Adam Dach had a good night running the football. Stacey Robinson had a great night. Dach and Robinson combined for four touchdowns as NIU, now 3-1, defeated Western Illinois University 34-27 in front of 22,365 fans Saturday night. Robinson, the junior...

Although the Huskie football team must change its strategy against each new opponent, one thing that stays the same is the Huskie wishbone attack. NIU has used the wishbone offense for four years and has proven it can be a deadly offensive attack. The...

The "pot" thickens. In response to the Sept. 27 column written by Bob Regan, a host of prominent NIU figures have climbed on the financial bandwagon to challenge NIU students. NIU Athletic Director Gerald O'Dell, President John La Tourette, Provost Kendall...

Every spring, college football teams practice in preparation for the challenges they will face when the season begins in the fall. This past spring, however, was quite different for Western Illinois University head coach Bruce Craddock. Instead of meeting...

Former Men's Athletic Director Robert Brigham heads a list of seven to be inducted into the NIU Athletic Hall of Fame on Oct. 6. Brigham, who now serves as special assistant to the president for intercollegiate athletics, lettered in football three times...

NIU football will try to extend Kansas State's non-winning streak to 30 games when the Huskies take on the Wildcats this Saturday (Sept. 23) at 1:10 p.m. "Kansas State is hungry for a win so we're very cautious as we go into this game," NIU offensive...

Is anybody here superstitious? Let's hope that no one wearing a chin strap or shoulder pads just raised a hand. Why? Well, in 1982 a Huskie grid squad hit the road to play the team with the longest losing skid in the country. And now, seven years later...

Going into this Saturday's game with a Kansas State team that has failed to win in 29 straight games, one would think that NIU might look past the Wildcats to next week's game with Western Illinois. "We're not going to take them lightly," defensive lineman...

Even though the Huskies did not have a game to prepare for this past Saturday, the pads were still popping at practice last week for the NIU football team. With the first two games under their belts, the Huskies hope to get back on the winning track when...

There is definitely more to being a football player than just showing up for Saturday's game and practicing a couple days a week. For the NIU football team, football season means long, hard days on and off the field. "Our time is more concentrated, we...

The big game for the NIU football team this season was last Saturday in Nebraska. And although the Huskies lost that game 48-17, they still have to line up nine more times this season. No matter how bad the loss was to the Cornhuskers, it leaves the Huskies...

When the football is placed on the kicking tee this Saturday at 1 p.m. in Lincoln, Neb., the Huskies will be taking on a powerful opponent in the Nebraska Cornhuskers. While NIU is coming off a win, this will be Nebraska's season opener and the first...