What is the nickname for the Northwestern Wildcats Football team?
The Northwestern Wildcats football team, representing Northwestern University, is a NCAA Division I team and member of the Big Ten Conference, with evidence of organization in 1876. The 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 achieved an all-time high rank of #1 during the 1936 and 1962 seasons, and has won the Big Ten championship or co-championship eight times, including three times since 1995. The team achieved unfortunate notoriety with a 34-game losing streak from 1979-1982, the longest in Division I-A college football. Upon setting the new record in 1981 (thanks to a 61-14 home loss to Michigan State), students rushed the field to “celebrate,” and chanted “we’re the worst!” A win over Northern Illinois University finally broke the losing streak, and the students again celebrated, rushing the field, tearing down the goalposts, and throwing
The Northwestern Wildcats football team, representing Northwestern University, is a NCAA Division I team and member of the Big Ten Conference, with evidence of organization in 1876. The 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 achieved an all-time high rank of #1 during the 1936 and 1962 seasons, and has won the Big Ten championship or co-championship eight times, including three times since 1995. The team achieved unfortunate notoriety with a 34-game losing streak from 1979-1982, the longest in Division I-A college football. Upon setting the new record in 1981 (thanks to a 61-14 home loss to Michigan State), students rushed the field to “celebrate,” and chanted “we’re the worst!” A win over Northern Illinois University finally broke the losing streak, and the students again celebrated, rushing the field, tearing down the goalposts, and throwing
