Drew Schott
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Football Notebook: Six Northwestern football players in transfer portal
Within three days of the Wildcats’ season-ending 47-14 loss to Illinois, six Northwestern players are in the NCAA transfer portal. Junior tight end Jason Whittaker was the first, entering on Nov. 22. Whittaker, recruited as a quarterback out of Rockford, Michigan, played two games at tight end for the Wildcats and opted out of the... → Read More
Northwestern football tight ends coach Bob Heffner retires
Football After 13 seasons at Northwestern, Bob Heffner is moving on. The Wildcats announced their tight ends coach’s retirement on Monday afternoon. Special teams coordinator Jeff Genyk will serve as NU’s tight ends coach in addition to his current role. “Coach Heffner had a profound impact on myself, our program and the game of football... → Read More
Northwestern football concludes 2021 season with loss to Illinois
Football Tony Adams was the first player to touch the Land of Lincoln Trophy. After receiving Illinois’ newest piece of hardware, the Fighting Illini defensive back ran to his right, with numerous teammates in near lockstep with him. Soon, they all reached one of Memorial Stadium’s end zones. At least four Illinois players put a... → Read More
Football: Illinois Divided
Football Since September, The Daily Northwestern and The Daily Illini have worked to create a joint issue ahead of Northwestern and Illinois’ football matchup on Nov. 27. Today, we are excited to share Illinois Divided with you all, which includes nine articles and a podcast surrounding the history, storylines and trends of the rivalry between... → Read More
Heather Van Hoegarden Obering discusses Northwestern game at Wrigley Field
Northwestern (3-7, 1-6 Big Ten) and Purdue (6-4, 4-3) will kick off the Wildcats Classic Powered by CDW and NetApp Saturday at Wrigley Field, home of the Chicago Cubs. Saturday will mark the first time NU has played football at The Friendly Confines since 2010. Last year’s matchup against Wisconsin was moved to Ryan Field... → Read More
Offensive struggles contribute to Northwestern's third consecutive loss
Football Tory Taylor took a second too long. Right when the Iowa punter swung his leg up, the hands of Raymond Niro III came flying forward to deflect the kick. With the ball rolling towards the Hawkeyes’ end zone, the junior wide receiver got off the ground, sprinted to pick up the loose ball and... → Read More
Northwestern football quarterback Andrew Marty has chance to start
Ahead of Northwestern’s game against Minnesota last week, senior quarterback Andrew Marty learned he would see the field for the first time since suffering an injury to his throwing shoulder in September. But there was a catch. “The game plan was if I created a spark, I’d stay in,” Marty said. His chance came in... → Read More
Rapid Recap: Minnesota 41, Northwestern 14
Football In November 2019, then-No. 8 Minnesota came to Ryan Field and defeated a struggling Northwestern squad that played two quarterbacks. Today, a similar sequence of events occurred. Minnesota (6-2, 4-1 Big Ten) handed the Wildcats (3-5, 1-4) their second consecutive conference loss in a 41-13 win behind 308 yards on the ground and a... → Read More
Football: How Northwestern and Minnesota’s returning experience may impact the Big Ten West race
Football In the third quarter of its season opener against Ohio State, Minnesota lost star running back Mohamad Ibrahim to a season-ending lower leg injury. Just over one month later, Trey Potts — Ibrahim’s replacement who rushed for 552 yards and six touchdowns in five games — was ruled out for the year after his... → Read More
Northwestern football falls 33-7 to No. 6 Michigan
Football As graduate linebacker Chris Bergin scooped up the fumble, the pendulum in Michigan Stadium swung towards Northwestern. With 16 seconds remaining in the first half, sophomore safety Coco Azema forced the ball loose from Michigan wide receiver Mike Sanristil at the Wildcats’ two-yard line. As NU exited the cavernous bowl of the Big House... → Read More
Northwestern football’s Kirtz, Jones out for 2021 season
Football ANN ARBOR, Mich. — Sophomore wide receiver Bryce Kirtz and junior linebacker Khalid Jones will miss the remainder of the 2021 season with non-contact injuries, coach Pat Fitzgerald announced after Northwestern’s 33-7 loss to No. 6 Michigan. Listed as a starter on the projected depth chart for the game against the Wolverines, Kirtz was ruled out... → Read More
Anderson, Northwestern football players from Michigan to face Wolverines
Football Just seven miles north of Eastern Michigan University, a bastion of college football looms large. The Eagles journeyed to the Big House on Sept. 19, 2009 to face off against Michigan, where they were met with a 45-17 loss, the third in a streak of 12 consecutive defeats. Though the outcome was less than... → Read More
Northwestern's football defense shuts down Rutgers offense
Football Chris Bergin went into Saturday’s game against Rutgers as the Big Ten’s leader in tackles. Unlike its graduate linebacker, Northwestern’s defense was near the bottom of the conference statistics. After five games under new defensive coordinator Jim O’Neil, the unit gave up an average of 448.6 yards and 27.2 points per game. Saturday was... → Read More
How Northwestern football’s Jeremy Meiser became a dominant force
Following the 2020 season, first-year defensive coordinator Jim O’Neil and defensive line coach Marty Long searched the transfer portal as part of their effort to retool Northwestern’s defensive line. Despite the return of junior defensive end Adetomiwa Adebawore and graduate defensive tackle Joe Spivak, the Wildcats needed to fill the hole left when defensive end... → Read More
How Northwestern football has fared after its bye week in recent years
Football Following Northwestern’s 49-point loss to Nebraska, coach Pat Fitzgerald laid out what he believes will help his team win its first game against a Power Five opponent this season. Making a better game plan and executing it. A strong week of practice. Creating a strategy, preventing explosive plays and adjusting as the opponent adjusts. ... → Read More
Slow start leads to Northwestern football's second conference loss
Football LINCOLN, NE. — When analyzing Northwestern’s first two losses of the 2021 season, early-game struggles are one of the culprits. On the first play of the season opener against Michigan State, running back Kenneth Walker III sprinted 75 yards for a touchdown, the spark in a 38-21 win by the Spartans. Two weeks later... → Read More
“It had a Super Bowl-feel”: Remembering Northwestern’s 28-25 victory over No. 9 Nebraska 10 years ago
Football Jeff Budzien was part of the team that won Northwestern’s first bowl game since the 1949 Rose Bowl. He was the kicker for the squad that faced No. 4 Ohio State, a matchup that drew ESPN’s College Gameday to Evanston. But the game he’s going to “tell (his) kids about” came on Nov. 5,... → Read More
Northwestern football falls to Michigan State in season opener
Football Coming out of halftime in front of 34,248 fans, Northwestern needed a momentum shift. Even though the Wildcats racked up 195 yards of offense, they scored on only one of three possessions inside the Michigan State 25-yard line. While senior quarterback Hunter Johnson tossed 195 yards and a touchdown, the Spartans limited NU’s ground... → Read More
Northwestern football running backs ready for larger role in 2021
Cam Porter was widely projected to be Northwestern’s starting running back against Michigan State after leading the Wildcats with 333 rushing yards and five touchdowns in 2020. But throughout the offseason, Lou Ayeni noticed Porter’s fellow tailbacks didn’t “take a backseat.” They pushed him. They challenged him. They worked hard for more carries. This mindset... → Read More
Football: How Hunter Johnson reclaimed his role as Northwestern’s starting quarterback How Hunter Johnson won Northwestern football’s quarterback competition
Football After Northwestern’s 2019 season, Mike Bajakian got to work. Bajakian, who was named the Wildcats’ new offensive coordinator in December, proceeded to watch every play of NU’s 3-9 campaign. Featuring prominently in the footage was Hunter Johnson. On film, the former five-star recruit’s struggles were well documented. They ranged from committing three turnovers —... → Read More