Huskies overcome hurdles in 24-16 win
Clutch defensive stops helped the NIU football team pick up their first victory of the season Saturday, beating the Central Michigan Chippewas 24-16.
The defensive end of the Huskies were put in difficult situations all day, but Head Coach Rod Carey said pressure doesn’t affect his squad.
“I love the way we come out and attack things defensively,” Carey said in a post game press conference. “They absolutely do not care. They take that as a challenge.”
Special teams errors put the NIU defense on the ropes early as a pair of bad snaps from senior long snapper Hayden Sak to sophomore punter Matt Ference gave the Chippewas very good field position on a pair of drives.