1981 Northern Illinois Huskies football team

The 1981 Northern Illinois Huskies football team represented Northern Illinois University in the 1981 NCAA Division I-A football season. The Huskies competed in the highest division of football at the time, Division I-A. The Huskies played under the Mid-American Conference banner during this season. They were led by head coach Bill Mallory, and they played their home games at Huskie Stadium.

1981 Northern Illinois Huskies football
ConferenceMid-American Conference
1981 record3–8 (2–7 MAC)
Head coach
Home stadiumHuskie Stadium
(Capacity: 20,257)
1981 Mid-American Conference football standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L T  W L T
Toledo $ 8 1 0  9 3 0
Miami 6 1 1  8 2 1
Central Michigan 7 2 0  7 4 0
Bowling Green 5 3 1  5 5 1
Western Michigan 5 4 0  6 5 0
Ohio 5 4 0  5 6 0
Kent State 3 6 0  4 7 0
Ball State 2 6 0  4 7 0
Northern Illinois 2 7 0  3 8 0
Eastern Michigan 0 9 0  0 11 0
  • $ Conference champion

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResult
September 12Long Beach State*L 7–17
September 19at Central MichiganL 10–17
September 26Illinois State*
  • Huskie Stadium
  • DeKalb, IL
W 40–7
October 3at Ball StateL 0–23
October 10Kent State
  • Huskie Stadium
  • DeKalb, IL
L 10–31
October 17Bowling Green
  • Huskie Stadium
  • DeKalb, IL
L 10–17
October 24at Eastern MichiganW 30–7
October 31Western Michigan
  • Huskie Stadium
  • DeKalb, IL
L 12–23
November 7Ohio
  • Huskie Stadium
  • DeKalb, IL
W 38–14
November 14at Miami (OH)L 3–30
November 21Toledo
  • Huskie Stadium
  • DeKalb, IL
L 0–31
  • *Non-conference game

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