On a day when Northwestern's offense played maybe its best game of the season, the Wildcats’ defense was still the driving force behind their dominant 27-0 win against Minnesota at Ryan Field.
Saturday’s shutout...
Everyone saw the play. It was the opening drive against Stanford, second and 9 at the Northwestern 13 with the Cardinal driving down the field seemingly at will. The play call was a wide receiver reverse,...
It was a struggle all day for freshman quarterback Clayton Thorson and Northwestern’s offense, but the defense and special teams carried the team to a 19-10 victory over Duke in Durham, North Carolina.
In...
No. 23 Northwestern was clumsy, sloppy and slow in the first half as they fell behind 7-3 at halftime.
Redshirt freshman quarterback Clayton Thorson lacked the poise he displayed against Stanford and...
Thomas Sirk is Duke’s starting quarterback heading into the Blue Devils’ matchup Saturday with No. 23 Northwestern, and that’s about all the Wildcats know about the recently promoted junior.
Sirk...
