Northwestern University Archives

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The Northwestern University Archives holds many hundreds of hours’-worth of football films, dating from 1929 to the recent past. Our goal is to digitize these films, some of which are fragile, and to make them available to fans of college football all over the world.  Below you will find what has been done so far--an exciting selection of game films, including the 1949 Rose Bowl game, and the notorious 1982 Lake the Posts game.
 
This site will be updated as more films are digitized—so please check back frequently.

Each link below leads to one of the football films (through YouTube).  We have also included links to the program covers and rosters, when available.

 

Date Game

 Score 

 Program Cover, Rosters, Notes
1929

 NU v Indiana

 IND 19-14 Program cover & roster
1930 NU at Minnesota NU 27-6  
1935 NU at Notre Dame NU 14-7  
1936 NU v Minnesota NU 6-0 Program cover & roster
  NU v Minnesota    Same game as above with more game footage
1939 NU v Wisconsin    
 1940  NU v Minnesota MINN 13-12  Program cover & roster
1940 NU v Illinois NU 32-14  
1941 NU v Indiana NU 20-14  
1943 NU v Great Lakes NU 13-0  Program cover & roster
1943 NU v Minnesota NU 42-6  
1943 NU v Indiana NU 14-6  
1945 NU v Iowa State NU 18-6 Program cover & roster
1949 NU v U Cal ROSEBOWL NU 20-14 Program cover & roster
1950 NU v Illinois NU 14-7 Program cover & roster
1951 NU v Army NU 20-14 Program cover & roster
1962 NU v Notre Dame-1stQ   Program cover & roster
  NU v Notre Dame-2ndQ    
  NU v Notre Dame-3rdQ    
  NU v Notre Dame-4thQ  NU 35-6  
1967 NU v Miami (FL)-1stQ   Program cover & roster
  NU v Miami (FL)-2ndQ    
  NU v Miami (FL)-3rdQ    
  NU v Miami (FL)-4thQ  NU 12-7  
1971 NU v Michigan St.-1st Q   Program cover & roster
  NU v Michigan St.-2nd Q    
  NU v Michigan St.-3rd Q    
  NU v Michigan St.-4th Q  NU 28-7  
1971 NU v Minnesota-1st Q   Program cover & roster
  NU v Minnesota-2nd Q    
  NU v Minnesota-3rdQ    
  NU v Minnesota-4th Q  NU 41-20  
1982 NU v Northern IL-1stQ   Program cover & roster
  NU v Northern IL-2ndQ    
  NU v Northern IL-3rdQ    
  NU v Northern IL-4thQ NU 31-6  

 For more information about these football games, and other athletic events at Northwestern from tug-of-war to ultimate Frisbee, contact the University Archives at archives@northwestern.edu. Also on our website: virtual and multimedia exhibts including NU Football History and the History of the Wildcats

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