***** As of Tuesday morning, NU is a 7.5-point underdog at home vs. Wisconsin. ***** Weather forecast for Evanston on Saturday: rainy, 47 degrees F. ***** For week 12, NU is ranked 19th by the AP and 20th in the Coaches Poll. ***** For breaking news and updates, visit the HTP Twitter Feed *****




 
Updated
Nov. 15, 2020





The Crown Tower
Clock should be:
PURPLE













 











ROAD WIN AT PURDUE PUTS
NU IN POSITION FOR JANUARY BOWL


...assuming there are bowls. Here are the latest HTP bowl odds...



Newsome goes airborne to tip a pass.
[Purdue Photo]
Wildcat Preview and Prediction
The Lowes Line: Purdue

The Line's preview for the road game vs. the Boilermakers is brief and to the point...

NU Enters AP Poll at 23rd

For the first time in 2020, the Wildcats are ranked. Here is the history of NU in the AP Poll...

From the Vault
Earliest Recording of Go U Northwestern

Hear the NU A Cappella Choir sing the school fight song in 1922...

Commentary
HTP Turns Twenty

Here is my personal commentary looking back...

 Wildcat History
NU and the 1918 Flu Pandemic

The only other time that NU football was affected by a global pandemic...

Other pages updated this week (Nov. 15)
  
Uni History
AP History


Archived

Updated 11/14/20

Archived





DAYS HOURS MINS SECS


103
Number of wins
recorded by NU's

all-time winningest coach



Next for the Wildcats:

    
Wisconsin
Ryan Field
Sat., Nov. 21, 2:30 pm CST
TV: ABC
  

2020 Results
(4-0; 4-0 B1G)
W Maryland 43-3
W Iowa* 21-20
W
Nebraska* 21-13
W Purdue* 27-20
H Wisconsin* Nov 21
A Michigan State
Nov 28
A Minnesota* Dec 5
H Hatty McHatface*
Dec 12
- "+1" vs B1G East
Dec 19
- Postseason? ?
 
2019 Results
(3-9; 1-8 B1G)
L  Stanford 7-17
W  UNLV
30-14

Michigan State
10-31
L Wisconsin*
15-24
L Nebraska*
10-13
L Ohio State
3-52
L
Iowa* - HC
0-20
L Indiana
3-34
L Purdue*
22-24
W  UMass 45-6
L  Minnesota* 22-38

Illinois* 29-10




"...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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