Northwestern_Wildcats_football_team" title="2023 Northwestern Wildcats football team">2023</a></td> <td>David Braun</td> <td><a href="/wiki/2023_Las_Vegas_Bowl" title="2023 Las Vegas Bowl">Las Vegas Bowl</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/2023_Utah_Utes_football_team" title="2023 Utah Utes football team">Utah</a></td> <td><b>W</b> 14–7 </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Head_coaches">Head coaches</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Northwestern_Wildcats_football&action=edit&section=19" title="Edit section: Head coaches"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>There have been 30 head coaches since the inaugural team in 1882, with their current head coach being David Braun.<sup id="cite_ref-90" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-90"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>90<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <table class="wikitable"> <tbody><tr> <th scope="col" style="background-color:#4E2A84;color:#FFFFFF;box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #000000, inset -2px -2px 0 #000000;">No. </th> <th scope="col" style="background-color:#4E2A84;color:#FFFFFF;box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #000000, inset -2px -2px 0 #000000;">Years </th> <th scope="col" style="background-color:#4E2A84;color:#FFFFFF;box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #000000, inset -2px -2px 0 #000000;">Coach </th> <th scope="col" style="background-color:#4E2A84;color:#FFFFFF;box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #000000, inset -2px -2px 0 #000000;">Record </th> <th scope="col" style="background-color:#4E2A84;color:#FFFFFF;box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #000000, inset -2px -2px 0 #000000;">Pct </th></tr> <tr> <td> </td> <td>1882–1890 </td> <td>No coach </td> <td>9–6–1 </td> <td>.594 </td></tr> <tr> <td>1 </td> <td>1891–1892 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Knowlton_Ames" title="Knowlton Ames">Knowlton Ames</a> </td> <td>7–5–5 </td> <td>.559 </td></tr> <tr> <td>2 </td> <td>1893 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Paul_Noyes" title="Paul Noyes">Paul Noyes</a> </td> <td>2–5–3 </td> <td>.350 </td></tr> <tr> <td>3 </td> <td>1894 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/A._A._Ewing" title="A. A. Ewing">A. A. Ewing</a> </td> <td>4–5 </td> <td>.444 </td></tr> <tr> <td>4 </td> <td>1895–1896 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Alvin_H._Culver" title="Alvin H. Culver">Alvin H. Culver</a> </td> <td>12–6–2 </td> <td>.650 </td></tr> <tr> <td>5 </td> <td>1897 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Jesse_Van_Doozer" title="Jesse Van Doozer">Jesse Van Doozer</a> </td> <td>5–3 </td> <td>.625 </td></tr> <tr> <td>6 </td> <td>1898 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/W._H._Bannard" title="W. H. Bannard">W. H. Bannard</a> </td> <td>9–4–1 </td> <td>.679 </td></tr> <tr> <td>7 </td> <td>1899–1902 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Charles_M._Hollister" title="Charles M. Hollister">Charles M. Hollister</a> </td> <td>27–16–4 </td> <td>.617 </td></tr> <tr> <td>8 </td> <td>1903–1905 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Walter_McCornack" title="Walter McCornack">Walter McCornack</a> </td> <td>26–5–4 </td> <td>.800 </td></tr> <tr> <td>9 </td> <td>1908 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Alton_Johnson" title="Alton Johnson">Alton Johnson</a> </td> <td>2–2 </td> <td>.500 </td></tr> <tr> <td>10 </td> <td>1909 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Bill_Horr" title="Bill Horr">Bill Horr</a> </td> <td>1–3–1 </td> <td>.300 </td></tr> <tr> <td>11 </td> <td>1910–1912 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Charles_Hammett" title="Charles Hammett">Charles Hammett</a> </td> <td>6–10–2 </td> <td>.389 </td></tr> <tr> <td>12 </td> <td>1913 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Dennis_Grady" title="Dennis Grady">Dennis Grady</a> </td> <td>1–6 </td> <td>.143 </td></tr> <tr> <td>13 </td> <td>1914–1918 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Fred_J._Murphy" title="Fred J. Murphy">Fred J. Murphy</a> </td> <td>16–16–1 </td> <td>.500 </td></tr> <tr> <td>14 </td> <td>1919 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Charlie_Bachman" title="Charlie Bachman">Charlie Bachman</a> </td> <td>2–5 </td> <td>.286 </td></tr> <tr> <td>15 </td> <td>1920–1921 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Elmer_McDevitt" title="Elmer McDevitt">Elmer McDevitt</a> </td> <td>4–10 </td> <td>.286 </td></tr> <tr> <td>16 </td> <td>1922–1926 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Glenn_Thistlethwaite" title="Glenn Thistlethwaite">Glenn Thistlethwaite</a> </td> <td>21–17–1 </td> <td>.551 </td></tr> <tr> <td>17 </td> <td>1927–1934 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Dick_Hanley_(American_football)" title="Dick Hanley (American football)">Dick Hanley</a> </td> <td>36–26–4 </td> <td>.576 </td></tr> <tr> <td>18 </td> <td>1935–1946 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Pappy_Waldorf" title="Pappy Waldorf">Pappy Waldorf</a> </td> <td>49–45–7 </td> <td>.520 </td></tr> <tr> <td>19 </td> <td>1947–1954 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Bob_Voigts" title="Bob Voigts">Bob Voigts</a> </td> <td>33–39–1 </td> <td>.459 </td></tr> <tr> <td>20 </td> <td>1955 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Lou_Saban" title="Lou Saban">Lou Saban</a> </td> <td>0–8–1 </td> <td>.056 </td></tr> <tr> <td>21 </td> <td>1956–1963 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Ara_Parseghian" title="Ara Parseghian">Ara Parseghian</a> </td> <td>36–35–1 </td> <td>.507 </td></tr> <tr> <td>22 </td> <td>1964–1972 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Alex_Agase" title="Alex Agase">Alex Agase</a> </td> <td>32–58–1 </td> <td>.357 </td></tr> <tr> <td>23 </td> <td>1973–1977 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/John_Pont" title="John Pont">John Pont</a> </td> <td>12–43 </td> <td>.218 </td></tr> <tr> <td>24 </td> <td>1978–1980 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Rick_Venturi" title="Rick Venturi">Rick Venturi</a> </td> <td>1–31–1 </td> <td>.045 </td></tr> <tr> <td>25 </td> <td>1981–1985 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Dennis_Green" title="Dennis Green">Dennis Green</a> </td> <td>10–45 </td> <td>.182 </td></tr> <tr> <td>26 </td> <td>1986–1991 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Francis_Peay" title="Francis Peay">Francis Peay</a> </td> <td>13–51–2 </td> <td>.212 </td></tr> <tr> <td>27 </td> <td>1992–1998 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Gary_Barnett" title="Gary Barnett">Gary Barnett</a> </td> <td>35–45–1 </td> <td>.438 </td></tr> <tr> <td>28 </td> <td>1999–2005 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Randy_Walker_(American_football_coach)" title="Randy Walker (American football coach)">Randy Walker</a> </td> <td>37–46 </td> <td>.446 </td></tr> <tr> <td>29 </td> <td>2006–2022 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Pat_Fitzgerald" title="Pat Fitzgerald">Pat Fitzgerald</a> </td> <td>109–90 </td> <td>.548 </td></tr> <tr> <td>30 </td> <td>2023–present </td> <td><a href="/wiki/David_Braun_(American_football)" title="David Braun (American football)">David Braun</a> </td> <td>7–5 </td> <td>.583 </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Rivalries">Rivalries</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Northwestern_Wildcats_football&action=edit&section=20" title="Edit section: Rivalries"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Illinois">Illinois</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Northwestern_Wildcats_football&action=edit&section=21" title="Edit section: Illinois"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Illinois%E2%80%93Northwestern_football_rivalry" title="Illinois–Northwestern football rivalry">Illinois–Northwestern football rivalry</a></div> <p>The <a href="/wiki/Illinois_Fighting_Illini" title="Illinois Fighting Illini">Illinois Fighting Illini</a> are the Wildcats' most natural rival. The series dates back to 1892 and the two schools have played annually since 1927, with the Illini holding a 57–54–5 overall advantage.<sup id="cite_ref-91" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-91"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>91<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In April 2010, a deal was reached for the annual rivalry game to be played at <a href="/wiki/Wrigley_Field" title="Wrigley Field">Wrigley Field</a> on November 20, 2010.<sup id="cite_ref-92" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-92"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>92<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Since 2009, the schools have competed for the Land of Lincoln Trophy.<sup id="cite_ref-93" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-93"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>93<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> From 1947 through 2008, the teams competed for the <a href="/wiki/Sweet_Sioux_Tomahawk" class="mw-redirect" title="Sweet Sioux Tomahawk">Sweet Sioux Tomahawk</a> Trophy, since retired as part of a ruling by the NCAA requiring Illinois to purge Native American imagery from their athletics. The origins of the trophy derived from a wooden cigar store Indian named Sweet Sioux, which was stolen and replaced by a tomahawk.<sup id="cite_ref-94" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-94"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>94<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The Sweet Sioux Tomahawk permanently remains in Evanston. </p><p>The NU-Illinois rivalry was protected during the 2011–2013 Big Ten divisional alignment into the Legends and Leaders divisions, while Illinois was in the Leaders division and Northwestern was in the Legends division. The two schools continued to meet as a protected crossover on an annual basis, similar to Michigan-Ohio State.<sup id="cite_ref-95" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-95"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>95<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> With the start of the 2014 season, the conference realigned the divisions geographically into West and East to accommodate the entry of Maryland and Rutgers, so the NU-Illinois rivalry became a regular divisional matchup instead of a crossover. After the 2023 season, with four schools <a href="/wiki/2021%E2%80%932024_NCAA_conference_realignment" class="mw-redirect" title="2021–2024 NCAA conference realignment">joining</a> from the collapsing <a href="/wiki/Pac-12_Conference" title="Pac-12 Conference">Pac-12 Conference</a>, the divisions were eliminated, but the Illinois–Northwestern game became one of 12 "protected" matchups that will continue to be played annually.<sup id="cite_ref-96" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-96"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>96<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Notre_Dame">Notre Dame</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Northwestern_Wildcats_football&action=edit&section=22" title="Edit section: Notre Dame"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Northwestern%E2%80%93Notre_Dame_football_rivalry" title="Northwestern–Notre Dame football rivalry">Northwestern–Notre Dame football rivalry</a></div> <p>Starting in the 1920s, Northwestern and <a href="/wiki/Notre_Dame_Fighting_Irish_football" title="Notre Dame Fighting Irish football">Notre Dame</a> played for a Shillelagh until the mid-1970s. The trophy game was created at the behest of <a href="/wiki/Knute_Rockne" title="Knute Rockne">Knute Rockne</a>, who wanted a rivalry in the Chicago area to help build Notre Dame's fan base in the area.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTELaTourette200526_97-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTELaTourette200526-97"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>97<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-98" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-98"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>98<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> NU and ND stopped playing regularly after the 1970s, though the rivalry was renewed from 1992 to 1995. When NU stunned Notre Dame as a 28-point underdog in 1995, the <i>Chicago Sun-Times</i> billed it as the "Upset of the Century.".<sup id="cite_ref-99" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-99"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>99<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Notre Dame leads the series 38–9–2.<sup id="cite_ref-100" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-100"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>100<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The two schools renewed their rivalry in 2014 in the first of a two-game series with Northwestern traveling to South Bend and upsetting Notre Dame 43–40 in overtime. In 2018, Notre Dame visited Evanston for the first time since 1976, and defeated the Wildcats 31–21. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Chicago">Chicago</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Northwestern_Wildcats_football&action=edit&section=23" title="Edit section: Chicago"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>From 1897 to 1926 Northwestern forged an intense rivalry with the <a href="/wiki/Chicago_Maroons_football" title="Chicago Maroons football">University of Chicago</a> during the early years of the program.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (January 2019)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> Northwestern and Chicago share the city of <a href="/wiki/Chicago" title="Chicago">Chicago</a> – representing the "north side" and the "south side", respectively. They were the only two private institutions in the Big Ten before Chicago left the conference and are both considered elite universities<sup id="cite_ref-101" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-101"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>101<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> with especially strong academic and professional rivalries in <a href="/wiki/Economics" title="Economics">economics</a>, <a href="/wiki/Business_school" title="Business school">business</a>, <a href="/wiki/Medical_school" title="Medical school">medicine</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Law_school" title="Law school">law</a>. </p><p>NU earned the nickname "Wildcats" from a reporter covering the 1924 NU-Chicago game.<sup id="cite_ref-Pridemore_126_17-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Pridemore_126-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The final game of the series, a 38–7 NU win in 1926,<sup id="cite_ref-102" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-102"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>102<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> helped transfer the Chicago football focus from the Maroons to the Wildcats, where it remained until the <a href="/wiki/Chicago_Bears" title="Chicago Bears">Chicago Bears</a> gained popularity in the mid-1950s<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTELaTourette200537_103-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTELaTourette200537-103"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>103<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Chicago dropped football in 1939 and withdrew from the Big Ten in 1946.<sup id="cite_ref-104" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-104"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>104<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Michigan">Michigan</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Northwestern_Wildcats_football&action=edit&section=24" title="Edit section: Michigan"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Michigan%E2%80%93Northwestern_football_rivalry" class="mw-redirect" title="Michigan–Northwestern football rivalry">Michigan–Northwestern football rivalry</a></div> <p>Northwestern and <a href="/wiki/Michigan_Wolverines_football" title="Michigan Wolverines football">Michigan</a> first played each other in 1892. In 2021, the two universities announced the creation of a new rivalry trophy to be awarded to the game's winner, the George Jewett Trophy. The trophy honors <a href="/wiki/George_Jewett" title="George Jewett">George Jewett</a>, the first African-American player in Big Ten Conference history, who played for both schools. The game is the first <a href="/wiki/Football_Bowl_Subdivision" class="mw-redirect" title="Football Bowl Subdivision">FBS</a> rivalry game named for an African-American player.<sup id="cite_ref-105" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-105"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>105<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Michigan holds a 58–15–2 advantage in the all-time series through the 2020 season.<sup id="cite_ref-106" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-106"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>106<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The wildcats will best remember the time that they went into Ann Arbor in 1995 and stunned Michigan in a win that would end the wolverines season. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Northwestern_football_traditions">Northwestern football traditions</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Northwestern_Wildcats_football&action=edit&section=25" title="Edit section: Northwestern football traditions"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1251242444"><table class="box-More_citations_needed_section plainlinks metadata ambox ambox-content ambox-Refimprove" role="presentation"><tbody><tr><td class="mbox-image"><div class="mbox-image-div"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Question_book-new.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/99/Question_book-new.svg/50px-Question_book-new.svg.png" decoding="async" width="50" height="39" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/99/Question_book-new.svg/75px-Question_book-new.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/99/Question_book-new.svg/100px-Question_book-new.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="512" data-file-height="399" /></a></span></div></td><td class="mbox-text"><div class="mbox-text-span">This section <b>needs additional citations for <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Verifiability" title="Wikipedia:Verifiability">verification</a></b>.<span class="hide-when-compact"> Please help <a href="/wiki/Special:EditPage/Northwestern_Wildcats_football" title="Special:EditPage/Northwestern Wildcats football">improve this article</a> by <a href="/wiki/Help:Referencing_for_beginners" title="Help:Referencing for beginners">adding citations to reliable sources</a> in this section. Unsourced material may be challenged and removed.</span> <span class="date-container"><i>(<span class="date">August 2019</span>)</i></span><span class="hide-when-compact"><i> (<small><a href="/wiki/Help:Maintenance_template_removal" title="Help:Maintenance template removal">Learn how and when to remove this message</a></small>)</i></span></div></td></tr></tbody></table> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Numbrosebowl1.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f7/Numbrosebowl1.jpg/220px-Numbrosebowl1.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="147" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f7/Numbrosebowl1.jpg/330px-Numbrosebowl1.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f7/Numbrosebowl1.jpg/440px-Numbrosebowl1.jpg 2x" data-file-width="800" data-file-height="533" /></a><figcaption>Northwestern's Marching Band performing at the <a href="/wiki/1996_Rose_Bowl" title="1996 Rose Bowl">1996 Rose Bowl</a></figcaption></figure> <ul><li><b>Northwestern Stripes</b></li></ul> <p>In 1928, Northwestern added a unique sleeve-stripe pattern to its jerseys: a narrow stripe, over a wide center stripe, over a narrow stripe. The jersey was considered one of the first modern football uniforms, and was soon replicated across football. The sleeve striping was such a fixture of the program that the pattern eventually became known as "Northwestern stripes."<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTELaTourette200550_107-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTELaTourette200550-107"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>107<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Northwestern stripes have not always appeared on NU football jerseys, though the team's current uniforms sport the pattern. The endzones at <a href="/wiki/Ryan_Field_(stadium)" title="Ryan Field (stadium)">Ryan Field</a> also sport the pattern. </p> <ul><li><b><a href="/wiki/Willie_the_Wildcat_(Northwestern)" title="Willie the Wildcat (Northwestern)">Willie the Wildcat</a> </b></li></ul> <p>Even before the Wildcats became the official school nickname for NU, a caged live bear cub named Furpaw was the team's mascot.<sup id="cite_ref-Linn_p.96-97_108-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Linn_p.96-97-108"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>108<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 1923, however, the team had a bad season and decided the mascot was bad luck. During the following season, the nickname Wildcats was officially adopted by the university after the team's defense was described as a "wall of Purple wildcats" by <i>Chicago Sun-Times</i> writer Wallace Abbey.<sup id="cite_ref-Linn_p.96-97_108-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Linn_p.96-97-108"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>108<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Previously, the team was either known as the Purple or the Fighting Methodists.<sup id="cite_ref-Pridemore_126_17-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Pridemore_126-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 1933, the NU athletic department and an ad agency, created the first image of Willie the Wildcat, though he did not come to life until 1947 when <a href="/wiki/Alpha_Delta_Phi" title="Alpha Delta Phi">Alpha Delta</a> fraternity members dressed up as the mascot.<sup id="cite_ref-Linn_p.96-97_108-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Linn_p.96-97-108"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>108<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <ul><li><b>Camp Kenosha</b></li></ul> <p>Since 1992, when <a href="/wiki/Gary_Barnett" title="Gary Barnett">Barnett</a> decided to move the team's preseason practices off-campus, NU has conducted Camp Kenosha, its preseason camp on the campus of <a href="/wiki/University_of_Wisconsin%E2%80%93Parkside" title="University of Wisconsin–Parkside">University of Wisconsin–Parkside</a> in <a href="/wiki/Kenosha,_Wisconsin" title="Kenosha, Wisconsin">Kenosha, Wisconsin</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-109" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-109"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>109<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 2023, Northwestern Football announced the permanent closure of Camp Kenosha amid program-wide hazing scandals.<sup id="cite_ref-110" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-110"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>110<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <ul><li><b>The Purple Clock</b></li></ul> <p>Starting with the 1995 season, the clockface of the Rebecca Crown Tower on the NU campus would change from white to purple following an NU win.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTELaTourette2005108_111-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTELaTourette2005108-111"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>111<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Since the 1997 season, if the Wildcats win their final game of the season, the clock will remain purple for the entire off-season. In the past few years, the tradition has been expanded to honor championships in other NU varsity sports including lacrosse and tennis. </p> <ul><li><b><a href="/wiki/Northwestern_University_Wildcat_Marching_Band" title="Northwestern University Wildcat Marching Band">Northwestern University Wildcat Marching Band</a> </b></li></ul> <p>The students and the <a href="/wiki/Northwestern_University_Wildcat_Marching_Band" title="Northwestern University Wildcat Marching Band">Northwestern University Wildcat Marching Band</a> generally sit in one section near the goal line. The cheerleaders and marching band lead the students with certain cheers, such as "Go U, NU", and "Let's go 'Cats!" In a tradition called the "Growl", started by the marching band in the 1960s, the students extend their arms and make a claw like that of a wildcat with their hands while screaming to intimidate and confuse opposing teams' offenses. Northwestern students also sing the fight song after scoring. The "Alma Mater" (the traditional school song, different from the fight song, "Go U Northwestern") is usually sung at the end of the game and played by the marching band at halftime. </p> <ul><li><b>Push-Ups</b></li></ul> <p>Cheerleaders, along with <a href="/wiki/Willie_the_Wildcat_(Northwestern)" title="Willie the Wildcat (Northwestern)">Willie the Wildcat</a> and the marching band's "SpiriTeam", perform push-ups after every touchdown, equal to Northwestern's cumulative score. While many mascots do push-ups after touchdowns, the unique aspect at NU is that the student section will follow suit, usually hoisting selected fellow students up into the air while in the stands, counting out the number of NU points on the scoreboard.<sup id="cite_ref-Linn_p.96-97_108-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Linn_p.96-97-108"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>108<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <ul><li><b>Put Your Hands Up in the Air</b></li></ul> <p>Before the 4th quarter of Northwestern football games a video screen plays the song "Put Your Hands Up in the Air" by <a href="/wiki/Danzel" title="Danzel">Danzel</a>, preceded by an announcement by a local celebrity. Celebrity announcers have included Pat Fitzgerald, <a href="/wiki/Brian_Urlacher" title="Brian Urlacher">Brian Urlacher</a>, <a href="/wiki/Mike_Ditka" title="Mike Ditka">Mike Ditka</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Patrick_Kane" title="Patrick Kane">Patrick Kane</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-112" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-112"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>112<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The tradition was discontinued after the 2015 season but was reinstated in 2017.<sup id="cite_ref-113" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-113"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>113<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Awards_and_achievements">Awards and achievements</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Northwestern_Wildcats_football&action=edit&section=26" title="Edit section: Awards and achievements"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>National and Big Ten awards as per the Big Ten Conference.<sup id="cite_ref-Big_Ten_Awards_114-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Big_Ten_Awards-114"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>114<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="College_Football_Hall_of_Fame_members">College Football Hall of Fame members</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Northwestern_Wildcats_football&action=edit&section=27" title="Edit section: College Football Hall of Fame members"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:1954_Bowman_Otto_Graham.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/aa/1954_Bowman_Otto_Graham.png/170px-1954_Bowman_Otto_Graham.png" decoding="async" width="170" height="257" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/aa/1954_Bowman_Otto_Graham.png/255px-1954_Bowman_Otto_Graham.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/aa/1954_Bowman_Otto_Graham.png/340px-1954_Bowman_Otto_Graham.png 2x" data-file-width="594" data-file-height="898" /></a><figcaption>QB Otto Graham</figcaption></figure> <table class="wikitable"> <tbody><tr> <th scope="col" style="background-color:#4E2A84;color:#FFFFFF;box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #000000, inset -2px -2px 0 #000000;">Name </th> <th scope="col" style="background-color:#4E2A84;color:#FFFFFF;box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #000000, inset -2px -2px 0 #000000;">Position </th> <th scope="col" style="background-color:#4E2A84;color:#FFFFFF;box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #000000, inset -2px -2px 0 #000000;">Years at NU </th> <th scope="col" style="background-color:#4E2A84;color:#FFFFFF;box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #000000, inset -2px -2px 0 #000000;">Inducted </th></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Otto_Graham" title="Otto Graham">Otto Graham</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Quarterback" title="Quarterback">QB</a></td> <td>1941–43</td> <td>1956 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Alex_Agase" title="Alex Agase">Alex Agase</a></td> <td>Coach</td> <td>1964–72</td> <td>1963 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Lynn_Waldorf" class="mw-redirect" title="Lynn Waldorf">Lynn Waldorf</a></td> <td>Coach</td> <td>1935–46</td> <td>1966 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Jimmy_Johnson_(quarterback)" title="Jimmy Johnson (quarterback)">Jimmy Johnson</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Quarterback" title="Quarterback">QB</a></td> <td>1904–05</td> <td>1969 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Paddy_Driscoll" title="Paddy Driscoll">Paddy Driscoll</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Halfback_(American_football)" title="Halfback (American football)">HB</a></td> <td>1915–16</td> <td>1974 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Charlie_Bachman" title="Charlie Bachman">Charlie Bachman</a></td> <td>Coach</td> <td>1919</td> <td>1978 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Pug_Rentner" title="Pug Rentner">Pug Rentner</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Halfback_(American_football)" title="Halfback (American football)">HB</a></td> <td>1930–32</td> <td>1979 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Ara_Parseghian" title="Ara Parseghian">Ara Parseghian</a></td> <td>Coach</td> <td>1956–63</td> <td>1980 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Ralph_Baker_(halfback)" title="Ralph Baker (halfback)">Ralph Baker</a></td> <td>End</td> <td>1924–26</td> <td>1981 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Steve_Reid_(American_football)" title="Steve Reid (American football)">Steve Reid</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Guard_(American_football)" class="mw-redirect" title="Guard (American football)">G</a></td> <td>1934–36</td> <td>1985 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Jack_Riley_(American_football)" title="Jack Riley (American football)">Jack Riley</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Tackle_(gridiron_football_position)" title="Tackle (gridiron football position)">T</a></td> <td>1929–31</td> <td>1988 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Edgar_Manske" title="Edgar Manske">Edgar Manske</a></td> <td>End</td> <td>1931–33</td> <td>1989 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Ron_Burton" title="Ron Burton">Ron Burton</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Halfback_(American_football)" title="Halfback (American football)">HB</a></td> <td>1957–59</td> <td>1990 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Alex_Sarkisian" title="Alex Sarkisian">Alex Sarkisian</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Center_(gridiron_football)" title="Center (gridiron football)">C</a></td> <td>1946–48</td> <td>1998 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Pat_Fitzgerald" title="Pat Fitzgerald">Pat Fitzgerald</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Linebacker" title="Linebacker">LB</a></td> <td>1993–96</td> <td>2008 </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="2"><b>College Football Hall of Fame Members</b> </td> <td colspan="2"><i>15</i> </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="List_of_All-Americans">List of All-Americans</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Northwestern_Wildcats_football&action=edit&section=28" title="Edit section: List of All-Americans"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><b>List of first-team All-Americans </b> </p><p>List per NU Athletics<sup id="cite_ref-115" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-115"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>115<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-116" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-116"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>116<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1184024115">.mw-parser-output .div-col{margin-top:0.3em;column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .div-col-small{font-size:90%}.mw-parser-output .div-col-rules{column-rule:1px solid #aaa}.mw-parser-output .div-col dl,.mw-parser-output .div-col ol,.mw-parser-output .div-col ul{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .div-col li,.mw-parser-output .div-col dd{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}</style><div class="div-col" style="column-width: 22em;"> <ul><li>1925: <a href="/wiki/Tim_Lowry" title="Tim Lowry">Tim Lowry</a> (<a href="/wiki/Center_(gridiron_football)" title="Center (gridiron football)">C</a>)</li> <li>1926: <a href="/wiki/Ralph_Baker_(halfback)" title="Ralph Baker (halfback)">Ralph Baker</a> (<a href="/wiki/Halfback_(American_football)" title="Halfback (American football)">HB</a>) & Bob Johnson (<a href="/wiki/Tackle_(gridiron_football_position)" title="Tackle (gridiron football position)">T</a>)</li> <li>1929: Henry Anderson (<a href="/wiki/Guard_(American_football)" class="mw-redirect" title="Guard (American football)">G</a>)</li> <li>1930: Frank Baker (End), Fayette Russell (<a href="/wiki/Fullback_(gridiron_football)" title="Fullback (gridiron football)">FB</a>) & Wade Woodworth (<a href="/wiki/Guard_(American_football)" class="mw-redirect" title="Guard (American football)">G</a>)</li> <li>1931: Dalls Marvil (<a href="/wiki/Tackle_(gridiron_football_position)" title="Tackle (gridiron football position)">T</a>), Ernest Rentner (<a href="/wiki/Halfback_(American_football)" title="Halfback (American football)">HB</a>) & <a href="/wiki/Jack_Riley_(American_football)" title="Jack Riley (American football)">Jack Riley</a> (<a href="/wiki/Tackle_(gridiron_football_position)" title="Tackle (gridiron football position)">T</a>)</li> <li>1933: <a href="/wiki/Edgar_Manske" title="Edgar Manske">Edgar Manske</a> (End)</li> <li>1935: Paul Tangora (<a href="/wiki/Linebacker" title="Linebacker">LB</a>)</li> <li>1936: <a href="/wiki/Steve_Reid_(American_football)" title="Steve Reid (American football)">Steve Reid</a> (<a href="/wiki/Guard_(American_football)" class="mw-redirect" title="Guard (American football)">G</a>)</li> <li>1938: <a href="/wiki/Bob_Voigts" title="Bob Voigts">Bob Voigts</a> (<a href="/wiki/Tackle_(gridiron_football_position)" title="Tackle (gridiron football position)">T</a>)</li> <li>1939: John Haman (<a href="/wiki/Center_(gridiron_football)" title="Center (gridiron football)">C</a>)</li> <li>1940: Alf Bauman (<a href="/wiki/Tackle_(gridiron_football_position)" title="Tackle (gridiron football position)">T</a>)</li> <li>1943: <a href="/wiki/Otto_Graham" title="Otto Graham">Otto Graham</a> (<a href="/wiki/Halfback_(American_football)" title="Halfback (American football)">HB</a>) & Herb Hein (End)</li> <li>1945: Max Morris (End)</li> <li>1948: Art Murakowski (<a href="/wiki/Fullback_(gridiron_football)" title="Fullback (gridiron football)">FB</a>) & <a href="/wiki/Alex_Sarkisian" title="Alex Sarkisian">Alex Sarkisian</a> (<a href="/wiki/Center_(gridiron_football)" title="Center (gridiron football)">C</a>)</li> <li>1950: Don Stonesifer (End)</li> <li>1952: <a href="/wiki/Joe_Collier" title="Joe Collier">Joe Collier</a> (End)</li> <li>1958: <a href="/wiki/Andy_Cvercko" title="Andy Cvercko">Andy Cvercko</a> (<a href="/wiki/Tackle_(gridiron_football_position)" title="Tackle (gridiron football position)">T</a>)</li> <li>1959: <a href="/wiki/Ron_Burton" title="Ron Burton">Ron Burton</a> (<a href="/wiki/Halfback_(American_football)" title="Halfback (American football)">HB</a>) & James Andreotti (<a href="/wiki/Center_(gridiron_football)" title="Center (gridiron football)">C</a>)</li> <li>1961: Larry Onesti (<a href="/wiki/Center_(gridiron_football)" title="Center (gridiron football)">C</a>)</li> <li>1962: Jack Cvercko (<a href="/wiki/Guard_(American_football)" class="mw-redirect" title="Guard (American football)">G</a>) & Tom Myers (<a href="/wiki/Quarterback" title="Quarterback">QB</a>)</li> <li>1970: <a href="/wiki/Mike_Adamle" title="Mike Adamle">Mike Adamle</a> (<a href="/wiki/Fullback_(gridiron_football)" title="Fullback (gridiron football)">FB</a>)</li> <li>1971: Eric Hutchinson (<a href="/wiki/Safety_(gridiron_football_position)" title="Safety (gridiron football position)">S</a>)</li> <li>1982: <a href="/wiki/Chris_Hinton" title="Chris Hinton">Chris Hinton</a> (<a href="/wiki/Tackle_(gridiron_football_position)" title="Tackle (gridiron football position)">T</a>)</li> <li>1983: <a href="/wiki/John_Kidd_(American_football)" title="John Kidd (American football)">John Kidd</a> (<a href="/wiki/Punter_(football)" class="mw-redirect" title="Punter (football)">P</a>)</li> <li>1995: Sam Valenzisi (<a href="/wiki/Placekicker" title="Placekicker">K</a>) & <a href="/wiki/Pat_Fitzgerald" title="Pat Fitzgerald">Pat Fitzgerald</a> (<a href="/wiki/Linebacker" title="Linebacker">LB</a>)</li> <li>1996: Pat Fitzgerald (<a href="/wiki/Linebacker" title="Linebacker">LB</a>)</li> <li>2000: <a href="/wiki/Damien_Anderson" title="Damien Anderson">Damien Anderson</a> (<a href="/wiki/Running_back" title="Running back">RB</a>)</li> <li>2005: <a href="/wiki/Zach_Strief" title="Zach Strief">Zach Strief</a> (<a href="/wiki/Offensive_tackle" class="mw-redirect" title="Offensive tackle">OT</a>)</li> <li>2012: <a href="/wiki/Venric_Mark" title="Venric Mark">Venric Mark</a> (All-purpose)</li> <li>2013: <a href="/w/index.php?title=Jeff_Budzien&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Jeff Budzien (page does not exist)">Jeff Budzien</a> (<a href="/wiki/Placekicker" title="Placekicker">K</a>)</li> <li>2020: Brandon Joseph (<a href="/wiki/Safety_(gridiron_football_position)" title="Safety (gridiron football position)">S</a>)</li> <li>2022: Peter Skoronski (<a href="/wiki/Offensive_tackle" class="mw-redirect" title="Offensive tackle">OT</a>)</li></ul></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Individual_national_honors">Individual national honors</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Northwestern_Wildcats_football&action=edit&section=29" title="Edit section: Individual national honors"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Pat_Fitzgerald" title="Pat Fitzgerald">Pat Fitzgerald</a> received the <b><a href="/wiki/Bednarik_Award" class="mw-redirect" title="Bednarik Award">Bednarik Award</a></b> in 1995 and 1996</li> <li>Pat Fitzgerald received the <b><a href="/wiki/Bronko_Nagurski_Trophy" title="Bronko Nagurski Trophy">Bronko Nagurski Trophy</a></b> in 1995 and 1996</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jason_Wright" title="Jason Wright">Jason Wright</a> received the <b><a href="/wiki/Bobby_Bowden_Award" class="mw-redirect" title="Bobby Bowden Award">Bobby Bowden Award</a></b> in 2003</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="National_coaching_awards">National coaching awards</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Northwestern_Wildcats_football&action=edit&section=30" title="Edit section: National coaching awards"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Pappy_Waldorf" title="Pappy Waldorf">Pappy Waldorf</a> received the <b><a href="/wiki/AFCA_Coach_of_the_Year" class="mw-redirect" title="AFCA Coach of the Year">AFCA Coach of the Year</a></b> award in 1935</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Alex_Agase" title="Alex Agase">Alex Agase</a> received the <b><a href="/wiki/Eddie_Robinson_Coach_of_the_Year" class="mw-redirect" title="Eddie Robinson Coach of the Year">National Coach of the Year</a></b> award from the <a href="/wiki/FWAA" class="mw-redirect" title="FWAA">FWAA</a> in 1970.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gary_Barnett" title="Gary Barnett">Gary Barnett</a> received the following awards in 1995:</li></ul> <dl><dd><b><a href="/wiki/AFCA_Coach_of_the_Year" class="mw-redirect" title="AFCA Coach of the Year">AFCA Coach of the Year</a>, <a href="/wiki/Eddie_Robinson_Coach_of_the_Year" class="mw-redirect" title="Eddie Robinson Coach of the Year">Eddie Robinson Coach of the Year</a>, the <a href="/wiki/Sporting_News_College_Football_Coach_of_the_Year" title="Sporting News College Football Coach of the Year">Sporting News College Football Coach of the Year</a>, the <a href="/wiki/Bobby_Dodd_Coach_of_the_Year_Award" title="Bobby Dodd Coach of the Year Award">Bobby Dodd Coach of the Year Award</a>, <a href="/wiki/Woody_Hayes_Trophy" class="mw-redirect" title="Woody Hayes Trophy">Woody Hayes Trophy</a>, <a href="/wiki/Paul_%22Bear%22_Bryant_Award" title="Paul "Bear" Bryant Award">Paul "Bear" Bryant Award</a>, <a href="/wiki/The_Home_Depot_Coach_of_the_Year_Award" class="mw-redirect" title="The Home Depot Coach of the Year Award">The Home Depot Coach of the Year Award</a>, and the <a href="/wiki/George_Munger_Award" title="George Munger Award">George Munger Award</a></b></dd></dl> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Individual_Big_Ten_honors">Individual Big Ten honors</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Northwestern_Wildcats_football&action=edit&section=31" title="Edit section: Individual Big Ten honors"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Chicago_Tribune_Silver_Football">Chicago Tribune Silver Football</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Northwestern_Wildcats_football&action=edit&section=32" title="Edit section: Chicago Tribune Silver Football"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Five players from Northwestern have won the <b><a href="/wiki/Chicago_Tribune_Silver_Football" title="Chicago Tribune Silver Football">Chicago Tribune Silver Football</a></b><sup id="cite_ref-Big_Ten_Awards_114-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Big_Ten_Awards-114"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>114<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <ul><li>1925: <a href="/wiki/Tim_Lowry" title="Tim Lowry">Tim Lowry</a></li> <li>1943: <a href="/wiki/Otto_Graham" title="Otto Graham">Otto Graham</a></li> <li>1948: <a href="/wiki/Art_Murakowski" title="Art Murakowski">Art Murakowski</a></li> <li>1970: <a href="/wiki/Mike_Adamle" title="Mike Adamle">Mike Adamle</a></li> <li>1992: <a href="/wiki/Lee_Gissendaner" title="Lee Gissendaner">Lee Gissendaner</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Big_Ten_Players_of_the_Year">Big Ten Players of the Year</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Northwestern_Wildcats_football&action=edit&section=33" title="Edit section: Big Ten Players of the Year"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>1995: Pat Fitzgerald</li> <li>1996: Pat Fitzgerald</li> <li>2005: <a href="/wiki/Brett_Basanez" title="Brett Basanez">Brett Basanez</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Big_Ten_Coach_of_the_Year">Big Ten Coach of the Year</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Northwestern_Wildcats_football&action=edit&section=34" title="Edit section: Big Ten Coach of the Year"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>1982: <a href="/wiki/Dennis_Green" title="Dennis Green">Dennis Green</a></li> <li>1995: Gary Barnett</li> <li>1996: Gary Barnett</li> <li>2000: <a href="/wiki/Randy_Walker_(American_football_coach)" title="Randy Walker (American football coach)">Randy Walker</a></li> <li>2018: Pat Fitzgerald</li> <li>2023: David Braun</li></ul> <p><b>All-Big Ten Football Team (selected by Big Ten coaches)</b> </p><p>Offense: </p> <ul><li>2020 <a href="/wiki/Peyton_Ramsey" title="Peyton Ramsey">Peyton Ramsey</a> (3rd)</li> <li>2020 <a href="/wiki/Peter_Skoronski" title="Peter Skoronski">Peter Skoronski</a> (3rd)</li> <li>2020 John Raine (honorable mention)</li> <li>2020 Ramaud Chiaokhio-Bowman (honorable mention)</li></ul> <p>Defense: </p> <ul><li>2020 <a href="/wiki/Paddy_Fisher" title="Paddy Fisher">Paddy Fisher</a></li> <li>2020 <a href="/wiki/Brandon_Joseph" title="Brandon Joseph">Brandon Joseph</a></li> <li>2020 Greg Newsome ll</li> <li>2020 Blake Gallagher (2nd)</li></ul> <p><b>Big Ten Linebacker of the Year</b> </p> <ul><li>2020 <a href="/wiki/Paddy_Fisher" title="Paddy Fisher">Paddy Fisher</a></li></ul> <p><b>Big Ten Leadership Award</b> </p> <ul><li>2020 Napoleon Harris</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Academic_awards_and_achievements">Academic awards and achievements</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Northwestern_Wildcats_football&action=edit&section=35" title="Edit section: Academic awards and achievements"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="American_Football_Coaches_Association">American Football Coaches Association</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Northwestern_Wildcats_football&action=edit&section=36" title="Edit section: American Football Coaches Association"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><b>Academic Achievement Award </b> </p><p>presented to the top FBS football program for graduation rate: <b>1998, 2002, 2004, 2005, 2007, 2010, 2012, 2014, 2016, 2017</b> </p><p>(Only Duke has received more awards)<sup id="cite_ref-AFCA_4-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-AFCA-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="CoSIDA_Academic_All-America">CoSIDA Academic All-America</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Northwestern_Wildcats_football&action=edit&section=37" title="Edit section: CoSIDA Academic All-America"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><b>Academic All-Americans as determined by the College Sports Information Directors of America </b><sup id="cite_ref-117" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-117"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>117<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1184024115"><div class="div-col" style="column-width: 22em;"> <ul><li>1956: Al Viola (<a href="/wiki/Guard_(American_football)" class="mw-redirect" title="Guard (American football)">G</a>)</li> <li>1958: <a href="/wiki/Andy_Cvercko" title="Andy Cvercko">Andy Cvercko</a> (<a href="/wiki/Tackle_(gridiron_football_position)" title="Tackle (gridiron football position)">T</a>) & Gene Gossage (<a href="/wiki/Tackle_(gridiron_football_position)" title="Tackle (gridiron football position)">T</a>)</li> <li>1961: Larry Onesti (<a href="/wiki/Center_(gridiron_football)" title="Center (gridiron football)">C</a>)</li> <li>1962: <a href="/wiki/Paul_Flatley" title="Paul Flatley">Paul Flatley</a> (End)</li> <li>1963: <a href="/wiki/George_Burman" title="George Burman">George Burman</a> (<a href="/wiki/Tackle_(gridiron_football_position)" title="Tackle (gridiron football position)">T</a>)</li> <li>1970: Eric Hutchinson (<a href="/wiki/Defensive_back" title="Defensive back">DB</a>) & Joe Zigulich (<a href="/wiki/Center_(gridiron_football)" title="Center (gridiron football)">C</a>)</li> <li>1972: Mitch Anderson (<a href="/wiki/Quarterback" title="Quarterback">QB</a>)</li> <li>1975: <a href="/wiki/Randy_Dean" title="Randy Dean">Randy Dean</a> (<a href="/wiki/Quarterback" title="Quarterback">QB</a>)</li> <li>1976: Randy Dean (<a href="/wiki/Quarterback" title="Quarterback">QB</a>)</li> <li>1979: Kevin Berg (<a href="/wiki/Linebacker" title="Linebacker">LB</a>)</li> <li>1980: Jim Ford (<a href="/wiki/Offensive_tackle" class="mw-redirect" title="Offensive tackle">OT</a>)</li> <li>1986: Mike Baum (<a href="/wiki/Offensive_tackle" class="mw-redirect" title="Offensive tackle">OT</a>), Bob Dirkes (<a href="/wiki/Guard_(American_football)" class="mw-redirect" title="Guard (American football)">G</a>), Todd Krehbiel (<a href="/wiki/Defensive_back" title="Defensive back">DB</a>) & Brian Nuffer (<a href="/wiki/Running_back" title="Running back">RB</a>)</li> <li>1987: Mike Baum (<a href="/wiki/Offensive_tackle" class="mw-redirect" title="Offensive tackle">OT</a>)</li> <li>1988: Mike Baum (<a href="/wiki/Offensive_tackle" class="mw-redirect" title="Offensive tackle">OT</a>)</li> <li>1990: Ira Adler (<a href="/wiki/Placekicker" title="Placekicker">K</a>)</li> <li>1995: Ryan Padgett (<a href="/wiki/Offensive_line" class="mw-redirect" title="Offensive line">OL</a>) & Sam Valenzisi (<a href="/wiki/Placekicker" title="Placekicker">K</a>)</li> <li>1997: <a href="/wiki/Barry_Gardner" title="Barry Gardner">Barry Gardner</a> (<a href="/wiki/Linebacker" title="Linebacker">LB</a>)</li> <li>2002: <a href="/wiki/Jason_Wright" title="Jason Wright">Jason Wright</a> (<a href="/wiki/Running_back" title="Running back">RB</a>)</li> <li>2003: Jason Wright (<a href="/wiki/Running_back" title="Running back">RB</a>) & Jeff Backes (<a href="/wiki/Cornerback" title="Cornerback">CB</a>)</li> <li>2004: Jeff Backes (<a href="/wiki/Cornerback" title="Cornerback">CB</a>) & <a href="/wiki/Luis_Castillo_(American_football)" title="Luis Castillo (American football)">Luis Castillo</a> (<a href="/wiki/Defensive_tackle" title="Defensive tackle">DT</a>)</li> <li>2008: Phil Brunner (<a href="/wiki/Long_snapper" title="Long snapper">LS</a>)</li> <li>2009: Zeke Markshausen (<a href="/wiki/Wide_receiver" title="Wide receiver">WR</a>) & Stefan Demos (<a href="/wiki/Placekicker" title="Placekicker">K</a>)</li></ul> </div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="National_Football_Foundation">National Football Foundation</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Northwestern_Wildcats_football&action=edit&section=38" title="Edit section: National Football Foundation"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><b>National Scholar-Athlete Award </b><sup id="cite_ref-118" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-118"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>118<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <ul><li>1976: <a href="/wiki/Randy_Dean" title="Randy Dean">Randy Dean</a></li> <li>1998: Barry Gardner</li> <li>2012: Patrick Ward</li> <li>2014: Brandon Vitabile</li> <li>2017: <a href="/wiki/Justin_Jackson_(American_football)" title="Justin Jackson (American football)">Justin Jackson</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Notable_alumni">Notable alumni</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Northwestern_Wildcats_football&action=edit&section=39" title="Edit section: Notable alumni"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">See also: <a href="/wiki/Category:Northwestern_Wildcats_football_players" title="Category:Northwestern Wildcats football players">Category:Northwestern Wildcats football players</a>, <a href="/wiki/Northwestern_Wildcats_football_statistical_leaders" title="Northwestern Wildcats football statistical leaders">Northwestern Wildcats football statistical leaders</a>, and <a href="/wiki/List_of_Northwestern_Wildcats_in_the_NFL_draft" title="List of Northwestern Wildcats in the NFL draft">List of Northwestern Wildcats in the NFL draft</a></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Current_NFL_players">Current NFL players</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Northwestern_Wildcats_football&action=edit&section=40" title="Edit section: Current NFL players"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Anthony_Walker_(American_Football)" class="mw-redirect" title="Anthony Walker (American Football)">Anthony Walker</a>, <a href="/wiki/Cleveland_Browns" title="Cleveland Browns">Cleveland Browns</a> Linebacker</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Austin_Carr_(American_football)" title="Austin Carr (American football)">Austin Carr</a>, <a href="/wiki/New_Orleans_Saints" title="New Orleans Saints">New Orleans Saints</a> Wide Receiver</li> <li>Blake Gallagher, Free Agent <a href="/wiki/Baltimore_Ravens" title="Baltimore Ravens">Baltimore Ravens</a> Linebacker</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Blake_Hance" title="Blake Hance">Blake Hance</a>, Free Agent <a href="/wiki/Cleveland_Browns" title="Cleveland Browns">Cleveland Browns</a> Offensive Tackle</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Clayton_Thorson" title="Clayton Thorson">Clayton Thorson</a>, <a href="/wiki/New_York_Giants" title="New York Giants">New York Giants</a> Quarterback</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Corbin_Bryant" title="Corbin Bryant">Corbin Bryant</a>, <a href="/wiki/Free_Agent" class="mw-redirect" title="Free Agent">Free Agent</a> Defensive Tackle</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Danny_Vitale" title="Danny Vitale">Danny Vitale</a>, <a href="/wiki/New_England_Patriots" title="New England Patriots">New England Patriots</a> Fullback</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dean_Lowry" title="Dean Lowry">Dean Lowry</a>, <a href="/wiki/Green_Bay_Packers" title="Green Bay Packers">Green Bay Packers</a> Defensive End</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Earnest_Brown_IV" title="Earnest Brown IV">Earnest Brown IV</a>, Free Agent <a href="/wiki/Los_Angeles_Rams" title="Los Angeles Rams">Los Angeles Rams</a> Defensive End</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Greg_Newsome_II" title="Greg Newsome II">Greg Newsome</a>, <a href="/wiki/Cleveland_Browns" title="Cleveland Browns">Cleveland Browns</a> Cornerback</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Godwin_Igwebuike" title="Godwin Igwebuike">Godwin Igwebuike</a>, Free Agent <a href="/wiki/Atlanta_Falcons" title="Atlanta Falcons">Atlanta Falcons</a> Running Back</li> <li>Gunnar Vogel, Free Agent <a href="/wiki/Chicago_Bears" title="Chicago Bears">Chicago Bears</a> Offensive Tackle</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hunter_Niswander" title="Hunter Niswander">Hunter Niswander</a>, Free Agent <a href="/wiki/Dallas_Cowboys" title="Dallas Cowboys">Dallas Cowboys</a> Punter</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ibraheim_Campbell" title="Ibraheim Campbell">Ibraheim Campbell</a>, <a href="/wiki/Dallas_Cowboys" title="Dallas Cowboys">Dallas Cowboys</a> Safety</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ifeadi_Odenigbo" title="Ifeadi Odenigbo">Ifeadi Odenigbo</a>, <a href="/wiki/New_York_Giants" title="New York Giants">New York Giants</a> Defensive End</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Joe_Gaziano" title="Joe Gaziano">Joe Gaziano</a>, Free Agent <a href="/wiki/Los_Angeles_Chargers" title="Los Angeles Chargers">Los Angeles Chargers</a> Defensive End</li> <li>John Raine, Free Agent <a href="/wiki/Atlanta_Falcons" title="Atlanta Falcons">Atlanta Falcons</a> Tight End</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Joseph_Jones_(American_football)" title="Joseph Jones (American football)">Joseph Jones</a>, Free Agent <a href="/wiki/Tampa_Bay_Buccaneers" title="Tampa Bay Buccaneers">Tampa Bay Buccaneers</a> Linebacker</li> <li>JR Pace, Free Agent <a href="/wiki/Atlanta_Falcons" title="Atlanta Falcons">Atlanta Falcons</a> Safety</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Justin_Jackson_(American_football)" title="Justin Jackson (American football)">Justin Jackson</a>, <a href="/wiki/Los_Angeles_Chargers" title="Los Angeles Chargers">Los Angeles Chargers</a> Running Back</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Montre_Hartage" title="Montre Hartage">Montre Hartage</a>, Free Agent <a href="/wiki/New_York_Giants" title="New York Giants">New York Giants</a> Safety</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nate_Hall" title="Nate Hall">Nate Hall</a>, Free Agent <a href="/wiki/Houston_Texans" title="Houston Texans">Houston Texans</a> Line Backer</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Paddy_Fisher" title="Paddy Fisher">Paddy Fisher</a>, Free Agent <a href="/wiki/Carolina_Panthers" title="Carolina Panthers">Carolina Panthers</a> Linebacker</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Peyton_Ramsey" title="Peyton Ramsey">Peyton Ramsey</a>, Free Agent <a href="/wiki/Carolina_Panthers" title="Carolina Panthers">Carolina Panthers</a> Quarterback</li> <li>Ramaud Chiaokhio-Bowman, Free Agent <a href="/wiki/Dallas_Cowboys" title="Dallas Cowboys">Dallas Cowboys</a> Wide Receiver</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rashawn_Slater" title="Rashawn Slater">Rashawn Slater</a>, <a href="/wiki/Los_Angeles_Chargers" title="Los Angeles Chargers">Los Angeles Chargers</a> Offensive Tackle</li> <li>Riley Lees, Free Agent <a href="/wiki/Cincinnati_Bengals" title="Cincinnati Bengals">Cincinnati Bengals</a> Wide Receiver</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sherrick_McManis" title="Sherrick McManis">Sherrick McManis</a>, <a href="/wiki/Chicago_Bears" title="Chicago Bears">Chicago Bears</a> Cornerback</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Trevor_Siemian" title="Trevor Siemian">Trevor Siemian</a>, <a href="/wiki/New_York_Jets" title="New York Jets">New York Jets</a> Quarterback</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tyler_Lancaster" title="Tyler Lancaster">Tyler Lancaster</a>, <a href="/wiki/Green_Bay_Packers" title="Green Bay Packers">Green Bay Packers</a> Defensive Tackle</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Peter_Skoronski" title="Peter Skoronski">Peter Skoronski</a>, <a href="/wiki/Tennessee_Titans" title="Tennessee Titans">Tennessee Titans</a> Offensive Tackle</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Other_alumni">Other alumni</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Northwestern_Wildcats_football&action=edit&section=41" title="Edit section: Other alumni"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div><p> • Emad Alayoubi, former NFL running back<style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1216972533">.mw-parser-output .col-begin{border-collapse:collapse;padding:0;color:inherit;width:100%;border:0;margin:0}.mw-parser-output .col-begin-small{font-size:90%}.mw-parser-output .col-break{vertical-align:top;text-align:left}.mw-parser-output .col-break-2{width:50%}.mw-parser-output .col-break-3{width:33.3%}.mw-parser-output .col-break-4{width:25%}.mw-parser-output .col-break-5{width:20%}@media(max-width:720px){.mw-parser-output .col-begin,.mw-parser-output .col-begin>tbody,.mw-parser-output .col-begin>tbody>tr,.mw-parser-output .col-begin>tbody>tr>td{display:block!important;width:100%!important}.mw-parser-output .col-break{padding-left:0!important}}</style></p><div> <table class="col-begin" role="presentation"> <tbody><tr> <td class="col-break col-break-3"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Mike_Adamle" title="Mike Adamle">Mike Adamle</a>, Chicago sports radio personality; former NFL running back</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dick_Alban" title="Dick Alban">Dick Alban</a>, Defensive back</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Damien_Anderson" title="Damien Anderson">Damien Anderson</a>, NFL running back</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Doug_Asad" title="Doug Asad">Doug Asad</a>, (<a href="/wiki/Oakland_Raiders" title="Oakland Raiders">Oakland Raiders</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Darryl_Ashmore" title="Darryl Ashmore">Darryl Ashmore</a>, Offensive lineman</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Darnell_Autry" title="Darnell Autry">Darnell Autry</a>, former NFL Running back; former <a href="/wiki/Heisman_Trophy" title="Heisman Trophy">Heisman Trophy</a> finalist</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ralph_Baker_(halfback)" title="Ralph Baker (halfback)">Ralph Baker</a>, halfback</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cas_Banaszek" title="Cas Banaszek">Cas Banaszek</a>, (<a href="/wiki/San_Francisco_49ers" title="San Francisco 49ers">San Francisco 49ers</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/D%27Wayne_Bates" title="D'Wayne Bates">D'Wayne Bates</a>, former NFL wide receiver</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Brett_Basanez" title="Brett Basanez">Brett Basanez</a>, quarterback</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Alf_Bauman" title="Alf Bauman">Alf Bauman</a>, Tackle</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sean_Bennett_(gridiron_football)" title="Sean Bennett (gridiron football)">Sean Bennett</a>, Fullback</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Larry_Benz" title="Larry Benz">Larry Benz</a>, (<a href="/wiki/Cleveland_Browns" title="Cleveland Browns">Cleveland Browns</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hank_Bruder" title="Hank Bruder">Hank Bruder</a>, (<a href="/wiki/Green_Bay_Packers" title="Green Bay Packers">Green Bay Packers</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/George_Burman" title="George Burman">George Burman</a>, Offensive Line</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ron_Burton" title="Ron Burton">Ron Burton</a>, former <a href="/wiki/New_England_Patriots" title="New England Patriots">New England Patriots</a> Running back</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Woody_Campbell_(football_player)" class="mw-redirect" title="Woody Campbell (football player)">Woody Campbell</a>, <a href="/wiki/Houston_Oilers" title="Houston Oilers">Houston Oilers</a> AFL All-Star</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bob_Christian_(American_football)" title="Bob Christian (American football)">Bob Christian</a>, (<a href="/wiki/Atlanta_Falcons" title="Atlanta Falcons">Atlanta Falcons</a>) Fullback</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Barry_Cofield" title="Barry Cofield">Barry Cofield</a>, (<a href="/wiki/New_York_Giants" title="New York Giants">New York Giants</a>) NT</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Joe_Collier" title="Joe Collier">Joe Collier</a>, Former (<a href="/wiki/Buffalo_Bills" title="Buffalo Bills">Buffalo Bills</a>) head coach</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Javiar_Collins" title="Javiar Collins">Javiar Collins</a>, tackle</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Steve_Craig" title="Steve Craig">Steve Craig</a>, (<a href="/wiki/Minnesota_Vikings" title="Minnesota Vikings">Minnesota Vikings</a>) Tight end</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Irv_Cross" title="Irv Cross">Irv Cross</a>, (<a href="/wiki/Philadelphia_Eagles" title="Philadelphia Eagles">Philadelphia Eagles</a>) Defensive back</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Andy_Cvercko" title="Andy Cvercko">Andy Cvercko</a>, Guard</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Casey_Dailey" title="Casey Dailey">Casey Dailey</a>, former <a href="/wiki/New_York_Jets" title="New York Jets">New York Jets</a> Linebacker</li></ul> </td> <td class="col-break col-break-3"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Randy_Dean" title="Randy Dean">Randy Dean</a>, NFL quarterback, handball player at the <a href="/wiki/Handball_at_the_1976_Summer_Olympics" title="Handball at the 1976 Summer Olympics">1976 Summer Olympics</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Robert_Dean_(handballer)" title="Robert Dean (handballer)">Robert Dean</a>, handball player at the <a href="/wiki/Handball_at_the_1976_Summer_Olympics" title="Handball at the 1976 Summer Olympics">1976 Summer Olympics</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bill_DeCorrevont" title="Bill DeCorrevont">Bill DeCorrevont</a>,</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Paddy_Driscoll" title="Paddy Driscoll">John L. "Paddy" Driscoll</a>, football player and coach</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Curtis_Duncan" title="Curtis Duncan">Curtis Duncan</a>, (<a href="/wiki/Houston_Oilers" title="Houston Oilers">Houston Oilers</a>) Wide receiver</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fate_Echols" title="Fate Echols">Fate Echols</a>, <a href="/wiki/St._Louis_Cardinals_(NFL)" title="St. Louis Cardinals (NFL)">St. Louis Cardinals</a> player</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dick_Fencl" title="Dick Fencl">Dick Fencl</a>, NFL end</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pat_Fitzgerald" title="Pat Fitzgerald">Pat Fitzgerald</a>, former <a href="/wiki/Northwestern_Wildcats" title="Northwestern Wildcats">Northwestern Wildcats</a> football head coach</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Paul_Flatley" title="Paul Flatley">Paul Flatley</a>, Wide receiver<sup id="cite_ref-119" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-119"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>119<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Barry_Gardner" title="Barry Gardner">Barry Gardner</a>, (<a href="/wiki/Philadelphia_Eagles" title="Philadelphia Eagles">Philadelphia Eagles</a>) linebacker</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Brian_Gowins" title="Brian Gowins">Brian Gowins</a>, football player (<a href="/wiki/Chicago_Bears" title="Chicago Bears">Chicago Bears</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Otto_Graham" title="Otto Graham">Otto Graham</a>, <a href="/wiki/Cleveland_Browns" title="Cleveland Browns">Cleveland Browns</a> quarterback; member, <a href="/wiki/NFL_75th_Anniversary_All-Time_Team" title="NFL 75th Anniversary All-Time Team">NFL 75th Anniversary All-Time Team</a> and Pro Football Hall of Fame</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Napoleon_Harris" title="Napoleon Harris">Napoleon Harris</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Noah_Herron" title="Noah Herron">Noah Herron</a>, current <a href="/wiki/Hartford_Colonials" title="Hartford Colonials">Hartford Colonials</a> running back</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chris_Hinton" title="Chris Hinton">Chris Hinton</a>, 7-time NFL All-Pro offensive tackle</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tom_Homco" title="Tom Homco">Tom Homco</a>, Linebacker</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Luke_Johnsos" title="Luke Johnsos">Luke Johnsos</a>, (<a href="/wiki/Chicago_Bears" title="Chicago Bears">Chicago Bears</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mike_Kerrigan" title="Mike Kerrigan">Mike Kerrigan</a>, Former NFL and CFL Quarterback</li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Kidd_(American_football)" title="John Kidd (American football)">John Kidd</a>, Punter</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Elbert_Kimbrough" title="Elbert Kimbrough">Elbert Kimbrough</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Austin_King" title="Austin King">Austin King</a>, Center</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kain_Colter" title="Kain Colter">Kain Colter</a>, a free agent</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jim_Lash" title="Jim Lash">Jim Lash</a>, Wide receiver</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chuck_Logan_(American_football)" title="Chuck Logan (American football)">Chuck Logan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Edgar_Manske" title="Edgar Manske">Edgar Manske</a>, 1933 All-American</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tim_McGarigle" title="Tim McGarigle">Tim McGarigle</a>, (<a href="/wiki/St._Louis_Rams" title="St. Louis Rams">St. Louis Rams</a>) Linebacker</li></ul> </td> <td class="col-break col-break-3"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Al_Moore_(American_football)" title="Al Moore (American football)">Al Moore</a>, (<a href="/wiki/Chicago_Bears" title="Chicago Bears">Chicago Bears</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ikechuku_Ndukwe" title="Ikechuku Ndukwe">Ikechuku Ndukwe</a>, offensive lineman</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Matt_O%27Dwyer" title="Matt O'Dwyer">Matt O'Dwyer</a>, Offensive guard</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ara_Parseghian" title="Ara Parseghian">Ara Parseghian</a>, legendary football coach of numerous programs, most notably <a href="/wiki/Notre_Dame_Fighting_Irish_football" title="Notre Dame Fighting Irish football">Notre Dame</a>; former NFL player</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Eric_Peterman" title="Eric Peterman">Eric Peterman</a>, <a href="/wiki/Chicago_Bears" title="Chicago Bears">Chicago Bears</a> wide receiver</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kyle_Prater" title="Kyle Prater">Kyle Prater</a>, wide receiver</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ron_Rector" title="Ron Rector">Ron Rector</a>, running back</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Steve_Reid_(American_football)" title="Steve Reid (American football)">Steve Reid</a>, Guard, College Football Hall-of-Famer</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pug_Rentner" title="Pug Rentner">Pug Rentner</a>, Halfback and Quarterback, 1931 All-American, 1932 Team MVP</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jeff_Roehl" title="Jeff Roehl">Jeff Roehl</a>, offensive tackle</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jack_Rudnay" title="Jack Rudnay">Jack Rudnay</a>, <a href="/wiki/Kansas_City_Chiefs" title="Kansas City Chiefs">Kansas City Chiefs</a> Pro Bowl center</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pete_Shaw_(American_football)" title="Pete Shaw (American football)">Pete Shaw</a>, safety</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sam_Simmons_(American_football)" title="Sam Simmons (American football)">Sam Simmons</a>, wide receiver (<a href="/wiki/Miami_Dolphins" title="Miami Dolphins">Miami Dolphins</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mike_Stock_(football_coach)" class="mw-redirect" title="Mike Stock (football coach)">Mike Stock</a>, <a href="/wiki/Coach_(sport)" title="Coach (sport)">coach</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Zach_Strief" title="Zach Strief">Zach Strief</a>, <a href="/wiki/New_Orleans_Saints" title="New Orleans Saints">New Orleans Saints</a> offensive tackle</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Don_Stonesifer" title="Don Stonesifer">Don Stonesifer</a>, (<a href="/wiki/Chicago_Cardinals" title="Chicago Cardinals">Chicago Cardinals</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Steve_Tasker" title="Steve Tasker">Steve Tasker</a>, (<a href="/wiki/Buffalo_Bills" title="Buffalo Bills">Buffalo Bills</a>) wide receiver, seven-time NFL Pro Bowler, considered one of the great <a href="/wiki/Special_teams" class="mw-redirect" title="Special teams">special teams</a> players in NFL history</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rob_Taylor_(American_football)" title="Rob Taylor (American football)">Rob Taylor</a>, offensive tackle</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rick_Telander" title="Rick Telander">Rick Telander</a>, <a href="/wiki/Chicago_Sun-Times" title="Chicago Sun-Times">Chicago Sun-Times</a> columnist</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dick_Thornton_(Canadian_football)" title="Dick Thornton (Canadian football)">Dick Thornton</a>, former CFL quarterback</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Matt_Ulrich" title="Matt Ulrich">Matt Ulrich</a>, football player (<a href="/wiki/Indianapolis_Colts" title="Indianapolis Colts">Indianapolis Colts</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mike_Varty" title="Mike Varty">Mike Varty</a>, linebacker</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rick_Venturi" title="Rick Venturi">Rick Venturi</a>, <a href="/wiki/Coach_(sport)" title="Coach (sport)">coach</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Norm_Wells" title="Norm Wells">Norm Wells</a>, <a href="/wiki/Dallas_Cowboys" title="Dallas Cowboys">Dallas Cowboys</a> offensive lineman</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ray_Wietecha" title="Ray Wietecha">Ray Wietecha</a>, center, former <a href="/wiki/Green_Bay_Packers" title="Green Bay Packers">Green Bay Packers</a> offensive coordinator</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fred_%22The_Hammer%22_Williamson" class="mw-redirect" title="Fred "The Hammer" Williamson">Fred "The Hammer" Williamson</a>, Former AFL All-Star</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mike_Witteck" title="Mike Witteck">Mike Witteck</a>, linebacker</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jason_Wright" title="Jason Wright">Jason Wright</a>, running back</li></ul> <p>  </p> </td></tr></tbody></table></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Media">Media</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Northwestern_Wildcats_football&action=edit&section=42" title="Edit section: Media"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Northwestern's student radio station, <a href="/wiki/WNUR" class="mw-redirect" title="WNUR">WNUR</a>, broadcasts games with Northwestern students as announcers. Commercial broadcasts are handled by <a href="/wiki/WGN_(AM)" title="WGN (AM)">WGN (AM)</a>, with longtime Wildcat radio announcer <a href="/w/index.php?title=Dave_Eanet&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Dave Eanet (page does not exist)">Dave Eanet</a> handling play-by-play and <a href="/wiki/Ted_Albrecht" title="Ted Albrecht">Ted Albrecht</a> as color commentator. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Future_non-conference_opponents">Future non-conference opponents</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Northwestern_Wildcats_football&action=edit&section=43" title="Edit section: Future non-conference opponents"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Announced schedules as of April 10, 2024.<sup id="cite_ref-nonconfopp_120-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-nonconfopp-120"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>120<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <table class="wikitable"> <tbody><tr> <th scope="col" style="background-color:#4E2A84;color:#FFFFFF;box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #000000, inset -2px -2px 0 #000000;">2024 </th> <th scope="col" style="background-color:#4E2A84;color:#FFFFFF;box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #000000, inset -2px -2px 0 #000000;">2025 </th> <th scope="col" style="background-color:#4E2A84;color:#FFFFFF;box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #000000, inset -2px -2px 0 #000000;">2026 </th> <th scope="col" style="background-color:#4E2A84;color:#FFFFFF;box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #000000, inset -2px -2px 0 #000000;">2027 </th> <th scope="col" style="background-color:#4E2A84;color:#FFFFFF;box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #000000, inset -2px -2px 0 #000000;">2028 </th> <th scope="col" style="background-color:#4E2A84;color:#FFFFFF;box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #000000, inset -2px -2px 0 #000000;">2029 </th> <th scope="col" style="background-color:#4E2A84;color:#FFFFFF;box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #000000, inset -2px -2px 0 #000000;">2030 </th> <th scope="col" style="background-color:#4E2A84;color:#FFFFFF;box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #000000, inset -2px -2px 0 #000000;">2031 </th></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Miami_Redhawks_football" class="mw-redirect" title="Miami Redhawks football">Miami (OH)</a> </td> <td>at <a href="/wiki/Tulane_Green_Wave_football" title="Tulane Green Wave football">Tulane</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/South_Dakota_State_Jackrabbits_football" title="South Dakota State Jackrabbits football">South Dakota State</a> </td> <td>at <a href="/wiki/Colorado_Buffaloes_football" title="Colorado Buffaloes football">Colorado</a> </td> <td> </td> <td>at <a href="/wiki/Rice_Owls_football" title="Rice Owls football">Rice</a> </td> <td> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Rice_Owls_football" title="Rice Owls football">Rice</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Duke_Blue_Devils_football" title="Duke Blue Devils football">Duke</a> </td> <td> </td> <td><a 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href="/wiki/1886_Northwestern_Purple_football_team" title="1886 Northwestern Purple football team">1886</a></li> <li><span style="color:gray">1887</span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1888_Northwestern_Purple_football_team" title="1888 Northwestern Purple football team">1888</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1889_Northwestern_Purple_football_team" title="1889 Northwestern Purple football team">1889</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1890_Northwestern_Purple_football_team" title="1890 Northwestern Purple football team">1890</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1891_Northwestern_Purple_football_team" title="1891 Northwestern Purple football team">1891</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1892_Northwestern_Purple_football_team" title="1892 Northwestern Purple football team">1892</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1893_Northwestern_Purple_football_team" title="1893 Northwestern Purple football team">1893</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1894_Northwestern_Purple_football_team" title="1894 Northwestern Purple football team">1894</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1895_Northwestern_Purple_football_team" title="1895 Northwestern Purple football team">1895</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1896_Northwestern_Purple_football_team" title="1896 Northwestern Purple football team">1896</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1897_Northwestern_Purple_football_team" title="1897 Northwestern Purple football team">1897</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1898_Northwestern_Purple_football_team" title="1898 Northwestern Purple football team">1898</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1899_Northwestern_Purple_football_team" title="1899 Northwestern Purple football team">1899</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1900_Northwestern_Purple_football_team" title="1900 Northwestern Purple football team">1900</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1901_Northwestern_Purple_football_team" title="1901 Northwestern Purple football team">1901</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1902_Northwestern_Purple_football_team" title="1902 Northwestern Purple football team">1902</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1903_Northwestern_Purple_football_team" title="1903 Northwestern Purple football team">1903</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1904_Northwestern_Purple_football_team" title="1904 Northwestern Purple football team">1904</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1905_Northwestern_Purple_football_team" title="1905 Northwestern Purple football team">1905</a></li> <li><span style="color:gray">1906–1907</span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1908_Northwestern_Purple_football_team" title="1908 Northwestern Purple football team">1908</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1909_Northwestern_Purple_football_team" title="1909 Northwestern Purple football team">1909</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1910_Northwestern_Purple_football_team" title="1910 Northwestern Purple football team">1910</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1911_Northwestern_Purple_football_team" title="1911 Northwestern Purple football team">1911</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1912_Northwestern_Purple_football_team" title="1912 Northwestern Purple football team">1912</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1913_Northwestern_Purple_football_team" title="1913 Northwestern Purple football team">1913</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1914_Northwestern_Purple_football_team" title="1914 Northwestern Purple football team">1914</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1915_Northwestern_Purple_football_team" title="1915 Northwestern Purple football team">1915</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1916_Northwestern_Purple_football_team" title="1916 Northwestern Purple football team">1916</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1917_Northwestern_Purple_football_team" title="1917 Northwestern Purple football team">1917</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1918_Northwestern_Purple_football_team" title="1918 Northwestern Purple football team">1918</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1919_Northwestern_Purple_football_team" title="1919 Northwestern Purple football team">1919</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1920_Northwestern_Purple_football_team" title="1920 Northwestern Purple football team">1920</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1921_Northwestern_Purple_football_team" title="1921 Northwestern Purple football team">1921</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1922_Northwestern_Purple_football_team" title="1922 Northwestern Purple football team">1922</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1923_Northwestern_Purple_football_team" title="1923 Northwestern Purple football team">1923</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1924_Northwestern_Wildcats_football_team" title="1924 Northwestern Wildcats football team">1924</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1925_Northwestern_Wildcats_football_team" title="1925 Northwestern Wildcats football team">1925</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1926_Northwestern_Wildcats_football_team" title="1926 Northwestern Wildcats football team">1926</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1927_Northwestern_Wildcats_football_team" title="1927 Northwestern Wildcats football team">1927</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1928_Northwestern_Wildcats_football_team" title="1928 Northwestern Wildcats football team">1928</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1929_Northwestern_Wildcats_football_team" title="1929 Northwestern Wildcats football team">1929</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1930_Northwestern_Wildcats_football_team" title="1930 Northwestern Wildcats football team">1930</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1931_Northwestern_Wildcats_football_team" title="1931 Northwestern Wildcats football team">1931</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1932_Northwestern_Wildcats_football_team" title="1932 Northwestern Wildcats football team">1932</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1933_Northwestern_Wildcats_football_team" title="1933 Northwestern Wildcats football team">1933</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1934_Northwestern_Wildcats_football_team" title="1934 Northwestern Wildcats football team">1934</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1935_Northwestern_Wildcats_football_team" title="1935 Northwestern Wildcats football team">1935</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1936_Northwestern_Wildcats_football_team" title="1936 Northwestern Wildcats football team">1936</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1937_Northwestern_Wildcats_football_team" title="1937 Northwestern Wildcats football team">1937</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1938_Northwestern_Wildcats_football_team" title="1938 Northwestern Wildcats football team">1938</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1939_Northwestern_Wildcats_football_team" title="1939 Northwestern Wildcats football team">1939</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1940_Northwestern_Wildcats_football_team" title="1940 Northwestern Wildcats football team">1940</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1941_Northwestern_Wildcats_football_team" title="1941 Northwestern Wildcats football team">1941</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1942_Northwestern_Wildcats_football_team" title="1942 Northwestern Wildcats football team">1942</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1943_Northwestern_Wildcats_football_team" title="1943 Northwestern Wildcats football team">1943</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1944_Northwestern_Wildcats_football_team" title="1944 Northwestern Wildcats football team">1944</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1945_Northwestern_Wildcats_football_team" title="1945 Northwestern Wildcats football team">1945</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1946_Northwestern_Wildcats_football_team" title="1946 Northwestern Wildcats football team">1946</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1947_Northwestern_Wildcats_football_team" title="1947 Northwestern Wildcats football team">1947</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1948_Northwestern_Wildcats_football_team" title="1948 Northwestern Wildcats football team">1948</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1949_Northwestern_Wildcats_football_team" title="1949 Northwestern Wildcats football team">1949</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1950_Northwestern_Wildcats_football_team" title="1950 Northwestern Wildcats football team">1950</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1951_Northwestern_Wildcats_football_team" title="1951 Northwestern Wildcats football team">1951</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1952_Northwestern_Wildcats_football_team" title="1952 Northwestern Wildcats football team">1952</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1953_Northwestern_Wildcats_football_team" title="1953 Northwestern Wildcats football team">1953</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1954_Northwestern_Wildcats_football_team" title="1954 Northwestern Wildcats football team">1954</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1955_Northwestern_Wildcats_football_team" title="1955 Northwestern Wildcats football team">1955</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1956_Northwestern_Wildcats_football_team" title="1956 Northwestern Wildcats football team">1956</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1957_Northwestern_Wildcats_football_team" title="1957 Northwestern Wildcats football team">1957</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1958_Northwestern_Wildcats_football_team" title="1958 Northwestern Wildcats football team">1958</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1959_Northwestern_Wildcats_football_team" title="1959 Northwestern Wildcats football team">1959</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1960_Northwestern_Wildcats_football_team" title="1960 Northwestern Wildcats football team">1960</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1961_Northwestern_Wildcats_football_team" title="1961 Northwestern Wildcats football team">1961</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1962_Northwestern_Wildcats_football_team" title="1962 Northwestern Wildcats football team">1962</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1963_Northwestern_Wildcats_football_team" title="1963 Northwestern Wildcats football team">1963</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1964_Northwestern_Wildcats_football_team" title="1964 Northwestern Wildcats football team">1964</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1965_Northwestern_Wildcats_football_team" title="1965 Northwestern Wildcats football team">1965</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1966_Northwestern_Wildcats_football_team" title="1966 Northwestern Wildcats football team">1966</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1967_Northwestern_Wildcats_football_team" title="1967 Northwestern Wildcats football team">1967</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1968_Northwestern_Wildcats_football_team" title="1968 Northwestern Wildcats football team">1968</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1969_Northwestern_Wildcats_football_team" title="1969 Northwestern Wildcats football team">1969</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1970_Northwestern_Wildcats_football_team" title="1970 Northwestern Wildcats football team">1970</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1971_Northwestern_Wildcats_football_team" title="1971 Northwestern Wildcats football team">1971</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1972_Northwestern_Wildcats_football_team" title="1972 Northwestern Wildcats football team">1972</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1973_Northwestern_Wildcats_football_team" title="1973 Northwestern Wildcats football team">1973</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1974_Northwestern_Wildcats_football_team" title="1974 Northwestern Wildcats football team">1974</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1975_Northwestern_Wildcats_football_team" title="1975 Northwestern Wildcats football team">1975</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1976_Northwestern_Wildcats_football_team" title="1976 Northwestern Wildcats football team">1976</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1977_Northwestern_Wildcats_football_team" title="1977 Northwestern Wildcats football team">1977</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1978_Northwestern_Wildcats_football_team" title="1978 Northwestern Wildcats football team">1978</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1979_Northwestern_Wildcats_football_team" title="1979 Northwestern Wildcats football team">1979</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1980_Northwestern_Wildcats_football_team" title="1980 Northwestern Wildcats football team">1980</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1981_Northwestern_Wildcats_football_team" title="1981 Northwestern Wildcats football team">1981</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1982_Northwestern_Wildcats_football_team" title="1982 Northwestern Wildcats football team">1982</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1983_Northwestern_Wildcats_football_team" title="1983 Northwestern Wildcats football team">1983</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1984_Northwestern_Wildcats_football_team" title="1984 Northwestern Wildcats football team">1984</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1985_Northwestern_Wildcats_football_team" title="1985 Northwestern Wildcats football team">1985</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1986_Northwestern_Wildcats_football_team" title="1986 Northwestern Wildcats football team">1986</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1987_Northwestern_Wildcats_football_team" title="1987 Northwestern Wildcats football team">1987</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1988_Northwestern_Wildcats_football_team" title="1988 Northwestern Wildcats football team">1988</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1989_Northwestern_Wildcats_football_team" title="1989 Northwestern Wildcats football team">1989</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1990_Northwestern_Wildcats_football_team" title="1990 Northwestern Wildcats football team">1990</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1991_Northwestern_Wildcats_football_team" title="1991 Northwestern Wildcats football team">1991</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1992_Northwestern_Wildcats_football_team" title="1992 Northwestern Wildcats football team">1992</a></li> <li><a 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href="/wiki/2009_Northwestern_Wildcats_football_team" title="2009 Northwestern Wildcats football team">2009</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2010_Northwestern_Wildcats_football_team" title="2010 Northwestern Wildcats football team">2010</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2011_Northwestern_Wildcats_football_team" title="2011 Northwestern Wildcats football team">2011</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2012_Northwestern_Wildcats_football_team" title="2012 Northwestern Wildcats football team">2012</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2013_Northwestern_Wildcats_football_team" title="2013 Northwestern Wildcats football team">2013</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2014_Northwestern_Wildcats_football_team" title="2014 Northwestern Wildcats football team">2014</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2015_Northwestern_Wildcats_football_team" title="2015 Northwestern Wildcats football team">2015</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2016_Northwestern_Wildcats_football_team" title="2016 Northwestern Wildcats football team">2016</a></li> <li><a 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Institute">Infrastructure Technology Institute</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background-color:#4E2A84;color:white;box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #000000, inset -2px -2px 0 #000000;;width:1%">Evanston Campus</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Northwestern_University_buildings" title="List of Northwestern University buildings">Buildings</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Northwestern_University_residences" title="List of Northwestern University residences">Residences</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mary_and_Leigh_Block_Museum_of_Art" title="Mary and Leigh Block Museum of Art">Block Museum</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dearborn_Observatory" title="Dearborn Observatory">Dearborn Observatory</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Deering_Library" title="Deering Library">Deering Library</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Northwestern_University_Lakefill" title="Northwestern University Lakefill">The Lakefill</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lindheimer_Astrophysical_Research_Center" title="Lindheimer Astrophysical Research Center">Lindheimer Astrophysical Research Center</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Norris_University_Center" title="Norris University Center">Norris Center</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Northwestern_Technological_Institute" title="Northwestern Technological Institute">Technological Institute</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Old_College_(Northwestern_University)" title="Old College (Northwestern University)">Old College</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Former_Roycemore_School_building" title="Former Roycemore School building">Former Roycemore School building</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pick-Staiger_Concert_Hall" title="Pick-Staiger Concert Hall">Pick-Staiger Concert Hall</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shakespeare_Garden_(Evanston,_Illinois)" title="Shakespeare Garden (Evanston, Illinois)">Shakespeare Garden</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Theatre_%26_Interpretation_Center" title="Theatre & Interpretation Center">Wirtz Center for the Performing Arts</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/The_Rock_(Northwestern_University)" title="The Rock (Northwestern University)">The Rock</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/University_Hall_(Northwestern_University)" title="University Hall (Northwestern University)">University Hall</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Northwestern_University_Library" title="Northwestern University Library">University Library</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background-color:#4E2A84;color:white;box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #000000, inset -2px -2px 0 #000000;;width:1%">Chicago Campus</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Northwestern_University_buildings" title="List of Northwestern University buildings">Buildings</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Northwestern_University_residences" title="List of Northwestern University residences">Residences</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Galter_Pavilion" class="mw-redirect" title="Galter Pavilion">Galter Pavilion</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lurie_Children%27s_Hospital" title="Lurie Children's Hospital">Lurie Children's Hospital</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Northwestern_Memorial_Hospital" title="Northwestern Memorial Hospital">Northwestern Memorial Hospital</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Prentice_Women%27s_Hospital_Building" class="mw-redirect" title="Prentice Women's Hospital Building">Prentice Women's Hospital</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ryan_AbilityLab" title="Ryan AbilityLab">Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background-color:#4E2A84;color:white;box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #000000, inset -2px -2px 0 #000000;;width:1%">Qatar Campus</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Northwestern_University_in_Qatar" title="Northwestern University in Qatar">Northwestern Qatar</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background-color:#4E2A84;color:white;box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #000000, inset -2px -2px 0 #000000;;width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Northwestern_Wildcats" title="Northwestern Wildcats"><span style="color:white">Athletics</span></a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background-color:#4E2A84;color:white;box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #000000, inset -2px -2px 0 #000000;;width:1%">Teams</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a 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style="background-color:#4E2A84;color:white;box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #000000, inset -2px -2px 0 #000000;;width:1%">Venues</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Patten_Gymnasium" title="Patten Gymnasium">Patten Gymnasium</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rocky_Miller_Park" title="Rocky Miller Park">Rocky Miller Park</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ryan_Field_(stadium)" title="Ryan Field (stadium)">Ryan Field</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Welsh%E2%80%93Ryan_Arena" title="Welsh–Ryan Arena">Welsh–Ryan Arena</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background-color:#4E2A84;color:white;box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #000000, inset -2px -2px 0 #000000;;width:1%">Related</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Northwestern_University_Wildcat_Marching_Band" title="Northwestern University Wildcat Marching Band">Marching band</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Illinois%E2%80%93Northwestern_football_rivalry" title="Illinois–Northwestern football rivalry">Illinois football rivalry</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Willie_the_Wildcat_(Northwestern)" title="Willie the Wildcat (Northwestern)">Willie the Wildcat</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background-color:#4E2A84;color:white;box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #000000, inset -2px -2px 0 #000000;;width:1%">Media</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Daily_Northwestern" title="The Daily Northwestern">The Daily Northwestern</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/North_by_Northwestern" title="North by Northwestern">North by Northwestern</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Northwestern_University_Law_Review" title="Northwestern 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style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Illinois_Fighting_Illini_football" title="Illinois Fighting Illini football">Illinois Fighting Illini</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Indiana_Hoosiers_football" title="Indiana Hoosiers football">Indiana Hoosiers</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Iowa_Hawkeyes_football" title="Iowa Hawkeyes football">Iowa Hawkeyes</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Maryland_Terrapins_football" title="Maryland Terrapins football">Maryland Terrapins</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Michigan_Wolverines_football" title="Michigan Wolverines football">Michigan Wolverines</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Michigan_State_Spartans_football" title="Michigan State Spartans football">Michigan State Spartans</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Minnesota_Golden_Gophers_football" title="Minnesota Golden Gophers football">Minnesota Golden Gophers</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nebraska_Cornhuskers_football" title="Nebraska Cornhuskers football">Nebraska Cornhuskers</a></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Northwestern Wildcats</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ohio_State_Buckeyes_football" title="Ohio State Buckeyes football">Ohio State Buckeyes</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Oregon_Ducks_football" title="Oregon Ducks football">Oregon Ducks</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Penn_State_Nittany_Lions_football" title="Penn State Nittany Lions football">Penn State Nittany Lions</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Purdue_Boilermakers_football" title="Purdue Boilermakers football">Purdue Boilermakers</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rutgers_Scarlet_Knights_football" title="Rutgers Scarlet Knights football">Rutgers Scarlet Knights</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/UCLA_Bruins_football" title="UCLA Bruins football">UCLA Bruins</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/USC_Trojans_football" title="USC Trojans football">USC Trojans</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Washington_Huskies_football" title="Washington Huskies football">Washington Huskies</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wisconsin_Badgers_football" title="Wisconsin Badgers football">Wisconsin Badgers</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background-color:#0088CE;color:white;box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #000000, inset -2px -2px 0 #000000;;width:1%">Championships & awards</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Big_Ten_Conference_football_champions" title="List of Big Ten Conference football champions">Conference champions</a></li> <li>All-time standings <a href="/wiki/List_of_Big_Ten_Conference_football_standings_(1896%E2%80%931958)" title="List of Big Ten Conference football standings (1896–1958)">(1896–1958)</a>, <a href="/wiki/List_of_Big_Ten_Conference_football_standings_(1959%E2%80%93present)" title="List of Big Ten Conference football standings (1959–present)">(1959–present)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Big_Ten_Football_Championship_Game" title="Big Ten Football 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title="1897 Western Conference football season">1897</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1898_Western_Conference_football_season" title="1898 Western Conference football season">1898</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1899_Western_Conference_football_season" title="1899 Western Conference football season">1899</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1900_Western_Conference_football_season" title="1900 Western Conference football season">1900</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1901_Western_Conference_football_season" title="1901 Western Conference football season">1901</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1902_Western_Conference_football_season" title="1902 Western Conference football season">1902</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1903_Western_Conference_football_season" title="1903 Western Conference football season">1903</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1904_Western_Conference_football_season" title="1904 Western Conference football season">1904</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1905_Western_Conference_football_season" title="1905 Western Conference football season">1905</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1906_Western_Conference_football_season&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1906 Western Conference football season (page does not exist)">1906</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1907_Western_Conference_football_season&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1907 Western Conference football season (page does not exist)">1907</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1908_Western_Conference_football_season&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1908 Western Conference football season (page does not exist)">1908</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1909_Western_Conference_football_season&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1909 Western Conference football season (page does not exist)">1909</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1910_Western_Conference_football_season&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1910 Western Conference football season (page does not exist)">1910</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1911_Western_Conference_football_season&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1911 Western Conference football season (page does not exist)">1911</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1912_Western_Conference_football_season&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1912 Western Conference football season (page does not exist)">1912</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1913_Western_Conference_football_season&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1913 Western Conference football season (page does not exist)">1913</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1914_Western_Conference_football_season&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1914 Western Conference football season (page does not exist)">1914</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1915_Western_Conference_football_season&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1915 Western Conference football season (page does not exist)">1915</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1916_Western_Conference_football_season&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1916 Western Conference football season (page does not exist)">1916</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1917_Big_Ten_Conference_football_season&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1917 Big Ten Conference football season (page does not exist)">1917</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1918_Big_Ten_Conference_football_season" title="1918 Big Ten Conference football season">1918</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1919_Big_Ten_Conference_football_season" title="1919 Big Ten Conference football season">1919</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1920_Big_Ten_Conference_football_season" title="1920 Big Ten Conference football season">1920</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1921_Big_Ten_Conference_football_season" title="1921 Big Ten Conference football season">1921</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1922_Big_Ten_Conference_football_season" title="1922 Big Ten Conference football season">1922</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1923_Big_Ten_Conference_football_season" title="1923 Big Ten Conference football season">1923</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1924_Big_Ten_Conference_football_season" title="1924 Big Ten Conference football season">1924</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1925_Big_Ten_Conference_football_season" title="1925 Big Ten Conference football season">1925</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1926_Big_Ten_Conference_football_season" title="1926 Big Ten Conference football season">1926</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1927_Big_Ten_Conference_football_season" title="1927 Big Ten Conference football season">1927</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1928_Big_Ten_Conference_football_season" title="1928 Big Ten Conference football season">1928</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1929_Big_Ten_Conference_football_season" title="1929 Big Ten Conference football season">1929</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1930_Big_Ten_Conference_football_season" title="1930 Big Ten Conference football season">1930</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1931_Big_Ten_Conference_football_season" title="1931 Big Ten Conference football season">1931</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1932_Big_Ten_Conference_football_season" title="1932 Big Ten Conference football season">1932</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1933_Big_Ten_Conference_football_season" title="1933 Big Ten Conference football season">1933</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1934_Big_Ten_Conference_football_season" title="1934 Big Ten Conference football season">1934</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1935_Big_Ten_Conference_football_season" title="1935 Big Ten Conference football season">1935</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1936_Big_Ten_Conference_football_season" title="1936 Big Ten Conference football season">1936</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1937_Big_Ten_Conference_football_season" title="1937 Big Ten Conference football season">1937</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1938_Big_Ten_Conference_football_season" title="1938 Big Ten Conference football season">1938</a></li> <li><a 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