Huskie Stadium

Brigham Field at Huskie Stadium in DeKalb, Illinois is the home field of the Northern Illinois University "Huskies." It is primarily used for American football. Huskie Stadium opened in 1965 and seats 30,076 people. Huskie Stadium is on the west end of the campus, bordered by Stadium Drive to the south, the Yordon Athletic Center to the north, Mary Bell softball field to the east, and Ralph McKinzie baseball field to the west. Before the 1966 college football season, the Huskies played at Glidden Field, a 5,500 seat facility on the east end of campus. On September 20, 1969, the game between Northern Illinois and Idaho marked the state’s first major-college gridiron contest played on artificial turf; the Huskies won, 47–30. The field was...