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Northwestern upsets No. 8 Iowa 17-10 (AP)

Sat, 07 Nov 2009 13:50:44 PST

With Ricky Stanzi watching from the sideline on crutches, No. 8 Iowa ran out of magic. Dan Persa threw a touchdown pass and Marshall Thomas recovered a fumble for another score, and Northwestern dealt a crushing blow to Iowa's national championship hopes with a 17-10 victory Saturday. Stanzi was knocked out of the game with an ankle injury in the second quarter on the play in which Thomas scored...

NU shatters Iowa's BCS dreams (Rivals.com)

Sat, 07 Nov 2009 11:43:00 PST

IOWA CITY-Northwestern shattered Iowa's dreams of an undefeated season and potential shot at a BCS title by...

Shattered dreams (Rivals.com)

Sat, 07 Nov 2009 11:12:00 PST

IOWA CITY-Northwestern shattered Iowa's dreams of an undefeated season and potential shot at a BCS title by...

Northwestern Team Report (Yahoo! Sports)

Tue, 03 Nov 2009 22:16:06 PST

In the current Associated Press poll, Iowa finds itself at No. 8. But since everything revolves around the Bowl Championship Series standings in this era, let's refer to the Hawkeyes by their No. 4 showing in the updated BCS rankings.

With that in mind, Northwestern shoots for an upset this week of a magnitude that hasn't happened for the program in 50 years. In the Wildcats' 1959 opener, coach Ara Parseghian led his 10th-ranked charges to a 45-13 whipping of No. 2 Oklahoma at Dyche Stadium. The following week, the Wildcats edged No. 5 Iowa by a 14-10 count.

Since those back-to-back wins, Northwestern has faced 35 Top 5 foes and come up empty every time. Based on the way the Wildcats hung with No.

Monday with Fitz (Rivals.com)

Mon, 02 Nov 2009 14:54:00 PST

Coach Pat Fitzgerald held his weekly press conference on Monday and not surprisingly, much of the focus was on...

Photo Gallery: PSU 34 NU 14 (Rivals.com)

Sat, 31 Oct 2009 20:50:00 PDT

EVANSTON--Associated Press photos from Northwestern's 34-14 loss to Penn State on Saturday at Ryan Field.

Penn St pulls away from Northwestern 34-13 (AP)

Sat, 31 Oct 2009 18:26:53 PDT

Penn State's defense clamped down after Northwestern lost starting quarterback Mike Kafka. In the fourth quarter, the Nittany Lions' offense kicked in. Evan Royster bolted 69 yards for a TD to cap a three-score spurt in the final period and No. 12 Penn State pulled away to a 34-13 victory Saturday night.

A Halloween trick (Rivals.com)

Sat, 31 Oct 2009 15:51:00 PDT

EVANSTON -- For a half, it looked like Northwestern might give its fans a Halloween treat.

Northwestern QB leaves with injury (AP)

Sat, 31 Oct 2009 14:49:34 PDT

Northwestern quarterback Mike Kafka injured his leg in the second quarter Saturday and had to leave the Wildcats' game with No. 12 Penn State. Kafka was replaced by Dan Persa midway through the second quarter. After talking on the phone on the sideline, Kafka left for the locker room with just more than five minutes to go in the first half.

Age generation: Paterno, Fitz meet again (AP)

Fri, 30 Oct 2009 00:04:08 PDT

Northwestern coach Pat Fitzgerald may tweet and text and be up on all the ways of the world. Yet, he still has that old-school approach to the game he loves. There's the game face, the crew cut and the respect for those who've been coaching long before his short career began. Like Joe Paterno. "Coach Paterno is college football," Fitzgerald said as his Wildcats got ready to meet the...

Fitz on Rivals Radio (Rivals.com)

Wed, 28 Oct 2009 19:15:00 PDT

Northwestern coach Pat Fitzgerald took a look back at last Saturday's historic comeback win over Indiana and...