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Some Huskies have home advantage in Kansas away game

By Brian Belford | September 7, 2011

They're not in Kansas anymore. When the Huskies play the Kansas Jayhawks in Lawrence on Saturday night, it will be a reunion of sorts for many NIU players and coaches. It will be interesting to see how head coach Dave Doeren reacts once he hits the field....

Butler gives first statement since shooting

By Andrew Singer | April 22, 2011

Devon Butler, a linebacker on the NIU football team, spoke to the public on Friday for the first time since being shot off campus on April 5. Butler had been recovering at Kishwaukee Hospital, then at OSF Saint Anthony Medical Center in Rockford before...

NIU football’s expectations high for 2011

By Andrew Singer | January 19, 2011

With the conclusion of the 2010 college football season, eyes have already started to turn to 2011.The NIU football team finished off its 2010 campaign last month with a rousing 40-17 victory over Fresno State in the uDrove Humanitarian Bowl. By earning...

Chandler Harnish points to the sky after scoring his first rushing touchdown of the game in the first quarter of NIU's 40-17 Humanitarian Bowl victory against Fresno State.

NIU beats Fresno State in first bowl game victory since 2004

By Andrew Singer | January 17, 2011

December had not been kind to the NIU football team leading up to the Huskies 40-17 win over Fresno State in the uDrove Humanitarian Bowl. NIU (11-3 overall, 8-0 MAC) lost to Miami (OH) in the MAC Championship game on Dec. 3. The team lost its head coach...

Dave Doeren is introduced as the new head football coach of the NIU.

Dave Doeren comes to NIU as head football coach

By Andrew Singer | January 17, 2011

Midwest-recruiting ties, an FCS National Championship and an appearance in the Rose Bowl are the reasons Jeff Compher wanted Dave Doeren as the NIU football team's head coach. Compher, NIU's Director of Athletics, introduced Doeren as head coach days...

Redshirt senior linebacker Alex Kube celebrates with teammates after the Huskie's 34-23 victory over Minnesota. (Mike Greene)

Kube mentors young linebackers

By Jimmy Johnson | November 22, 2010

Going into spring practice, the NIU football team depth chart had only one starting linebacker penciled in: Alex Kube. It didn't take long, however, for sophomores Devon Butler and Tyrone Clark to grab the two remaining starting positions. "[Tyrone and...