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Northwestern assistant football coach Kevin Johns , who serves as the Wildcats' passing game coordinator and wide receivers coach, was named a finalist for the FootballScoop.com wide receiver coach of the year award.

Coach Pat Fitzgerald has said all along his seniors have played their best football late in the season, and their efforts were recognized Monday.

A pair of Northwestern defensive backs have been named All-Big Ten first team honorees, leading a group of seven Wildcats to earn all-conference accolades in 2009, announced today by the Big Ten conference office.

The senior punter was named to ESPN The Magazine's first-team Academic All-American team Tuesday, a day after he earned first-team all-Big Ten honors and was named a finalist for the Ray Guy Award .

Northwestern University's Zeke Markshausen and Stefan Demos have been named ESPN The Magazine Academic All-Americans, as voted on by the College Sports Information Directors of America.

Getting offensive: Mike Kafka played brilliantly, completing 26 of 40 passes for 326 yards and two sterling touchdown passes.

The jubilant Northwestern students marched off the field wearing T-shirts that read: "Real Fans Wear Purple" and "FITZ is my Facebook friend." And one savvy fan was singing: "Let's go Outback tonight." The fan obviously realized NU's stirring 33-31 victory Saturday over Wisconsin at Ryan Field has launched the program into a territory that was ...

Wisconsin head coach Bret Bielema, right, watches his team play against Northwestern during the fourth quarter of an NCAA college football game in Evanston, Ill., Saturday, Nov.

Tomorrow afternoon, 21 NU seniors will play at Ryan Field for the final time. They've been through hell and have emerged as one of the most successful senior classes in Northwestern football history.

Northwestern is no stranger to slow starts, and Saturday's game against Illinois was no exception.

The 17th-ranked Wisconsin Badgers and Northwestern Wildcats meet for the first time since 2006, as they collide in a Big Ten battle this weekend at Ryan Field.

Before we get into it, click here if you want referee Dan Caprona s explanation regarding Sherrick McManisa clinching interception with 32 seconds to go: http://blogs.dailyherald.com/node/2924 WHAT THIS GAME MEANT Northwesterna s 21-16 win ensures the Wildcats get to play in a bowl in back-to-back years for just the second time in program history.

On a rather balmy mid-November afternoon, Northwestern defeated Illinois by a final score of 21-16 to claim the very first Land of Lincoln Trophy, after bringing home the last edition of the Sweet Sioux Tomahawk last year in Evanston.

Mike Kafka threw for 305 yards and a touchdown and ran for another score and Sherrick McManis made a last-minute interception to preserve Northwestern's 21-16 win Saturday over Illinois.

Posted on Nov 11, 2009 by Scott Dochterman . Northwestern's Zeke Markshausen is tackled by A.J. Edds, left, and Pat Angerer, right, during the first half at Kinnick Stadium in Iowa City on Saturday, November 7, 2009.

Four names appear on Northwestern's latest injury report. Mike Kafka's is not one of them.

Home > Blogs > On Iowa by Marc Morehouse > The Spotlight Dance - Northwestern On Iowa by Marc Morehouse The Spotlight Dance - Northwestern Posted on Nov 06, 2009 by Marc Morehouse .

This week's game against the Northwestern Wildcats is the classic trap game for the Iowa Hawkeyes.

Once the veterans of the defense, Northwestern's secondary has become the rookies.

For Openers * After facing the nation's 12th-ranked team in Penn State last Saturday, the challenge is even greater this week as Northwestern travels to Iowa City to take on No.