NIU hires Ravens' Hammock as head coach
Northern Illinois has hired Baltimore Ravens running backs coach Thomas Hammock as its head coach, the school announced Friday.
Northern Illinois has hired Baltimore Ravens running backs coach Thomas Hammock as its head coach, the school announced Friday.
Rod Carey, who led Northern Illinois to the Mid-American Conference title last season, has agreed to become the next head football coach at Temple, sources confirm to ESPN.
Iowa held on to defeat Mississippi State, and Kentucky capped its best year since 1977 with a win over Penn State.
Tyler Johnston III threw for 373 yards and four touchdowns, three of them to Xavier Ubosi, and UAB continued its resurgence two seasons after shutting down its football program, beating Northern Illinois 37-13 in the Boca Raton Bowl on Tuesday night.
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Marcus Childers threw a touchdown pass -- his fourth of the game -- to D.J. Brown with 1:09 to go and Northern Illinois rallied from a 20-point, second-half deficit to take a 30-29 victory over Buffalo in the Mid-American Conference championship game...
Jamauri Bogan rushed for 63 yards and two touchdowns and Western Michigan held off Northern Illinois 28-21 on Tuesday night.
Ja'don Rucker-Furlow's pick-6 helped Miami (Ohio) beat Northern Illinois 13-7 on Wednesday night.
East | CONF | OVR |
---|---|---|
Buffalo | 7-1 | 10-4 |
Miami (OH) | 6-2 | 6-6 |
Ohio | 6-2 | 9-4 |
Bowling Green | 2-6 | 3-9 |
Akron | 2-6 | 4-8 |
Kent State | 1-7 | 2-10 |
West | CONF | OVR |
Northern Illinois | 6-2 | 8-6 |
Eastern Michigan | 5-3 | 7-6 |
Toledo | 5-3 | 7-6 |
Western Michigan | 5-3 | 7-6 |
Ball State | 3-5 | 4-8 |
Central Michigan | 0-8 | 1-11 |
NAME | POS | STATUS | GRADE |
---|---|---|---|
Chamaar Smith | DE | Signed | 74 |
Fabian McCray | WR | Signed | 73 |
Mariano Valenti | QB-DT | Signed | 70 |
Mohamed Toure | WR | Signed | 44 |
Romel Goston | CB | Signed | 44 |