1985 Northern Illinois Huskies football team

The 1985 Northern Illinois Huskies football team represented Northern Illinois University. The Huskies competed in the highest division of football at the time, Division I-A. They were led by first year head coach Jerry Pettibone and they played their home games at Huskie Stadium.

1985 Northern Illinois Huskies football
ConferenceMid-American Conference
1985 record47 (44 MAC)
Head coach
Home stadiumHuskie Stadium
(Capacity: 30,998)
1985 Mid-American Conference football standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L T  W L T
Bowling Green $ 9 0 0  11 1 0
Miami 7 1 1  8 2 1
Central Michigan 6 3 0  7 3 0
Western Michigan 4 4 1  4 6 1
Northern Illinois 4 4 0  4 7 0
Ball State 3 6 0  4 7 0
Eastern Michigan 3 6 0  4 7 0
Toledo 3 6 0  4 7 0
Kent State 2 6 0  3 8 0
Ohio 2 7 0  2 9 0
  • $ Conference champion

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendance
September 7Western MichiganW 17–021,362
September 14at Wisconsin*L 17–3869,131
September 21at No. 4 Iowa*L 20–4866,014
September 28at Northwestern*L 16–38
October 5at Ball StateL 0–29
October 19Toledo
  • Huskie Stadium
  • DeKalb, IL
W 16–326,420
October 26at Miami (OH)L 15–32
November 2Bowling Green
  • Huskie Stadium
  • DeKalb, IL
L 14–3422,600
November 9at Eastern MichiganW 3–0
November 16Ohio
  • Huskie Stadium
  • DeKalb, IL
W 35–7
November 23at Central MichiganL 21–30
  • *Non-conference game
  • Homecoming
  • Rankings from Coaches' Poll released prior to the game

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