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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

Clayton Thorson attempts to throw a pass over Michigans defensive line. Thorson and the Wildcats offense produced another fruitless second half Saturday.

Football: For fourth straight game, Northwestern’s offense falters in the second half

September 30, 2018

Football In two of Northwestern’s first three games, the Wildcats were shut out in the second half. Then on Saturday, it happened again. The Cats (1-3, 1-1 Big Ten) jumped out to a 17-0 first...

Northwestern quarterback Clayton Thorson hits the ground. Michigan sacked Thorson six times and stifled Northwesterns offense in a 20-17 comeback victory.

Football: Northwestern collapses again, losing 20-17 to Michigan

September 29, 2018

Football The equation, once again, had all the components. Northwestern raced out to an early lead, even scoring a touchdown on its opening drive. The offense, after a while, came to a complete, maddening...

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Football: Without Larkin, Northwestern’s rushing attack stifled by Michigan

September 29, 2018

Football For the first time since 2013, Northwestern does not have a reliable, established lead running back to rely upon offensively. Monday’s news that sophomore Jeremy Larkin would have to...

Clayton Thorson tries in vain to escape a tackler. The Wildcats blew a 17-0 lead in Saturdays 20-17 loss to Michigan.

Rapid Recap: Michigan 20, Northwestern 17

September 29, 2018

Football Northwestern was, again, going to win. Until it wasn’t. What began as a hopeful opportunity to turn the season around and upset one of the top teams in the nation — and what, as the...

Football: Over a decade, how have Mick McCall’s Northwestern offenses fared?

Football: Over a decade, how have Mick McCall’s Northwestern offenses fared?

September 28, 2018

It’s one of the oldest tropes for grated college football fans: Fire the offensive coordinator. For every Lincoln Riley, the Oklahoma head coach and former offensive coordinator who designed the Sooners’...

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