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The 2006 Michigan State vs. Northwestern football game featured the biggest comeback in NCAA Division I Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS) history. [1] The Spartans rallied to score 38 unanswered points to beat the Wildcats 41–38 after falling behind 38–3 with 9:54 left in the third quarter.
Northwestern (10-5, 1-3), meanwhile, has started the calendar year with two straight conference losses on the road. The Wildcats have been idle since falling 79-61 at No. 20 Purdue last Sunday.
Following a stunning loss at home to Arizona State the week prior, the Spartans would open conference play on the road in an inter-divisional match up against the Northwestern Wildcats. The Spartans would receive the opening kickoff and march directly down the field with a 9 play, 75-yard drive capped off by an Elijah Collins touchdown run of 5 ...
at Spartan Stadium • East Lansing, Michigan. Date: November 28, 2020; ... Northwestern Wildcats vs. Ohio State Buckeyes (Big Ten Championship game) – Game summary.
After a Northwestern field goal, the Spartans drove 88 yards in five minutes to take the lead 28–27. The Wildcats went four and out on their next possession, but had another chance to tie the game after Edwin Baker ran for a 25 yd touchdown with a minute left to make it 35–27.
After Northwestern beat Wyoming on September 15, 1979, the Wildcats began a streak of notoriety, and lost all remaining games during that season. [44] Following a winless 1980 season, Northwestern president Robert Strotz dismissed athletic director John Pont and head coach Rick Venturi , who finished 1–31–1 in three seasons.
The first bit of evidence: When Illinois and Northwestern met Dec. 6 in Evanston, Ill., the Wildcats erased a 10-point second-half deficit and earned a 70-66 overtime victory.
Northwestern announced its 2016 football schedule on July 11, 2013. The 2016 schedule consists of 7 home and 5 away games in the regular season. The Wildcats will host Big Ten foes Illinois , Indiana , Nebraska , and Wisconsin , and will travel to Iowa , Michigan State , Minnesota , Ohio State , and Purdue .