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Junior Wide-Reciever Tommylee Lewis runs the ball on Saturday during the Spring football scrimmage.

Football dusts off rust at spring game

By Matt Hopkinson | April 14, 2013

With inclement weather forcing changes in the practice schedule of football, the spring game turned into a loosely structured scrimmage on Saturday afternoon. The Huskies got some rust out with all the players getting some time and repetitions in during...

NIU football close out spring practice

By Andrew Singer | April 24, 2011

DeKALB | Dave Doeren wanted his first spring game as NIU's head football coach to be a celebration. With hundreds of fans in attendance on a beautiful day, that's exactly what the intra-squad scrimmage was. Fans and players alike welcomed Devon Butler...

Football springing into action

By Andrew Singer | April 21, 2011

Fans of the NIU football team will have their first opportunity to see the Dave Doeren-led Huskies at 2 p.m. Saturday.The annual spring game is the culmination of five weeks of practices in March and April. In his first year as head coach, Doeren says...