Coach Andrew Taylor, who was the offensive coordinator for Pat Fitzgerald in the 2006 season, already had somewhat of an idea of what to expect from his 2007 squad. Although his Wildcats were playing the Division I-AA Northeastern Huskies, he can't help but be impressed by the performance.

From the beginning coin toss, Coach Taylor had won his first game. Although the Wildcats elected to kick off, it didn't take long for them to get on the board, as Tyrell Sutton took the punt from the Northeastern Punter 64 yards to the house on Northwestern's first touch of the season. Sutton added 2 rushing touchdowns, from 7 and 18 yards, also in the first quarter. Gerard Hamlett added in some points of his own with a 44 yard Pick-Six midway through the first.

The Wildcat's didn't start out the second quarter as promising, allowing HB #9 to plow into the endzone from 15 yards out. But, they got back on track as CJ Bacher threw 2 touchdown passes, a 26 yarder to Kim Thompson and a 4 yarder to Brendan Mitchell. Bacher also added in a 3 yard touchdown scamper on an option play.

Coach Taylor massed subbed in his second string for the second half, and the offense never really got anything going, despite Brandon Roberson's 119 yards on the ground. Brendan Smith did add in another touchdown on a 27 yard fumble recovery early in the 3rd quarter.

After the game, Coach Taylor was pleased by his team's effort, but emphasized how much further they have to go. "At the end of the day, we played well. Tyrell fumbled the ball once, but fortunately for us, he made up for it with his 3 touchdowns. However, the competition Northeastern provided us today is nothing like we'll see in 3 weeks when we face both Ohio St. and Michigan in back-to-back weeks."

Tyrell Sutton, who had 303 all-purpose yards and 3 total touchdowns, was named player of the game for Northwestern.