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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


Player in purple uniform leans forward on green grass field.

Football: After strong 2020 season, Northwestern’s defensive backs look toward the future

May 10, 2021

Football At the beginning of each season, Northwestern selects one player to wear the No. 1 jersey.  The honor, created in 2011, recognizes “the student-athlete who truly embodies the values...

Football players in white jerseys gather around each other and stand on black turf.

Football Notebook: Northwestern confident about offensive production following spring practices

April 25, 2021

Football Heading into the 2021 season, Northwestern will be without its top four pass catchers.  Wide receivers Ramaud Chiaokhiao-Bowman and Riley Lees declared for the NFL Draft with tight end...

Redshirt freshman safety Brandon Joseph patrols the field during the Big Ten Championship game. Joseph figures to play a major role in new defensive coordinator Jim O’Neil’s plans next season.

Football: Northwestern hires NFL’s Jim O’Neil to serve as defensive coordinator

January 19, 2021

Football Northwestern is hiring Las Vegas Raiders defensive backs coach Jim O’Neil as its defensive coordinator, tapping a former graduate assistant and longtime NFL coach to replace the recently...

Here are a few photos from an eventful 2020 football season for the Wildcats.

Football: Looking back at a memorable 2020 Northwestern season

January 1, 2021

Football In the midst of an unprecedented season, No. 14 Northwestern has put together one of the best seasons in its program’s history. The Wildcats (6-2, 6-1 Big Ten) cruised to their second Big...

Northwestern safety Brandon Joseph jogs during the 2020 Big Ten Championship Game.

Football: How Northwestern’s Brandon Joseph became one of the nation’s top defensive backs

January 1, 2021

Football Down 10-6 with less than 30 seconds left in the first half of the Big Ten Championship Game, Ohio State wanted the lead. So it went for the score. From Northwestern’s nine-yard line,...

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