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Senior quarterback Jordan Lynch (Chicago, Ill./Mt. Carmel) had four touchdown passes, one touchdown run and one touchdown reception as 18th-ranked Northern Illinois University defeated Eastern Michigan, 59-20, on Saturday afternoon at Huskie Stadium. With the victory, NIU improves to 8-0, 4-0 in Mid-American Conference play, and won its 24th consecutive game at Huskie Stadium. The...

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...

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...

Junior Cameron Stingily ran for 266 yards on 37 carries and the Northern Illinois University Huskies totaled 698 yards of total offense, 454 on the ground, to claim a 38-24 victory over Kent State Saturday in its 2013 Mid-American Conference opener. The Huskies improved to 5-0, 1-0 in the MAC, with the win, while Kent...

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...

Northern Illinois University quarterback Jordan Lynch and wide receiver and return specialist Tommylee Lewis earned Mid-American Conference West Division Player of the Week honors after their play in NIU’s 55-24 win at Purdue, the league office announced Monday. Lynch earned his second straight MAC West Offensive Player of the Week honor and third of the...

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...

For a college football team about to play only its fourth game of the season, the NIU Huskies already have seen plenty. Victory in a Big Ten stadium. An early weekend off. A four-hour flight across the country followed by a long bus ride to a hotel and another time-consuming bus ride to not a...

Two undefeated football teams will march into Huskie Stadium Saturday in dogged pursuit of continued perfection. Only one will emerge unscathed. For the NIU Huskies, who are among the last six Football Bowl Subdivision teams without a home game yet this season, two records are on the line. NIU has won 21 straight games in...

Northern Illinois University defensive tackle Ken Bishop and wide receiver Tommylee Lewis earned Mid-American Conference West Division Player of the Week honors following NIU's 45-35 win at Idaho, the league office announced Monday.

Spurred on by an aggressive defense that recorded a school-record 11 quarterback sacks, including seven in the second-half, Northern Illinois scored the final 10 points of the game Saturday to claim a hard-fought 45-35 victory over Idaho in the Kibbie Dome. After trailing 28-14 with 9:35 to play in the second quarter, Northern Illinois outscored...

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...