From left, Northern Michigan University 1975 players Jack Hirn, Bob Tuma, Dan Stencil, Steve Mariucci and Kurt Albrecht in the backfield ran a few plays with a current Wildcat for a TV segment on the Wildcats’ Division 2 national football championship. (Northern Michigan University photo)

Many players and the lone surviving coach from the 1975 Northern Michigan University football team, which achieved the most remarkable turnaround in sports history by following a winless season with a championship, reflected on their improbable journey to the NCAA Division II title during a 50th anniversary reunion held earlier this month.

A production team planning to give “the greatest story never told” a feature-film treatment was also on campus for the event.

After going 0-10 in 1974, the Wildcats

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