***** Saturday night's game featured the very first touchdown pass NU has ever thrown on the main campus. NU stopped using its campus east of Sheridan Road for football in 1904, before the forward pass. ***** For the 2024 season, NU is unranked by the major polls. ***** CBS Sports has not yet released its rankings for the week. ***** CollegeFootballNews.com ranks NU 73rd, the same as last week. ***** For breaking news and updates, visit the HTP Twitter Feed *****

 

 
Updated
Sept. 15, 2024





The Crown Tower
Clock should be:
PURPLE








 



















Jack Lausch races toward a first down
[D. Banks - Imagn Image]
 
'Cats Beat EIU

After a somewhat rocky first half, NU took control and put away Eastern Illinois, 31-7, at Northwestern Medical Field. Jack Lausch notched 227 passing yards and two touchdowns, with no interceptions. His favorite receiver, A.J. Henning, had 117 yards, while Cam Porter put up 77 yards and a touchdown.

Bowl projections are updated...



Wildcat Preview and Prediction

The Lowes Line: Eastern Illinois

The Lowes Line predicts tonight's game against Eastern Illinois...



Wildcat History

The History of Laking the Posts




Northwestern's 2024 season is the school's 139th 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 (Sept. 15):

Uniform History
NM Field Page
Home Sites, Other
(Additional info about West Side Park II)
 


Archived

Updated 9/14/24

Archived




DAYS HOURS MINS SECS







Next for the Wildcats:


Washington
Husky Stadium
Saturday, Sept. 21
6:00 p.m. CDT
TV: FS1


2024 Results
(2-1; 0-0 B1G)
(M= NM Field;
W = Wrigley)
W
Miami (O) - M 13-6
L Duke - M - FRIDAY
20-26
W
Eastern Ill. - FCS - M 31-7
A Washington
Sep 21
H Indiana - M Oct 5
A
Maryland - FRIDAY Oct 11
H Wisconsin - M Oct 19
A Iowa
Oct 26
A Purdue
Nov 2
H Ohio State - HC - W Nov 16
A Michigan
Nov 23
H Illinois - W Nov 30
- Bowl Game??
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2023 Results
(8-5; 5-4 B1G)
   
 
L Rutgers 7-24
W UTEP 38-7
L
Duke 14-38
W Minnesota 37-34
L Penn State 13-41
W Howard - FCS; HC 23-20
L Nebraska 9-17
W Maryland 33-27
L Iowa - @ Wrigley 7-10
W Wisconsin 24-10
W Purdue - Ryan Finale 23-15
W Illinois 45-43
W Utah - Las Vegas Bowl
14-7




Medicine Ball Is Now Administered Lakeside!








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--Gary Barnett, as quoted by Teddy Greenstein


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