Da’Ron Brown stepped into a leadership role when injuries plagued football’s offense.Brown, redshirt senior wide receiver, has been playing wide receiver at NIU for four seasons. So, when fellow senior wide receiver Tommylee Lewis was ruled out for...
What happened: Football (9-2, 6-1 MAC) beat the Ohio Bobcats (5-6, 3-4 MAC), 21-14, Tuesday at Peden Stadium in Athens, Ohio.How it happened: Redshirt senior tailback Cameron Stingily opened the scoring with a 2-yard touchdown run on the first play of...
Football will need to win a pair of games on the road — including one tonight — to stay in contention for its fifth-straight MAC West title.The Huskies (8-2, 5-1 MAC) take on the Ohio Bobcats (5-5, 3-3 MAC) 7 p.m. today at Peden Stadium in Athens,...
Football’s simplest path to capture the MAC West title is to win its final two games. The Huskies (8-2, 5-1 MAC) start their two-game road trip when they take on the Ohio Bobcats (5-5, 3-3 MAC) 7 p.m. today at Peden Stadium in Athens, Ohio. Sports Editor...
Freshman place kicker Christian Hagan has provided stability in the kicking game during football’s past two wins.Hagan took over place kicking duties from senior Tyler Wedel against the Ball State Cardinals Nov. 5 in Muncie, Ind. Through two games Hagan...
Football did more in its win over the Toledo Rockets than position itself on the inside track to play in the MAC Championship game: It showed this year’s team deserves to make what has become an annual trek to Detroit.The Huskies (8-2, 5-1 MAC) showed...
Football’s win over the Toledo Rockets wasn’t pretty, but NIU did enough to distance itself late in the game Tuesday.The Huskies (8-2, 5-1 MAC) defeated the Toledo Rockets (6-4, 5-1 MAC), 27-24, at Huskie Stadium in their last home game of the season.The...
What happened: The Huskies (8-2, 5-1 MAC) beat the Toledo Rockets (6-4, 5-1 MAC) for the fifth-straight season, 27-24, Tuesday at Huskie Stadium.How it happened: The NIU offense jumped to a 10-0 lead 10 minutes into the first quarter as the defense forced...
Football and the Toledo Rockets face off in a mid-week matchup with the winner positioning themselves in the driver’s seat to win the MAC West.The Huskies (7-2, 4-1 MAC) host the Rockets (6-3, 5-0 MAC) 7 p.m. today at Huskie Stadium.The Huskies have...
Football and the Toledo Rockets clash in a late-season mid-week battle for the top spot in the MAC West division.The Huskies (7-2, 4-1 MAC) conclude their 2014 home schedule 7 p.m. today at Huskie Stadium when they take on the Rockets (6-3, 5-0 MAC)....
Boomer Mays, redshirt junior middle linebacker, has become a consistent contributor to football’s defense although he came to NIU to be the Huskies’ long snapper.The 2014 season is Mays’ third with the Huskies and his second year starting at middle...
