Two weeks ago, the Northern Illinois Huskies upset a Notre Dame team then ranked #5 in the country. A bye week followed that win, but NIU returned to the field Saturday to swallow a tough result.
Northern Illinois football coach Thomas Hammock became an overnight celebrity on Saturday after his Huskies pulled off the shocker of the college football season so far, knocking off then-No.
The biggest upset in Week 2 of the college football season was Notre Dame losing at home to Northern Illinois. Yes, the Irish fell to Northern Illinois, 16-14, on a 35-yard field goal by Kanon Woodill with less than a minute remaining.
NIU drilled a field goal with 31 seconds left to take down the Irish The Northern Illinois Huskies (2-0) defeated a top-10 opponent for the first time in school history Saturday afternoon when they defeated the fifth-ranked Notre Dame Fighting Irish (1-1) by a score of 16-14.
Kanon Woodill drilled a 35-yard field goal with 31 seconds remaining, and Northern Illinois blocked a field goal as time expired to stun No. 5 Notre Dame with a 16-14 victory on Saturday in South Bend, Ind.
Ohio and Northern Illinois score a pair of victories in a 2-4 finish for the conference, as Rickey Hunt and Kanon Woodill shine on the grand stage. We’re in the dog days of January, which means it’s time to wait seven calendar months before another college football kickoff graces our television screens.
Kicker Kanon Woodill scored a 32-yard touchdown on a trick play to help Northern Illinois notch a 21-19 victory over Arkansas State in the Camellia Bowl on Saturday at Montgomery, Ala.
College football teams playing in bowl games often dive deep into their playbooks. To wit, Northern Illinois treated college football fans to one of the best plays of the 2023 bowl season by successfully executing a fake field goal for a touchdown in the Camellia Bowl against Arkansas State on Saturday.