Thomas Hammock isn’t one to handout starting spots on NIU’s football team. He constantly wants his guys competing for jobs.

NIU, one of the 30 winningest Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS) teams in the country over the last 15 seasons, comes into 2025 after finishing last season with its second straight bowl championship ...

Former Northern Illinois star and NFL running back Leshon Johnson has been indicted for allegedly operating a large ...

Northern Illinois football is also headed to a new league, the Mountain West. The Huskies start playing football in that ...

That changed when Northern Illinois decided to join the Mountain West as a football-only member in the beginning of January. With the rest of their sports looking for a new home, they went back to ...

James Dent Jr. led Northern Illinois with 36 points, including the game-winning jump shot with one second remaining in double overtime, and the Huskies took down Central Michigan 83-81 in the ...

The league announced the addition of MAC powerhouse Northern Illinois as a football-only member on Tuesday. The Huskies will join the conference on July 1, 2026. “We are excited about adding ...

There is 1 Northern Illinois high school football game in Illinois on Saturday, November 16, 2024. The first game, Belvidere North vs Cary-Grove, starts at .

Northern Illinois’ non-football sports are joining the Horizon League, per Action Network. There are two exceptions, as wrestling and gymnastics aren’t represented in the Horizon. The move is ...