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Question |
Answer |
#37
12/29/00 |
How
many passes did NU
complete en route to its 1949 Rose Bowl win? |
One. |
#36
12/17/00
BONUS |
What
Wildcat rushed
for the most yards in a single Northwestern bowl game? |
Frank
Aschenbrenner rushed
for 119 yards in the 1949 Rose Bowl, nine more yards than Darnell
Autry had in the 1996 Rose. [Note:
since the
answer
posted on 12/29/00, this record has been broken by Damien Anderson in
the 2000 Alamo and Jason Wright in the 2003 Motor City Bowl.] |
#35
12/17/00 |
What
Wildcat passed
for the most yards in a single Northwestern bowl game? |
Steve
Schnur-- 336 yards
in the 1996 Rose Bowl. [Note:
since the
answer
posted in Dec. 2000, this record has been broken by Basanez in the 2005 Sun Bowl.] |
#34
12/10/00 |
Who
was the first Northwestern
player to kick a successful field goal of 40 or more yards? |
The
late, great Paddy
Driscoll. Paddy kicked a 43 yard field goal vs. Chicago in 1916,
the first documented NU field goal greater than 40 yards. |
#33
12/3/00 |
What
are the official
colors of our Alamo Bowl opponent, the Nebraska football team? |
Scarlet
and Cream. |
#32
11/30/00 |
Randy
Walker's defense
of the Big Ten Championship begins New Year's Eve 2000-- the day after
the Alamo Bowl. Who was the first NU coach to defend successfully
a Big Ten Title? |
Dick
Hanley. |
#31
11/20/00 |
Name
all the teams from
the state of Texas that NU has played at least once? |
Texas,
Rice, TCU, and
SMU. |
#30
11/12/00
BONUS |
What
were the very first
school colors used by the NU athletic teams? |
In
1878 NU's baseball
team wore brown and white, but the following year the school officially
chose
black and gold, the original colors for "NWU." The colors were
almost immediately replaced by purple and gold.
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#29
11/12/00 |
The
color purple (with
white) was chosen as the official school color in 1892. What was
the school color(s) immediately prior to the 1892 decision? |
The
previous colors were
purple and gold, which had been used officially since 1879. In
1892,
NU decided to use just one color, which was in keeping with the
practice
on the east coast (and, at the time, seemed more
"dignified.").
In a vote, NU decided to drop gold and retain royal purple. |
#28
11/5/00 |
As
a college player,
Randy Walker led Miami to three victories in the same bowl venue.
At what bowl did Walker play three times? |
The
Tangerine Bowl. |
#27
10/29/00 |
Who
was the first college
player ever to win back-to-back National Defensive Player of the Year
Awards? |
Pat
Fitzgerald. |
#26
10/22/00
BONUS |
NU's
Spirit Team (the
two person pep squad that stands in front of the band) is known for its
wacky, badge spangled hats. From what material are the hats made?
A.
Cotton
B.
Nerf
C.
Swatches of
previous band uniforms
D.
Hemp
E.
A portion of
the 1936 Big Ten championship banner
F.
Astroturf
G.
100% pure Brent
Musburger
H.
Kevlar
I.
No one knows:
their oily, resinous fabrics are unclassifiable and not found
in nature. |
D.
Hemp [!] |
#25
10/22/00 |
Who
holds the NU career
record for QB sacks? |
Casey
Dailey. |
#24
10/15/00 |
What
legendary footballer
played his final game ever on November 20, 1920 at old Northwestern
Field against
NU? He played only briefly in the game, but his passing led to
two
touchdowns against the Purple. |
George Gipp.
The legendary Gipper suffered from pneumonia, and died two weeks after
the NU-N*tre Dame match. |
#23
10/8/00 |
Two
former Wildcat players
were the first-ever selections of their respective, brand-new
professional
football teams. Name them. |
Otto Graham
was the first player chosen by the new Cleveland Browns in 1945, and
Ron
Burton was the Boston Patriots' very first selection in 1959. |
#22
10/1/00 |
What word
was emblazoned on the side of the 'Cats' helmets during the 1980 season
only? |
Cats. |
#21
09/24/00
Bonus
BONUS |
Illinois
is not the only school with whom NU has shared a football trophy.
What other school did NU fight for a (now defunct) prized object? |
Notre Dame.
In 1930, the president of Ireland presented a shillelagh to Knute
Rockne.
Rockne proposed that it become a trophy for the (then) annual NU-ND
game.
The trophy was placed in competition for the first time in 1930, a game
that decided the national championship. |
#20
09/24/00
BONUS |
NU and Illinois
played for a trophy even before the Sweet Sioux. What was the
original
prized object between the schools? |
An ancient
fire bell. |
#19
09/24/00 |
What is the
greatest number of seasons in a row that NU has taken the Sweet Sioux
Trophy? |
Four (1947-'50). [Note: after the answer posted in 2000, NU tied this record by taking the trophy from 2003 through 2006.]
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#18
09/17/00 |
Before the
Sweet Sioux Trophy was a tomahawk, it was represented by what object? |
Sweet Sioux
was originally a six and a half foot tall oak statue of an Arapahoe
Indian,
carved in the early 1840's. It was given as a trophy in
1945.
The following season it was replaced with the Tomahawk. |
#17
09/10/00
BONUS |
Who won the
very first Marcel Price Award? |
Rodney Ray. |
#16
09/10/00 |
During which
seasons did NU's jerseys feature the "Big Six" patch, a tribute to
Marcel
Price? |
1995-98. |
#15
09/03/00 |
How many
of the five most recent NU head coaches were previously assistant
coaches
at NU? |
Three (Rick
Venturi, Francis Peay, and Randy Walker). [Note: Fitzgerald joined this list in 2006.] |
#14
08/27/00 |
How many
points were scored in the 1893 NU-Illinois 0-0 tie game? |
The game,
part of Chicago's Columbian Exposition, was officially declared a
0-0 tie in which there were 22 points scored. The game was called
because of darkness and the score reverted to the halftime score as was
the custom in the 1890's. |
#13
08/27/00 |
Darnell Autry
re-wrote most of NU's rushing records during his 1994-96 reign.
One
record he did not manage to break was the single-game record for net
yards
rushing. Who still holds it? |
Amercian
Gladiator Mike Adamle (316 vs. Wisconsin, 1969). |
#12
08/20/00 |
For the 1981
Michigan State game, students printed and distributed buttons on campus
which bore a slogan. What was this rhyming four-word slogan? |
"Stop State
at 28." NU had a 28 game losing streak, tying the NCAA
record.
MSU edged NU 61-14, giving NU the record and the nadir of its Dark Ages. |
#11
08/14/00 |
Midwest covers
of TV Guide featured a photo of Gary Barnett and Darnell Autry during
the
week of the 1996 Rose Bowl. Who appeared on the cover of TV Guide
during the week of the 1997 Rose Bowl? |
No Buckeyes:
Barnett and Pat Fitzgerald, bound for the Citrus Bowl, appeared on the
cover. |
#10
08/07/00 |
Who is NU's
most recent entry into the College Football Hall of Fame? |
Alex Sarkisian,
NU center 1946-48, was enshrined in 1999. |
#9
07/31/00 |
In 1999 Damien
Anderson rushed for 1,128 yards and became the fourth Wildcat in the
last
five seasons to rush for at least 1,000 yards in a single season.
How many players have achieved this feat throughout NU's history? |
Only seven:
Mike Adamle, Greg Boykin, Bryon Sanders, Bob Christian, Darnell Autry,
Adrian Autry, and Damien Anderson. [Note: a lot more have joined since 1999!]
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