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...
There was only one lingering negative surrounding Northwestern football — a 64-year stretch of no bowl wins.
That all changed Tuesday, when the Wildcats used a stifling pass rush and a resilient quarterback...
Northwestern erased what coach Pat Fitzgerald has constantly called the last negative remaining in the program with a 34-20 victory over Mississippi State in the Gator Bowl on Tuesday.
The Wildcats...
Though Northwestern’s bowl history is painful in its own right, the period from 2005-2011 can easily be described as the most brutal. Over the course of seven seasons, NU has suffered five bowl losses,...
Imagine an intense Pat Fitzgerald recruiting a young wide receiver to be part of an offensive attack renowned for passing the ball.
Then imagine that receiver arriving on campus to work on their blocking.
For...
