Northwestern Wildcats Tickets

Like everywhere else, here too the athletics teams are divided between men's and women's teams. The University has a total of eleven women's teams and eight men's teams, which play and represent their university in Division I. To witness the mascot, Willie the Wildcat, dancing for all the Cats fans out there, you know what you need to do right? Just grab your deals on the tickets and make it to the sports stadium, guys. You must all be wondering how Northwestern University ended up choosing Wildcats as a name; well, that has a history as well. Initially, the team was called "The Purple." However, somewhere in the 1920s, Wallace Abbey, a writer for the Chicago Daily Tribune, referred to the team as a "Purple wall of wildcats." This is how it began, as the crowds started cheering them as Wildcats, and the University board members made it the official name within a matter of a few months.

The Wildcats have a total of nineteen intercollegiate varsity teams, including women's lacrosse, women's tennis, fencing, and softball. The men's teams include swimming, soccer, golf, and wrestling. The men's team for basketball is recognized by the Helms Athletic Foundation as the 1931 Champion. It seems like the Wildcats women are pretty wild, too, as they remain the four-time NCAA national championship winners and were undefeated in 2005. The question is, will it be easy to tame these Wildcats in the fields this time around? To find out all this and more, just grab your Northwestern Wildcats tickets from us right away. The Northwestern Wildcats have come to be nicknamed simply the Wildcats. They share a strong rivalry with the Illinois Fighting Illini. This rivalry can be seen during the football matches, as both teams come face to face on an annual basis while competing for the Land of Lincoln Trophy. Guys, just check out the devotion of the Wildcats fans, as they have also cultivated strong rivalries with Big Ten Conference foes such as Iowa and Wisconsin. The year 2005 to 2006 is called one of the best athletic seasons in the entire history of the University, as the football team finished third in the Big Ten with a bid to the Sun Bowl. The women won their second Lacrosse National Championship, and the women's tennis team became the proud winners of the National Championship as well.

The men's tennis player Peter Rispoli won the Flight B Singles Championship, and the women's team made it to the finals in the Women's College World Series, standing second. There are some notable traditions involved in the Wildcats games; for instance, during football games, students ring their car keys before every kick-off and dribble. This action is more of a taunt, as it implies that Wildcat rivals may win the football matches, yet they would end up parking cars for Northwestern University graduates. The students of the university lead their cheers by the NUMB (Northwestern University Marching Band). The NUMB band performs at all Northwestern football games. The Northwestern University 'Wildcat' Marching Band forms the 'Sculpted N' and performs 'Go U Northwestern!' to close its pregame performance at the 2005 Sun Bowl, under the direction of Daniel J. Farris. The athletics director of the team is Jim Phillips, and the fight song for the team is "Go U Northwestern". To see cheerleaders dressed in team colors purple and white, just grab your deal of the Northwestern Wildcats tickets right away.