Program Covers: 1986 Through 1991

Northwestern Home Game Programs Gallery

Part 14: 1986 through 1991
Posted 9/25/16

For this, the final page in the home game program cover gallery, we focus on 1986 through 1991, the time during which Francis Peay was coach.

This gallery section is missing one cover: 1986 vs. Purdue.

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Sep. 6, 1986
Duke
For 1986, NU's programs continued to use syndicated content through Touchdown Illustrated and continued to use game photos for the cover art. 1986 did feature a small change to the cover format, using a very "80s" style font and shadow.

Sep. 20, 1986
Army

Oct. 4, 1986
Indiana

Oct. 18, 1986
Wisconsin

Nov. 15, 1986
Michigan State

Sep. 26, 1987
NIU
Northwestern began creating its own program content again in '87, and it re-formatted the cover. The font used on the 1987 covers is Peignot, which HailToPurple.com chose for our logo and title font.

Oct. 10, 1987
Minnesota

Oct. 17, 1987
Michigan State

Nov. 7, 1987
Iowa

Nov. 21, 1987
Illinois

Sep. 3, 1988
Duke
For 1988, NU kept the game photo cover scheme it had used since 1983, but changed the font and format again.

Oct. 1, 1988
Indiana

Oct. 22, 1988
Wisconsin

Oct. 29, 1988
Michigan

Nov. 12, 1988
Purdue

Sep. 16, 1989
Air Force
Another change to font and format.

Sep. 23, 1989
Rutgers

Oct. 14, 1989
Minnesota

Oct. 28, 1989
Iowa

Nov. 4, 1989
Ohio State

Nov. 25, 1989
Illinois

Sep. 15, 1990
Duke
For 1990, NU again changed font and format for its gameday photo covers. It also increased the program's cost by a full dollar (the first increase since 1982) and went back to using syndicated content provided by Touchdown Illustrated.