Pandemic forces another game off of NIU’s football schedule

Rhode Island and other members of the CAA canceled their 2020 football season because of COVD-19.

SHARE Pandemic forces another game off of NIU’s football schedule
The season opener against Rhode Island is the third football game to fall off of Northern Illinois’ 2020 schedule because of the coronavirus pandemic.

The season opener against Rhode Island is the third football game to fall off of Northern Illinois’ 2020 schedule because of the coronavirus pandemic.

Mark Humphrey/AP

Northern Illinois’ football season opener against Rhode Island has been canceled.

Rhode Island and the rest of the Colonial Athletic Association announced last week that its members are suspending the 2020 football season because of the COVID-19 pandemic.

The NIU-Rhode Island game was to be played Sept. 5 at Huskie Stadium in DeKalb.

NIU’s games against Maryland and Iowa had already been canceled when the Big Ten decided to play a conference-only schedule. The Huskies’ Oct. 24 game against BYU was moved from SeatGeek Stadium in Bridgeview to DeKalb.

The Latest
Murder charges have been filed against suspect Christian I. Soto, 22. Investigators haven’t determined a motive for the attacks, but they say Soto had been smoking marijuana before the rampage.
To celebrate the historic coinciding of the emerging of two broods, artists can adopt a cicada for free in exchange for decorating it and displaying it publicly. Others can purchase the cicadas for $75.
Senators tasked with clearing Gov. J.B. Pritzker’s appointments are raising concerns over his renomination of Illinois Emergency Management Agency Director Alicia Tate-Nadeau after the Sun-Times last year reported an executive assistant accounted for more than $240,000 in billings.
White Sox fans from all over will flock to Guaranteed Rate Field on Thursday for the team’s home opener against the Tigers.