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Northwestern will face CMU in the GameAbove Bowl.

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Hat Stays South

NU suffered breakdowns on defense, a key injury on offense, and a blizzard of interceptions in a disappointing effort against the Illini.

Here are the final HTP bowl projections...

Jesse Van Doozer (wearing the nose guard), NU's 1890s star, runs toward the goal vs. Chicago.

SCHOOL RECOGNIZES
1876 TEAM;
NU NOW THE OLDEST
TEAM IN THE MIDWEST

Northwestern officially added the February 1876 game with the Chicago Foot-Ball Club to the team's history and records, making Northwestern the oldest football team in the Midwest...

Wildcat Preview and Prediction
The Lowes Line: Illinois

It's the regular season finale and the battle for the metal headgear that could have saved our sixteenth president! Here is the Line's pick for NU vs. Illinois...

'Cats Win at Wrigley

The Wildcats finished their series at Wrigley Field with a win! NU defeated Minnesota for its sixth win, making the 'Cats bowl eligibile. Coach Braun will become the first NU coach ever to go bowling in two of his first three seasons at the helm.

NU Home Attendance Average: 16K

The Minnesota game finished NU's home game slate. With all seven home games played, here is HTP's updated annual attendance numbers for NU...

Wildcat Preview and Prediction
The Lowes Line: Michigan

This week's Lowes Line provides some helmet history (an HTP favorite topic!) in addition to the Line's pick for NU vs. Michigan...

Wildcat History
The NU - USC Series

We wrap up our posts featuring NU's series with some of its opponents this year. The final installment: the Wildcats' series with USC...

Northwestern's 2025 season is the school's 140th playing football. Now, you can read about NU's very first season and how it all began. The school's first football game was during the 1875-'76 season, making NU the oldest existing football team of any sort in the American Midwest.

Gus Hornsby's Gamble tells the story of Augustus Hornsby, the maverick English army officer who formed the Chicago Foot-Ball Club and taught the game to Northwestern students. Hornsby's story, relayed here for the first time anywhere, is a wild ride: he was a pioneer journalist, an explorer, and eventually a fabulously wealthy real estate tycoon. But his gambling addiction led to financial ruin and a stunning string of crimes that made Hornsby a nationally-hunted fugitive.

My new book provides a new glimpse into life at Northwestern at the school's infancy and describes its first football team in detail. It is a must for any fan of Northwestern and NU history. Click here to learn more about the book. You can order it directly from Amazon.

Other pages updated this week (Nov. 30):

Uniform History

Archived

Updated 11/28/25

Archived

Next for the Wildcats:

Central Michigan
GameAbove Bowl
Ford Field
Friday, Dec. 26, 1:00 pm CST
TV: ESPN

2025 Results
(6-6; 4-5 B1G)

L	Tulane	3-23
W	Wstrn Ill - M - FCS - FRI	42-7
L	Oregon - M	14-34
W	UCLA - M	17-14
W	ULM - HC - M	42-7
W	Penn State	22-21
W	Purdue - M	19-0
L	Nebraska	21-28
L	USC - FRI	17-38
L	Michigan - W	22-24
W	Minnesota - W	38-35
L	Illinois	13-20
-	Cent. Mich. - Bowl	Dec 26

2024 Results
(4-8; 2-7 B1G)

W	Miami (O) - M	13-6
L	Duke - M - FRI	20-26
W	Eastern Ill. - FCS - M	31-7
L	Washington	5-24
L	Indiana - M	24-41
W	Maryland - FRI	37-10
L	Wisconsin - M	3-23
L	Iowa	14-40
W	Purdue	26-20
L	Ohio State - HC - W	7-31
L	Michigan	6-50
L	Illinois - W	28-38
(M=NM Field. W=Wrigley Field)

Medicine Ball Is Now Administered Lakeside!

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--Gary Barnett, as quoted by Teddy Greenstein

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