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Drew Hare
DETROIT — The Northern Illinois University Huskies used big plays on defense and a balanced offensive attack, amassing 552 yards of total offense while holding the Bowling Green State University Falcons to just 17 points in a 51-17 MAC championship win. Drew Hare earned most valuable player honors with 12 carries for 60 yards and...
Ten Northern Illinois University football players were honored Wednesday by the Mid-American Conference as the league announced the 2014 All-MAC football teams as selected by the league coaches. Huskie offensive linemen Tyler Loos (Sterling, Ill./Sterling HS) and Andrew Ness (O’Fallon, Mo./Christian Brothers College), defensive end Jason Meehan (St. Louis, Mo./Webster Groves HS) and cornerback Paris...
So it all comes down to this. Rod Carey and the NIU Huskie football team will work off their turkey dinners Friday morning in Kalamazoo, where the final game of the regular season means everything. Carey and Co. must beat NIU alum P.J. Fleck’s Western Michigan Broncos to win the Mid-American Conference West Division and...
Sophomore quarterback Drew Hare (O’Fallon, Mo./Fort Zumwalt West) gained 180 yards on 17 carries with two touchdowns and threw for 185 yards on 12-of-16 passing with a touchdown Saturday as NIU earned a 51-41 victory over Miami (Ohio) at Huskie Stadium. The Huskies (5-2, 2-1 MAC) gained 658 yards of total offense and did not...
Keith Harris Jr.
As the tiresome summer reality shows finally reveal their destined-for-obscurity winners, it’s Rod Carey who soon will truly provide “the moment we’ve all been waiting for.” Who will quarterback the NIU Huskies football team? Drew Hare? Anthony Maddie? Matt McIntosh? “Each one of them has a different release,” wide receiver Da’Ron Brown said, “but at...
Marlon Moore
Just two safeties in camp with the Northern Illinois University football team have seen game action but between them the duo of redshirt senior Dechane Durante (Charlotte, N.C./Vance) and junior Marlon Moore (Mobile, Ala./C.F. Vigor) have combined for 63 games played and 45 starts. “They are both having a good camp and off to a...
Dechane Durante
The Northern Illinois University football team wrapped up its second practice of the 2014 preseason with a 23-period workout Sunday afternoon on the turf at Huskie Stadium. For the second straight practice, the Huskies were in shorts and helmets. NIU began practice with a period of special teams play, particularly field goal. The squad then...
Rod Carey leads his team onto Brigham Field.
After leading the Northern Illinois University Huskies to a 12-0 record and No. 14 Bowl Championship Series (BCS) ranking, NIU senior quarterback Jordan Lynch (Chicago, Ill./Mt. Carmel HS) and first-year head coach Rod Carey were honored Wednesday as the MAC released its 2013 football postseason awards. League coaches honored Lynch with the Vern Smith Leadership...
MAC Championship program cover
So here we are again. For the fourth straight December, the NIU Huskies football team is headed to Detroit for the Mid-American Conference Championship in search of their third consecutive crown and a 26th notch in their MAC winning streak. Kickoff is 7 p.m. vs. the Bowling Green Falcons (9-3, 7-1). But things are different...
Jimmie Ward
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 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...
Da’Ron Brown celebration
The Northern Illinois University Huskies became the first Mid-American Conference team to defeat two Big Ten teams in one season and improved their record to 4-0 on the season with a dominating 55-24 win over Purdue Saturday at Ross-Ade Stadium. Quarterback Jordan Lynch started the game by completing 14 of his first 15 passes, including...
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