2000 Northern Illinois Huskies football team

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.

2000 Northern Illinois Huskies football
ConferenceMid-American Conference
DivisionWest
2000 record65 (43 MAC)
Head coachJoe Novak (5th season)
Home stadiumHuskie Stadium
(Capacity: 31,000)
2000 Mid-American Conference football standings
Div  Conf  Overall
Team W L    W L    W L 
East 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  
West 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.

Schedule

DateTimeOpponentSiteTVResultAttendance
August 317:00 PMat Northwestern*L 17–3523,352
September 96:30 PMIllinois State*W 52–024,682
September 234:00 PMat No. 20 Auburn*PPVL 14–3179,635
September 3012:00 PMat Ball StateW 43–1413,859
October 71:00 PMCentral Florida*
  • Huskie Stadium
  • DeKalb, IL
W 40–2018,148
October 146:00 PMat AkronW 52–359,487
October 2112:00 PMat Western MichiganFSNL 22–5227,523
October 2812:00 PMBuffalo
  • Huskie Stadium
  • DeKalb, IL
ESPN+W 73–1016,586
November 41:00 PMToledo
  • Huskie Stadium
  • DeKalb, IL
L 24–3813,354
November 1112:00 PMat Eastern MichiganL 32–394,592
November 181:00 PMCentral Michigan
  • Huskie Stadium
  • DeKalb, IL
W 40–66,016

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