2001 Northern Illinois Huskies football team

The 2001 Northern Illinois Huskies football team represented Northern Illinois University during the 2001 NCAA Division I-A football season. Northern Illinois competed as a member of the West Division of the Mid-American Conference (MAC). They were coached by Joe Novak.

2001 Northern Illinois Huskies football
MAC West Division co-champion
ConferenceMid-American Conference
DivisionWest
2001 record65 (43 MAC)
Head coach
Home stadiumHuskie Stadium (Capacity: 31,000)
2001 Mid-American Conference football standings
Div  ConfOverall
Team W L    W L  W L 
East Division
Marshall x  6 0   8 0   11 2  
Miami  4 2   6 2   7 5  
Bowling Green  4 2   5 3   8 3  
Kent State  3 3   5 3   6 5  
Akron  3 3   4 4   4 7  
Buffalo  1 5   1 7   3 8  
Ohio  0 6   1 7   1 10  
West Division
No. 23 Toledo xy$  4 1   5 2   10 2  
Northern Illinois x  4 1   4 3   6 5  
Ball State x  4 1   4 3   5 6  
Western Michigan  2 3   4 4   5 6  
Central Michigan  1 4   2 6   3 8  
Eastern Michigan  0 5   1 6   2 9  
Championship: Toledo 41, Marshall 36
  • $ Conference champion
  • x Division champion/co-champions
  • Due to an unbalanced conference schedule, the team with best division record within each division was awarded that division's championship game berth.
Rankings from AP Poll

Schedule

DateTimeOpponentSiteTVResultAttendanceSource
August 306:30 pmSouth Florida*W 20–1714,426
September 811:00 amat Illinois*ESPN+L 12–1745,674
September 226:30 pmSam Houston State*
  • Huskie Stadium
  • DeKalb, Illinois
W 41–1612,463
September 296:00 pmat No. 25 ToledoL 20–4136,502
October 61:00 pmMarshall
  • Huskie Stadium
  • DeKalb, Illinois
ESPNGPL 15–3717,367
October 131:00 pmat Kent StateL 34–442,973
October 201:00 pmWestern Michigan
  • Huskie Stadium
  • DeKalb, Illinois
W 20–1218,150
October 2712:00 pmat Central MichiganFSNW 33–2410,643[1]
November 32:00 pmEastern Michigan
  • Huskie Stadium
  • DeKalb, Illinois
FSNW 40–1713,421
November 171:00 pmBall State
  • Huskie Stadium
  • DeKalb, Illinois
W 33–2911,795
November 2412:00 pmat Wake Forest*L 35–3814,100
  • *Non-conference game
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game
  • All times are in Central time

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References

  1. "N. Illinois 33, Cent. Michigan 24". The Herald-Palladium. October 28, 2001. p. 4D via Newspapers.com.
  2. "Northern Illinois Official Athletic Site - Football". Archived from the original on 2012-11-19. Retrieved 2012-10-25.
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