Michigan football plays Northwestern at Wrigley Field
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P.J. Fleck, Gophers face Northwestern at Wrigley Field
The Gophers face Northwestern this Saturday for their final road test of the 2025 season, and it'll be at Wrigley Field, home of the Chicago Cubs.
Long ago, Wrigley Field, one of the country’s iconic Major League Baseball stadiums, regularly hosted football games. The Chicago structure was built in 1914 and the Cubs began playing baseball
Northwestern will play host to Michigan at Wrigley Field in Chicago, the home of the Chicago Cubs. Wrigley Field is the second-oldest MLB ballpark ― behind only Fenway Park ― and has a capacity of nearly 41,649. The Wildcats have played five other home games at Martin Stadium, which has a rough capacity of 12,000 seats.
UMN is 2-0 in bowl games played in baseball stadiums, and Northwestern, a four-point favorite Saturday, is 0-6 all-time at Wrigley Field.
Michigan’s culture is embedded so deeply in the Big Ten's reputation that to extract the school would lessen both entities.
Northwestern played what was supposed to be a home college football game against Michigan at Wrigley Field on Saturday. It was an away game. The
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Wrigley Field historical sleuthing: 1947 edition
There is only one date that matches all these games. It is, in fact, the date of a holiday doubleheader at Wrigley Field: Friday, July 4, 1947.
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