Almost eight years ago, Northwestern University took on the University of Illinois at Wrigley Field, in what was supposed to become an annual event.
Wrigley Field renovations began taking up winters beginning after the 2014 baseball season, so football took a back seat, though the Cubs had announced a longterm partnership with Northwestern to have events at Wrigley several years ago. They did play a baseball game against Michigan there in 2013, and NU’s starter was none other than current Cubs reliever Luke Farrell.
Northwestern football will return to Wrigley Field in 2020, according to Teddy Greenstein in the Tribune:
Northwestern has chosen its Nov.