Category: Red Zone Highlights

North Central Senior Day Plenty to celebrate for the North Central Cardinals as they conclude their regular season, with Senior Day festivities pregame, a conference championship already in hand, and the opportunity to once again go into the postseason with a 10-0 record. They took on the Augustana College Vikings on a chilly day in…

North Central Football in the Wind on the Road The North Central football team hit the road for what they hope will be the final time until the national championship, traveling south to Bloomington for their final away game of the regular season to take on the Illinois Wesleyan Titans on an incredibly windy afternoon.…

North Central Back Home With a Record in Sight The alternating home and away games continue down the stretch of the regular season for the North Central Cardinals, as the took the field at Benedetti-Wehrli Stadium on an absolutely gorgeous October afternoon in Naperville looking to improve to 8-0 on the season as they took…

North Central Faces a Fellow Undefeated The number-one-ranked North Central football team traveled down Interstate 55 to St Louis and Washington University on Saturday for a battle of CCIW undefeateds, with both teams entering Francis Olympic Field 6-0 on the season and 5-0 in conference play. The winner would have one hand on the CCIW…

The North Central football team began the second half of their regular season at home against Millikin, looking to take the lead in the all-time series with what would be a seventeenth consecutive victory over the Big Blue. It was a perfect fall afternoon in Naperville and the Cardinals were hoping to entertain their fans…

North Central Looks to Stay Perfect The North Central football team, coming off a big win over Wheaton face another orange and blue challenge this week: the Carroll University Pioneers on a beautiful fall day in Waukesha, Wisconsin. A win would mean reaching the halfway point of the regular season a perfect 5-0 and extend…

North Central Football Homecoming With an Arch-Rival Homecoming weekend at North Central College, and what better way to celebrate than with the marquee matchup of every Cardinals football season: the Battle for the Little Brass Bell against the Wheaton College Thunder, as the Cardinals look to retain the trophy for the first time since 2011…

North Central Football Back at Home North Central fans had to wait until Week 3, but Saturday finally brought the home opener for Cardinals Football on a beautiful early fall afternoon. Brad Spencer took charge of his first game as head coach at Benedetti-Wehrli Stadium as his team took on the Elmhurst University Blue Jays,…

North Central Football Heads North A second Saturday on the road to start the season for North Central football: last week in Indiana, this week in Wisconsin, looking for a similar result as they faced off with the Carthage College Firebirds in search of their seventeenth straight win over the Kenosha natives in the first…

North Central Football Returns North Central Football is back! The Cardinals quest to advance to a third consecutive Stagg Bowl, hopefully with a different outcome this time, began with a trip to Crawfordsville, Indiana and Wabash College for the teams’ first meeting since a dominant North Central playoff victory in 2019. Brad Spencer took charge…

North Central football defeated North Park 84-6 to complete and undefeated regular season and clinch the CCIW conference title.

North Central football hit the road to St. Louis for what may be their final road game of the year to take on the Washington University Bears with a chance to clinch at least a share of the CCIW conference title.