NIU Today

New Northern Illinois head football coach Dave Doeren and his 2011 Huskie football team hit the Huskie Stadium turf for the first of 15 spring football practices Tuesday morning in DeKalb.  During a two-plus hour workout in shorts and helmets that saw the weather range from wet to cold and windy, Doeren saw the attitude...

All Northern Illinois fans are invited to hear new head coach Dave Doeren discuss the Huskies’ 2011 football signing class at a pregame reception Wednesday, Feb. 2, that will be held prior to the NIU-Bowling Green men’s basketball game at the Convocation Center. Feb. 2 is the first day 2011 recruits can sign National Letters...

On the heels of a record-breaking 2010 Northern Illinois football season on the field, a record-tying five Northern Illinois football student-athletes have been named to the Mid-American Conference’s Academic All-MAC football squad as selected by the league’s faculty representatives. Northern Illinois and Western Michigan led all MAC schools with five selections each to the 29-man...

Rarely has a team celebrated a Humanitarian Bowl victory as wholeheartedly and with as much joy as the Northern Illinois Huskies celebrated their 40-17 win over Fresno State Saturday in Boise, Idaho. In the final seconds of the win – NIU’s school-record 11th of the season – Gatorade baths were freely given, coaches’ names were...

Northern Illinois won its ninth-straight game and the outright Mid-American Conference West Division title with a dominating 71-3 victory over Eastern Michigan at Rynearson Stadium on Friday afternoon. “The big thing is I am proud the team – they have gone to Ball State and Eastern Michigan in some tough atmospheres and they just like playing...

In a dominant performance from start to finish Northern Illinois would secure its second MAC West Division title in five years with a 59-21 romp over Ball State at Scheumann Stadium in Muncie, Indiana. Chad Spann ran for 81 yards and three touchdowns, and quarterback Chandler Harnish completed 15-of-22 passes for 247 yards, with two touchdowns and one interception...

Northern Illinois University quarterback Chandler Harnish (Bluffton, Ind./Norwell) earned his third Mid-American Conference West Division Offensive Player of the Week honor Monday after leading the Huskies to a 65-30 win over Toledo. The first NIU quarterback to earn the MAC player of the week award three times in a single season, Harnish was also named...

Northern Illinois University linebacker Tyrone Clark (St. Louis, Mo./Mehlville) was named the Mid-American Conference West Division Defensive Player of the Week Monday after intercepting a career-high two passes in NIU’s 33-7 victory over defending MAC champion Central Michigan. Clark’s two interceptions came in the second quarter – both coming off of tipped balls – to...

Northern Illinois University safety Jimmie Ward (Mobile, Ala./Davidson H.S.) was named the Mid-American Conference West Division Special Teams Player of the Week Monday after blocking his second punt of the season in NIU’s 45-14 victory over Buffalo. The first Huskie true freshman to win two MAC player of the week honors in the same season...

NIU football will look to extend its winning streak to four games when the Huskies host the Bulls from the University at Buffalo during Saturday’s 104th Homecoming celebration. Two of the “outlying” Mid-American Conference schools — Buffalo (2-3, 1-0) on the eastern edge and Northen Illinois (4-2, 2-0) at the west — will meet at 2:30 p.m. in Huskie Stadium for...

For the second consecutive week, NIU quarterback Chandler Harnish (Bluffton, Ind./Norwell H.S.) was named the Mid-American Conference West Division Offensive Player of the Week. Harnish’s honor came Monday, two days after he accounted for 282 yards of total offense and threw two touchdowns in NIU’s 31-17 victory over Temple. The first Huskie quarterback to win...

Contest between MAC football favorites results in third straight win for NIU