1970 Northern Illinois Huskies football team

The 1970 Northern Illinois Huskies football team represented Northern Illinois University in the 1970 NCAA University Division football season. The Huskies competed as an independent in the University Division, which became Division I in 1973. They were led by head coach Doc Urich for the second year, and final one of his tenure, and played their home games at Huskie Stadium.

1970 Northern Illinois Huskies football
ConferenceIndependent
1970 record3–7
Head coach
Home stadiumHuskie Stadium
(Capacity: 20,257)
1970 NCAA University Division independents football records
Conf  Overall
TeamW L T  W L T
No. 2 Notre Dame      10 1 0
Villanova      9 2 0
No. 16 Air Force      9 3 0
No. 13 Georgia Tech      9 3 0
Boston College      8 2 0
No. 19 Houston      8 3 0
West Virginia      8 3 0
No. 17 Tulane      8 4 0
No. 18 Penn State      7 3 0
West Texas State      7 3 0
Cincinnati      7 4 0
Florida State      7 4 1
Virginia Tech      5 6 0
Syracuse      6 4 0
Dayton      5 4 1
Pittsburgh      5 5 0
Utah State      5 5 0
Colgate      5 6 0
Southern Miss      5 6 0
New Mexico State      4 6 0
Miami (FL)      3 8 0
Northern Illinois      3 7 0
Marshall      3 6 0
Buffalo      2 9 0
Navy      2 9 0
Army      1 9 1
Xavier      1 9 0
Rankings from AP Poll

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResult
September 12San Diego StateL 3–35
September 19Montana
  • Huskie Stadium
  • DeKalb, Illinois
L 6–30
September 26at XavierW 18–0
October 3Miami (Ohio)
  • Huskie Stadium
  • DeKalb, Illinois
L 0–48
October 10West Texas State
  • Huskie Stadium
  • DeKalb, Illinois
L 22–24
October 24at Ball StateW 31–14
October 31Dayton
  • Huskie Stadium
  • DeKalb, Illinois
L 20–21
November 7at No. 15 ToledoL 7–45
November 14at Western MichiganL 18–38
November 21Buffalo
  • Huskie Stadium
  • DeKalb, Illinois
W 43–26

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