Updated
Dec. 1, 2024





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Flashback: Mike Kerrigan carries the ball in NU's 1981 season finale vs. Illinois at Dyche Stadium.
[AP Image]

HailToPurple.com will add its post-season updates on Sunday, December 8. This will include updates to annual attendance, home site stats, the Lowes Line archive, annual stats and records, and more.


Illinois Handles NU;
LOL Hat Returns to UI

The 'Cats had no answers on offense as Illinois yet again converted a game at Wrigley Field into an Illini home game in Chicago. The game provided Illinois fans with a crisp, delightful day in the Friendly Confines.

For Northwestern, the loss continues its winless history at Wrigley, drops the team to 4-8, and brings a disappointing season to a merciful end.


Wildcat History
NU's Historic Sold Out Games

HTP has expanded its list of NU's capacity home games, adding Sheppard Field. The list now covers the entire history of NU...



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 (Dec. 1):

Uniform History
 


Archived

Updated 11/15/24

Archived




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Next for the Wildcats:



Northwestern's season
has concluded.


2024 Results
(4-8; 2-7 B1G)
W
Miami (O) - M 13-6
L Duke - M - FRIDAY
20-26
W
Eastern Ill. - FCS - M 31-7
L Washington
5-24
L Indiana - M 24-41
W
Maryland - FRIDAY 37-10
L Wisconsin - M 3-23
L Iowa
14-40
W Purdue
26-20
L Ohio State - HC - W 7-31
L Michigan
6-50
L Illinois - W 28-38
(M=NM Field. W=Wrigley Field)
 
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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