This article dives into the thrilling matchup between NIU and NC State, exploring player performance, team stats, and what ...

NIU’s football program left the MAC behind once before in 1985 to become an independent. It eventually joined the Big West ...

NIU wraps up its 124th season of football – 57th as an FBS program – and final season in the MAC at home versus Kent State on Friday, November 28.

NIU football's move to the Mountain West Conference was inspired by another major college football realignment move, and it might mean more change is coming for Northern Illinois athletics.

Here's one personal memory of covering Northern Illinois University football. The school introduced new head coach Joe Novak during winter break in 1995, so the campus was deserted. But inside the ...

Michael B. Erickson, 20, was arrested Monday afternoon in DeKalb. Authorities conducted a search of his dorm room and collected multiple electronic devices containing thousands of images of suspected ...

The NIU board on Thursday approved a $1.4 million fee to join the Horizon League in most sports except football starting in 2026. NIU announced in January that its football team would move to the ...

Ball State football vs NIU score Ball State defensive back Kiael Kelly (1) celebrates his touchdown against Vanderbilt during the first quarter at FirstBank Stadium in Nashville, Tenn., Saturday ...

Northern Illinois will join the Mountain West as a football-only member in 2026, the school and conference announced Tuesday. "What a great opportunity for NIU Athletics as we expand our horizons ...

As NIU became the new toast of college football, hundreds and hundreds of text messages rolled into Hammock's cell phone. On Sunday afternoon, he was still working his way through them all, ...

Wins like NIU's over Notre Dame will be especially rare with how transactional college football has become. Loyalty is out, money is in. And the G5 might be better off taking their ball and going ...

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