Football (8-5, 6-3 MAC) will face Boise State in the Poinsettia Bowl later this month after losing to Bowling Green (10-3, 8-1 MAC) in the MAC Championship game 34-14 Friday. The Huskies’ offense struggled in the first quarter, ending with two punts and a turnover on downs after a red zone fumble. Dec 14, 2015 - The Northern Illinois football team has built a Boise State-like run of success that. Four coaches, one motto: The Huskies are on their fourth head coach in the past. True freshman walk-on Tommy Fiedler started the MAC.

• Niu Will Start Freshman Tommy Fiedler At Quarterback For Machine
• Niu Will Start Freshman Tommy Fiedler At Quarterback For Mac 2016

Poor numbers to be sure, but Fiedler wasn't supposed to be playing in this game to begin with. He entered his freshman season as a third-string option at quarterback and only saw action in Friday's MAC championship game because both starting QB Drew Hare and backup Ryan Graham were waylaid by injury earlier this season. While he tossed three interceptions, the 6-foot-2, 192-pound baby Husky did have his moments, including a nice 32-yard touchdown pass up the seam to Desroy Maxwell with 5:43 remaining in the third quarter. That made the score 28-7. The comeback was not to be, though. Sat, Dec 5, 2015 12:52:00 AM.

Niu Will Start Freshman Tommy Fiedler At Quarterback For Machine

NORTHERN ILLINOIS AT BYU At LaVell Edwards Stadium, Provo Kickoff. Saturday, 1:30 p.m. TV. ESPNU Radio.

KSL 1160 AM, 102.7 FM Records. BYU 4-3, NIU 4-3 Series history. First Meeting About the Huskies. They have made it to a bowl game in 11 of the past 15 seasons and played in eight straight from 2008-15. They are coming off a bye week after defeating Ohio 24-21 on Oct. 13 and lead the Mid-American Conference with a 4-0 league record. Connect mac to mac firewire.

Niu Will Start Freshman Tommy Fiedler At Quarterback For Mac 2016

Defensive end Sutton Smith led the country in sacks last season with 14 and and has seven this season. Dual threat QB Marcus Childers has passed for more than 900 yards and rushed for nearly 300 yards in 2018. About the Cougars. They are returning to action for the first time since downing Hawaii 49-23 in Provo and will start freshman Zach Wilson at quarterback for the second-straight game.

They are 117th in the NCAA in total offense, averaging just 330 yards per game. They are 41st in total defense, giving up just 353.7 yards per game. They have had 10 or more players catch passes in three games this season and are led in receiving by junior Aleva Hifo, who has caught 21 passes for 225 yards.