2005 Northern Illinois Huskies football team

The 2005 Northern Illinois Huskies football team represented Northern Illinois University during the 2005 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.

2005 Northern Illinois Huskies football
MAC West co-champion
ConferenceMid-American Conference
DivisionWest
2005 record75 (62 MAC)
Head coach
Home stadiumHuskie Stadium (Capacity: 28,000)
2005 Mid-American Conference football standings
ConfOverall
Team W L  W L 
East Division
Akron xy$  5 3   7 6  
Miami x  5 3   7 4  
Bowling Green x  5 3   6 5  
Ohio  3 5   4 7  
Buffalo  1 7   1 10  
Kent State  0 8   1 10  
West Division
Northern Illinois xy  6 2   7 5  
Toledo x  6 2   9 3  
Western Michigan  5 3   7 4  
Central Michigan  5 3   6 5  
Ball State  4 4   4 7  
Eastern Michigan  3 5   4 7  
Championship: Akron 31, NIU 30
  • $ Conference champion
  • x Division champion/co-champions

Schedule

DateTimeOpponentSiteTVResultAttendance
September 32:30 pmat No. 4 Michigan*ABCL 17–33110,971
September 104:00 pmat Northwestern*ESPNCL 37–3835,114
September 171:00 pmTennessee Tech*CSNCW 42–326,123
September 245:00 pmat AkronL 42–48 OT15,612
October 57:30 pmMiami(OH)
  • Huskie Stadium
  • DeKalb, IL
ESPN2W 38–2720,023
October 153:00 pmEastern Michigan
  • Huskie Stadium
  • DeKalb, IL
CSNCW 24–827,641
October 2212:00 pmat Kent StateW 34–33,554
October 291:00 pmBall State
  • Huskie Stadium
  • DeKalb, IL
ESPN+L 17–3118,732
November 512:00 pmat Central MichiganW 31–2813,812
November 166:30 pmat ToledoESPN2W 35–1720,912
November 231:00 pmWestern Michigan
  • Huskie Stadium
  • DeKalb, IL
ESPN2W 42–718,361
December 16:30 pmvs. AkronESPNL 30–3112,051
  • *Non-conference game
  • Homecoming
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game
  • All times are in Central time

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References

  1. "Northern Illinois Official Athletic Site - Football". Archived from the original on 2011-12-09. Retrieved 2012-10-24.
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