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2019 Schedule
8-6, 1st in MAC - West
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.
Sources: Temple to hire Northern Illinois' Carey
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.
The most important takeaway for each bowl game
Iowa held on to defeat Mississippi State, and Kentucky capped its best year since 1977 with a win over Penn State.
UAB's Johnston, Ubosi torch N. Illinois in Boca Raton Bowl
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.
Ubosi scores 66-yard TD (0:28)
Ubosi scores 46-yard TD (0:31)
UAB's Brown takes shovel pass in for TD (0:32)
UAB's Williams goes down after hard hit (0:56)
Johnston finds Ubosi for 70-yard TD (0:45)
Bowl season has arrived. Here's what you need to know
Bowl season kicks off today with six games, with Fresno State's prolific QB Marcus McMaryion defeating Herm Edwards' Arizona State Sun Devils early on.
Meet the ESPN All-America team
Kyler Murray and Quinnen Williams lead this year's college football All-America team. Who else made the cut?
Picking winners for every bowl game matchup
From Dec. 15 through Jan. 7, the Celebration Bowl through the CFP National Championship, Adam Rittenberg picks his winners for bowl season.
The players and storylines to know for every bowl game
Happy bowl season! Here are the key players and storylines for every game, including the playoff.
Tears extends for the nasty one-handed TD catch (1:01)
Northern Illinois scores late to win MAC title game 30-29
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...
Huskies celebrate MAC Championship (0:24)
Huskies score TD late in fourth quarter (0:41)
Childers finds brown for Huskies TD (0:49)
Jackson finds Johnson for 13-yard TD (0:38)
Marks opens up scoring for Buffalo (0:37)
Late TD lifts Western Michigan over Northern Illinois 28-21
Jamauri Bogan rushed for 63 yards and two touchdowns and Western Michigan held off Northern Illinois 28-21 on Tuesday night.
Bogan runs for game-winning TD (0:30)
2018 MAC Standings
| 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 |
2018 Team Leaders
2019 Recruits
| 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 |
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