The NIU football team plays its home finale, season finale, and final game in the Mid-American Conference on Friday when it hosts Kent State.

The Huskies enter 3-8 and 2-5 in the MAC, on track to be their worst season since a 3-9, 2-6 campaign in 2022.

Kent State, after a winless 2024 season, is 4-7 this year and 3-4 in the MAC. The Huskies have won 12 of the last 13 matchups. The Flashes won in 2021 , but the Huskies turned around and won a few weeks later in the MAC championship game , winning what will go down as coach Thomas Hammock’s only MAC title .

Kickoff is at 11 a.m. on CBS Sports Network. Here are three things to know.

Final MAC game not a concern for Hammock, players

After 38 years in the MAC and the last 29 in a row, the Huskies are playing their final game as mem

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