NIU Intercollegiate Athletics has named Tom Mitchell as Associate Athletic Director for Development and Tommy Bell as Assistant Athletic Director of Chapter Development, Athletic Director Gerald K. O'Dell announced Oct. 22. "We're positioning ourselves...

The defense of the NIU football squad, which struggled early in the season because of injuries and inexperience, has turned itself around with strong performances in the last three games The Huskies have allowed their opponents only 25 points in those...

General Electric would have trouble containing the power surge of the NIU football team's electrifying performance in its last three games. The Huskies (5-3) have exploded for 157 points in those three games while surrendering just 25 points. More importantly,...

Saturday's final home football game against Murray State will mark the last time that 23 Huskies seniors will suit up and run onto the field at the "Doghouse." The 23 seniors, who will be honored before kickoff, have compiled a school-record 12 consecutive...

Ask Murray State coach Mike Mahoney about the upcoming game with NIU and visions of David versus Goliath immediately come to mind. "We're young and struggling," Mahoney said. "And running into a juggernaut." NIU a juggernaut? That's a pretty hefty statement...

Parents' Weekend 1990: food, folks, fun and football, not necessarily in that order. Much of the focus of this week's festivities is on Saturday's NIU football game against the dreaded Murray State Racers. Murray State, as if you don't know, is in Kentucky...

Before the 1990 college football season started, several publications had named NIU as a possible Top-20 breakthrough team. Then the Huskies fell to 2-3 and the critics began howling that the pre-season hype was a fluke. Since then, NIU has recorded two...

He is the enforcer of the NIU defense. When the ball goes up in the air opponents better watch out for No. 21 because he will definitely make his presence known. He talks trash, he grunts, he hits and he tackles. No, he's not a linebacker on the football...

Finding a seat in the main student section has caused confusion and frustration for many Huskie fans attending home football games, but NIU is working to make things easier. The main (west) student section holds nearly 4,000 students, but when the seats...

The Huskies coaching staff had a lot to look at in the game films from the 24-7 loss to Northwestern last Saturday. And they have a lot to work out this week during practice. "We were our own worst enemy," head coach Jerry Pettibone said about his team's...

John Ivanic has inched his way to the top using a foot. The place-kicker began his Huskie career unlike the majority of the other players comprising the NIU football team. Ivanic walked-on to the team in 1986 and since then has walked all over several...

The consensus of the Huskies football coaches and players coming into Saturday's 6:35 p.m. game against Kansas State is that the Wildcats are a much improved team from last year's 1-10 record. "Kansas State is a good football team. They've done a real...