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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


Redshirt freshman Stephen Buckley finds a hole in the Minnesota defense at Ryan Field. The running back accrued 58 yards for the Wildcats, their best performer on the ground. He scored his first career touchdown Saturday.

Football: Northwestern drops third straight as Minnesota scores road upset

October 19, 2013

Northwestern’s game kicked off 11 a.m. Saturday, and the Wildcats played like they forgot their morning cup of coffee. NU (4-3, 0-3) lost 20-17 at Ryan Field, falling to Minnesota (5-2, 1-2) in a...

Northwestern to play in Big Ten’s new West Division

April 28, 2013

Northwestern is out of the Legends and in with the West. The Big Ten Conference will scrap its current divisions in favor of a geographic split that will start in 2014, the conference announced Sunday....

Ryan: Tough to judge season’s success

November 26, 2012

It's funny how winning spoils fans. Any year the New York Yankees don't hoist a World Series trophy is a catastrophic failure in the eyes of the fan base. The same is true for the New England Patriots,...

The rivalry between Northwestern and Illinois has intensified on the field in recent years. The Wildcats have lost two straight in the series and have not won the Land of Lincoln Trophy since their triumph over the Fighting Illini in the 2009 matchup.

Football: No love lost between Northwestern, Illinois

November 19, 2012

Last year’s game against Illinois ended about as poorly as possible for Northwestern. After a defeat in which the Wildcats blew an 18-point lead in the third quarter and a four-point lead with 13...

The Wildcats are in a heated competition for the Legends Division crown just two years into the Big Ten’s realignment into two divisions for football.

Gameday: Legends of the fall

November 8, 2012

1995 wasn't as different from 2012 as one might think. A Democrat held the presidency after some years of a President Bush. A Batman movie was one of the highest-grossing films of the year. At Northwestern,...

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