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Former NIU football coaches Joe Novak and Jerry Kill visit with President John Peters in Miami.
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...
Frisman Jackson
Former NFL wide receiver Frisman Jackson, a Chicago native who started his collegiate football career at Northern Illinois, has joined NIU Head Coach Dave Doeren‘s staff as an assistant coach on the offensive side of the ball, Doeren announced Tuesday. Jackson, who caught 40 passes for 490 yards while playing wide receiver and on special...
Jerry Kill, who led Northern Illinois to a 10-3 record, a national ranking and the 2010 MAC Championship game, has accepted the head coaching position at the University of Minnesota, Minnesota announced Sunday night. Kill informed the Huskie team of his decision following Northern Illinois’ Annual Football Banquet in DeKalb. NIU Associate Vice President and...
Jake Coffman
Northern Illinois had the school’s first MAC Championship since 1983 a fingertip away Friday night, holding onto a 21-20 lead in the final two minutes of the 2010 Marathon MAC Championship game at Ford Field. All the Huskies had to do was stop Miami on fourth and 20 with 1:51 on the clock and the...
NIU football players celebrate
Nine straight victories. A perfect record in the Mid-American Conference. The outright MAC West Division title. A Top 25 national ranking in two major college football polls. Ten consecutive weeks with MAC West Player of the Week honors. The NIU Huskies are barking loudly and proudly on their way to Detroit’s Ford Field for the 7 p.m....
Butler_Kube celebrate
The Northern Illinois Huskies will take a 10-2 record, a nine-game winning streak and now a Top 25 national ranking into the Marathon Mid-American Conference Championship game Friday (Dec. 3) at Detroit’s Ford Field.    On Sunday, NIU entered the two major national college football polls – the USA Today Coaches Poll and the Associated Press...
Ricky Crider
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...
Lowe's Senior CLASS Award logo
It seems only fitting that Northern Illinois senior defensive end Jake Coffman (German Valley, Ill./Forreston HS), the 27-year-old Marine Corps veteran who elected to return to the Huskie football team in order to play his final season of college football, on Wednesday was named one of 10 finalists for the 2010 Lowe’s Senior CLASS Award....
Tommy Davis makes a tackle Saturday, Oct. 16.
NIU Huskies football will complete its three-game October homestand and look to extend its four-game winning streak Saturday, Oct. 23, as defending Mid-American Conference champion Central Michigan visits Huskie Stadium during Hall of Fame Weekend. Kick-off for the MAC West battle is set for 3 p.m. “We worked very hard Sunday and Monday. All our coaches are...
Chad Spann
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...
TD celebration
Contest between MAC football favorites results in third straight win for NIU
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