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Established
1876 (150 years old)

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American Football

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Ryan Field 2026
(35,000 Capacity)

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Location
Evanston, Illinois, USA

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Competitions
NCAA Division 1

Last Edit
zag: 07/Jun/23

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		Upcoming
06 Sep 26	NorthwestNorthwestern	12:00am	South DakSouth Dakota State
19 Sep 26	NorthwestNorthwestern	11:30pm	ColoradoColorado
26 Sep 26	IndianaIndiana	12:00am	NorthwestNorthwestern
03 Oct 26	NorthwestNorthwestern	12:00am	Penn StatPenn State
10 Oct 26	NorthwestNorthwestern	12:00am	Ball StatBall State

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26 Dec 25	NorthwestNorthwestern	34 - 7	Central MCentral Michigan
30 Nov 25	IllinoisIllinois	20 - 13	NorthwestNorthwestern
22 Nov 25	NorthwestNorthwestern	38 - 35	MinnesotaMinnesota
15 Nov 25	NorthwestNorthwestern	22 - 24	MichiganMichigan
08 Nov 25	USCUSC	38 - 17	NorthwestNorthwestern

Description

The Northwestern Wildcats football team represents Northwestern University as an NCAA Division I college football team and member of the Big Ten Conference based near Chicago in Evanston, Illinois. Founded in 1851, Northwestern began playing football in 1882. Its football mascot is the Wildcat, a term coined by a Chicago Tribune reporter in 1924, after reporting on a football game where the players appeared as "a wall of purple wildcats". Northwestern Football is also known as "Chicago's Big Ten Team" with its proximity and ties to Chicago.

The Wildcats have won three Big Ten championships or co-championships since 1995, and have been "bowl eligible" five times between 2015 and 2020. Northwestern consistently ranks among the national leaders in graduation rate among football teams, having received the AFCA Academic Achievement Award four times since 2002. The Wildcats have played their home games at Ryan Field (formerly Dyche Stadium) since 1926.