1971 Northern Illinois Huskies football team

1971 Northern Illinois Huskies football
Conference Independent
1971 record 5–5–1
Head coach Jerry Ippoliti (1st season)
Home stadium Huskie Stadium
(Capacity: 20,257)
1971 NCAA University Division independents football records
Conf  Overall
TeamW L T  W L T
No. 5 Penn State   –    11 –1 –0
Boston College   –    9 –2 –0
No. 17 Houston   –    9 –3 –0
No. 13 Notre Dame   –    8 –2 –0
Utah State   –    8 –3 –0
Florida State   –    8 –4 –0
Cincinnati   –    7 –4 –0
West Virginia   –    7 –4 –0
Temple   –    6 –2 –1
Air Force   –    6 –4 –0
Army   –    6 –4 –0
Colgate   –    6 –4 –0
Villanova   –    6 –4 –1
South Carolina   –    6 –5 –0
Southern Miss   –    6 –5 –0
Georgia Tech   –    6 –6 –0
New Mexico State   –    5 –5 –1
Northern Illinois   –    5 –5 –1
Syracuse   –    5 –5 –1
Dayton   –    5 –6 –0
Miami (FL)   –    4 –7 –0
Rutgers   –    4 –7 –0
Virginia Tech   –    4 –7 –0
Navy   –    3 –8 –0
Pittsburgh   –    3 –8 –0
Tulane   –    3 –8 –0
Xavier   –    1 –9 –0
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1971 Northern Illinois Huskies football team represented Northern Illinois University in the 1971 college football season. The Huskies competed as an independent in the University Division, which became Division I in 1973. They were led by new head coach Jerry Ippoliti, where he led the Huskies to this first .500 season, and played their home games on campus at Huskie Stadium in DeKalb.

Schedule

Date Opponent Site Result
September 11 at Wisconsin Camp Randall Stadium • Madison, Wisconsin L 0–31  
September 18 Long Beach State Huskie Stadium • DeKalb, Illinois W 48–38  
September 25 at Western Michigan Waldo Stadium • Kalamazoo, Michigan L 17–27  
October 2 at San Diego State San Diego Stadium • San Diego, CA L 10–30  
October 9 Marshall Huskie Stadium • DeKalb, Illinois W 33–18  
October 16 at West Texas State Kimbrough Memorial Stadium • Canyon, Texas W 22–19  
October 23 Ball State Huskie Stadium • DeKalb, Illinois T 10–10  
October 30 at Kent State Memorial Stadium • Kent, Ohio W 26–7  
November 6 No. 14 Toledo Huskie Stadium • DeKalb, Illinois L 8–23  
November 13 at Boston College Alumni Stadium • Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts L 10–20  
November 20 Xavier Huskie Stadium • DeKalb, Illinois W 14–9  
#Rankings from Coaches Poll released prior to game. All times are in Central Time.

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References

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