1998 Northern Illinois Huskies football team

The 1998 Northern Illinois Huskies football team represented Northern Illinois University. The Huskies competed in the highest division of football, Division I-A. They were led by third year head coach Joe Novak and they played their home games at Huskie Stadium.

1998 Northern Illinois Huskies football
ConferenceMid-American Conference
DivisionWest
1998 record2–9 (2–6 MAC)
Head coach
Home stadiumHuskie Stadium
(Capacity: 31,000)
1998 Mid-American Conference football standings
Conf  Overall
Team W L    W L 
East Division
Marshall xy$  7 –1     12 –1  
Miami x  7 –1     10 –1  
Bowling Green  5 –3     5 –6  
Ohio  5 –3     5 –6  
Akron  3 –6     4 –7  
Kent State  0 –8     0 –11  
West Division
Toledo x  6 –2     7 –5  
Western Michigan  5 –3     7 –4  
Central Michigan  5 –3     6 –5  
Eastern Michigan  3 –6     3 –8  
Northern Illinois  2 –6     2 –9  
Ball State  1 –7     1 –10  
Championship: Marshall 23, Toledo 17
  • $ – Conference champion
  • x – Division champion/co-champions
  • y – Championship game participant

Schedule

DateTimeOpponentSiteTVResultAttendance
September 37:30 pmat Western MichiganL 23–3735,107
September 1211:30 amat No. 5 Kansas State*FSNL 7–7341,967
September 196:30 pmEastern Illinois*L 10–2420,184
October 31:00 pmat Ball StateL 13–1816,829
October 105:00 pmat Central Florida*L 17–3830,415
October 1711:00 amCentral Michigan
  • Huskie Stadium
  • DeKalb, Illinois
FSNW 16–615,012
October 245:00 pmat Eastern MichiganW 26–148,423
October 3111:00 amToledo
  • Huskie Stadium
  • DeKalb, Illinois
FSNL 3–1614,931
November 711:30 amMiami (OH)
  • Huskie Stadium
  • DeKalb, Illinois
L 10–4115,867
November 1412:00 pmat OhioL 12–2816,172
November 2112:30 pmBowling Green
  • Huskie Stadium
  • DeKalb, Illinois
L 23–3411,380

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