Northwestern Wildcats Football

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    • Head coach: Pat Fitzgerald
    • Inaugural season: 1876
    • Joined league: 1896
    • Conference titles: 8
    • Home: Ryan Field Stadium
    • Capacity: 49,256
    • All-time: 453-604-44
    • Colors: Purple and white
    • Fight song: "Go U Northwestern"
    • Bitter rival: Illinois
    • 2008 W-L: Conf: 5-3; overall: 9-3

  • Northwestern University is known more for its scholastics than its athletics, and its Wildcats college football team is no exception, having lost more games than any other Division I program in college football history. They did however win their first-ever bowl appearance, the 1948 Rose Bowl, and have won the Big Ten Conference title eight times.

    The Northwestern Wildcats fell to the Missouri Tigers, 30-23 in overtime, in the Alamo Bowl on December 29, 2008.ESPN.com: Missouri Tigers vs. Northwestern Wildcats Box Score

  • Walker Legacy

    Randy Walker coached the Wildcats from 1999 to 2005 and was responsible for a wide-open offense that resulted in three bowl trips and a Big Ten title in the 2000 season. Walker died of a heart attack after the 2005 season and was replaced by former NU standout Pat Fitzgerald. At the time of his appointment, Fitzgerald was the youngest coach in Division I by five years.

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