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Football ANN ARBOR, Mich.Northwestern kicked off the second half of its season Saturday afternoon against No. 6 Michigan, seeking a program-changing upset in one of college football’s toughest environments. The Wolverines (7-0, 4-0 Big Ten), however, dispatched the Wildcats (3-4, 1-3) in a businesslike fashion, riding a physical performance to a dominant 33-7 win. Northwestern’s...

Football ANN ARBOR, Mich. — One running back has been hard enough for Northwestern to stop this year. First it was Michigan State’s Kenneth Walker, who cooked the Wildcats in their opener for 264 rushing yards and four touchdowns. Then it was Nebraska’s Jaquez Yant, burning NU for 127 yards on just 13 carries in the Cornhuskers’...

Football Sometimes, numbers tell the whole story. Against Nebraska Saturday evening, Northwestern rushed for 37 yards. The Wildcats allowed the Cornhuskers to rush for 434. NU amassed just 275 yards total. Nebraska churned out 664. The Cornhuskers’ gaudy totals, taken together, spelled out a defensive disaster without peer in coach Pat Fitzgerald’s 16-year tenure as...

Maryland paid Northwestern a visit Wednesday evening, with the Wildcats in search of back-to-back wins for the first time since December 2020. NU entered the contest in a crowded race for tournament seeding among the Big Ten’s bottom four teams, jockeying for position with Minnesota, Penn State and Nebraska. The Cats found a way to win, getting a much-needed 60-55 victory over the Terrapins, a second consecutive takedown victory over the Terrapins, a second consecutive takedown of a likely NC...

Women’s Basketball Northwestern closed out its home slate Sunday afternoon by hosting No. 8 Maryland, which sought to spoil Senior Day for the Wildcats and run its conference record to a Big Ten-best 15-1. The Terrapins did just that, holding off several NU comeback attempts to win a hard-fought 62-50 victory. Maryland led by just...

Northwestern played host to Indiana Wednesday at Welsh-Ryan Arena, looking to complete a season sweep of the Hoosiers and pick up its first win in nearly seven weeks on a somber day for the Wildcats program. After 50 furious minutes, NU was unable to pull out its first victory in 46 days, falling to Indiana 79-76 in double overtime, despite a deep performance that recalled its early-season successes at times. A nine-game losing streak stretched to ten. The Cats had leads of seven points in the ...

Rapid Recap: Rutgers 64, Northwestern 56 January 31, 2021 Northwestern hosted Rutgers Sunday evening in Evanston, looking for its first win since December 26 and an end to its seven-game losing streak. The Wildcats played an unranked opponent for a second consecutive game for the first time since mid-December, when NU opened the 2020-21 campaign with four straight games against unranked teams. The Cats (6-9, 3-8), however, have not been able to recreate their magic from that time. Despite two s...