Kurt Albrecht stands under the Superior Dome after returning to the university as an alumni. Fifty years ago, Albrecht was on the Northern Michigan University Wildcats team that won the NCAA Division II championship for NMU. (Antonio Anderson | Mining Journal)

MARQUETTE – One of the most legendary sports moments in Northern Michigan University history was when the Wildcats football team went from worst to first by winning the 1975 NCAA Division 2 championship.

Now, 50 years later, nearly all the team will gather to commemorate it this weekend at NMU.

“We were surprised we got to the playoffs then we just kept winning one game at a time until we got to the championships,” said Kurt Albrecht, a running back for the Wildcats in 1975. “It was surreal.”

Going from 0-10 in ’74 to bouncing ba

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