Fresh off a defensive battle against Brigham Young University, the Huskies head back into Mid-American Conference play against the Akron Zips Thursday. NIU currently ranks first in the MAC West with a perfect 4-0 conference record.The Huskies’ defense...
Northern Illinois quarterback Marcus Childers (15) makes a pass against BYU during the second half of an NCAA college football game, Saturday, Oct. 27, 2018, in Provo, Utah. (Evan Cobb/The Daily Herald via AP)
The Huskies entered their bye week with a 4-3 record after their Homecoming victory against the Ohio Bobcats. After starting the year 1-3, the pattern became obvious for this year’s Huskies team: beat conference opponents and lose to non-conference...
NIU comes into Saturday’s Homecoming match against the Ohio Bobcats, winning three of the past four contests. The Bobcats have less MAC experience this season, coming in with a 1-0 MAC record and 3-2 overall. The Huskies will put their perfect 3-0 MAC...
The Huskies enter their second conference match this weekend with a 1-3 overall record. While they are 1-0 in MAC play, the Huskies had their share of ups and downs.At times, the Huskies have looked like a top college football team, but more often than...
The Huskies are still searching for their first road win of the season, and they hope to find it in Ypsilanti, Michigan against conference rivals, Eastern Michigan Eagles.The team is coming off a 37-19 loss to the Florida State Seminoles in which the...
Northern Illinois' Marcus Childers looks for a receiver in the first quarter of an NCAA college football game with Florida State, Saturday, Sept. 22, 2018, in Tallahassee Fla. (AP Photo/Steve Cannon)
The football team was predicted to win the Mid-American Conference West Division from a coaches poll in the preseason, but Saturday's performance against the University of Iowa Hawkeyes may give fans second thoughts as to how good NIU Football really...
Since their loss in the Quick Lane Bowl in December, the NIU football team has had their eyes set on the new season.Football felt like it was just around the corner July 18 at Ditka’s Restaurant in Chicago, where members of the media got to talk to...
