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NIU counts only a dozen victories over the perennially troublesome Toledo Rockets, but that number includes the last four meetings between the MAC West rivals. Coach Rod Carey and the Huskies look to push that winning streak to five at 7 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 11, on a Veterans Day game set to honor the team’s...

OK, so that was a crazy fourth quarter. NIU’s football team went up by 14, thanks to scores from the offense and the defense, but saw that lead evaporate for the second time in the game. After what appeared to be a Cameron Stingily touchdown was called back for a holding penalty, it was time...

With the coveted Bronze Stalk on the line, and two legend-in the-making Mid-American Conference quarterbacks facing off on a chilly November night inside Huskie Stadium, last year’s tussle between NIU and Ball State kept fans from both schools on pins and needles. All knotted up heading into the fourth quarter, it was the Huskies who...

ESPN 3 Coverage: Watch Replay YPSILANTI, Mich. — The Northern Illinois University Huskies (6-2) came back from a fourth quarter deficit against the Eastern Michigan University Eagles in manufacturing a 28-17 win at “the Factory” and becoming bowl-eligible for the seventh straight season. The Huskies amassed 386 yards on offense, including a 168 yard rushing...

Rod Carey and the NIU Huskies football team aren’t planning to see many familiar things Saturday when they journey to Ypsilanti. Eastern Michigan has a new coach – Craig Creighton owns a 2-5 record in his first year leading the Eagles – along with new schemes on offense and defense. There’s also a new turf...

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...

When last weekend’s Homecoming football game ended with a 34-17 thud, it wasn’t the pair of broken win streaks that upset Coach Rod Carey. Rather, it was the disappointing play of his team. “Give Central Michigan a ton of credit. Every time we fought back in, or had a little momentum, they made a play...

Behind Thomas Rawls’ 270 rushing yards and two touchdowns, Central Michigan knocked off the NIU football team 34-17 Saturday at Huskie Stadium in a Mid-American Conference West Division match-up. The win by CMU (4-3, 2-1 MAC) snaps the Huskies’ (4-2, 1-1 MAC) 28-game winning streak at Huskie Stadium, while also ending NIU’s 24-game regular season...

Something golden will lurk amid all the red and black inside Huskie Stadium during NIU’s 108th Homecoming football game Saturday. The 4-1 Huskies, who have notched 50 FBS wins since 2010, will play Central Michigan for the 50th time. And, with NIU looking to push its second-in-the-nation win total to 51, maybe it’s no coincidence...

On its final possession of the contest, a 56-yard field goal came up short for Kent State as NIU claimed a 17-14 victory over the Golden Flashes in the Mid-American Conference opener on Saturday at Huskie Stadium. The win extends NIU’s Huskie Stadium winning streak to 28 games and its regular season MAC winning streak...

Finally! After more than a month’s worth of road games and a bye week, the NIU football team returns Saturday afternoon to Huskie Stadium. During those 36 days away from Brigham Field, the team beat the Big Ten in Evanston, dispatched the desert heat and its gridiron opponent in Las Vegas and, unfortunately, lost to...

The Arkansas Razorbacks were too much for the Northern Illinois University Huskies to handle Saturday night in Fayetteville, Ark. as NIU fell to 3-1 on the season after dropping a 52-14 decision at Donald W. Reynolds Razorback Stadium. Arkansas’ special teams and defense accounted for its first two touchdowns, and while the Huskie defense played...