2020 Northern Illinois Huskies football team

The 2020 Northern Illinois Huskies football team will represent Northern Illinois University during the 2020 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The Huskies will be led by second-year head coach Thomas Hammock and play their home games at Huskie Stadium in DeKalb, Illinois. They will compete in the West Division of the Mid-American Conference (MAC).

2020 Northern Illinois Huskies football
ConferenceMid-American Conference
DivisionWest Division
2020 record0–0 (0–0 MAC)
Head coachThomas Hammock (2nd season)
Offensive coordinatorEric Eidsness (2nd season)
Defensive coordinatorDerrick Jackson (2nd season)
Home stadiumHuskie Stadium
(Capacity: 23,595)
2020 Mid-American Conference football standings
Conf  Overall
Team W L    W L 
East Division
Akron         
Bowling Green         
Buffalo         
Kent State         
Miami         
Ohio         
West Division
Ball State         
Central Michigan         
Eastern Michigan         
Northern Illinois         
Toledo         
Western Michigan         
Championship: TBA
  • $ Conference champion
  • x Division champion/co-champions
  • Note: Due to COVID-19, the Mid-American suspended the 2020 football season.
As of August 14, 2020; Rankings from AP Poll.

Schedule

Northern Illinois had games scheduled against Iowa, Maryland, and Rhode Island, which were cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[1][2]

DateTimeOpponentSiteTVResultAttendance
September 19 at Eastern Michigan
October 3 Kent State
October 10 Central Michigan
  • Huskie Staium
  • DeKalb, IL
October 17 at Ball State
October 24 BYU*
  • Huskie Staium
  • DeKalb, IL
October 31[lower-alpha 1] Buffalo
  • Huskie Staium
  • DeKalb, IL
November 10 at Western Michigan
November 17 Toledo
  • Huskie Staium
  • DeKalb, IL
November 27 at Bowling Green
  • *Non-conference game
  • Homecoming
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game
  • All times are in Eastern time

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References

  1. Myerberg, Paul. "Big Ten football reduces season schedule to only conference games, maybe setting stage for others to follow". USA TODAY. Retrieved 10 July 2020.
  2. Singelais, Mark (16 July 2020). "Reports: CAA football won't play this fall". Times Union. Retrieved 17 July 2020.
  3. Wilmer, Brian (22 June 2020). "2020 Buffalo-NIU game moved to Saturday, Oct. 31". FBSchedules.com. Retrieved June 23, 2020.
  4. "2020 Northern Illinois Football Schedule". FBSchedules.com. Retrieved March 10, 2020.
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