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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


Rodney Ray (left) and Steve Schnur (right) celebrate Northwestern’s upset of Notre Dame in 1995. The Wildcats won 17-15.

Football: The 9 most memorable season openers in Northwestern history

September 3, 2020

Football Saturday was supposed to be Northwestern’s season opening game — at Michigan State in the original schedule and at Penn State in the modified schedule. While there will be no Wildcats...

Food poisoning, the end of a dynasty and the 1959 Northwestern-Oklahoma football game

Food poisoning, the end of a dynasty and the 1959 Northwestern-Oklahoma football game

November 8, 2019

Football It was the biggest game of the 1959 college football season’s opening weekend. No. 2 Oklahoma — a national powerhouse that had lost just two games over the previous five seasons —...

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