![[FILE] Northwestern head coach Pat Fitzgerald waits with his team before an NCAA college football game against Maine in Evanston, Ill., Saturday, Sept. 21, 2013. (AP Photo/Nam Y. Huh)](http://cdn.abclocal.go.com/images/wls/cms_exf_2007/_video_wn_images/9288556_448x252.jpg)
[FILE] Northwestern head coach Pat Fitzgerald waits with his team before an NCAA college football game against Maine in Evanston, Ill., Saturday, Sept. 21, 2013. (AP Photo/Nam Y. Huh)
October 15, 2013 (EVANSTON, Ill.) (WLS) -- One thing will be missing as Northwestern University hosts Minnesota this Saturday at Ryan Field in Evanston- peanuts.
The school is holding its first peanut-free football game. Northwestern officials said it will give fans with allergies a chance to focus on the game instead of worrying about negative reactions, which can range from mild irritation to life-threatening anaphylactic shock.
Peanut allergies affect about 5 out of every 1,000 Americans and are on the rise.
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