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


4 Northwestern football players moving on to NFL

April 28, 2013

More than 250 picks went by in the 2013 NFL Draft, and no Northwestern football players heard their names called. But that doesn’t mean it’s the end of the road for a handful of graduating NU seniors. Defensive...

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...

Northwestern superback Dan Vitale has slowly grown into a larger part of the  NU offense as a true freshman, and his coaches think his future is bright.

Football: The changing role of the Northwestern superbacks

November 8, 2012

Most schools have tight ends or fullbacks or maybe both. At Northwestern, those two positions are rolled up into one: the superback. Superbacks do it all for the Wildcats from being extra offensive...

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