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...
NIU claimed its second MAC Championship title in as many years when it defeated Kent State in Detroit on Friday. The Huskies (12-1 9-0 MAC) and the Golden Flashes (11-2, 8-1 MAC) battled it out and needed double-overtime to decide the outcome, as the...
NIU football has attained the status of MAC champion for the second year in a row. The Huskies (12-1 9-0 MAC) did not have the best start of their season against Kent State (11-2, 8-1 MAC), as the Golden Flashes opened the scoring early. Kent State took...
NIU football punched its ticket to its third straight MAC championship game appearance with a Wednesday night win over Toledo. The Huskies (10-1 7-0 MAC) defeated Toledo (9-2, 5-2 MAC) 31-24 behind a high offensive output from junior quarterback Jordan...
This week, a pair of Huskies took home the MAC West Player of the Week honors. Senior defensive end Sean Progar was named the MAC West Defensive Player of the Week and junior kicker Mathew Sims was named the MAC West Specialist of the Week. In the Huskies’...
Despite giving up more points than in its last three games combined, NIU came from behind to defeat Western Michigan on the road Saturday. NIU (8-1, 5-0 MAC) has now won eight straight games this season, and with its 48-34 victory over the Broncos (3-6,...
If you listen to any opposing coaches midweek press conference before they are slated to face NIU, you will hear junior quarterback Jordan Lynch’s name. While this is not without good reason, as Lynch is putting up numbers at an astonishing pace, other...
Kicker Mathew Sims was named the MAC West Specialist of the Week for his performance against Central Michigan Saturday in the Huskies’s 55-24 victory. This is the first time Sims has been honored with the award. Sims totaled 17 of NIU’s points, which...
Scott Wedige said it was a moment of disbelief. After kicker Mathew Sims nailed a 33-yard game winning field goal, the long road back to Detroit for NIU football was over: the Huskies had clinched their first MAC Championship in nearly 30 years. “The...
NIU head coach Jerry Kill joked earlier this season that even he could line up and connect on a field goal attempt from a respectable distance. Yet, the kicking woes that the Huskies have endured are certainly no laughing matter. "We've struggled to put...
