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Northern Illinois quarterback Chandler Harnish gets past Kansas safety Bradley McDougald, right, for a touchdown during the first half of the college football game in Lawrence, Kan., in September 2011.
AP Photo: Orlin Wagner

Jayhawks defeat Huskies in Lawrence, Kan.

By Tony Osborne | September 11, 2011

NIU (1-1) football suffered its first loss of the season Saturday in Lawrence, falling to Kansas (2-0), 45-42. "Hats off to KU and their players; they executed well and they made one more play than we did tonight," said NIU head coach Dave Doeren in a...

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Some Huskies have home advantage in Kansas away game

By Brian Belford | September 7, 2011

They're not in Kansas anymore. When the Huskies play the Kansas Jayhawks in Lawrence on Saturday night, it will be a reunion of sorts for many NIU players and coaches. It will be interesting to see how head coach Dave Doeren reacts once he hits the field....

First-year head coach Dave Doeren inked 22 new recruits to the NIU football team on Wednesday.

NIU inks 22 recruits

By Andrew Singer | February 2, 2011

DeKALB | Not even a blizzard was enough to derail National Signing Day for the NIU football team on Wednesday afternoon. First-year head coach Dave Doeren announced his first recruiting class as a head coach at the Yordon Center in DeKalb. The class of...

NIU’s shift in focus away from Illinois recruiting the right move

By Andrew Singer | February 2, 2011

Take one glance at the 2011 recruiting class of the NIU football team, and you'll notice something different about it. A mere four players in Dave Doeren's first class at NIU are from Illinois. Past years have seen the vast majority of recruiting classes...