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The Northern Illinois Huskies face Notre Dame for the first time ever on Saturday. Daily Chronicle sports editor Eddie Carifio will have live updates, scores and news from the game.
What to know
NIU at Notre Dame kickoff: 2:30 p.m.
Where: Notre Dame Stadium, South Bend, Indiana
The Irish enter the game ranked fifth in the latest AP poll after a 23-13 win at Texas A&M, while the Huskies are off a 54-15 home win against Western Illinois.
It’s the fourth time the Huskies play a ranked team under sixth-year coach Thomas Hammock. The team lost 35-17 to a Utah team ranked 13th at the time in 2019 and 63-10 to No. 25 Michigan in 2021 - though the Wolverines would finish ranked third that year and NIU would win the MAC. In 2022, the Huskies lost to No. 8 Kentucky, 31-23.
How to watch the NIU-Notre Dame football game
The NIU-Notre Dame game is available on NBC and on Peacock. This is the first time the Huskies are on a national telecast on a broadcast network
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