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Tag: Soldier Field Showdown III
Jordan Lynch
Iowa scored its only touchdown of the game on a 23-yard run by Damon Bullock with 2:15 to play, lifting the Hawkeyes to an 18-17 victory over Northern Illinois Saturday in front of a crowd of 52,117 at Soldier Field. Northern Illinois used the running of first-time starting quarterback Jordan Lynch and a stifling defensive...
A partial image of John Bukaty print from 2012 Kansas-Missouri basketball game.
Saturday’s Soldier Field Showdown III game between Northern Illinois and Iowa at the historic Chicago stadium will be captured by live painter John Bukaty. The original artwork, which Bukaty will paint from a corner of the field, will be auctioned off on Northern Illinois’ official athletics website, www.NIUHuskies.com, beginning at 8 a.m. Saturday, Sept. 1....
NIU Huskies football
The 2012 football season kicks off Saturday, Sept. 1, as NIU hosts the University of Iowa for Soldier Field Showdown III. The Huskies return 16 seniors from their spectacular 2011 season, in which they won the MAC Championship and the GoDaddy.com Bowl. Kickoff is at 2:30 p.m. Gates open at 12:30 p.m. Huskie fans are...
Coach Dave Doeren
The Northern Illinois Huskies closed out 2012 preseason football practices Saturday with a “mock game” at Huskie Stadium that included pregame stretching, the team entrance, seeing every personnel group on offense, defense and special teams, halftime and even the singing of the post-game fight song. There was no hitting, no passes thrown and no real...
Rashaan Melvin
Two weeks before kicking off the 2012 season at Soldier Field versus Iowa, Northern Illinois held a 90-minute scrimmage in full pads Saturday at Huskie Stadium under perfect weather conditions. With NIU’s top two receivers – Martel Moore and Perez Ashford – given the day off, the Huskie defense got the better of the offense most...
The Score Four Pack
Thanks to a promotional opportunity with NIU radio partner 670 The Score in Chicago, Northern Illinois and the University of Iowa will offer fans a chance to attend Soldier Field Showdown III for just $30 per ticket through the new Score Four ticket pack. The Huskies and Hawkeyes kick off the 2012 college football season...
Learning Today, Leading Tomorrow: photo of NIU banners on campus
Students and faculty returning to NIU’s DeKalb campus this summer following the end of the spring semester might have noticed something missing. The banners that had adorned light standards across campus are now down. No, they weren’t stolen. They didn’t blow away in an early summer windstorm. And they didn’t melt in the summer heat....
Rockford Riverhawks logo
Northern Illinois University and the Rockford RiverHawks are helping wrap up stateline area baseball fans in summertime fun. NIU is the official sponsor of RiverHawks Fleece Blanket Night when Rockford hosts the Evansville Otters at 7:05 p.m. Friday, June 29. The first 1,000 fans through the gate at RiverHawks Stadium will receive a free fleece...
NIU Huskie football
Five additional Northern Illinois football games have been scheduled for broadcast, and the Huskies released four game times Thursday as the Mid-American Conference released its complete 2012 television schedule. Northern Illinois’ season opener Sept. 1 with Iowa at Chicago’s historic Soldier Field will kickoff at 2:30 p.m. Central Time and will be televised by ESPNU....
Photo of Soldier Field with “HUSKIES” painted in the end zone
Tickets to Soldier Field Showdown III, the Labor Day Weekend college football match-up between Northern Illinois and Iowa at Chicago’s landmark stadium, are now on sale. Members of the general public can purchase tickets to the Sept. 1 game through Ticketmaster as well as the NIU Athletics Ticket Office. Fans can order tickets online, over...
Dave Doeren
A full day of festivities and activities for Huskie fans of all ages is on tap for Saturday, April 21. Northern Illinois will combine its traditional Spring Football Game and Huskie Athletic Support Fund Tailgate Showdown events with the groundbreaking ceremony for the new Chessick Practice Center, the annual NIU fraternity TUGS finals showdown, Huskie...
NIU Huskies football team
Seven home games, including non-conference tilts versus Iowa and Kansas and six Saturday contests, highlight the NIU football 2012 schedule released Thursday by NIU and the Mid-American Conference. Northern Illinois, the defending Mid-American Conference champions, will play seven home games – six at Huskie Stadium in DeKalb and one at Chicago’s Soldier Field – for the second...
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