While then-redshirt junior quarterback Jordan Lynch shouldered the majority of the running load last season, the NIU Huskies will go with a running-back-by-committee system this season that could wreak havoc.The running back committee will feature redshirt...
Going bowling has been a recent trend for the football team.The Huskies have gone to five consecutive postseason bowl games, posting a 2-3 record during that stretch. They were on a two-bowl winning streak before falling to the Florida State Seminoles...
Now may be the most exciting time to be an NIU football fan.The Huskies are coming off their most historic season in school history (12-2), during which they earned their first-ever berth to a BCS Bowl game, repeated as MAC Champions and won the MAC West...
Sun Life Stadium is nearly 1,500 miles away from Huskie Stadium, but the NIU Orange Bowl performance is a million miles away in the minds of the football players.Trailing 17-10 heading into the fourth quarter of the 2013 Discover Orange Bowl game, the...
Football was back in the air in DeKalb on Wednesday, when the Huskies took the field in pads for the first time this summer.The Huskies are coming off an historic season in which they repeated as MAC Champions, defeating Kent State in the MAC Championship,...
The big question surrounding the football team last season was if quarterback Jordan Lynch could fill the shoes of former quarterback Chandler Harnish. Lynch answered that question quickly and in a big way by giving one of the best statistical performances...
Stepping into a championship team can be intimidating, but with players moving on, football will need to look at different personnel to step up. Last season, former wide receivers Martel Moore and Perez Ashford were big parts of the Huskies’ offense...
On the biggest stage NIU football has ever played on, the bright lights of the Orange Bowl proved to be too much in its matchup against Florida State on New Year’s Day. The Huskies played the Seminoles close for three quarters, but the 31-10 Florida...
“It was a great experience. We gave it our all and our fans were incredible.” That’s what junior quarterback Jordan Lynch had to say to all the NIU students, alumni, professors and DeKalb residents who lined up in the cold to welcome the Huskies...
In a game where NIU had a lot of the breaks go its way, it still could not muster up enough to pull out a victory over the Florida State Seminoles. The crucial play of the game came in the third quarter. After scoring a touchdown on a connection between...
While looking at the final score of the Orange Bowl between NIU and Florida State, one would assume the Seminoles proved the Huskies didn’t belong on one of the biggest stages in college football. However, the Huskies may have had more to do with that...
The Florida State Seminoles won the opening coin toss in the Orange Bowl and chose to defer possession. The NIU Huskies went three and out on their opening possession, but got the ball back on a Nick O’Leary fumble, forced by Rashaan Melvin and recovered...
