Updated
Aug. 18, 2019



The Crown Tower
Clock should be:
PURPLE



 











Possible starting quarterback Hunter Johnson
discusses practice on BTN   [BTN screencapture]

Media Predictions Put
NU 4th in B1G West
NEW: The summer media predictions are done. Here is the annual roundup...

Songs from the Vault
Purple Pride (1983)
By request, HTP offers up its July entry for its preseason Songs from the Vault additions with a number from Waa-Mu, "Purple Pride"...
Wildcat History
Where Was NU's First Football Field?
While researching the new book, I've nailed down just where NU began playing football...

NU Will Host at Wrigley
in 2022, 2024, and 2026
HTP has updated its future games section to show the seasons during which NU will return to the Friendly Confines.
Other pages updated this week (Aug. 18)
  
Uniform History (2019 alternate uniforms added)

Updated 11/16/18
Updated 12/27/18
Archived



DAYS HOURS MINS SECS


4
Number of wins
until Coach Fitz
HITS 100 VICTORIES



Next for the Wildcats:
   

Stanford
Stanford Stadium
Sat., Aug. 31, 3:00 pm CDT
TV: Fox
  

2019 Results
(0-0; 0-0 B1G)
A  Stanford Aug 31
H  UNLV Sep 14
H
 Michigan State
 Sep 21
A
 Wisconsin* Sep 28
A
 Nebraska*
 Oct 5
H
 Ohio State - Friday
 Oct 18
H
 Iowa* - HC
 Oct 26
A
 Indiana
 Nov 2
H
 Purdue*
 Nov 9
H
 UMass
 Nov 16
H
 Minnesota*
 Nov 23
A
 Illinois*
 Nov 30
- B1G Title?
 Dec 7
- Bowl?
 --
 
 2018 Results
(9-5; 8-2 B1G)
W  Purdue* 31-27
L  Duke
 		7-21
L 
 Akron
 34-39
L  Michigan
 17-20
W Michigan State
 29-19
W Nebraska* - HC
 34-31
W
 Rutgers 18-15
W Wisconsin*
 31-17
L Notre Dame
 21-31
W  Iowa* 14-10
W  Minnesota* 24-14
W 
 Illinois* 24-16
L 
 Ohio St. (B1G)
 24-45
W Utah (Holiday)
 31-20

As mentioned on HTP's Twitter feed, last December I began the research for my second book dealing with NU football history. My goal now was to complete the book by the end of 2019, with a publication date in late 2020.

The book is (nearly) done! I have finished the initial editing, and I will soon start shopping it for a publisher.

Because of the work on this project, I will update HTP even more infrequently than I recently have. My apologies in advance.


"...It will always be my school, our school."
--Gary Barnett, as quoted by Teddy Greenstein

 "You've got a bunch of days to be students,
why not party like a rock star on Saturdays in the fall?"
--Coach Fitzgerald, as quoted in the Daily


Video courtesy of Sunburnt: the 'Cats, NUMB, and the rest of the student body
jam to Go U, with a special guest on cymbals!
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