2001 Northern Illinois Huskies football team

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2001 Northern Illinois Huskies football
MAC West Division co-champion
ConferenceMid-American Conference
DivisionWest Division
Record6–5 (4–3 MAC)
Head coach
Offensive coordinatorDan Roushar (4th season)
MVPs
Captains
  • Trent Clemen
  • Darrell Hill
  • Chris Finlen
  • Alan Rood
  • Larry Williams
Home stadiumHuskie Stadium
Seasons
← 2000
2002 →
2001 Mid-American Conference football standings
Div     Conf. Overall
Team   W   L         W   L     W   L  
East Division
Marshall x   6 – 0     8 – 0     11 – 2  
Miami (OH)   4 – 2     6 – 2     7 – 5  
Bowling Green   4 – 2     5 – 3     8 – 3  
Kent State   3 – 3     5 – 3     6 – 5  
Akron   3 – 3     4 – 4     4 – 7  
Buffalo   1 – 5     1 – 7     3 – 8  
Ohio   0 – 6     1 – 7     1 – 10  
West Division
No. 23 Toledo xy$   4 – 1     5 – 2     10 – 2  
Northern Illinois x   4 – 1     4 – 3     6 – 5  
Ball State x   4 – 1     4 – 3     5 – 6  
Western Michigan   2 – 3     4 – 4     5 – 6  
Central Michigan   1 – 4     2 – 6     3 – 8  
Eastern Michigan   0 – 5     1 – 6     2 – 9  
Championship: Toledo 41, Marshall 36
  • $ – 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.
Rankings from
AP Poll

The 2001 Northern Illinois Huskies football team represented Northern Illinois University as a member of the West Division of the Mid-American Conference (MAC) during the 2001 NCAA Division I-A football season. Led by sixth-year head coach Joe Novak, the Huskies compiled an overall record of 6–5 with a mark of 4–3 in conference play, sharing the MAC's West Division title with Ball State and Toledo. Northern Illinois played home games at Huskie Stadium in DeKalb, Illinois.

Schedule

DateTimeOpponentSiteTVResultAttendanceSource
August 306:30 pmSouth Florida*
W 20–1714,426
September 811:00 amat
Memorial Stadium
  • Champaign, IL
    		• ESPN PlusL 12–1745,674
    September 226:30 pmSam Houston State*
    • Huskie Stadium
    • DeKalb, IL
    		W 41–1612,463
    September 296:00 pmat No. 25 Toledo
    		L 20–4136,502
    October 61:00 pmMarshall
    • Huskie Stadium
    • DeKalb, IL
    		ESPNGPL 15–3717,367
    October 131:00 pmat Kent State
    		L 34–442,973
    October 201:00 pmWestern Michigan
    • Huskie Stadium
    • DeKalb, IL
    		W 20–1218,150
    October 2712:00 pmat
    FSN
    		W 33–2410,643[1]
    November 32:00 pmEastern Michigan
    • Huskie Stadium
    • DeKalb, IL
    		FSNW 40–1713,421
    November 171:00 pmBall State
    		W 33–2911,795
    November 2412:00 pmat
    Groves Stadium
  • Winston-Salem, NC
    		• L 35–3814,100
    • *Non-conference game
    • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game
    • All times are in Central time

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    References

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    2. ^ "Northern Illinois Official Athletic Site - Football". Archived from the original on November 19, 2012. Retrieved October 25, 2012.
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