One of the best to lead NIU football, Joe Novak, died Tuesday at the age of 81.

Joe Novak led Northern Illinois to seven winning seasons in 12 years — launching a run of success that saw the program make ...

Former Northern Illinois head football coach Joe Novak, who led the program for 12 seasons, has died. He was 81. NIU ...

There are legends, and there is Joe Novak. He is perhaps the legend of all legends in the history of athletics at Northern ...

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AMHERST, Mass. (AP) Jalen Macon accounted for four touchdowns in his first Northern Illinois Huskies start since transferring in, and the Huskies rolled past Massachusetts Minutemen 45-3 on Wednesday.

The Huskies, long a feared MAC power, are moving up in the college football world—their home region’s flat terrain be damned.

DeKALB, Ill. – [NIU News Release] After a legendary and groundbreaking college football playing career at Northern Illinois University that included leading NIU to a historic appearance in the Orange ...

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UMass NIU may seem like a meaningless Wednesday night #MACtion clash, but both sides have much to prove. UMass may have its best chance at avoiding its first winless non-pandemic season since 1927, ...