It was the first top-five win for NIU in program history. More:Notre Dame football found itself on the ropes early in its home opener against Northern Illinois How the points were scored ...

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"This is a program-changing type win," NIU head coach Thomas Hammock said after the game. College football may be the only sport in the world that deals in pure chaos, because what other sport can ...

In the first ever meeting between the Irish (1-1) — ranked No. 7 in the US LBM Coaches Poll and No. 5 in the AP poll coming in — and unranked Huskies (2-0) of the Mid-American Conference, NIU ...

NIU returns 32 seniors to 2024 roster One of the uncertainties heading into this season for Notre Dame was the lack of experience along the offensive line. NIU has a lot of experience across their ...

The Northern Illinois Huskies upset Notre Dame Fighting Irish 16-14 in South Bend to pull off the biggest win in the program's history. The team was 0-14 against top-10 ranked teams prior to ...

Notre Dame plays its home opener Saturday against Northern Illinois and will do so without a veteran offensive tackle. Tosh Baker, who competed but did not win a starting position at both tackle ...

NIU secured a 42-yard field goal to end the quarter, taking a 10-7 lead on the Irish. “Some of them were good schemes. They have a good stretch running game,” Freeman said about the Huskies ...

Keys to the drive: Two Notre Dame defenders collided as the ball zipped between the two into Brown's hands. He ran the 60 remaining yards for the score. Drive: Five plays, 30 yards, 1:27 elapsed ...

They will certainly test the Notre Dame defense, but the Irish defense should be able to shut NIU down, assuming they come into the game focused. Notre Dame is just too fast and long for the Huskies.

"It’s really been a challenge for our defense to prepare for.” NIU’s defense was one of the top units in the MAC last year. They ranked No. 6 nationally by allowing just 171.2 yards per game.