Coming off their bye week, the ‘Cats showed a pulse, but came up short once again to the Terps. Traveling on the road to a play a program whose trajectory is the exact opposite direction than the ‘Cats, Northwestern’s 31-24 loss was far less lopsided than expected. However, for a team that hasn’t won a football game since before Labor Day, Saturday was far from a positive.

Northwestern showed life at quarterback

Brendan Sullivan performed as well as you could’ve hoped in his first collegiate start, completing 18-of-24 passes for 143 yards, a touchdown and two interceptions.