EVANSTON, Ill. – Northwestern heads to Wrigley Field on Saturday for the Wildcats Classic powered by CDW and NetApp. The 'Cats welcome Purdue to The Friendly Confines for an 11 a.m. CT kick-off.
Fans can tune in on the Big Ten Network or listen to WGN Radio AM-720 to hear Dave Eanet, Ted Albrecht and Mark Carman call the game.
The 'Cats have won six of their past seven matchups with Purdue, including a 27-20 victory last season in West Lafayette.
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Fans can tune in on the Big Ten Network or listen to WGN Radio AM-720 to hear Dave Eanet, Ted Albrecht and Mark Carman call the game.
The 'Cats have won six of their past seven matchups with Purdue, including a 27-20 victory last season in West Lafayette.
STORYLINES
- Northwestern Football returns to Wrigley Field for the first time 11 years to the day since hosting Illinois at 1060 West Addison.
- Graduate transfer WR Stephon Robinson, Jr., has a team-leading 40 receptions in nine games played this season. Since 2010 only four other NU wideouts have racked up 40 grabs in nine games played or fewer (Ramaud Chiaokhiao-Bowman, Flynn Nagel, Austin Carr, Jeremy Ebert). Robinson has accounted for 10 of Northwestern's 29 receptions of 20+ yards this season.
- Derek Adams tallied 164 punt yards against Wisconsin, including a 58-yard bomb, to move into first place on the all-time NCAA career punt yard leaderboard with 14,200 yards.
- Chris Bergin looks to extend his FBS-leading solo-tackle total of 74 this weekend. Bergin also leads the Big Ten in total tackles at 118, 18 more than the next closest player (Jack Campbell of Iowa).