Northern Illinois announced a change to its upcoming 2020 football schedule on Wednesday morning.
The Huskies’ October 24 matchup against BYU was originally scheduled at SeatGeek Stadium in Bridgeview, IL — a suburb 15 miles southwest of Chicago. But due to increased safety measures due to the COVID-19 pandemic, Northern Illinois will move the game to Huskie Stadium on campus, preventing additional travel to a neutral site.
Reducing the amount of neutral site games is an extra safety precaution athletic departments have taken during the difficult planning process for the 2020 college football season. On Wednesday morning, fellow Illinois-based program Northwestern similarly backed out of a neutral site game at Wrigley Field versus Wisconsin in favor of playing the game at Ryan Field in Evanston, IL.