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Lynch building off successful 2012

By Frank Gogola | September 30, 2013

After an historic season in which Jordan Lynch finished seventh in Heisman voting and led the football team to the Orange Bowl, the quarterback has continued to improve.At this point last season, Lynch started only four games in his NIU career but led...

Huskies topple Big Ten’s Purdue, 55-24

By Brian Earle | September 29, 2013

With its dominating victory over the Boilermakers (1-4), the Huskies (4-0) earned their second dog bone of the season and became the first team in MAC history to defeat two Big 10 teams in the same regular season.Football put together its best all-around...

Football’s victory a full team effort

By Frank Gogola | September 29, 2013

It took a complete team effort Saturday for football (4-0) to ruin Purdue’s (1-4) homecoming with a 55-24 win.The offense was in sync nearly the entire game. The special teams unit added to the attack and the defense forced the Boilermakers into multiple...

Football looks to go 4-0

By Frank Gogola | September 25, 2013

DeKalb | Football (3-0) will have an opportunity to go 4-0 when it closes out its 2013 non-conference schedule against the Purdue Boilermakers (1-3) at 11 a.m. Saturday in West Lafayette, Ind.The Huskies will look to defeat two Big Ten teams in the same...

NIU Athletic Director Jeff Compher has scheduled many non-conference games, including NIU's 2009 upset victory over the Purdue Boilermakers.

Breaking down Purdue

By Brian Earle | September 25, 2013

For the first time in NIU history, the Huskies (3-0) will look to add two dog bones to the boneyard when they take on Purdue (1-3) Saturday.The Huskies’ first dog bone came in the first week of the season when they defeated Iowa. This is the Huskies’...

Northwestern another solid pick for NIU schedule

By Frank Gogola | September 24, 2013

The football program took another step in the right direction with the scheduling of the Northwestern Wildcats next season.The addition of Northwestern to the Huskies’ non-conference schedule for the 2014 season, along with the previously scheduled...

Cast or no cast, Ward still shines

By Brian Earle | September 24, 2013

It would take more than a broken index finger to sideline senior safety Jimmie Ward for the first three football games this season.In order to play, NIU’s leading tackler from 2012 had to put his left hand in a hard cast. While the cast might have caused...

Job not over despite record-breaking attendance

By Brian Earle | September 23, 2013

I’ve never been more content with being proven wrong than I was on Saturday at Huskie Stadium for football’s season opener against Eastern Illinois.After I questioned the attendance and support of the Huskie students and fans last week, they all came...

Redshirt junior Cameron Stingily maneuvers through the Eastern Illinois defense Saturday night at the Huskie Stadium.

NIU battles to continue win streak

By Brian Earle | September 22, 2013

Football lived up to its motto Saturday night when it defeated Eastern Illinois at Huskie Stadium, 43-39, “the hard way.”The Huskies (3-0) quickly found themselves facing their biggest deficit of the season, 20-0, in the middle of the first quarter....

As of 2 p.m. Friday, single game tickets were sold out for the Huskie football game against Eastern Illinois, packing the stands at Saturday's game.

Sold-out game makes history

By Kelly Bauer & Rachel Scaman | September 22, 2013

Huskie Stadium saw its first sold-out home opener since 2003 with Saturday’s game against Eastern Illinois University.Single tickets to the game had sold out by Friday, and NIU reported attendance as 23,595. Last season’s home opener, against University...

Time to take out the cats

By Brian Earle | September 19, 2013

Football may find itself in the midst of a trap game when Eastern Illinois comes into Huskie Stadium this Saturday.The Panthers (3-0) are out of the Football Championship Subdivision (FCS) of the Ohio Valley Conference and are not a team to be taken lightly...

Football Breakdown: Eastern Illinois

By Frank Gogola | September 18, 2013

After opening the season 2-0 for the first time since 2003, the Huskies will put their 21-game home winning streak on the line against the Eastern Illinois Panthers (3-0). Playing out of the Ohio Valley Conference in the Football Championship Subdivision,...