Getting to a Bowl Game, any Bowl Game is quite an accomplishment for a Mid-Major school like Northern Illinois. At one time, like back in 2003 when Northern went 10-2 and beat Alabama, Maryland (both ranked) and Iowa State and DIDN'T go to a bowl thanks to Toledo, Mid-American teams only had one bowl, but now they get as many as four.
Granted, big-time schools may consider the bowls NIU has played in more along the lines of Toilet Bowls, but it is still a great honor to go to one and enriches the school coffers.
On Sunday, the Chicago Tribune ran the list of the six bowls we've been in.
1983 CALIFORNIA BOWL-- NIU 20, CS-Fullerton 13
2004 SILICON VALLEY BOWL-- NIU 34, Troy 21
2006 POINSETTIA BOWL-- TCU 31, NIU 7
2008 INDEPENDENCE BOWL-- Louisiana Tech 17, NIU 10
2009 INTERNATIONAL BOWL-- South Florida 27, NIU 3
2010 HUMANITARIAN BOWL-- NIU 40, Fresno State 17
Hopefully Many More to Come. --RoadDog
SIXTIES HITS REVISED-- Commodores: "Once, Twice, Three Times to the Bathroom."
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