2000 Northern Illinois Huskies football team

2000 Northern Illinois Huskies football
Conference Mid-American Conference West
2000 record 6–5 (4–3 MAC)
Head coach Joe Novak (5th year)
Home stadium Huskie Stadium
(Capacity: 31,000)
2000 Mid-American Conference football standings
Div     Conf     Overall
Team   W   L         W   L         W   L  
Eastern Division
Marshall xy†   5 – 1         5 – 3         8 – 5  
Akron x   5 – 1         5 – 3         6 – 5  
Ohio   4 – 2         5 – 3         7 – 4  
Miami   4 – 2         5 – 3         6 – 5  
Bowling Green   1 – 5         2 – 6         2 – 9  
Buffalo   2 – 4         2 – 6         2 – 9  
Kent State   0 – 6         1 – 7         1 – 10  
Western Division
Western Michigan xy   4 – 1         7 – 1         9 – 3  
Toledo x   4 – 1         6 – 1         10 – 1  
Northern Illinois   2 – 3         4 – 3         6 – 5  
Ball State   2 – 3         4 – 3         5 – 6  
Eastern Michigan   2 – 3         2 – 5         3 – 8  
Central Michigan   1 – 4         2 – 6         2 – 9  
Championship: Marshall 19, Western Michigan 14
† – Conference champion
x – Division champion/co-champions
y – Championship game participant
  • 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

The 2000 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 fifth year head coach Joe Novak and they played their home games at Huskie Stadium.

Schedule

Date Time Opponent Site TV Result Attendance
August 31 7:00 PM at Northwestern* Ryan Field • Evanston, IL L 17–35   23,352
September 9 6:30 PM Illinois State* Huskie Stadium • DeKalb, IL W 52–0   24,682
September 23 4:00 PM at #20 Auburn* Jordan–Hare Stadium • Auburn, AL PPV L 14–31   79,635
September 30 12:00 PM at Ball State Scheumann Stadium • Muncie, IN W 43–14   13,859
October 7 1:00 PM Central Florida*dagger Huskie Stadium • DeKalb, IL W 40–20   18,148
October 14 6:00 PM at Akron Rubber Bowl • Akron, OH W 52–35   9,487
October 21 12:00 PM at Western Michigan Waldo Stadium • Kalamazoo, MI FSN L 22–52   27,523
October 28 12:00 PM Buffalo Huskie Stadium • DeKalb, IL ESPN+ W 73–10   16,586
November 4 1:00 PM Toledo Huskie Stadium • DeKalb, IL L 24–38   13,354
November 11 12:00 PM at Eastern Michigan Rynearson Stadium • Ypsilanti, MI L 32–39   4,592
November 18 1:00 PM Central Michigan Huskie Stadium • DeKalb, IL W 40–6   6,016
*Non-conference game. daggerHomecoming. #Rankings from Coaches Poll released prior to game. All times are in Central Time.

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References

  1. ↑ http://www.sports-reference.com/cfb/schools/northern-illinois/2000-schedule.html