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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...

NIU quarterback Chandler Harnish, a four-year starter whose Huskie tenure has included a comeback from a career-threatening injury and playing for three head coaches and four position coaches, is a candidate for the 2011 Lowe’s Senior CLASS Award for football. Harnish is one of just 30 candidates for the award, which honors seniors who have...

All Northern Illinois fans are invited to hear new head coach Dave Doeren discuss the Huskies’ 2011 football signing class at a pregame reception Wednesday, Feb. 2, that will be held prior to the NIU-Bowling Green men’s basketball game at the Convocation Center. Feb. 2 is the first day 2011 recruits can sign National Letters...

Rarely has a team celebrated a Humanitarian Bowl victory as wholeheartedly and with as much joy as the Northern Illinois Huskies celebrated their 40-17 win over Fresno State Saturday in Boise, Idaho. In the final seconds of the win – NIU’s school-record 11th of the season – Gatorade baths were freely given, coaches’ names were...

The Northern Illinois University football team made it a perfect 10 as defensive end Jake Coffman (German Valley, Ill./Forreston) earned Mid-American Conference West Division Defensive Player of the Week Monday after turning in his best performance of the season in NIU’s 71-3 win over Eastern Michigan. Coffman’s selection marks the 10th-straight week a Huskie has...

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...

Northern Illinois University defensive end Jake Coffman (German Valley, Ill./Forreston) was named the Mid-American Conference West Division Defensive Player of the Week Monday after recording four tackles and an interception in NIU’s 28-21 victory over MAC foe Western Michigan. A finalist for the Lowe’s Senior CLASS Award — cast a vote for Jake — Coffman intercepted an Alex...

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....

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...

Northern Illinois defensive end Jake Coffman, the United States Marine Corps veteran who showed his commitment to his Huskie teammates by electing to return to the team for his senior year at age 26, has been named a candidate for the 2010 Lowe’s Senior CLASS Award for football. Coffman is one of just 30 candidates...

Jake Coffman’s decision to return to the NIU Huskies defensive line is winning regional and even national attention for the 26-year-old senior, a former Marine who served two tours of duty in the Middle East. Check out this weekend’s coverage from USA Today and the Chicago Tribune. Coffman, who returned to college football as a...