Football Two days after Northwestern escaped lowly Rutgers with an 18-15 win, Pat Fitzgerald called out his offense in a team meeting. The Wildcats’ offensive line took the message to heart. In...

It was 1889 when Northwestern and Notre Dame met for the first time in football. The two programs have inscribed 129 years of indefatigable history since, albeit a decidedly unbalanced history at that....

Football Northwestern coach Pat Fitzgerald was named the Dodd Trophy Coach of the Week on Tuesday after the Wildcats upset No. 20 Wisconsin. NU (5-3, 5-1 Big Ten) defeated the Badgers, 31-17,...

Football Entering Saturday, Northwestern had played everyone close. The Wildcats lost to Michigan by only a field goal. They needed overtime to defeat then-winless Nebraska. Even lowly Rutgers lost...

Football Coming into Saturday, Jonathan Taylor ranked second in the country in rushing. Isaiah Bowser was tied for 463rd. That didn’t matter. In a monumental win for Northwestern, Bowser outdueled...