Northwestern University and Evanston's Only Daily News Source Since 1881

The Daily Northwestern

Northwestern University and Evanston's Only Daily News Source Since 1881

The Daily Northwestern

Northwestern University and Evanston's Only Daily News Source Since 1881

The Daily Northwestern

The 1893 Northwestern football team. George Jewett is second from the right in the second row.

Warren’s World: The greatness of George Jewett, Northwestern’s first black football player

February 26, 2020

Sports resonate with us for many reasons. It’s the wins and the losses, the relationships formed, the feeling of shared emotion and, above all, the stories, tales and myths we tell of our own exploits;...

Ara Parseghian (right) and former Northwestern athletic director Stu Holcomb look at a newspaper during the late 1950s.

Football: Former coach Ara Parseghian dies at age 94

August 2, 2017

Football Ara Parseghian, who coached Northwestern from 1956 to 1963, died Wednesday morning at the age of 94, according to ESPN. Parseghian compiled at 36-35-1 record with the Wildcats — a level...

Football: The oral history of the Pat Fitzgerald era

Football: The oral history of the Pat Fitzgerald era

February 19, 2013

On Jan. 1, 2013, Northwestern won its first bowl game in 64 years, ending the nation’s longest bowl-win drought. The Wildcats’ head coach Pat Fitzgerald, a college football Hall of Famer and member...

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