Cory Hanson News

Last updated on 11/29/2009 at 11:02 p.m. All NIU can do is wait. With a seven win record, the Huskies looked to end the season with an eighth win, securing up the fourth sport in the MAC and almost a guaranteed bowl game.

Last updated on 11/19/2009 at 9:20 p.m. It all comes down to this. NIU travels to Ohio Saturday in hopes of keeping its MAC West title hopes alive.

DeKALB – Cory Hanson took a look at Ohio's pistol offense and concluded one thing for certain.

DeKALB – Quarterback Chandler Harnish practiced Sunday and Northern Illinois coach Jerry Kill said at his weekly news conference that the injured quarterback would be limited to certain drills at Monday's practice.

Tommy Davis got Northern Illinois off to a running start, and the Huskies never stopped in a 50-6 win over Eastern Michigan Thursday night at Huskie Stadium.

Last updated on 10/19/2009 at 9:52 p.m. For the second straight week, an NIU football player earned the MAC West Defensive Player of the Week award.

Last updated on 10/19/2009 at 11:07 p.m. It's never happened for NIU - and now the Huskies will have to wait at least two more years to try.

TOLEDO, Ohio – Mid-American Conference football has seen some great receivers.

DeKALB – There are a few names that receive universal respect around the Mid-American Conference.

Last updated on 09/27/2009 at 11:12 p.m. An entire game for the NIU football team, in which the Huskies lost 34-31 to Idaho, could be summarized by a single play during the fourth quarter.

Northern Illinois quarterback Chandler Harnish will be back home in Indiana on Saturday when the Huskies meet Purdue for the first time.

A few thoughts after Northern Illinois' dismantling of the Leathernecks... It's kind of surprising that this has become a subplot to the season so far, but sophomore quarterback Chandler Harnish has done almost everything he's set out to do in his second year under center for the Huskies.

Wisconsin Holds On To Beat N. Illinois 28-20 Share + Sep 6, 2009 3:05 am US/Central Wisconsin Holds On To Beat N. Illinois 28-20 Box Score - Northern Illinois v. Wisconsin MADISON, Wis.

Jerry Kill said he was eager to see how his young Northern Illinois players would perform "once the lights go on." After hanging tough against Wisconsin at Camp Randall Stadium, Kill received an early answer, albeit a 28-20 loss in Saturday night's season opener for both teams before a crowd of 80,532. The Huskies rallied from a 28-6 third-quarter ...

Too close for comfort and much closer than it should have been. On a day when several Big Ten football teams struggled against lesser non-conference opponents, the University of Wisconsin appeared poised to open its season with a workmanlike victory over a well-coached Northern Illinois team Saturday night at Camp Randall Stadium.

It looked so bad early in the fourth quarter for the Northern Illinois football team that the Camp Randall Stadium JumboTron had already posted Wisconsin's record as 1-0. For a minute, the Huskies made that scoreboard operator sweat it out.

Wisconsin head coach Bret Bielema, a Prophetstown native. Another year, another new starting quarterback for Wisconsin.

Wisconsin's reputation as a physical team was a major part of today's news conference with Northern Illinois coach Jerry Kill, quarterback Chandler Harnish, defensive tackle D.J. Pirkle, wide receiver Landon Cox and linebacker Cory Hanson.

DeKALB – Wisconsin's reputation as a big, physical team dominated Tuesday's news conference with Northern Illinois coach Jerry Kill, and with good reason.

However, the season did not begin on a high note as the team suffered two tough losses to Minnesota and Western Michigan , but after reeling off easy victories over Indiana State and Eastern Michigan , the Huskies sat at an even 2-2. The following week NIU fell to 2-3 with a heartbreaking 13-9 setback to Tennessee on the road, but the team ...