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Northwestern Home Game Programs Gallery
Part 2: 1926 through 1930
Posted 4/15/12
1926
was a seismic year for NU football: it saw the debut of Dyche Stadium,
the end of the NU-Chicago football rivalry, and the Wildcats' first
conference championship since 1903. Along with the grand opening
of NU's new stadium, the team's football programs also changed,
switching from the somewhat drab purple and white program covers to
multi-color covers featuring some of the best original artwork ever to
grace NU's football programs.
In fact, just as 1926 ushered in
the "Golden Age" for the football team, so too did it begin the "Golden
Age" for the team's football programs. No fewer than six of the
20 iconic "classic covers" of NU football programs come from this
brief, five-season period.
This gallery section is complete: all covers are represented.
Click here to return to the program gallery main page.
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Oct. 2, 1926
South Dakota
The
program from the stadium's debut. At the time, the new facility
was known as "Northwestern Stadium," and the program features a drawing
of how the new stadium was supposed
to look, once the east stands were completed-- they never were.
Note that the cover format is still the 1925 style. Even the
player's uniform is from 1925 (note the white-cross helmet).
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Oct. 9, 1926
Carleton
The second game at Northwestern Stadium, and the first with the new
cover style, a wonderful, stark drawing of Wildcat star Moon Baker.
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Nov. 13, 1926
Chicago - Classic Cover
Northwestern
Stadium was renamed Dyche Stadium at this landmark game. The
program is also a landmark, featuring a unique view of the southwest
tower. It ranks as one of the twenty CLASSIC NU PROGRAM COVERS.
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Oct. 22, 1927
Illinois - Classic Cover
The combination of the stylized NU player and the Dyche Stadium background make this one of the twenty CLASSIC NU PROGRAM COVERS. |
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Nov. 12, 1927
Indiana - Classic Cover
NU
had been referred to as "the Wildcats" in its programs during the
previous three seasons, but this was the first cover to feature a
wildcat. It is one of the CLASSIC NU PROGRAM COVERS. |
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Oct. 13, 1928
Ohio State
Another cover with a great Dyche Stadium background
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Oct. 20, 1928
Kentucky - Classic Cover
Another
early Wildcat cover, this one playing on the "Wildcat vs. Wildcat"
angle of the Kentucky game. Its artistry earns it a ranking as
one of the twenty CLASSIC NU PROGRAM COVERS. |
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Oct. 5, 1929
Butler AND Cornell (Iowa)
Yes, you read right: this program is for both
Butler and Cornell (IA). On Oct. 5, 1929, NU hosted the only
varsity double-header football event in its history, playing Butler,
taking a break, and then playing Cornell (IA). Stunningly, NU won
both games.
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Oct. 19, 1929
Minnesota
Another unique view of Dyche Stadium, this one from above. Note the "Block N" formation in the stands.
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Oct. 26, 1929
Wabash
NU's 66-0 win is the Wildcats' Dyche Stadium record for points.
(Asgard Press watermark appears on this copy)
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Nov. 2, 1929
Illinois
Beginning a style that NU would feature more during the next season.
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Oct. 4, 1930
Tulane
Possibly the only program cover in history that depicts the imminent destruction of NU's stadium. . .
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Oct. 25, 1930
Centre College - Classic Cover
This art deco masterpiece provided an iconic rendering of Dyche Stadium and is one of the twenty CLASSIC NU PROGRAM COVERS.
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Nov. 15, 1930
Wisconsin - Classic Cover
Yet another masterpiece from 1926-1930, the artwork for this cover would be copied for years to come, and is among the CLASSIC NU PROGRAM COVERS.
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