2007 Northern Illinois Huskies football team

The 2007 Northern Illinois Huskies football team represented Northern Illinois University during the 2007 NCAA Division I FBS football season. Northern Illinois competed as a member of the West Division of the Mid-American Conference (MAC). The Huskies were led by head coach Joe Novak, who would retire at the end of the season.

2007 Northern Illinois Huskies football
ConferenceMid-American Conference
DivisionWest
2007 record210 (16 MAC)
Head coach
Home stadiumHuskie Stadium (Capacity: 24,000)[1]
2007 Mid-American Conference football standings
Div  Conf  Overall
Team W L    W L    W L 
East Division
Miami xy  4 2     5 2     6 7  
Bowling Green x  4 2     6 2     8 5  
Buffalo x  4 2     5 3     5 7  
Ohio  3 3     4 4     6 6  
Temple  3 3     4 4     4 8  
Akron  2 4     3 5     4 8  
Kent State  1 5     1 7     3 9  
West Division
Central Michigan xy$  4 1     6 1     8 6  
Ball State x  4 1     5 2     7 6  
Eastern Michigan  3 2     3 4     4 8  
Western Michigan  2 3     3 4     5 7  
Toledo  2 3     3 5     5 7  
Northern Illinois  0 5     1 6     2 10  
Championship: Central Michigan 35, Miami 10
  • $ Conference champion
  • x Division champion/co-champions
  • 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
September 12:30 pmvs. Iowa*ESPNUL 3–1661,500
September 86:30 pmSouthern Illinois*CSNCL 31–3424,182
September 1511:00 amEastern Michigan
  • Huskie Stadium
  • DeKalb, IL
ESPN+L 19–2120,012
September 224:00 pmat Idaho*ESPNGPW 42–3512,461
September 2911:00 amat Central MichiganESPN+L 10–3518,465
October 612:00 pmat TempleL 15–1621,065
October 133:00 pmWestern Michigan
  • Huskie Stadium
  • DeKalb, IL
CSNCL 13–1723,057
October 2011:00 amat Wisconsin*BTNL 3–4481,883
October 276:00 pmat ToledoL 21–7018,545
November 103:00 pmKent State
  • Huskie Stadium
  • DeKalb, IL
CSNCW 27–2013,831
November 172:30 pmNavy*CSTVL 24–3534,517
November 243:00 pmBall State
  • Huskie Stadium
  • DeKalb, IL
CSNCL 21–278,237

References

  1. "2008 Northern Illinois Football Media Guide" (PDF). Northern Illinois University. p. 2. Retrieved August 18, 2012.
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