DeKALB | You say goodbye, and I say hello.

A classic Beatles lyric that perfectly detailed NIU football under the Friday night lights at Brigham Field on Senior Night.

On a night senior tailback Garrett Wolfe zigged, zagged and re-announced his presence with the authority of 203 yards and three touchdowns, senior quarterback Phil Horvath bid adieu to the crowd of 18,139 with a knee injury coach Joe Novak said will end his career in a Huskie uniform.

The senior quarterback had just found junior tight end Brandon Davis wide open over the middle for a 25-yard gain.

At that point, Horvath was a crisp 6 for 9 worth 69 yards.

The fateful play for the Naperville native was a toss reverse.

It looked like a sweep to the left, and then suddenly, sophomore wide receiver Britt Davis came from the wide side of the field to take a handoff from Wolfe.

Horvath broke out in front of the misdirection play to block.

Davis went full steam ahead for six yards, and Horvath went down grabbing his knee.

Whereas Wolfe illustriously became the all-time leading rusher at NIU with 4,972 yards, Horvath’s career will be remembered as more of a mixed bag.

Armed with the nation’s leading rusher in the backfield, under the leadership of Horvath, NIU limped out to a mediocre 6-5 record this season.

Horvath racked up 11 touchdowns and nine interceptions this season.

Sophomore quarterback Dan Nicholson takes over for a day-after-Thanksgiving game at Eastern Michigan.

On Friday, Nicholson’s final stat line read 6 for 10, 70 yards, one interception.

“I wasn’t nervous,” Nicholson said. “I was excited; it’s unfortunate how it happened, and kind of creepy that he got hurt versus Central Michigan two years in a row.”