DeKALB — It’s been almost four years since that magical November night at Huskie Stadium. NIU erased a 10-point deficit, traded blows with archival Ball State and fell behind again when the Cardinals hit a field goal with less than 2 minutes remaining....

Each week during the college football season, the Northern Star will recap the most interesting NIU grades published by Pro Football Focus, a sports analytics company that evaluates every player on every play of every game. Season and single-game grades...

Another week, another loss. This has become fairly routine in the last month, as NIU (1-6, 0-3 MAC) fell to Ohio (4-3, 2-1 MAC) in a 48-28 blowout. For the first time since Week 1 against the College of the Holy Cross, the offense showed flashes of promise,...

The last time NIU lost six straight football games, TikTok was all the rage, the Los Angeles Dodgers were in the World Series and COVID-19 was wreaking havoc on the world. Five years later, nothing much has changed — aside from, thankfully, a global...

NIU football (1-6, 0-3 MAC) eclipsed its season high in points in a 48-21 loss against the Ohio University Bobcats (4-3, 2-1 MAC) on Saturday, remaining winless in the Mid-American Conference and extending its losing streak to six. FIRST HALF The...

Sitting on a five-game losing streak, the NIU football team begins the second half of the regular season with a trip to Athens, Ohio, where they’ll meet the defending Mid-American Conference champion, the Ohio Bobcats. The Huskies (1-5, 0-2 MAC)...

DeKALB — They took shots. They missed shots. They lost — again.  But something was different about the Huskies’ latest defeat at Eastern Michigan. For the first time in weeks, it felt like they had finally taken a swing on offense, showing a...

Each week during the college football season, the Northern Star will recap the most interesting NIU grades published by Pro Football Focus, a sports analytics company that evaluates every player on every play of every game. Season and single-game grades...

NIU’s agonizing stretch dragged on Saturday afternoon, and the losses keep finding new ways to sting. The Huskies have endured plenty of pain recently — from a shellacking at Mississippi State to a three-point dud at home to yet another rivalry...

NIU football (1-5, 0-2 MAC) remains in search of its first conference win after falling to the Eastern Michigan University Eagles (2-5, 1-2 MAC) by a score of 16-10 on Saturday in Ypsilanti, Michigan. FIRST HALF Eastern Michigan won the opening...

After dropping both games in its recent homestand, the NIU football team is heading back on the road to pay its first visit to a MAC opponent this season. The Huskies (1-4, 0-1 MAC) and Eagles (1-5, 0-2 MAC) will square off at noon Saturday at Rynearson...

DeKALB — Fresh off their fourth straight loss, the Huskies are sitting squarely in the suck. A 25-14 defeat by rival Miami (Ohio) on Homecoming dropped NIU to 1-4 on the season — their lone victory coming against a still-winless Holy Cross —...