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It is a comforting thing for coaches to see veterans on their two-deep depth chart, players that have experience when the lights come on and players that can help guide the youngsters at their position. The NIU football team has just that luxury when it comes to its tight ends and fullbacks group, where four...

For the sixth consecutive summer, NIU Football is inviting women from throughout the region and across Huskie Nation to the NIU Football Women’s Clinic. This year’s edition will be held from 5 to 8 p.m. Wednesday, July 30, beginning at the Jeffrey and Kimberly Yordon Center before moving onto Brigham Field at Huskie Stadium. The...

Northern Illinois University Athletics is loading up its bus with prizes and is hitting the road in June to see Huskie alumni fans. NIU Associate Vice President and Athletics Director Sean T. Frazier and head coaches, including football coach Rod Carey, men’s basketball coach Mark Montgomery and women’s basketball coach Kathi Bennett, will be in...

The Northern Illinois University Huskies wrapped up 2014 spring football practices Saturday at Huskie Stadium with a modified version of the “Huskie Bowl” won by the Cardinal Team made up of the entire NIU defense. Points were awarded for one-one-one drills, a field goal competition and third-down conversions in seven-on-seven situations before the offense and...

Northern Illinois University Head Football Coach Rod Carey has modified the format for the 2014 Huskie Bowl, which will be played at 3 p.m. Saturday, April 19, in Huskie Stadium. Admission to the contest, as well as to the pregame activities in “The Yard,” the new official tailgate home of NIU Athletics, is free. The...

Ever wonder what it’s like to play on an NFL team? Want to hear what goes into putting together a college football game plan? Or do you just want to get together with a group of guys and talk Huskie Football? Well guys, this is the event for you. On Friday, April 18, Northern Illinois...

Northern Illinois University football season ticket holders will receive a 45 percent discount AND watch one of the most-winning teams in the nation over the past four years from the best seats in Huskie Stadium in 2014, as NIU Athletics officials rolled out its ticket prices and season ticket plans Tuesday. In 2014, NIU is...

The Northern Illinois University Huskies will face a challenging schedule from start to finish in 2014 as the Mid-American Conference released the 2014 schedules of its 13 league teams Friday. NIU, which posted its second straight 12-win season in 2013 and played in the Mid-American Conference Championship game for the fourth consecutive year, will play...

Northern Illinois University has extended the contract of Head Football Coach Rod Carey by one year and will raise Carey’s salary for 2014, NIU Associate Vice-President and Director of Athletics Sean T. Frazier announced Friday. In his first full season as head coach, Carey led the Huskies to the first 12-0 regular season in school...

Following Northern Illinois University’s second consecutive 12-win season and fourth-straight Mid-American Conference West Division title, NIU head coach Rod Carey and his staff announced the names of 31 future Huskies that make up the 2014 recruiting class. The Huskies’ class includes 15 defensive players, 14 offensive players and two specialists from 11 different states. NIU...

Four players from Northern Illinois University’s 12-win, MAC West champion football team were named to the 2013 Academic All Mid-American Conference squad Friday with another four Huskies garnering honorable mention recognition. The team is selected annually by the league’s faculty athletics representatives. NIU senior safety Dominique Ware (Bolingbrook, Ill./Plainfield North HS), junior fullbacks Rob Sterling...

Northern Illinois University is inviting all football season ticket holders and Huskie Athletics Support Fund (HASF) donors to get an insider’s look at the 2014 NIU football signing class at a special National Signing Day Party beginning at 5 p.m. Wednesday, Feb. 5. Join NIU head coach Rod Carey and his staff for a social...