With its dominating victory over the Boilermakers (1-4), the Huskies (4-0) earned their second dog bone of the season and became the first team in MAC history to defeat two Big 10 teams in the same regular season.Football put together its best all-around...
It took a complete team effort Saturday for football (4-0) to ruin Purdue’s (1-4) homecoming with a 55-24 win.The offense was in sync nearly the entire game. The special teams unit added to the attack and the defense forced the Boilermakers into multiple...
DeKalb | Football (3-0) will have an opportunity to go 4-0 when it closes out its 2013 non-conference schedule against the Purdue Boilermakers (1-3) at 11 a.m. Saturday in West Lafayette, Ind.The Huskies will look to defeat two Big Ten teams in the same...
The football program took another step in the right direction with the scheduling of the Northwestern Wildcats next season.The addition of Northwestern to the Huskies’ non-conference schedule for the 2014 season, along with the previously scheduled...
I’ve never been more content with being proven wrong than I was on Saturday at Huskie Stadium for football’s season opener against Eastern Illinois.After I questioned the attendance and support of the Huskie students and fans last week, they all came...
Football lived up to its motto Saturday night when it defeated Eastern Illinois at Huskie Stadium, 43-39, “the hard way.”The Huskies (3-0) quickly found themselves facing their biggest deficit of the season, 20-0, in the middle of the first quarter....
DeKalb | Football’s motto this season has been “Finish the fight,” and they have been able to finish all three of the fights they have been in this season.After trailing the Iowa Hawkeyes by 7 in the season opener, the Idaho Vandals by 14 in the...
Football may find itself in the midst of a trap game when Eastern Illinois comes into Huskie Stadium this Saturday.The Panthers (3-0) are out of the Football Championship Subdivision (FCS) of the Ohio Valley Conference and are not a team to be taken lightly...
Going into Moscow, Idaho, as heavy favorites, NIU football (2-0) used a second-half rally to escape with a victory over the Idaho Vandals (0-3).After falling behind 28-14 with 9:35 to play in the second half, the Huskies outscored the Vandals 31-7 to...
For football’s defense, it was a tale of two halves in its 45-35 victory over Idaho.In the first half, the Vandals exploited the Huskies’ defense, scoring 28 points on four touchdowns.The Vandals got off to a quick start, marching right down the field...
DeKalb | The Huskies are taking their talents out west – way out west.Following their bye week, the Huskies (1-0) will square off with the Idaho Vandals (0-2) Saturday at the Kibbie Dome in Moscow, Idaho.Located more than 1,700 miles from Huskie Stadium,...
DeKalb | “Defense wins championships” is a common phrase in football, and the NIU defense is taking the phrase pretty seriously.The Huskies’ defense forced three turnovers, and the offense turned those turnovers into points — three field goals,...
