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In a white-knuckle, back-and-forth, hold-your-breath and don’t-dare-turn-your-eyes kind of football game, it was Jordan Lynch and the No. 15 NIU Huskies who finally prevailed, winning 48-27 over Ball State. Tied heading into the fourth quarter, the NIU Huskies scored the final 21 points of the game for the Wednesday night victory at Huskie Stadium. Lynch...

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...

Northern Illinois University safety Jimmie Ward was named a semifinalist for the 2013 Jim Thorpe Award, the Jim Thorpe Association announced Monday. Presented to the top defensive back in the country, the Jim Thorpe Award was established in 1986 and is named after one of the greatest all-around athletes in history. Ward is the first...

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...

Considering the tremendous number of yards amassed the last few years by the NIU Huskie football team, fans probably weren’t prepared what happened at Homecoming. With the cardinal-and-black offense oddly out of sync, it was the Huskie defense that carried the day versus Akron, holding the Zips to just six points over the final three...

The 23rd ranked NIU Huskies earned their 23rd consecutive Huskie Stadium victory on Saturday, defeating Akron 27-20 before a Homecoming, sellout crowd of 23,595. The win set a new Mid-American Conference record for consecutive home victories, breaking a tie with Marshall (1997-2000). NIU improved to 6-0 with the victory and the Huskies are 2-0 in...

Four quarters of football were not enough. One overtime period was not enough. The prize was too big: a Mid-American Conference championship. With the hard-fought score knotted at 37, the NIU Huskies and the Kent State Golden Flashes carried their perfect conference records into the second overtime – one more chance to claim victory. Huskie...

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...

Northern Illinois kicker Mathew Sims made a 36-yard field goal with four seconds on the clock Saturday to give the Huskies a 30-27 season-opening win over the Iowa Hawkeyes at Kinnick Stadium. The kick gave NIU its first win over the Hawkeyes in nine tries, and it came in comeback fashion as Northern Illinois trailed...

Northern Illinois head coach Rod Carey welcomed 105 Huskies, including 28 newcomers, to the start of 2013 preseason football camp Sunday at the Jeffrey and Kimberly Yordon Center. Northern Illinois will hold the first of its 24 preseason practices at 3:35 p.m. today at Huskie Stadium in helmets and shorts. The Huskies’ preseason camp will...

Single game tickets for Northern Illinois’ five 2013 football home games go on sale at 10 a.m. Aug. 1 through the NIU Athletics Ticket Office in the Convocation Center, online via Ticketmaster and NIUHuskies.com and on the phone by calling 815-753-PACK (7225). With the winningest team in the state of Illinois fresh off its second...