DeKALB – NIU football overcame the cold, wind and rain at Huskie Stadium and racked up 439 yards of total offense to prevail over the University of Akron (2-8, 1-5 MAC) on Wednesday night. With the 29-16 victory, the Huskies (6-4, 3-3 MAC) are bowl...

DeKALB – NIU football (6-4, 3-3 MAC) clinched a bowl game berth Wednesday after defeating the University of Akron Zips (2-8, 1-5 MAC) 29-16 in Huskie Stadium’s sole midweek MACtion game. The victory marks NIU’s first conference win at home this...

DeKALB – A tone-setting touchdown 50 seconds into regulation and a 367-yard rushing performance by NIU – despite being without its top running back for most of the game – played vital Saturday as the Huskies breezed past the University of Massachusetts...

Four rushing touchdowns helped NIU football (3-2, 0-1 MAC) overcome the University of Massachusetts Minutemen (1-5) by a score of 34-20 Saturday.  FIRST HALF The Huskies opened up scoring on the third play of the game when redshirt junior quarterback...

DeKALB – A triumphant 37-27 victory over Kent State University (1-11, 0-8 MAC) on Saturday catapulted NIU football (6-6, 5-3 MAC) into postseason eligibility after missing out last year. NIU is bowl-bound for the 15th time in school history and...

DeKALB – Fueled by a dominant second half performance, NIU football (3-4, 2-1 MAC) came back to defeat the Ohio University Bobcats (5-2, 2-1 MAC) 23-13 Saturday. “We knew it was going to take everything we had to give ourselves a chance,” said...