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	Northwestern Wildcats The Northwestern Wildcats football team, representing Northwestern University, is a NCAA Division I team and member of the Big Ten Conference, with evidence of organization in 1876. The mascot is the Wildcat, a term coined by a Chicago Tribune reporter in 1924, after reporting on a football game where the players appeared as "a wall of purple wildcats." Northwestern holds the all-time records for Division I-A losses, points allowed, and negative point differential (amount opponents have outscored them by). They are also on the losing end of the greatest comeback in Division I-A history, blowing a 38-3 lead in the third quarter of a 41-38 loss to Michigan State on October 21, 2006. Stadium Clips (Right-click, Save-As) Situation NW Marching Band - Go U Northwestern Northwestern Fight Song NW Marching Band - March of the Steelmen Prior to kickoff NW Marching Band - Purple Pageant Start of the 4th quarter Ryan Field 49,256