NIU Welcomes Air Force for First Mountain West Game, 119th Homecoming

Football | October 7 DeKALB, Ill. – The Northern Illinois University football team begins conference play following a bye week, hosting Air Force on CBS Sports Network at 6:30 p.m. CT. Saturday night will be the Huskies first Mountain West game as well as NIU’s 119th Homecoming game, the oldest major college alumni gathering in the state of Illinois. The annual celebration dates back to an alumni football game played on Oct. 10, 1903 and is one of the oldest in the country. NIU is 75-33-10 all-time in the Homecoming Game and have won 22 of the last 27. The…