Northwestern Wildcats

The Northwestern Wildcats are the athletic teams that represent Northwestern University, located in Evanston, Illinois. Northwestern is a founding member of the Big Ten Conference and the only private university in the conference. Northwestern has eight men's and eleven women's NCAA Division I sports teams and is known as "Chicago's Big Ten Team." The mascot is Willie the Wildcat.

Football

Northwestern Wildcats college football

First Season
1882
Team History
Northwestern Wildcats (1924-present) Northwestern Purple (1882-1923)
Conference
Big Ten Conference (1953-present) Western Conference (1896-1952) Independent (1882-95)
Venue
Ryan Field (1926-present)Northwestern Field (1905-25)
Key People
Players • Coaches

Programs by season

1890s

Season/Date	Opponent	Venue
1896
October 31	vs. Lehigh	Detroit Athletic Club Park
1898
November 24	at Chicago	Marshall Field

1900s

Season/Date	Opponent	Venue
1903
November 7	vs. Ohio State	Ferry Field
November 14	vs. Wisconsin	Ferry Field
1909
October 16	vs. Ohio State	Ferry Field
November 13	at Penn	Franklin Field

1910s

Season/Date	Opponent	Venue
1910
November 19	vs. Minnesota	Ferry Field
1911
November 18	vs. Penn	Ferry Field
1912
November 16	vs. Cornell	Ferry Field
1913
November 15	vs. Penn	Ferry Field
1914
November 7	vs. Penn	Ferry Field
1916
November 11	at Cornell	Schoellkopf Field

1920s

Season/Date	Opponent	Venue
1922
October 21	at Ohio State	Ohio Stadium
1925
October 10	vs. Indiana	Ferry Field
October 24	at Illinois	Memorial Stadium
October 31	vs. Navy	Ferry Field
November 21	vs. Minnesota	Ferry Field
1926
October 2	vs. Oklahoma A&M	Ferry Field
November 6	vs. Wisconsin	Ferry Field
1927
November 12	vs. Navy	Michigan Stadium
1929
October 19	vs. Ohio State	Michigan Stadium

1930s

Season/Date	Opponent	Venue
1930
1930
October 18	at Ohio State	Ohio Stadium
1932
October 15	at Ohio State	Ohio Stadium
1934
November 17	at Ohio State	Ohio Stadium
1935
October 5	vs. Michigan State	Michigan Stadium
1936
November 21	at Ohio State	Ohio Stadium
1938
October 15	at Minnesota	Memorial Stadium
November 19	at Ohio State	Ohio Stadium
1939
October 7	vs. Michigan State	Michigan Stadium

1940s

Season/Date	Opponent	Venue
1940
November 16	vs. Northwestern	Michigan Stadium
November 23	at Ohio State	Ohio Stadium
1942
October 3	vs. Michigan State	Michigan Stadium
November 14	at Notre Dame	Notre Dame Stadium
November 21	at Ohio State	Ohio Stadium
1944
November 25	at Ohio State	Ohio Stadium
1945
September 29	vs. Michigan State	Michigan Stadium
October 13	at Army	Yankee Stadium
October 27	at Illinois	Memorial Stadium
November 24	vs. Ohio State	Michigan Stadium
1946
October 12	vs. Army	Michigan Stadium
November 23	at Ohio State	Ohio Stadium
1947*
October 4	vs. Stanford	Michigan Stadium
October 11	vs. Pittsburgh	Michigan Stadium
October 18	at Northwestern	Dyche Stadium
November 1	at Illinois	Memorial Stadium
November 8	vs. Indiana	Michigan Stadium
November 22	vs. Ohio State	Michigan Stadium
January 1, 1948	vs. USC	Rose Bowl
1948*
September 25	at Michigan State	Macklin Stadium
October 16	vs. Northwestern	Michigan Stadium
October 30	vs. Illinois	Michigan Stadium
November 6	vs. Navy	Michigan Stadium
November 13	vs. Indiana	Michigan Stadium
1949
November 5	vs. Purdue	Michigan Stadium
November 19	vs. Ohio State	Michigan Stadium

1950s

Season/Date	Opponent	Venue
1950
September 30	vs. Michigan State	Michigan Stadium
October 14	at Army	Yankee Stadium
November 4	vs. Illinois	Michigan Stadium
November 25	at Ohio State	Ohio Stadium
January 1, 1951	vs. California	Rose Bowl
1951
September 29	vs. Michigan State	Michigan Stadium
November 10	at Cornell	Schoellkopf Field
November 24	vs. Ohio State	Michigan Stadium
1952
September 27	vs. Michigan State	Michigan Stadium
November 22	at Ohio State	Ohio Stadium
1953
October 17	vs. Northwestern	Michigan Stadium
November 14	at Michigan State	Macklin Stadium
November 21	vs. Ohio State	Michigan Stadium
1954
October 16	at Northwestern	Dyche Stadium
October 23	vs. Minnesota	Michigan Stadium
November 13	vs. Michigan State	Michigan Stadium
November 20	at Ohio State	Ohio Stadium
1955
October 15	vs. Northwestern	Michigan Stadium
November 19	vs. Ohio State	Michigan Stadium
1956
October 6	vs. Michigan State	Michigan Stadium
November 3	at Iowa	Iowa Stadium
November 24	at Ohio State	Ohio Stadium
1957
November 9	at Illinois	Memorial Stadium
1958
October 18	at Northwestern	Dyche Stadium
November 22	at Ohio State	Ohio Stadium

1960s

Season/Date	Opponent	Venue
1960
October 29	at Wisconsin	Camp Randall Stadium
November 19	at Ohio State	Ohio Stadium
1961
October 14	vs. Michigan State	Michigan Stadium
November 25	vs. Ohio State	Michigan Stadium
1962
November 10	vs. Illinois	Michigan Stadium
November 24	at Ohio State	Ohio Stadium
1963
October 26	at Minnesota	Memorial Stadium
1964
October 10	at Michigan State	Spartan Stadium
November 21	at Ohio State	Ohio Stadium
January 1, 1965	vs. Oregon State	Rose Bowl
1965
October 9	vs. Michigan State	Michigan Stadium
November 13	at Northwestern	Dyche Stadium
November 20	vs. Ohio State	Michigan Stadium
1966
November 19	at Ohio State	Ohio Stadium
1967
October 21	vs. Indiana	Michigan Stadium
November 25	vs. Ohio State	Michigan Stadium
1968
October 12	vs. Michigan State	Michigan Stadium
November 23	at Ohio State	Ohio Stadium
1969
September 20	vs. Vanderbilt	Michigan Stadium
October 11	vs. Purdue	Michigan Stadium
November 1	vs. Wisconsin	Michigan Stadium
January 1, 1970	vs. USC	Rose Bowl

1970s

Season/Date	Opponent	Venue
1970
November 21	at Ohio State	Ohio Stadium
1971
September 11	at Northwestern	Dyche Stadium
September 25	vs. UCLA	Michigan Stadium
October 9	at Michigan State	Spartan Stadium
January 1, 1972	vs. Stanford	Rose Bowl
1972
September 23	at UCLA	Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum
October 14	vs. Michigan State	Michigan Stadium
November 25	at Ohio State	Ohio Stadium
1973
October 13	at Michigan State	Spartan Stadium
October 20	vs. Wisconsin	Michigan Stadium
November 24	vs. Ohio State	Michigan Stadium
1974
September 21	vs. Colorado	Michigan Stadium
October 5	at Stanford	Stanford Stadium
October 12	vs. Michigan State	Michigan Stadium
November 2	at Indiana	Memorial Stadium
November 23	at Ohio State	Ohio Stadium
1975
September 13	at Wisconsin	Camp Randall Stadium
September 20	vs. Stanford	Michigan Stadium
October 11	at Michigan State	Spartan Stadium
January 1, 1976	vs. Oklahoma	Orange Bowl
1976
October 9	vs. Michigan State	Michigan Stadium
October 16	at Northwestern	Dyche Stadium
November 20	at Ohio State	Ohio Stadium
January 1, 1977	vs. USC	Rose Bowl
1977
October 8	at Michigan State	Spartan Stadium
November 5	vs. Northwestern	Michigan Stadium
November 19	vs. Ohio State	Michigan Stadium
January 2, 1978	vs. Washington	Rose Bowl
1978
September 23	at Notre Dame	Notre Dame Stadium
October 14	vs. Michigan State	Michigan Stadium
November 11	at Northwestern	Dyche Stadium
November 25	at Ohio State	Ohio Stadium
January 1, 1979	vs. USC	Rose Bowl
1979
September 15	vs. Notre Dame	Michigan Stadium
September 22	vs. Kansas	Michigan Stadium
September 29	at California	California Memorial Stadium
October 6	at Michigan State	Spartan Stadium
December 28	vs. North Carolina	Gator Bowl

1980s

Season/Date	Opponent	Venue
1980
September 20	at Notre Dame	Notre Dame Stadium
October 11	vs. Michigan State	Michigan Stadium
November 22	at Ohio State	Ohio Stadium
January 1, 1981	vs. Washington	Rose Bowl
1981
September 12	at Wisconsin	Camp Randall Stadium
September 19	vs. Notre Dame	Michigan Stadium
October 10	at Michigan State	Spartan Stadium
October 24	vs. Northwestern	Michigan Stadium
December 31	vs. UCLA	Bluebonnet Bowl (Houston, TX)
1982
September 18	at Notre Dame	Notre Dame Stadium
September 25	vs. UCLA	Michigan Stadium
October 2	vs. Indiana	Michigan Stadium
October 9	vs. Michigan State	Michigan Stadium
October 30	vs. Minnesota	Michigan Stadium
November 20	at Ohio State	Ohio Stadium
January 1, 1983	vs. UCLA	Rose Bowl
1983
September 10	vs. Washington State	Michigan Stadium
October 8	at Michigan State	Spartan Stadium
October 15	vs. Northwestern	Michigan Stadium
November 19	vs. Ohio State	Michigan Stadium
1984
September 15	vs. Washington	Michigan Stadium
October 6	vs. Michigan State	Michigan Stadium
October 13	vs. Northwestern	Michigan Stadium
October 27	vs. Illinois	Michigan Stadium
November 17	at Ohio State	Ohio Stadium
December 21	vs. BYU	Holiday Bowl (San Diego, CA)
1985
September 14	vs. Notre Dame	Michigan Stadium
September 28	vs. Maryland	Michigan Stadium
October 12	at Michigan State	Spartan Stadium
November 9	vs. Purdue	Michigan Stadium
November 23	vs. Ohio State	Michigan Stadium
January 1, 1986	vs. Nebraska	Fiesta Bowl (Tempe, AZ)
1986
September 13	at Notre Dame	Notre Dame Stadium
September 20	vs. Oregon State	Michigan Stadium
September 27	vs. Florida State	Michigan Stadium
October 11	vs. Michigan State	Michigan Stadium
October 18	vs. Iowa	Michigan Stadium
November 15	vs. Minnesota	Michigan Stadium
November 22	at Ohio State	Ohio Stadium
December 6	at Hawaii	Aloha Stadium
January 1, 1987	vs. Arizona State	Rose Bowl
1987
September 19	vs. Washington State	Michigan Stadium
October 10	at Michigan State	Spartan Stadium
November 21	vs. Ohio State	Michigan Stadium
January 2, 1988	vs. Alabama	Hall of Fame Bowl (Tampa, FL)
1988
September 10	at Notre Dame	Notre Dame Stadium
September 24	vs. Wake Forest	Michigan Stadium
October 8	vs. Michigan State	Michigan Stadium
October 22	vs. Indiana	Michigan Stadium
November 19	at Ohio State	Ohio Stadium
January 2, 1989	vs. USC	Rose Bowl
1989
September 23	at UCLA	Rose Bowl
September 30	vs. Maryland	Michigan Stadium
October 7	vs. Wisconsin	Michigan Stadium
October 28	vs. Indiana	Michigan Stadium
November 25	vs. Ohio State	Michigan Stadium
January 1, 1990	vs. USC	Rose Bowl

1990s

Season/Date	Opponent	Venue
1990
September 29	vs. Maryland	Michigan Stadium
October 13	vs. Michigan State	Michigan Stadium
1991
October 12	at Michigan State	Spartan Stadium
November 23	vs. Ohio State	Michigan Stadium
1992
September 19	vs. Oklahoma State	Michigan Stadium
September 26	vs. Houston	Michigan Stadium
October 10	vs. Michigan State	Michigan Stadium
October 24	vs. Minnesota	Michigan Stadium
October 31	at Purdue	Ross-Ade Stadium
1993
October 16	at Penn State	Beaver Stadium
October 23	vs. Illinois	Michigan Stadium
November 20	vs. Ohio State	Michigan Stadium
1994
October 15	vs. Penn State	Michigan Stadium
1995
September 9	vs. Memphis	Michigan Stadium
September 30	vs. Miami (OH)	Michigan Stadium
1996
November 2	vs. Michigan State	Michigan Stadium
November 23	at Ohio State	Ohio Stadium
1997
October 11	vs. Northwestern	Michigan Stadium
November 22	vs. Ohio State	Michigan Stadium
January 1, 1998	vs. Washington State	Rose Bowl
1999
November 20	vs. Ohio State	Michigan Stadium

2000s

Season/Date	Opponent	Venue
2000
October 21	vs. Michigan State	Michigan Stadium
November 4	at Northwestern	Ryan Field
November 11	vs. Penn State	Michigan Stadium
November 18	at Ohio State	Ohio Stadium
2001
January 1, 2002	vs. Tennessee	Florida Citrus Bowl
2002
January 1, 2003	vs. Florida	Raymond James Stadium
2003
September 13	vs. Notre Dame	Michigan Stadium
November 22	vs. Ohio State	Michigan Stadium
2004
October 30	vs. Michigan State	Michigan Stadium
November 20	at Ohio State	Ohio Stadium
2005
September 24	at Wisconsin	Camp Randall Stadium
October 15	vs. Penn State	Michigan Stadium
December 28	vs. Nebraska	Alamodome
2006
October 7	vs. Michigan State	Michigan Stadium
2007
September 22	vs. Penn State	Michigan Stadium
2009
October 3	at Michigan State	Spartan Stadium
November 21	vs. Ohio State	Michigan Stadium

2010s

Season/Date	Opponent	Venue
2011
September 3	vs. Western Michigan	Michigan Stadium
September 10	vs. Notre Dame	Michigan Stadium
September 24	vs. San Diego State	Michigan Stadium
November 26	vs. Ohio State	Michigan Stadium
January 3, 2012	vs. Virginia Tech	Mercedes-Benz Superdome
2012
September 8	vs. Air Force	Michigan Stadium
January 1, 2013	vs. South Carolina	Raymond James Stadium
2013
November 30	vs. Ohio State	Michigan Stadium
2014
November 29	at Ohio State	Ohio Stadium
2015
January 1, 2016	vs. Florida	Citrus Bowl (Orlando, FL)
2016
October 29	at Michigan State	Spartan Stadium
December 30	vs. Florida State	Hard Rock Stadium
2017
January 1, 2018	vs. South Carolina	Raymond James Stadium
2018
September 22	vs. Nebraska	Michigan Stadium
December 29, 2018	vs. Florida	Mercedes-Benz Stadium

Men's Basketball

Michigan Wolverines college football

First Season
1909
Team History
Michigan Wolverines (1909-present)
Conference
Big Ten Conference (1917-present) Independent (1908-09)
Venue
Crisler Center (1967-present) Fielding H. Yost Fieldhouse (1923-67) Waterman Gymnasium (1908-23)
Key People
Players • Coaches

Programs by season

1990s

Season/Date	Opponent	Venue
1990-91
December 4, 1990	vs. Eastern Michigan	Crisler Arena