It’s Week Two of the Wildcats’ 2006 season. After blowing out Miami (Ohio), NU is slated to play its first FCS opponent in program history — the New Hampshire Wildcats. This will be Northwestern’s first home game since losing head coach Randy Walker to a heart attack in June, so the team has a bigger reason driving it this Saturday.
Very little goes right for the ‘Cats. New Hampshire takes less than five minutes to establish an early 13-0 lead. NU fires back with two touchdowns of its own, but it’s not enough to keep pace with New Hampshire’s blistering no-huddle offense.