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The Northern Illinois Huskies football team are a college football program representing Northern Illinois University (NIU) in the Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS) of college football. NIU football plays its home games at Huskie Stadium on the campus of the Northern Illinois University in DeKalb, Illinois.
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The 2013 Bowling Green Falcons football team represented Bowling Green State University in the 2013 NCAA Division I FBS football season. Through the 2013 MAC Championship Game, the Falcons were led by fifth-year head coach Dave Clawson. On December 10, Clawson left to become the new head coach at Wake Forest; the school named special teams coordinator Adam Scheier as interim head coach for the 2013 Little Caesars Pizza Bowl.
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- ↑ "2015 MAC Champs!!! Falcons Soar To 12th MAC Championship In School History". bsgufalcons.com. Retrieved January 3, 2024.
- ↑ "2015 Football Schedule". Bowling Green State University Athletics. Retrieved January 9, 2022.
- ↑ "Three In A ROW! Falcons Clinch MAC East With 41-27 Win At WMU". bgsufalcons.com. bgsufalcons. November 12, 2015.
- ↑ "Huskies Return to Detroit! Marathon MAC Championship Game Tickets On Sale". niuhuskies.com. bgsufalcons. November 27, 2015.
- ↑ "Box score (Bowling Green vs Northern Illinois)". bgsufalcons.com. bgsufalcons. December 4, 2015.
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