July 1, 2009

DeKALB, Ill. - Single game tickets for each of Northern Illinois' six 2009 home football games are now available for purchase, NIU Ticket Manager Eric Schultz announced Wednesday. Fans can order tickets on-line at www.niuhuskies.com or www.Ticketmaster.com, by calling Ticketmaster at 1-800-745-3000 or in person at the NIU Athletic Ticket Office in the Convocation Center.

Tickets for individual games are priced at $20 for the general public, $15 for student guest tickets, senior citizens (62 and older) and youth (8th grade and younger).

The Huskies' six-game home schedule kicks off Sept. 12 as Northern Illinois takes on Western Illinois in an intrastate battle beginning at 6:30 p.m. (Central). Two weeks later, NIU will play the 1,000th intercollegiate contest in school history when Idaho visits Huskie Stadium on Sept. 26 with kickoff at 2:30 p.m.

Northern Illinois will welcome alums back to campus on Oct. 3 with a 2:30 p.m. Homecoming game versus MAC West foe Western Michigan to celebrate the 103rd Homecoming in school history. The Oct. 31 league game versus Akron will mark the first meeting between the teams since the 2005 MAC Championship game and will be televised throughout the country by ESPN Plus beginning at 11 a.m. That game will also mark Hall of Fame Weekend as that annual celebration will have its own designated game in 2009. Complete information on the Hall of Fame events as well as the 2009 inductees will be announced in the coming weeks.

NIU's November home games will be played on back-to-back Thursdays as the Huskies will play host to Eastern Michigan on Nov. 5 while defending MAC West champion Ball State visits DeKalb Nov. 12. The Eastern Michigan game will kick off at 6:30 p.m. while kickoff time for the BSU contest is to be determined depending on television considerations. One or both of those games may be chosen for national broadcast on ESPNU.

In addition to the single game home tickets, Northern Illinois fans can now order tickets to the Huskies' road games at Wisconsin (Sept. 5) and Purdue (Sept. 19) through the NIU Athletic Ticket Office. Go to the Football Tickets page of www.niuhuskies.com to download the Away Game Order form, or call 815-752-6800.

While single game tickets are available beginning Wednesday, full season tickets, as well as the three-game mini-plan, provide the best value options and are still available for purchase. With either the six game or three-game season ticket option, fans are guaranteed the same seats for each game and will receive significant savings from individual game purchases. In 2009, fans can pick any three games to make their own personalized mini-plan for just $50, while the six-game season ticket is priced at $90, with a $12 discount for NIU Faculty and Staff, NIU Alumni Association or Varsity Club members, and senior citizens.

NIU also offers group ticket pricing for single games for 20 or more people with tiered discounts depending on the size of the group. Contact the NIU Athletic Marketing Office at (815) 753-1923 for more information or to arrange for your group to attend a Huskie game in 2009.

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