The Last Time Purdue Visited Ryan Field

[FEW]

We managed to lose. It was five years ago, a night game and represented Danny Hope's first Big Ten win.

The Purdue fans were all aholler, whooping it up like they'd won the Rose Bowl at game's end. We cut the lights for a previously announced fireworks show courtesy of BMO Harris Bank, but the Purdue fans booed loudly as they thought we had turned the lights out on them.

A family friend was a student at the time. He was enraged. "Only at Northwestern," he raved, "can we celebrate losing a football game." I wonder what he would have thought of holding the groundbreaking ceremony for the Fitz Mahal on Friday the 13th?

Here's hoping that we don't have a repeat: handing a win to a struggling Purdue team because we couldn't play good ball.

 

[LansingCat]

We managed to lose. It was five years ago, a night game and represented Danny Hope's
I was there, and I never want to hear the phrase

boiler up

again!

 

[ColumbusCatFan1]

Yep. That game was brutal. A blown 4th quarter lead wasted some amazing plays by Persa throughout the game. It was yet another loss after the 'Cats broke into the top 25. Had Dan not got injured at Iowa, that loss to Purdue would have likely cost the 'Cats a second straight NYD bowl game (while technically on January 1st, the Heart of Dallas Bowl doesn't count).

Let's stop the Boilers from messing things up again.

 

[7levery7]

We managed to lose. It was five years ago, a night game and represented Danny Hope's first Big Ten win.

The Purdue fans were all aholler, whooping it up like they'd won the Rose Bowl at game's end. We cut the lights for a previously announced fireworks show courtesy of BMO Harris Bank, but the Purdue fans booed loudly as they thought we had turned the lights out on them.

A family friend was a student at the time. He was enraged. "Only at Northwestern," he raved, "can we celebrate losing a football game." I wonder what he would have thought of holding the groundbreaking ceremony for the Fitz Mahal on Friday the 13th?

Here's hoping that we don't have a repeat: handing a win to a struggling Purdue team because we couldn't play good ball.

Fitz Mahal! Nice.