Football has gotten off to its best start since 2003, when it stated the season 7-0. This season the Huskies are 5-0.The team went undefeated in its non-conference schedule and started MAC play with a 38-24 victory over Kent State. With seven conference...

Football (5-0, 1-0 MAC) posted the game’s final 17 points and opened conference play with a 38-24 victory over the Kent State (2-4, 1-2 MAC) Saturday in Kent, Ohio.Rainy conditions limited offensive play early on, and the Huskies were tied or led for...

DeKalb | Statistically, the Huskies’ (4-0) defense has been one of the worst yet one of the best units in the Mid-American Conference and the NCAA.The Huskie defense surrendered 31.3 points per game through four games. That is currently 88th out of...

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...

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...

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...

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...

DeKalb | After a breakout year, junior receiver Tommylee Lewis has continued to be one of the Huskies’ most electrifying players.When he went down with an injury on the Huskies’ first drive of the second half in the season opener against the Iowa...

DeKalb | Football’s motto this season has been “Finish the fight,” and they have been able to finish all three of the fights they have been in this season.After trailing the Iowa Hawkeyes by 7 in the season opener, the Idaho Vandals by 14 in the...

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,...

DeKalb | After winning the first two games of the season in comeback fashion on the road, the football team is excited to make its home debut Saturday.Not only will the Huskies (2-0) look to extend their undefeated season, they will also put their 21-game...