The Northern Illinois Huskies snapped a five game losing skid with their 39-10 victory over the Eastern Michigan Eagles today as starting quarterback Rocky Lombardi made his return for NIU.
The Huskies (2-5, 1-2 MAC) also won their first conference game of the season and their second straight game over the Eagles, who dropped to 4-3 (1-2 MAC).
Northern’s offense began the game with third string quarterback Justin Lynch starting but then used a rotating mixture of Lynch, Lombardi, and the wildcat formation that proved to be very successful for them.
However, it was NIU’s defense started the scoring early on when James Ester batted a pass up in the endzone and then intercepted it for a pick six on EMU’s first possession of the game.