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Northern Illinois University All-Americans Jordan Lynch and Jimmie Ward, along with five of their 2013 senior teammates, took center stage Friday at the Kenneth and Ellen Chessick Practice Center at NIU’s Annual Pro Day. National Football League personnel from 30 different teams, the Huskie coaching staff, friends, family, teammates, members of the media and special...
Eight times, NIU and Iowa have taken to the gridiron in battle. Eight times, the Hawkeyes have walked away victors – even if only by one point thanks to a lone touchdown scored with 2:15 to play last Sept. 1 at Soldier Field. Coach Rod Carey, quarterback Jordan Lynch and the rest of the Huskie...
Exactly three weeks away from kickoff of Northern Illinois’ 2013 season opening game at Iowa, the Huskies held their first extended scrimmage of preseason practices Saturday night at Huskie Stadium. The 80-minute scrimmage closed out the second of two practices for NIU as the Huskies went through their first two-a-day of fall camp. Northern Illinois...
The biggest lesson learned from Saturday’s inaugural Huskie Bowl, the intrasquad scrimmage that closed out Northern Illinois’ 2013 spring practices, is that the Huskies are immeasurably better as one cohesive unit working together than they are split in half. In a one-hour, 45-minute scrimmage largely dominated by the defenses, the NIU Black team coached by...
Iowa scored its only touchdown of the game on a 23-yard run by Damon Bullock with 2:15 to play, lifting the Hawkeyes to an 18-17 victory over Northern Illinois Saturday in front of a crowd of 52,117 at Soldier Field. Northern Illinois used the running of first-time starting quarterback Jordan Lynch and a stifling defensive...
On a day when the normally potent Northern Illinois offense struggled to find its rhythm, the oft-maligned Huskie defense stepped up Friday morning to lead NIU to an 18-12 victory over Eastern Michigan at Huskie Stadium. With the victory, Northern Illinois (9-3, 7-1) earned its seventh-straight win and its second consecutive trip to the Marathon...
The Northern Illinois Huskies held their first extended scrimmage of the preseason Sunday at Huskie Stadium, with both the offense and defense enjoying success at different times during the nearly two-hour workout. The “back-and-forth” nature of the scrimmage, as well as the level of play and competition on both sides of the ball, gave NIU...
As the Northern Illinois football team enters its second week of fall camp, one position where first year head coach Dave Doeren is looking for new starters is in the secondary. With starting corners Patrick George and Chris Smith departed, there is playing time available for those who make an impression in camp. One player...
