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Ford Field in Detroit before the start of the NIU-Bowling Green MAC Championship 2014 game.

Play by play: NIU takes on Bowling Green in MAC Championship

By Northern Star Staff | December 5, 2014

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NIU students celebrate Homecoming weekend by tailgating outside of Huskie Stadium Saturday before the football game.

NIU offers $20 student fan package for 2014 MAC Championship football game

By Northern Star Staff | November 30, 2014

NIU will sell a student fan bus package to the MAC Championship as the Huskies face the Bowling Green Falcons Friday at Ford Field in Detroit.The $20 packages include a coach bus ride to Ford Field, dinner at Rub BBQ Pub in Detroit, one student game ticket...

Junior safety Marlon Moore (2) celebrates recovering a fumble in NIU’s 21-14 win against Ohio on Nov. 18 at Peden Stadium in Athens, Ohio. NIU is now one win away from securing a trip to the MAC Championship. The Huskies take on the Western Michigan Broncos 10 a.m. Nov. 28 at Waldo Stadium in Kalamazoo, Mich.

1 win: That’s what NIU football needs to get back to MAC Championship

By Frank Gogola | November 19, 2014

Football’s victory over the Ohio Bobcats Tuesday positions the Huskies one win away from their fifth-straight trip to Detroit.The Huskies (9-2, 6-1 MAC) beat the Bobcats (5-6, 3-4 MAC), 21-14, at Peden Stadium in Athens, Ohio. If the Huskies beat the...

Football schedule sends Huskie on the road 7 times

By Frank Gogola | March 1, 2014

Football’s 2014 season schedule presents some challenges, but it’s very favorable in terms of making a return trip to Detroit for the MAC Championship game.For the second year in a row, Huskie Stadium will play host to only five teams, while the Huskies...

NIU vs. BGSU, MAC Championship 2013

BCS hopes dashed in MAC Champion loss

By Frank Gogola | December 6, 2013

After perfection through its first 12 games, football stood 60 minutes away from a second straight BCS bowl, but Bowling Green shattered NIU’s dream of crashing the party Friday at the MAC Championship.The Huskies (12-1, 8-1 MAC) fell 47-27 to the Bowling...

Dave Doeren, former NIU football head coach, poses with the MAC Championship trophy and members of his team at the MAC Championship in Detroit in 2012. After securing the trophy for the second year in a row, NIU was chosen to play in the BCS’s Orange Bowl.

NIU to fight for three-peat in MAC Champ game Friday

By Brian Earle | December 5, 2013

Football is heading back to Detroit for the fourth consecutive season, this time with a chance for a three-peat when it takes on Bowling Green for the MAC Championship 7 p.m. Friday at Ford Field in Detroit.The Falcons’ (9-3, 7-1 MAC) defensive unit...

Junior Nicole Gremillion runs to third base on May 5 to help the team win 4-5 against Bowling Green University.

Softball sweeps Bowling Green

By Jacob Onak | May 5, 2013

After a Toledo sweep on Friday, softball was able to get the sweep Sunday against Bowling Green with a close 5-4 victory. Head coach Christina Sutcliffe thought it was good to have such a close game as the Huskies will go into the MAC tournament as a...

Women’s golf to take on Bowling Green

By Sam Bauman | April 10, 2013

The women’s golf team will travel to Bowling Green, Ohio, to compete at the Dolores Black Falcon Invite on Saturday and Sunday. The Huskies are coming off a third place finish out of 10. They look to continue their successful spring play. The Huskies...

Freshman Christina Alvarez prepares to return a serve Friday afternoon in a doubles match against Bowling Green University.

Women’s tennis falls to Western Michigan and Bowling Green

By Thomas Hiley III | March 31, 2013

The women’s tennis team can’t seem to find its way back into the winning column as it lost to Bowling Green, 5-2, and Western Michigan, 6-1 this weekend. Those two losses gave the Huskies their longest losing streak of the season, as they have not...

Women’s tennis to take on Western Michigan and Bowling Green

By Thomas Hiley III | March 27, 2013

After a bad start in conference play, the Huskies are excited to get back to playing again, and will go against Bowling Green (12-2) and Western Michigan (9-9) this upcoming weekend. Looking back at the start of the Huskies’ conference play, they came...

Women’s basketball falls to Bowling Green

By Bob Kreider | February 17, 2013

It was a tough loss for the women’s basketball team as the Huskies fell Saturday at the Convocation Center to Bowling Green State, 49-60. The Falcons (16-8, 7-4 MAC) were too much for the Huskies’ (7-17, 2-9 MAC) defense and made scoring look easy...

Women’s basketball to take on Bowling Green

By Bob Kreider | February 13, 2013

The women’s basketball team is set to continue MAC play against Bowling Green this Saturday at the Convocation Center. The Huskies (7-16, 2-8 MAC) look to secure a third straight MAC win against Bowling Green (15-8, 6-4 MAC). The small but exciting...