DeKalb | Even though the football team didn’t make the Mid-American Conference Championship, it will still head to Ford Field Dec. 26 for its bowl game.
NIU and MAC officials announced Sunday the Huskies (8-4, 6-2 MAC) will battle the Duke University Blue Devils (6-6, 3-5 Atlantic Coast Conference) in the 2017 Quick Lane Bowl Dec. 26.
NIU will face an ACC team for the second time in a bowl game and the second time this season after the team lost to Boston College 23-20 in the season opener. This is the first meeting between NIU and Duke.