The Mid-American Conference announced their regular season football schedule this morning, including the schedule for NIU and their conference rivals.
NIU’s conference schedule includes five home games, two of which will be played on Saturdays in October.
The Huskies will open conference play Oct. 5 at Huskie Stadium when they play the Ball State Cardinals in the Bronze Stalk rivalry game.
NIU will then play a pair of road conference games against the Ohio Bobcats Oct. 12 and the Miami of Ohio RedHawks Oct. 19.
The Huskies return to DeKalb the following week against the Akron Zips Oct.