1971 Northern Illinois Huskies football team

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1971 Northern Illinois Huskies football
ConferenceIndependent
Record5–5–1
Head coach
MVPMark Kellar, Larry Clark
CaptainJim Montgomery, Leo Hudetz, Steve Goehl, Terry Drugan
Home stadiumHuskie Stadium
Seasons
← 1970
1972 →
1971 NCAA University Division independents football records
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
No. 5 Penn State     11 1 0
Boston College     9 2 0
No. 17 Houston     9 3 0
No. 13 Notre Dame     8 2 0
Utah State     8 3 0
Florida State     8 4 0
Cincinnati     7 4 0
West Virginia     7 4 0
Temple     6 2 1
Air Force     6 4 0
Army     6 4 0
Colgate     6 4 0
Villanova     6 4 1
South Carolina     6 5 0
Southern Miss     6 5 0
Georgia Tech     6 6 0
New Mexico State     5 5 1
Northern Illinois     5 5 1
Syracuse     5 5 1
Dayton     5 6 0
Holy Cross     4 6 0
Miami (FL)     4 7 0
Rutgers     4 7 0
Virginia Tech     4 7 0
Navy     3 8 0
Pittsburgh     3 8 0
Tulane     3 8 0
Marshall     2 8 0
Xavier     1 9 0
Rankings from
AP Poll

The 1971 Northern Illinois Huskies football team represented Northern Illinois University as an independent during the 1971 NCAA University Division football season. Led by first-year head coach Jerry Ippoliti, the Huskies compiled a record of 5–5–1. Northern Illinois played home games at Huskie Stadium in DeKalb, Illinois.

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 11at WisconsinL 0–3145,437
September 18Long Beach StateW 48–3811,687[1]
September 25at Western MichiganL 17–27
October 2at San Diego StateL 10–3026,043[2]
October 9Marshall
  • Huskie Stadium
  • DeKalb, IL
W 33–18
October 16at
Kimbrough Memorial Stadium
  • Canyon, TX
  • W 22–1911,500[3]
    October 23Ball State
    T 10–10
    October 30at Kent StateW 26–710,545[4]
    November 6No. 14 Toledo
    • Huskie Stadium
    • DeKalb, IL
    L 8–23
    November 13at Boston CollegeL 10–2016,238
    November 20Xavier
    • Huskie Stadium
    • DeKalb, IL
    W 14–911,658[5]
    • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

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