1996 Northern Illinois Huskies football team

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1996 Northern Illinois Huskies football
ConferenceIndependent
Record1–10
Head coach
MVPMandel Hester, Mitch Jacoby, Charles Talley
CaptainMandel Hester, Mitch Jacoby
Home stadiumHuskie Stadium
Seasons
← 1995
1997 →
1996 NCAA Division I-A independents football records
Conf Overall
Team   W   L     W   L  
No. 25 Army   –     10 – 2  
Navy   –     9 – 3  
No. 19 Notre Dame   –     8 – 3  
East Carolina   –     8 – 3  
Louisiana Tech   –     6 – 5  
UAB   –     5 – 6  
UCF   –     5 – 6  
Southwestern Louisiana   –     5 – 6  
Northeast Louisiana   –     5 – 6  
Arkansas State   –     4 – 7  
Northern Illinois   –     1 – 10  
Rankings from
AP Poll

The 1996 Northern Illinois Huskies football team represented Northern Illinois University as an independent during the 1996 NCAA Division I-A football season. Led by first-year head coach Joe Novak, the Huskies compiled a record of 1–10. Northern Illinois played home games at Huskie Stadium in DeKalb, Illinois.

Schedule

DateTimeOpponentSiteTVResultAttendanceSource
August 316:00 pmat Maryland*
L 6–3032,517[1]
September 76:30 pmWestern Illinois*
L 0–1721,370[2]
September 1411:00 amat No. 6
University Park, PA
ESPN PlusL 0–4995,589
September 216:00 pmat Arkansas State
W 31–3012,217
September 283:00 pmUTEP*
  • Huskie Stadium
  • DeKalb, IL
L 6–3710,229
October 53:00 pm
SCC
L 21–2416,549
October 192:00 pmat
Cardinal Stadium
  • Louisville, KY
    		• SCCL 3–2736,467
    October 263:00 pmAkron*
    • Huskie Stadium
    • DeKalb, IL
    		SCCL 17–3410,465
    November 21:00 pmLouisiana Tech
    • Huskie Stadium
    • DeKalb, IL
    		L 14–406,208[3]
    November 97:00 pmat Southwestern Louisiana
    		L 31–4515,721
    November 163:00 pmat Oregon State*
    		L 28–6717,215
    • *Non-conference game
    • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game
    • All times are in Central time

    [4]

    Roster

    1996 Northern Illinois Huskies football team roster
    Players Coaches
    Offense
    Pos. # Name Class
    WR 5 Cordell Smith So
    TB 6 Scott Florence Sr
    QB 15 Randall Foster  Fr
    QB 16 Brandon Barker Jr
    QB 19 Kenneth Williams Jr
    RB 21 Marceo Haywood So
    TB 22 Mike Johnson  Fr
    FB 39 Justin Knapp Jr
    FB 41 Matt Chambers So
    C 60 Kevin Johnson So
    OT 62 Jamie Macdonald Jr
    G 63 Jeff Winiarski Fr
    C 64 Bill Wise So
    G 65 Greg Merow  Fr
    C 68 Nick Lundin So
    C 70 Wayne Thomson Jr
    OT 71 Chris Thornton Jr
    G 73 Kent Booth Jr
    G 74 Shane Waller So
    G 75 Keith Schulte So
    OT 77 Mike Belmontez So
    OT 78 Dennis Puralewski Fr
    TE 80 Bobby Reed So
    SE 81 Rhasaan Smith  Fr
    TE 82 Mitch Jacoby Sr
    WR 85 Kurt Johanson Fr
    TE 87 Kevin Holm Fr
    WR 88 Leon Moody Sr
    TE 89 John Griffin Fr
    		Defense
    Pos. # Name Class
    CB 1 Buster Sampson Fr
    SS 2 Brian Overall So
    SS 9 Rayshon Jackson So
    CB 14 Duane Hawthorne So
    LB 23 Perry Amoo So
    CB 24 D. J. Roark  Fr
    CB 27 Damien Mallory Sr
    FS 28 Kershawn McCullum Jr
    FS 29 Bill Brune Fr
    CB 32 William Triplett Jr
    SS 33 Mumin Muhammad Fr
    LB 35 Glen Bloodsaw  Fr
    LB 36 Jason Douglas  Fr
    LB 37 Orlando Bowen So
    LB 38 Craig Dykstra  Fr
    FS 43 Patrick Stephen So
    SS 44 Salim Phillips Jr
    LB 45 Garett Sutherland Jr
    LB 47 Cameron Saulsby Fr
    LB 51 Steve Smith Jr
    LB 52 Terrell Alexander Jr
    LB 55 Keith Sims So
    LB 56 Damon Foster  Fr
    LB 59 Daren Lloyd Sr
    NG 66 Ebbie Parsons Fr
    NG 72 Joe Rebholz  Fr
    DT 84 Eric Dohrmann  Fr
    DE 86 Bob Lesher Fr
    NG 90 Bill Simpson Jr
    DE 91 Justin Heitl So
    DE 92 Lewis Miskowicz Fr
    DT 93 Dan Stankowski So
    DE 94 Anthony Beauvais Fr
    DE 95 Abie Camacho Jr
    NG 96 Andy Ducar So
    DT 97 Steve Roads Jr
    DE 99 Will Ford Jr
    		Special teams
    Pos. # Name Class
    P
    		 10 Brian Wiseman So
    PK 17 Brian Clark So
    Head coach
    Coordinators/assistant coaches
    Legend
    • (C) Team captain
    • (S) Suspended
    • (I) Ineligible
    • Injured Injured
    • Redshirt Redshirt

    Roster
    Last update: January 28, 1997

    References

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    4. ^ "1996 Northern Illinois Huskies Schedule and Results". College Football at Sports-Reference.com. Retrieved May 26, 2021.


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