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Flashback: Schmidt in 2009 [AP]
Wildcat History
Early History of the Wildcat Nickname
The Wildcat nickname originated in 1924, but just when did the team begin using it?

NU Hosts Ball State in '15
Ball State has announced that it will travel to Ryan Field in 2015...

jhodges Commentary
Fitz in DC

Jonathan Hodges attended Coach Fitz's recent talk with DC-area alumni...

Songs from the Vault
To The Memories
By reader request, we've dug from the vault a NUMB verson of this Waa-Mu standard...

A Few More Uniform Rumors
What will the new Under Armour unis be like?  Here are some unconfirmed updates...

NU Announces 2012 Recruits
Signing Day 2012 has come and gone, and Northwestern has announced its newest crop of recruits...
Other pages updated this week (May 13)

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Home Sites Page
Future Schedules

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9
Number of wins until Coach Fitzgerald becomes NU's
all-time winningest coach




Next for the Wildcats:


Camp Kenosha XXI
Aug. 11-18

Preseason Scrimmage
Saturday, Aug. 18

2012 Wildcat Schedule
(* Denotes Division Game)
A  Syracuse Sep 1
H  Vanderbilt
 Sep 8
H 
 Boston College
 Sep 15
H  I-AA S. Dakota
 Sep 22
H 
 Indiana Sep 29
A 
 Penn St.
 Oct 6
A 
 Minnesota* Oct 13
H 
 Nebraska* Oct 20
H 
 Iowa* - HC
 Oct 27
- 
 Bye Week
 Nov 3
A 
 Michigan* Nov 10
A 
 Michigan State* Nov 17
H 
 Illinois
 Nov 24

2011 Results
(6-7; 3-5 B1G)
W 
 Boston College 24-17
W  I-AA Eastern Illinois 42-21
L  Army 14-21
L  Illinois 35-38
L  Michigan* 24-42
L
 Iowa* 31-41
L Penn St. - HC
 24-34
W Indiana 59-38
W 
 Nebraska* 28-25
W  Rice 28-6
W 
 Minnesota* 28-13
L  Michigan State* 17-31
L Texas A&M
 22-33



"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
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