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Northern Illinois Team Report (Yahoo! Sports)

Sun, 22 Nov 2009 21:40:56 PST

The Huskies controlled their own destiny heading into the final month of the regular season. A four-game winning streak lifted the Huskies into second place in the MAC West Division with two games left. The Huskies needed to win at Ohio and Central Michigan to earn their first bid since 2005 in the MAC title game.

Despite a valiant effort, the Huskies suffered a 38-31 loss to Ohio at Peden Stadium, giving Central Michigan the West Division title. The Huskies, now 7-4 and 5-2 in the MAC West, must defeat Central Michigan Friday to attract the attention of bowl scouts.

The Huskies fell into an early 14-0 hole when Ohio scored touchdowns on its first two possessions. The Huskies answered with two touchdowns on their next three drives to tie the score.

Ohio holds off Northern Illinois 38-31 (AP)

Sat, 21 Nov 2009 18:49:03 PST

Theo Scott threw three touchdown passes to lead Ohio to a 38-31 win over Northern Illinois on Saturday, keeping the Bobcats' Mid-American Conference title hopes alive. Ohio (8-3, 6-1), which won its 200th MAC game, maintained second place in the conference's East division. The Bobcats host first-place Temple next Saturday with the winner booking a spot in the MAC title game at Ford Field in...

N. Illinois topples Ball State 26-20 (AP)

Thu, 12 Nov 2009 19:58:51 PST

Quarterback Chandler Harnish threw a touchdown pass in his first appearance in nearly a month as Northern Illinois topped Ball State on Thursday. The Huskies (7-3, 5-1 Mid-American West) won their fourth straight while the Cardinals (1-9, 1-5) dropped their sixth game by seven or fewer points. Harnish had missed three games with a knee injury.