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Quarterback Jordan Lynch (6) outflanks the Toledo defense and runs the ball downfield during Wednesday night's game. NIU won, 35-17.

Lynch determined to take victory away from Heisman in New York

By Steve Shonder | December 10, 2013

Quarterback Jordan Lynch’s nomination for the Heisman puts a cap on one of the best seasons  any college football player has had.He’s the MAC’s first Heisman finalist since Chad Pennington of Marshall University in 1999 and just the third overall....

Poinsettia a good fit for Frazier

By Brian Earle | December 9, 2013

For the sixth consecutive season, No. 23 football will make an appearance in a bowl game when it takes on Utah State in the San Diego County Union Poinsettia Bowl at 8:30 p.m. CT Dec. 26 at Qualcomm Stadium.The Huskies made one prior trip to the Poinsettia...

NIU vs. BGSU, MAC Championship 2013

BCS hopes dashed in MAC Champion loss

By Frank Gogola | December 6, 2013

After perfection through its first 12 games, football stood 60 minutes away from a second straight BCS bowl, but Bowling Green shattered NIU’s dream of crashing the party Friday at the MAC Championship.The Huskies (12-1, 8-1 MAC) fell 47-27 to the Bowling...

Dave Doeren, former NIU football head coach, poses with the MAC Championship trophy and members of his team at the MAC Championship in Detroit in 2012. After securing the trophy for the second year in a row, NIU was chosen to play in the BCS’s Orange Bowl.

NIU to fight for three-peat in MAC Champ game Friday

By Brian Earle | December 5, 2013

Football is heading back to Detroit for the fourth consecutive season, this time with a chance for a three-peat when it takes on Bowling Green for the MAC Championship 7 p.m. Friday at Ford Field in Detroit.The Falcons’ (9-3, 7-1 MAC) defensive unit...

Lynch goes out with record-setting performance

By Frank Gogola | November 26, 2013

Redshirt senior quarterback Jordan Lynch left the field at Huskie Stadium for the final time Nov. 26 to a standing ovation and well-deserved chants of “Heisman.”Playing in front of the Huskie faithful for the last time, Lynch went out in style with...

Freshman Jamaal Payton (33) makes a tackle on Western Michigan during Tuesday's game. NIU won, 33-14.

Huskies finish regular season undefeated

By Brian Earle | November 26, 2013

Football made history in a number of ways with its 33-14 victory over Western Michigan at Huskie Stadium on Senior Night.The Huskies (12-0, 8-0 MAC) finished the season with an unblemished record and went undefeated in the regular season for the first...

Quarterback Jordan Lynch (6) leaps forward through the Ball State defense Nov. 13.

Time to break the Broncos: NIU battles WMU to wrap up season

By Frank Gogola | November 26, 2013

No. 14 football (11-0, 7-0 MAC) still has a lot on the line as it wraps up its season with a match against the Western Michigan Broncos (1-10, 1-6 MAC) at 6 p.m. today at Huskie Stadium.The Huskies have already locked up the MAC West title, but a chance...

Junior running back Cameron Stingily (42) stiff arms the Toledo defense during Wednesday night’s game.  NIU won, 35-17, taking the MAC West title. It will head to the MAC Championship game for the fourth season in a row.

Back to Detroit: Huskies take MAC West

By Frank Gogola | November 21, 2013

No. 16 football (11-0, 7-0 MAC) is heading to the MAC Championship game for a fourth consecutive season.The Huskies captured their fourth straight MAC West title as they defeated the Toledo Rockets (7-4, 5-2 MAC) Wednesday at the Glass Bowl in Toledo,...

Football battles Toledo for West crown

By Brian Earle | November 20, 2013

One final test stands in the way of football and its fourth consecutive MAC West Division title: a showdown against Toledo at 7 p.m. today at the Glass Bowl, viewable on ESPN2.The Huskies will look to increase their conference winning streak to 24 games...

Football’s defense steps up in second half

By Frank Gogola | November 14, 2013

No. 15 Football (10-0, 6-0 MAC) got defensive about its play in the second half of Wednesday’s victory.In an explosive, offensive-filled first half, the Huskies and the Ball State Cardinals (9-2, 6-1 MAC) combined to score 44 points — 24 of which...

Huskies dogfight for victory over Ball State

By Brian Earle | November 14, 2013

In a game that may have decided the MAC West Champion, football bested Ball State, 48-27, in a dogfight until the end Wednesday night at Huskie Stadium.With the win, the Huskies took sole possession of first place in the MAC West and increased their winning...

Sophomore Desroy Maxwell (37) carries the ball down field during Saturday's game against Massachusetts. NIU won 63-19.

Football dominates UMass

By Frank Gogola | November 3, 2013

Football (9-0, 5-0 MAC) scored at will Saturday as it flattened the Massachusetts Minutemen (1-8, 1-4 MAC), 63-19, at Gillette Stadium in Foxboro, Mass.The Huskies’ ninth victory of the season extended their road winning streak to 14 games, their regular-season...