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 record6–5 (4–3 MAC)
Head coach
Home stadiumHuskie Stadium (Capacity: 31,000)
2001 Mid-American Conference football standings
Div  Conf  Overall
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

DateTimeOpponentSiteTVResultAttendance
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 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
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

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References

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