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Craig Harmon
Craig Harmon, a former player and graduate assistant coach at Northern Illinois University, has returned to the Huskies as an assistant coach, NIU head coach Rod Carey announced Tuesday. Harmon, a native of Godfrey, Ill., will coach the NIU tight ends and fullbacks in 2014. “It’s great to have Craig and his family – his wife...
Juwan Brescacin
The Northern Illinois University Huskies offense could not get untracked against Utah State in the 2013 San Diego County Credit Union Poinsettia Bowl game and, despite a valiant effort by the NIU defense, the Huskies fell to the Aggies 21-14 Thursday night at Qualcomm Stadium in San Diego. With its second straight loss, NIU ended...
Jimmie Ward
Northern Illinois University quarterback Jordan Lynch and safety Jimmie Ward continued to add to their already impressive legacies at NIU Tuesday when they were named first-team All-Americans by the Associated Press and SI.com, respectively, making them just the second and third first-team honorees in school history. Lynch, who earned first team All-America honors as an...
Jordan Lynch
Northern Illinois University quarterback Jordan Lynch (Chicago, Ill./Mt. Carmel HS) will travel to New York City and be honored as a finalist for the 2013 Heisman Memorial Trophy, the Heisman Trophy Trust announced Monday during ESPN’s Sportscenter broadcast. Lynch is the first Huskie player to be selected as a finalist for the trophy, which annually...
Logo of the Poinsettia Bowl
The Northern Illinois University Huskies will close out a record-setting 2013 campaign in sunny San Diego, Calif. at the San Diego County Credit Union Poinsettia Bowl, NIU, bowl and MAC officials announced Sunday. NIU (12-1), ranked No. 23 (USA Today)/No. 24 (Associated Press), will take on Utah State (8-5) of the Mountain West Conference at...
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...
Jordan Lynch
Remember when Huskie quarterback Jordan Lynch set the NCAA record for rushing yards by a quarterback? Just five weeks ago? Well, NIU’s Heisman Trophy hopeful broke that record Tuesday night as the Huskies beat Western Michigan 33-14 to finish their regular season undefeated. Lynch rushed for three touchdowns and passed for another. With the win,...
NIU President Doug Baker congratulates Jordan Lynch and the NIU Huskies after a 35-17 victory in Toledo.
With a fourth consecutive Mid-American Conference Championship berth sewn up, the 1-10 Western Michigan Broncos coming to town Tuesday night and a No. 14 ranking in the BCS, there are some who might assume that NIU football coach Rod Carey is already thinking post-season. Those people are wrong. “There is no ‘next game.’ This is...
2013 MAC Championship logo
After a thrilling victory Wednesday over Toledo, the NIU Huskie football team is returning Friday, Dec. 6, to the MAC Championship football game. Student Involvement & Leadership Development is chartering buses to Ford Field in Detroit so students can cheer Coach Rod Carey and Co. onto a third consecutive conference crown. A limited number of...
Detroit, baby!
Who’s ready for some Motor City Magic, Chapter Four? Jordan Lynch and the still-undefeated NIU Huskies football team earned their fourth consecutive ticket to the 2013 Mid-American Conference Championship tonight with a 35-17 win over the Toledo Rockets, who had been the only remaining obstacle between Rod Carey’s crew and Detroit in December. Lynch ran...
Rod Carey leads his team onto Brigham Field.
Time was when the word “Toledo” thrust anxiety into the heart of every NIU football fan. And with good reason: The Rockets lead the 46-year series 29-11, owning bragging rights in not only their home Glass Bowl (18-3) but in Huskie Stadium (11-8) as well. But things change. NIU has won the last three games...
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