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Florida State running back Lonnie Pryor ran for 134 yards and two touchdowns as Northern Illinois saw its 12-game winning streak snapped, 31-10, by the Seminoles on Tuesday night in the Discover Orange Bowl at Sun Life Stadium. Florida State quarterback E.J. Manuel was 26-of-38 for 291 yards and a touchdown, NIU redshirt junior quarterback...

For the second straight year, Northern Illinois won the Mid-American Conference Championship “The Hard Way,” as the Huskies won a battle of ranked teams with a 44-37 double overtime win over Kent State at Ford Field in Detroit. NIU quarterback Jordan Lynch capped a Heisman-worthy performance with his third touchdown run of the game in...

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...

With a Mid-American Conference football championship berth on the line, the Northern Illinois University Huskies overcame a 14-7 halftime deficit to defeat the Toledo Rockets 31-24 at Brigham Field Wednesday night. Aided by 21 points off of four turnovers, the Huskies clinched their third-straight MAC West title and a spot at the Nov. 30 MAC...

Northern Illinois put together a workmanlike performance on offense, defense and special teams to earn its ninth straight victory, 63-0, over Mid-American Conference newcomer Massachusetts Saturday at Huskie Stadium. NIU improved to 9-1, 5-0 in the MAC, while UMass fell to 0-9, 0-5. The Huskies extended their school-record home winning streak to 20 games, and...

Northern Illinois quarterback Jordan Lynch ran for 131 yards and two touchdowns and threw for 223 yards and two scores to lead the Huskies to a 37-7 victory over Akron at InfoCision Stadium in Akron, Ohio. NIU won its seventh straight game to improve to 7-1 on the season, 4-0 in the Mid-American Conference, while...

Junior quarterback Jordan Lynch (Chicago, Ill./Mt. Carmel) was 13-of-20 passing for 232 yards and two touchdowns while also rushing for 129 yards and two scores Saturday as Northern Illinois claimed a dominant 45-3 Homecoming victory over Buffalo at Huskie Stadium. The victory moves NIU to 6-1 overall, 3-0 in Mid-American Conference play, while increasing its...

Mental toughness. Conditioning. Tempo. Depth. NIU football coach Dave Doeren can tick off plenty of reasons why his Huskies are finding fourth-quarter success this fall, even if he’d rather seal the deal earlier. “Last year, we had five come-from-behinds, and this year, we have three. I’d love to stop doing that,” Doeren says, “but if...

Junior tailback Akeem Daniels scored on a 54-yard pass from Jordan Lynch with 4:58 to play, and Lynch added a 71-yard touchdown run two minutes later as the Northern Illinois Huskies overcame a fourth-quarter deficit for the third time this season to claim a 35-23 victory over Ball State Saturday at Scheumann Stadium. “We’re a...

Trailing by 10 points early in the fourth quarter, Northern Illinois scored the final 17 points of the game as the Huskies knocked off Kansas, 30-23, on Saturday afternoon at Huskie Stadium. Redshirt junior quarterback Jordan Lynch (Chicago, Ill./Mt. Carmel) threw for 235 yards on 23-of-35 passing with two touchdowns while running for 134 yards...

Coach Dave Doeren and the NIU Huskies football team play their first road game of 2012 Saturday when they travel to West Point, N.Y., to face the U.S. Army Black Knights. NIU owns a 1-1 record after earning their first win of the season last weekend with a 35-7 victory over UT Martin at Huskie...

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...