The NIU football team will try to snap its five-game losing streak Saturday when it faces defending MAC champion Ohio.

The Bobcats (3-3, 1-1) enter the game after a bye week. Two weeks ago, they lost to Ball State, 20-14. They’ve already faced three Power 5 schools, beating West Virginia 17-10, losing to Rutgers 34-31 and falling up the road at Ohio State 37-9.

The Huskies (1-5, 0-2) lost 16-10 to an Eastern Michigan team that had been surrendering almost 35 points per game. They haven’t scored more than 14 points against an FBS team this year, and their only win is a 19-17 triumph against Holy Cross, an 0-6 FCS program.

Kickoff is 2:30 p.m. on Saturday. Here are three things to know about the game.

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