The Northern Illinois Huskies didn’t win a single game in the Covid-shortened 2020 season. Less than a year later the Huskies (8-3, 6-1 MAC) find themselves representing the MAC West in the MAC Championship Game.
The young team just keeps finding ways to win close games, like the one last night against the Buffalo Bulls (4-7, 2-5 MAC) that needed overtime to decide a winner.
Buffalo struck first on their opening drive when Alex McNulty connected on a 32-yard field goal to put the Bulls up 3-0. NIU would counter with a short field goal of their own midway through the second quarter to tie things up.