Which did you attend?

[SmellyCat]

Who can go a perfect 10-for-10? I identified the top games to have attended in the two revenue sports since the world began in September of 1995. Yeah, Victory Right and some other football games might crack this top 10 to some of you, but really, I believe this is the list.

 

[SimpsonElmwood]

4/10 and proud of it! Also made it to the BB B1G Tourney in DC 2017, 43-40 win at ND and the 1996 Ron Dayne fumble game in Madison.

 

[ParisCat]

I got 7/10. Missed SLC (work commitment), the PU game (family commitment), and the 2020 championship like almost everyone else.

 

[clarificationcat]

Who can go a perfect 10-for-10? I identified the top games to have attended in the two revenue sports since the world began in September of 1995. Yeah, Victory Right and some other football games might crack this top 10 to some of you, but really, I believe this is the list.

7 out of 10. Missed the Gator Bowl, 2020 game and Salt Lake City. I might put the Penn State game in there. Unbelievable atmosphere (all NU fans) and confirmed to the whole country we were for real.

 

[SmellyCat]

7 out of 10. Missed the Gator Bowl, 2020 game and Salt Lake City. I might put the Penn State game in there. Unbelievable atmosphere (all NU fans) and confirmed to the whole country we were for real.

Yeah, I forgot no one could go to the 2020 game unless they were really special. I'd prefer to have put Penn State in there (especially because I went!) now that I think about it.

 

[pschatz25]

Five (Rose Bowl, Gator Bowl, 2018 BTC, Tap-to-Pardon, Purdue) out of 10 (I was also at the 1995 PSU game if we're subbing that in). I had a ticket to the 2004 OSU game, but had committed well in advance to going to a concert that night. It was a great concert, but being at that game would have been pretty sweet. I wasn't in a position to attend any of the others, so I'm content to have seen them on TV.

 

[GOUNUII]

Yeah, I forgot no one could go to the 2020 game unless they were really special. I'd prefer to have put Penn State in there (especially because I went!) now that I think about it.

5/10 ain't bad. Missing the Rose Bowl and SLC were both major disappointments.

Kinda bummed the 1995 and 1996 Michigan games weren't an option. Attending both were incredible highlights in my now 45 years of NU football fandom.

GOUNUII

 

[CappyNU]

4/10, though I was too young for the first 3. OSU, tap to pardon, SLC and 2018.

 

[UpsetAlert]

Who can go a perfect 10-for-10? I identified the top games to have attended in the two revenue sports since the world began in September of 1995. Yeah, Victory Right and some other football games might crack this top 10 to some of you, but really, I believe this is the list.

4/10, including yesterday. Though technically didn’t go to the Rose Bowl itself, when I was a freshman in high school (LA) and went to rose parade with some family/friends. Hated USC, so immediately was drawn to the ‘Cats!

Also, Ireland was an absolute blast and should be awarded as extra credit.

 

[SmellyCat]

Five (Rose Bowl, Gator Bowl, 2018 BTC, Tap-to-Pardon, Purdue) out of 10 (I was also at the 1995 PSU game if we're subbing that in). I had a ticket to the 2004 OSU game, but had committed well in advance to going to a concert that night. It was a great concert, but being at that game would have been pretty sweet. I wasn't in a position to attend any of the others, so I'm content to have seen them on TV.

Shoot, I said 2003 above. I'm usually not so sloppy! [whoever edited that for me, thank you!]

I missed most of these because I did not live in Chicago during most of them, but I was still living in Chicago in 2004 and watched the end of the game on TV instead of in person. I chose to go out to dinner with my girlfriend and her parents, and considering we've been married since 2005, it was maybe the right choice.

Only three for me. Has anyone topped seven?

 

[SmellyCat]

5/10 ain't bad. Missing the Rose Bowl and SLC were both major disappointments.

Kinda bummed the 1995 and 1996 Michigan games weren't an option. Attending both were incredible highlights in my now 45 years of NU football fandom.

GOUNUII

I loved the 1996 Michigan game, and I would definitely have included it in my top ten on my personal list, but I figured it couldn't crack this list.

 

[montana_cat]

Shoot, I said 2003 above. I'm usually not so sloppy!

I missed most of these because I did not live in Chicago during most of them, but I was still living in Chicago in 2004 and watched the end of the game on TV instead of in person. I chose to go out to dinner with my girlfriend and her parents, and considering we've been married since 2005, it was maybe the right choice.

Only three for me. Has anyone topped seven?

None of the above. I did, however, go to Columbus in November 1971 and saw the Cats beat Ohio State in the Shoe.

 

[SmellyCat]

None of the above. I did, however, go to Columbus in November 1971 and saw the Cats beat Ohio State in the Shoe.

I will award extra credit for anyone who was at this game, the 1949 Rose Bowl, or anyone who PLAYED in any of the above games.

 

[montana_cat]

I will award extra credit for anyone who was at this game, the 1949 Rose Bowl, or anyone who PLAYED in any of the above games.

I'll never forget being part of a tiny knot of purple people (500 or so?), watching all those cardinal-clad folks. Not one of Woody Hayes' best teams. Still, you could almost see tongues coming out of their mouth and dropping towards their throats. "We're losing to Northwestern, we're losing to Northwestern ..." So sweet!

 

[its_the_sauce]

I missed yesterday as in Vegas for Super Bowl. My pai-gow dealer was actually cool with letting me follow on phone at table

 

[Styre]

Only 4/10 for me, sadly. I started at NU in 2001, so I missed the first three. (I watched the Rose Bowl and 54-51 on TV, though!) I would have attended Ohio State 2004, but I was working for WNUR at the time and was assigned to the studio. Was at the Gator Bowl, Tap-to-Pardon, and the selection show at W-R, but couldn't attend the NCAAs because of existing travel plans. Went to Indy in 2018, would have gone again in 2020 but obviously couldn't, and was there yesterday.

 

[its_the_sauce]

How about adding NIU in 82 as an option lol

 

[EagerFan]

Three for me. I don't do football games.

 

[Pasadena Bound]

9/10. Missed Salt Lake City. Trying to choose a favorite of the nine games I attended is very tough but I'd have to say the Rose Bowl. As my wife said after we got home from a week in Pasadena, it was like "a week of college, but with money".

 

[cats1967]

9 of 10 as well. Missed the 2020 BT championship.
I chose well.

 

[Hungry Jack]

I’m nearing Wrassler territory with 2. But I did see the Holiday Bowl in SD and have seen the gridiron Cats in Champaign, Princeton, and Chestnut Hill. Hoops games this year include Prairie View, UIC, DePaul, Rutgers, Minny, and PU.

 

[ubercat]

12 out of 10. I’m from Chicago. You gotta problem wit dat!?!

 

[docrugby1]

I’m nearing Wrassler territory with 2. But I did see the Holiday Bowl in SD and have seen the gridiron Cats in Champaign, Princeton, and Chestnut Hill. Hoops games this year include Prairie View, UIC, DePaul, Rutgers, Minny, and PU.

What did you think of the NU Band at Princeton ?

 

[StreamCat]

6/10. Of the 4 that I missed, I’m only sorry that I missed the Rose Bowl (too many little kids at home) and the tap to Pardon. The other 2 that I missed involved losses. If I had seen the missed goal tending live, I’d still be in therapy. And Big Ten Championship 2020? Nah.

 

[zeek55]

For most of my life until 2004, I was apathetic about pro/college sports.

That Ohio State game changed my life by making me a sports fan. I remember almost everything about that gameday and the parties after that went all through the night across campus and off-campus apartments.

One of the most memorable days of my 4 years at NU. Attended a few others on this list, but that one is on another level for me personally as a formative sports experience.

 

[NJcatsfan]

4/10 and 4/7 since I was a student (my first connection to the school)

 

[Zootcat]

4/10 for me. It would have been 5/10, but our dog groomer slit our dog’s tail open the day of the 2004 OSU game. Of course our smart-a$$ friends who sat next to us called us and passed the phone to about 20 other fans around our seats so they could all give us grief for missing it. 🤦‍♂️

 

[zbag51]

Was a freshman in 2000, when i became a fan, got 4/10:
54-51, Gator Bowl, 2018 BTC, Purdue.

Was in Dublin, too.
Great poll!

 

[Catreporter]

6 out of 10 for me. Gator Bowl ranks as #1 overall experience for me. Perfect 70-degree day, I owned a place at Amelia Island back then (half hour drive away) and I had witnessed several bowl losses including the Rose. Taphorn to Pardon play is my all-time favorite Wildcat moment. Sunday's game is right up there now.

 

[Dugan15]

Awesome list. I am 5/10. My honorable mentions from the last millennium are: Walker Lambiotte bloody shirt, ‘95 @ Michigan, ‘95 Wisco, ‘95 Iowa, ‘95 PSU, ‘95 @ Purdue, ‘96 Michigan and ‘98 Michigan.

 

[hdhntr1]

Who can go a perfect 10-for-10? I identified the top games to have attended in the two revenue sports since the world began in September of 1995. Yeah, Victory Right and some other football games might crack this top 10 to some of you, but really, I believe this is the list.

I was 6 of 10. Rose Bowl Mich 2000, OSU 2004, Mich 2017, BT Championship 2018, Purdue 2023. Can I add ND in 2014 in South Bend for a bonus? Another really crazy game. I put it up there in the same category as the Mich game in 2000. Could add Penn State Game in 1995. That was the game that put us on the map in 1995 when everyone started watching us. National broad cast. Freezing cold. I was in upper deck. ND ggame started off the season but following that was the Miami of Ohio game. The watermark that got everyone involved was the PSU game

 

[Alaskawildkat]

Who can go a perfect 10-for-10? I identified the top games to have attended in the two revenue sports since the world began in September of 1995. Yeah, Victory Right and some other football games might crack this top 10 to some of you, but really, I believe this is the list.

Yeah, count me as one who would have Victory Right as one of the top 10. Very few Northwestern fans attended it though as it was an away game in the old Metrodome. The assembled purple fans were so few that almost all of us were featured on TV.

Unfortunately (or maybe fortunately?) most of the NU Crowd shots got edited out in the now available internet versions of the game.

 

[hdhntr1]

Yeah, count me as one who would have Victory Right as one of the top 10. Very few Northwestern fans attended it though as it was an away game in the old Metrodome. The assembled purple fans were so few that almost all of us were featured on TV.

Unfortunately (or maybe fortunately?) most of the NU Crowd shots got edited out in the now available internet versions of the game.

Again, while significant, I would put PSU 1995 and ND 2014 in SB ahead of it ( I was able to attend both) I think Mich 1995 would be acceptable

 

[PURPLECAT88]

Again, while significant, I would put PSU 1995 and ND 2014 in SB ahead of it ( I was able to attend both) I think Mich 1995 would be acceptable

Michigan 1995 might have been the happiest I've ever been following a football game. I had married my Michigan-alum wife 2 years earlier, but because of the unbalanced schedule, this was the first NU-UM game we attended as a married couple. I had truly expected never to beat Michigan (not just that day, but ever), and I know she expected to go our whole marriage without losing to NU. I think I hugged every stranger in purple after that game.

 

[Max_Power]

Only hit 7/10 as 10/10 is impossible. I passed on the Gator Bowl and did not make the SLC tourney game. Still regret not making an effort to get to SLC.

I did make it to the first Citrus, first Outback and Music City Bowls and was at the Ron Dayne fumble game! My wife loves to tell that story because I wanted to leave and she insisted we stay. I also left the second ND game before the improbable comeback bc we were freezing our butts of in the top row the ND's stadium. We left real slow but ND still had the ball when we actually left. Got the car and NU was kicking the tying field goal. My son has never forgiven me but he forgets how cold he was.

 

[Cataria]

Yeah, count me as one who would have Victory Right as one of the top 10. Very few Northwestern fans attended it though as it was an away game in the old Metrodome. The assembled purple fans were so few that almost all of us were featured on TV.

Unfortunately (or maybe fortunately?) most of the NU Crowd shots got edited out in the now available internet versions of the game.

We were there and it was epic! Also attended Rose Bowl, Gator Bowl, Taphorn to Pardon, Purdue!

 

[Max_Power]

Michigan 1995 might have been the happiest I've ever been following a football game. I had married my Michigan-alum wife 2 years earlier, but because of the unbalanced schedule, this was the first NU-UM game we attended as a married couple. I had truly expected never to beat Michigan (not just that day, but ever), and I know she expected to go our whole marriage without losing to NU. I think I hugged every stranger in purple after that game.

This is one game I wished I had seen. I have never been to a game in the Big House. The only home game I missed in'95 was Miami of Ohio - I was getting married. Went into the ceremony up big - came outside after to find all my groomsman sitting around a car radio in the parking lot only to hear the fumbled punt the end of the game.

 

[Max_Power]

How about adding NIU in 82 as an option lol

I was there at age 13! Cursed NU family!

 

[NUCat320]

Jacksonville
54-51
SLC, but my NCAA Tournament win percentage is 1000

(I was an ND fan and was cheering for USC. Those purple window flags were annoying.)

 

[StreamCat]

I also left the second ND game before the improbable comeback bc we were freezing our butts of in the top row the ND's stadium. We left real slow but ND still had the ball when we actually left.

My NU-fan son left early.
My ND son left early.
My ND son-in-law left early.
My sister left early.
My brother-in-law left early.

But StreamCat stayed, dammit. StreamCat stayed!