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The best of really old Northwestern football games

Did you know Northwestern has been posting old videos of Northwestern’s college football games since the 1920s? Yes, the videos are there, with high-quality sound and the best restoration possible. They even have color films from the early 1960s. It’s wild. But there’s no sound. That’s not wild.

Remember, Northwestern football is ancient. The team predates Ohio State, Alabama, USC, Penn State, and most of the other blue bloods. Don’t let anyone tell you differently, Northwestern has been playing football since nearly the beginning, and the past cannot be rewritten.

The first Northwestern football team was one of the first four college football teams to be established west of the Appalachian Mountains, playing its first intercollegiate game against Lake Forest in 1882.