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The Illinois–Northwestern football rivalry is a college football rivalry between the Illinois Fighting Illini and Northwestern Wildcats. The Land of Lincoln Trophy is presented to the winner of the game. The teams began competing for the new prize in 2009, replacing the Sweet Sioux Tomahawk, which was used from 1945 to 2008. [2]
The 1978 Northwestern Wildcats team represented Northwestern University during the 1978 Big Ten Conference football season.In their first year under head coach Rick Venturi, the Wildcats compiled a 0–10–1 record (0–8–1 against Big Ten Conference opponents) and finished in last place in the Big Ten Conference.
The 1978 Illinois Fighting Illini football team was an American football team that represented the University of Illinois during the 1978 Big Ten Conference football season. In their second year under head coach Gary Moeller , the Illini compiled a 1–8–2 record and finished in ninth place in the Big Ten Conference .
Northwestern vs. Illinois (2010) In a game loaded with rule changes, the Fighting Illini defeated the Wildcats 48-27 in the first football game at Wrigley Field since 1970, and the first ...
After winning their first four games and achieving a No. 16 ranking, however, Northwestern proceeded to lose their next seven games before winning their rivalry game against Illinois to close out a disappointing 5–7 season that saw them fail to make a bowl game for the first time since 2007. 5 of the 7 losses came by 10 points or less ...
Advertisement for the stadium's night football game on October 3, 1930. October 3: Soldier Field hosted its first night football game when the Oregon Ducks defeated the Drake Bulldogs 14–7 [7] before a crowd of 12,000. [140] This was followed by a second college football game at Soldier Field between the Loyola Ramblers and the Georgetown ...
As a child, Ramon Diaz dreamed of studying at Northwestern University and playing football for the Big Ten school. Yet he said the experience left him traumatized because of hazing, rampant racial ...
Illinois walks off the field in disappointment after losing a close game to Northwestern ending their bowl game hopes. University of Illinois Northwestern Football, Saturday, November 25, 2023 at ...