NIU Today

NIU alum and former Chicago Bears player Garrett Wolfe is ready to show his athletic ability on the dance floor. Wolfe will be featured Saturday, May 10, as one of the celebrity dancers in Dancing with the Starz – A Blockbuster Gala, a fundraiser to be held 6 to 11 p.m. at Drury Lane Theatre...

Ever wonder what it’s like to play on an NFL team? Want to hear what goes into putting together a college football game plan? Or do you just want to get together with a group of guys and talk Huskie Football? Well guys, this is the event for you. On Friday, April 18, Northern Illinois...

Junior Cameron Stingily ran for 266 yards on 37 carries and the Northern Illinois University Huskies totaled 698 yards of total offense, 454 on the ground, to claim a 38-24 victory over Kent State Saturday in its 2013 Mid-American Conference opener. The Huskies improved to 5-0, 1-0 in the MAC, with the win, while Kent...

The NIU Huskies and Northwestern Wildcats will meet on the football field Sept. 6, 2014, for the first time since 2005 when the teams play at Ryan Field, officials from both universities announced Tuesday. The contest between the state’s most successful Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS) programs this century will be the eighth all-time between the...

Northern Illinois great Michael Turner, a two-time Pro Bowl selection for the Atlanta Falcons who has rushed for more than 7,300 yards during a nine-year NFL career, has been added to the line-up for Friday’s “Xs and Os with the Pros” event. Turner will join former Huskie NFL veterans Ryan Diem (Indianapolis Colts, 2001-11) and...

Sorry, ladies, this one’s for the guys. In four years, Northern Illinois Athletics’ annual Football 101 Ladies Clinic has become a huge hit with the Huskie fan base. In fact, the “exclusive” nature of the ladies clinic inspired a bit of jealousy from their husbands, sons and men throughout the community who asked: Where was...

Orange Bowl pride abounded for more than 100 former Northern Illinois University football players and their families gathered at the Pride in the Pack reception Sunday afternoon, sharing stories and engaging in fellowship at the Fontainebleau. The list of former players and coaches in attendance was impressive. Among the players representing the past six decades...

Led by the one-two punch of quarterback Jordan Lynch and tailback Akeem Daniels, Northern Illinois cruised to a 49-7 victory over Eastern Michigan at Rynearson Stadium Friday. The Huskies won their 11th straight game to finish the regular season 11-1 overall and 8-0 in Mid-American Conference play. Daniels finished with a career-high 112 yards rushing...

Northern Illinois quarterback Chandler Harnish has been named the winner of the Mid-American Conference’s Vern Smith Leadership Award, which is presented annually to the MAC’s top football player, the league office announced Wednesday. Mid-American Conference head coaches voted on the award and on the league’s all-conference team, which features nine Huskies in all, four on...