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Northern Illinois Football Team History


Northern Illinois Huskies
Northern Illinois University
 DeKalb, IL
Founded: 1895
Stadium: Huskie Stadium
Capacity: 31,000
Colors: Red & Black
Coach:
Conference: Mid-American-West

Team Home Summary  Coaches Games by Year Opponents Rankings Bowls

Northern Illinois News
Team Timeline
First Team: 1899  
 
Championships
National Championships
None
Conference Championships
  1938, 1941, 1944, 1946, 1951, 1963, 1964
1965, 1983, 2005, 2011
 
Team Records
 Overall Record 225-274-4
 Winning Pct. 45.1%
 National Championships 0
 Mid-American Conference Titles 3
 Other Conference Titles 8
 Conference Record 20-4-0
 All American Players 
 NFL Players (#2)
 Home Record 136-98-2
 Away Record 84-172-2
 
By The Numbers
 Seasons 111
 Winning Seasons (#1) 21
 Losing Seasons (#1)23
 Most Wins in A Season 11 (2011)
 Most Loses in A Season 11 (1997)
 10 Win Seasons 4
 Most Points Scored in a Game 73 (10/6/1990)
 Most Points Scored in a Season 536 (2011)
 Most Points Allowed in a Game 73 (9/12/1998)
 Most Points Allowed in a Season 424 (2011)
 Largest Margin of Victory 68 (11/26/2010)
 Largest Margin of Defeat 66 (9/12/1998)
 Most Points Both Teams in a Game 123 (11/1/2011)
 Last Shutout 9/27/2008
 Last Time Shutout 11/25/2008
 Shutouts All-Time 17
 Been Shutout All-Time 26
 
Streaks
 Longest Win 9 (9/25/2010-11/26/2010)
 Longest Losing  23 (9/28/1996-10/10/1998)
 
Bowl Records
 Overall Record 4-3-0
 Rose 0-0-0
 Cotton 0-0-0
 Orange 0-0-0
 Fiesta 0-0-0
 Sugar 0-0-0
 
By the Decade
 2000-09  90-59
 1990-99 32-78
 1980-89 56-52-2
 1970-79 42-65-2
 1960-69 5-20
 1950-59 0-0
 1940-49 -
 1930-39 -
 1920-29 -
Next Game
 9/1/2012 (Sat)  
vs. Iowa in a Non-Conference Game
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Last Time: Northern Illinois lost 3-16 in 2007.
All-Time:
 Northern Illinois vs. Iowa 0-7-0 0.0% 
 
2012 Season
 Sat., Sep. 1  vs. Iowa
 Sat., Sep. 8  vs. Tennessee-Martin
 Sat., Sep. 15  @ Army
 Sat., Sep. 22  vs. Kansas
 Sat., Sep. 29  vs. Central Michigan
 Sat., Oct. 6  @ Ball State
 Sat., Oct. 13  vs. Buffalo
 Sat., Oct. 20  @ Akron
 Sat., Oct. 27  @ Western Michigan
 Sat., Nov. 3  vs. Massachusetts
 Wed., Nov. 14  vs. Toledo
 Fri., Nov. 23  @ Eastern Michigan
 
2012 Season Totals
  Record0-0
  Scoring-
  Conference Record0-0
  Home Record0-0
  Away Record0-0
 
2012 Mid-American West Standings
 
Longest Running Rivalry
 Northern Illinois & Toledo have played 39 games.
Northern Illinois has won 10 games.
Toledo has won 29 games.
with 0 tie games.
 
Record when scoring..... (since 2000)
 Scoring  Record 
 less than 10 0-8
 10 or more 90-51
 20 or more  85-31
 30 or more 67-16
 40 or more 43-4
 
Record when allowing..... (since 2000)
 Points Allowed  Record 
 less than 10 18-0
 10 or more 72-59
 20 or more 40-50
 30 or more 11-37
 40 or more 3-13
 
  
 
Some records may be incomplete.

NOTES:
(1) Winning and losing seasons counted only if team plays at least 8 games.
(2) NFL Players counted for any player that participated in a regular season game.

Great Moments in College Football History

In 1905, 18 men were killed in college football games, and 159 were permanently injured.