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Football dominates Eastern Michigan

By Brian Earle | October 27, 2013

No. 17 football posted its highest point total of the season Saturday with its dominating 59-20 victory over Eastern Michigan at Huskie Stadium.With the win, the Huskies (8-0, 4-0 MAC) won their 24th consecutive home game at Huskie Stadium and increased...

Quarterback Jordan Lynch scans and prepares to launch the ball downfield during Saturdays game against Central Michigan.

Huskies hope for at-home improvement

By Frank Gogola | October 24, 2013

With the Eastern Michigan Eagles (1-6, 0-3 MAC) coming into town 2:30 p.m. Saturday, football (7-0, 3-0 MAC) has a good chance to dominate at home for the first time this season.The No. 18 Huskies have not played particularly well at home this season,...

Quarterback Jordan Lynch scans and prepares to launch the ball downfield during Saturdays game against Central Michigan.

Huskies one step closer to BCS

By Brian Earle | October 22, 2013

The BCS standings, which were released Sunday, made a lot of noise for NIU fans.The standings represent the top 25 teams in the nation and each team’s chance to get into a BCS bowl game. A number of upsets in the top 25 headlined college football: Top...

Quarterback Jordan Lynch scans and prepares to launch the ball downfield during Saturdays game against Central Michigan.

Lynch breaks NCAA rushing record

By Brian Earle | October 21, 2013

In the history of NCAA football, no quarterback has accomplished what redshirt senior quarterback Jordan Lynch did Saturday: setting the NCAA record for most rushing yards by a quarterback in a game.In the Huskies’ 38-17 victory over Central Michigan,...

Football continues winning streak

By Frank Gogola | October 20, 2013

Following a not-so-stellar Homecoming performance against Akron last weekend, football (7-0, 3-0 MAC) laid a 38-17 beatdown on the Central Michigan Chippewas (3-5, 2-2 MAC) Saturday in Mount Pleasant, Mich.The Huskies trailed 14-7 at the end of the first...

RS Junior RB James Spencer makes a run outside against Akron.

Football to defend road winning streak

By Brian Earle | October 16, 2013

Football will face a tough challenge when it travels to take on Central Michigan at 2 p.m. Saturday in Mount Pleasant, Mich.The No. 23 Huskies (6-0, 2-0 MAC) will look to extend their nation-leading conference winning streak to 20 and increase their road...

Huskies take down Zips in Homecoming

By Brian Earle | October 14, 2013

In front of a capacity crowd at Huskie Stadium, No. 23 NIU football came away with a 27-20 victory in its Homecoming matchup with Akron on Saturday.The victory increased the Huskies’ (6-0, 2-0 MAC) home-game winning streak to 23, which is a new MAC...

Redshirt junior running back Cameron Stingily looks to find open field against Iowa on Aug. 31. Stingily has earned himself the No. 1 running back spot this season.

Huskies look to take bite out of Akron Zips for Homecoming

By Frank Gogola | October 10, 2013

The football team (5-0, 1-0 MAC) will go for a Homecoming hat trick 4 p.m. Saturday.The Huskies have already ruined Purdue’s and Kent State’s homecomings the past two weeks. This week they will look to win their own Homecoming game when they host...

Redshirt junior running back Cameron Stingily looks to find open field against Iowa on Aug. 31. Stingily has earned himself the No. 1 running back spot this season.

Lynch, Stingily dominate run game

By Brian Earle | October 8, 2013

NIU’s running game has been a dead knockout this season thanks to the Huskies’ one-two punch in junior running back Cameron Stingily and senior quarterback Jordan Lynch.Stingily and Lynch’s efforts have made the Huskies the No. 5 team in the nation...

Football putting record behind for Golden Flashes

By Brian Earle | October 2, 2013

DeKalb | What football has done doesn’t mean anything to the Huskies as they have their eyes strictly focused on conference play.NIU went undefeated in its four non-conference schedule, beating Big 10 teams Iowa and Purude along the way, but it has...

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 30, 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...