the Northern Illinois huskys shock number five notra on Saturday in a dramatic upset result at notredam Stadium Kanan Wood's 35-year field goal with 31 seconds left gave the Huskies a late two-point lead before Kade habberman block notra Dames attempted 62 yd field goal to clinch the 16-4 victory the victory is Northern Illinois's first ever win over a top five ranked opponent with the NBC commentary team coining it the biggest upset in the school's history I'm so proud of the kids our coaches everybody they believed an emotional huskys head coach Thomas hammock told NBC afterwards they believed and we came here and got it done they listened to what I said I told them all week we don't need luck we just need to be our best and they were their best today the Fighting Irish had taken the lead on Saturday but the Huskies answered in impressive fashion with a 83 yard touchdown pass from Ethan Hampton to antario Brown and two field goals from woodill to give them a six-point Advantage a 34 yd touchdown run from Jeremiah loveh handed notra a one-point lead Midway through the third quarter and trailing with just under 6 minutes remaining of the game Northern Illinois got the ball back when amarian niden intercepted notredam quarterback Riley Leonard and returned at 30 yards to notra Dame's 50 yd line the team drove down the field converting two third downs and a fourth down along the way until they reached the fighting irish's 19 yd line woodill successfully converted the field goal his third of the afternoon to leave notredam just seconds to attempt a comeback back they managed to reach Northern Illinois's 44 yd line before the drive stalled leaving them with a 62 yard field goal attempt in just 5 seconds remaining but habberman was able to get his hand to the attempt from botra Dames Mitch Jeter his second block of the day sparking wild scenes of Celebration as the Northern Illinois players and coaches spilled onto the field it is the first win by any Mid-American Conference Team over a team ranked in the Associated Press top five hammock spoke afterwards on why the victory was so special to him all these guys that have been with our program been through the ups and downs and they continue to fight he said as his voice cracked with emotion it's like they're my kids I'm happy for the adversity to push through no matter the situation and I just couldn't be more proud