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Northern Illinois University will celebrate our nation’s heroes Wednesday, Nov. 13, before and during the football game between the NIU Huskies (9-0, 5-0) and Ball State (9-1, 6-0) with a multitude of special activities honoring active and veteran members of the military, firefighters, police and first responders. Kickoff for the Mid-American Conference West Division Showdown...

For the second time this fall, one of college football’s hottest quarterbacks is coming to Huskie Stadium. In NIU’s Sept. 21 home opener, Eastern Illinois QB Jimmy Garoppolo and his Panthers briskly scored 20 points before many Huskie fans had found their seats. NIU ultimately prevailed, of course, going 43-19 the rest of the way....

Northern Illinois University’s Jordan Lynch has been named one of 10 finalists for the 2013 Senior CLASS Award for football, and is also one of 10 senior quarterbacks selected as finalists for the Johnny Unitas Golden Arm Award. The Senior CLASS Award honors one senior FBS football student-athlete who excels both on and off the...

Northern Illinois University seniors Jordan Lynch and Ken Bishop took home Mid-American Conference Player of the Week honors following their performances in a 63-19 win at UMass, the league announced Monday. Lynch earned his fifth MAC West Offensive Player of the Week honor this year, tying Steve Azar and Garrett Wolfe for the school record...

Northern Illinois University senior Jordan Lynch, one of the nation’s most productive players who has already set four NCAA records during his Huskie career, has been named one of 16 semifinalists for the 2013 Davey O’Brien National Quarterback Award. The award is presented annually to the nation’s best college quarterback and honors candidates who exemplify...

Quarterback Jordan Lynch scored three rushing touchdowns in the first quarter and the No. 17 (BCS) Northern Illinois University Huskies scored touchdown on its first five possessions en route to a 63-19 victory Saturday over the University of Massachusetts at Gillette Stadium in Foxborough, Mass. NIU kept its perfect (9-0) record intact and improved to...

One week after Jordan Lynch became only the second FBS player in the last decade to catch a touchdown pass, run for a TD and pass for four more scores in the same game, the red-hot quarterback is invading Tom Brady’s house. It’s the sixth road game this season for NIU’s undefeated Huskies, who continue...

Senior quarterback Jordan Lynch (Chicago, Ill./Mt. Carmel) had four touchdown passes, one touchdown run and one touchdown reception as 18th-ranked Northern Illinois University defeated Eastern Michigan, 59-20, on Saturday afternoon at Huskie Stadium. With the victory, NIU improves to 8-0, 4-0 in Mid-American Conference play, and won its 24th consecutive game at Huskie Stadium. The...

NIU football radio announcers Bill Baker and Mark Lindo didn’t realize they were witnessing history Saturday when they began laughing about something the color commentator had said off the air. Baker revealed that Lindo had predicted the pair would see Huskie QB Jordan Lynch reel off a 50-yard run, and the 49-yard scamper they’d just...

Northern Illinois University senior quarterback Jordan Lynch has been named the Mid-American Conference West Offensive Player of the Week, the league announced Monday. Lynch, who earned Walter Camp National Offensive Player of the Week honors, rushed for 316 yards Saturday in NIU’s 38-17 victory over Central Michigan to break the NCAA single game record for...

Northern Illinois University senior quarterback Jordan Lynch (Chicago, Ill., Mt. Carmel HS) has been named the Walter Camp National Offensive Player of the Week by the Walter Camp Football Foundation, the organization announced Sunday. Lynch also became the first Huskie player to earn a “helmet sticker” on ESPN’s “College Football Final” show recapping the top...

Northern Illinois University quarterback Jordan Lynch set the NCAA Football Bowl Subdivision record for rushing yards by a quarterback with 316 yards on 32 carries leading the No. 23 Huskies (7-0, 3-0 MAC) to a 38-17 Mid-American Conference win over Central Michigan at Kelly/Shorts Stadium Saturday. Lynch (Chicago, Ill./Mt. Carmel HS) broke the record held...