NORTHERN ILLINOIS HUSKIES NEWS

MAC champion Northern Illinois to face Coastal Carolina in the Cure Bowl in Orlando After winning its sixth Mid-American Conference title, Northern Illinois is headed to Florida. The Huskies accepted an invitation to take on...

DECEMBER 5, 2021 • CHICAGOTRIBUNE.COM

Coastal Carolina returns to Cure Bowl vs Northern Illinois Coastal Carolina will try to use the Cure Bowl to cap another successful season

DECEMBER 5, 2021 • WASHINGTONPOST.COM

Ex-Spartans QB Rocky Lombardi leads Northern Illinois to MAC title at Ford Field Quarterback Rocky Lombardi ran for three touchdowns to power Northern Illinois to a 41-23 victory over Kent State in the Mid-American Confer...

DECEMBER 4, 2021 • DETROITNEWS.COM

Rocky Lombardi rushes for 3 TDs to lead Northern Illinois to its 6th MAC title with a 41-23 victory over Kent State in the championship game Quarterback Rocky Lombardi ran for three touchdowns and Jay Ducker ran for 146 yards on 29 carries to power Northern Illinois to a 41-23 vic...

DECEMBER 4, 2021 • CHICAGOTRIBUNE.COM

N. Illinois wins MAC championship 41-23 over Kent St.

Quarterback Rocky Lombardi ran for three touchdowns and Jay Ducker ran for 146 yards on 29 carries to power Northern Illinois to a 41-23 victory over Kent State in the Mid-American...

DECEMBER 4, 2021 • ASSOCIATED PRESS

College football championship weekend: Key matchups NFL scouts will be watching

Rob Rang highlights what NFL scouts will be tracking in college football's conference titles games this weekend.

DECEMBER 3, 2021

Rocky Lombardi-led N. Illinois faces Kent St. for MAC title

Rocky Lombardi was looking for a new place to play football after deciding to transfer from Michigan State nearly a year ago

DECEMBER 3, 2021 • ASSOCIATED PRESS

Thomas Hammock is named MAC Coach of the Year after taking Northern Illinois from a winless season to a division title Northern Illinois is reaping rewards for its worst-to-first season ahead of Saturday’s Mid-American Conference championship game. Thomas Ham...

DECEMBER 1, 2021 • BALTIMORESUN.COM

Kent State outlasts Miami in OT thriller, 48-47, for MAC East title; faces Northern Illinois in MAC title game Kent State cornerback Montre Miller stepped in front and knocked the ball down to the ground to give the Golden Flashes the division crown.

NOVEMBER 27, 2021 • CLEVELAND.COM

Eleby's 5 TD throws lead W. Michigan past No. Illinois 42-21

Kaleb Eleby threw five touchdown passes, four of them to Skyy Moore, and Western Michigan defeated Northern Illinois 42-21

NOVEMBER 24, 2021 • ASSOCIATED PRESS

Northern Illinois wins the MAC West title with a 33-27 overtime win against Buffalo Northern Illinois clinched the Mid-American Conference West Division title Wednesday night, getting a 25-yard touchdown run from Clint Ratko...

NOVEMBER 18, 2021 • CHICAGOTRIBUNE.COM

N. Illinois uses OT to beat Buffalo 33-27

Clint Ratkovich ran for two touchdowns and his 25-yard jaunt in overtime carried Northern Illinois past Buffalo 33-27 in overtime

NOVEMBER 18, 2021 • ASSOCIATED PRESS

Richardson boots Northern Illinois past Ball State 30-29

John Richardson kicked a 32-yard field goal as time expired and Northern Illinois defeated Ball State 30-29 in a game that saw three lead changes in the final 2-plus minutes

NOVEMBER 11, 2021 • ASSOCIATED PRESS

Kent State scores 31 points in 2nd quarter, beats NIU 52-47

Dustin Crum passed for two touchdowns and rushed for two scores, and Kent State used a 31-point second quarter to beat Northern Illinois 52-47

NOVEMBER 4, 2021 • ASSOCIATED PRESS

Northern Illinois rallies in final minute to beat Chippewas

Rocky Lombardi threw for 320 yards and three touchdowns and freshman Kanon Woodill kicked the go-ahead field goal with under a minute to go in his first collegiate action to give N...

OCTOBER 23, 2021 • ASSOCIATED PRESS

Northern Illinois wins its 4th straight, riding Jay Ducker's 210 rushing yards and Trayvon Rudolph's 100-yard kickoff return to a 34-26 win over Bowling Green Jay Ducker ran for 210 yards on 33 carries, freshman Trayvon Rudolph had a 100-yard kickoff return and a 20-yard touchdown reception and Nor...

OCTOBER 16, 2021 • CHICAGOTRIBUNE.COM

Ducker's 210 yards rushing leads NIU past Bowling Green

Jay Ducker carried it 33 times for 210 yards, freshman Trayvon Rudolph had a 100-yard kickoff return and a 20-yard touchdown reception and Northern Illinois beat Bowling Green 34-2...

OCTOBER 16, 2021 • ASSOCIATED PRESS

Northern Illinois improves to 2-0 in MAC play behind John Richardson's 5 field goals in a 22-20 victory over Toledo John Richardson kicked five field goals, including a 29-yarder with 26 seconds remaining in the game, and Northern Illinois rallied last in...

OCTOBER 9, 2021 • CHICAGOTRIBUNE.COM

Richardson's 5 FGs lifts Northern Illinois over Toledo 22-20

John Richardson kicked five field goals, including a 29-yarder with 26 seconds remaining in the game, and Northern Illinois rallied last in a 22-20 victory over Toledo in Mid-Ameri...

OCTOBER 9, 2021 • ASSOCIATED PRESS

Week 6 Preview: Top-5 matchup in Big Ten; Texas-OU in Big 12

Week 6 of the college football season features a top-five matchup in the Big Ten, with No. 4 Penn State at No. 3 Iowa, and the Big 12's biggest rivalry

OCTOBER 8, 2021 • ASSOCIATED PRESS

Northern Illinois wins its Mid-American Conference opener, holding off Eastern Michigan 27-20 Antario Brown rushed for 101 yards and Northern Illinois scored the game’s first 17 points, then held on to defeat Eastern Michigan 27-20 on...

OCTOBER 3, 2021 • CHICAGOTRIBUNE.COM

Northern Illinois holds off Eastern Michigan 27-20

Antario Brown rushed for 101 yards and Northern Illinois scored the game’s first 17 points then held on to defeat Eastern Michigan 27-20 on Saturday in a game delayed by lightning...

OCTOBER 3, 2021 • ASSOCIATED PRESS

Northern Illinois rides quarterback Rocky Lombardi — who throws for 3 touchdowns and runs for another — to a 41-14 win against Maine Rocky Lombardi rushed for three touchdowns and threw for another, and Northern Illinois scored 27 unanswered points to beat Maine 41-14 on S...

SEPTEMBER 26, 2021 • CHICAGOTRIBUNE.COM

Lombardi's 4 TDs lead Northern Illinois past Maine 41-14

Rocky Lombardi rushed for three touchdowns and threw for another, and Northern Illinois beat Maine 41-14

SEPTEMBER 25, 2021 • ASSOCIATED PRESS

Vance Bedford: This is how Big 10 teams will try to attack Michigan's defense… Every week TMI’s Sam Webb, former Michigan offensive coordinator Al Borges, and former Michigan defensive backs coach and Oklahoma State/Lou...

SEPTEMBER 25, 2021 • 247SPORTS.COM