1986 Northern Illinois Huskies football team

1986 Northern Illinois Huskies football
Conference Independent
1986 record 2–9
Head coach Jerry Pettibone (2nd year)
Home stadium Huskie Stadium
(Capacity: 30,998)
1986 Division I-A independents football records
Conf     Overall
Team W   L   T     W   L   T
#1 Penn State   –   –       12 – 0 – 0
#2 Miami (FL)   –   –       11 – 1 – 0
#20 Virginia Tech   –   –       9 – 2 – 1
#19 Boston College   –   –       9 – 3 – 0
Tulsa   –   –       7 – 4 – 0
Florida State   –   –       7 – 4 – 1
Army   –   –       6 – 5 – 0
Southwestern Louisiana   –   –       6 – 5 – 0
Southern Miss   –   –       6 – 5 – 0
Temple   –   –       6 – 5 – 0
Pittsburgh   –   –       5 – 5 – 1
Rutgers   –   –       5 – 5 – 1
Cincinnati   –   –       5 – 6 – 0
Notre Dame   –   –       5 – 6 – 0
Syracuse   –   –       5 – 6 – 0
South Carolina   –   –       3 – 6 – 2
Tulane   –   –       4 – 7 – 0
West Virginia   –   –       4 – 7 – 0
Louisville   –   –       3 – 8 – 0
Navy   –   –       3 – 8 – 0
Wichita State   –   –       3 – 8 – 0
East Carolina   –   –       2 – 9 – 0
Northern Illinois   –   –       2 – 9 – 0
Memphis   –   –       1 – 10 – 0
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1986 Northern Illinois Huskies football team represented Northern Illinois University. The Huskies competed in the highest division of football, Division I-A. They were led by second year head coach Jerry Pettibone and they played their home games at Huskie Stadium.

Schedule

Date Time Opponent# Rank# Site TV Result Attendance
August 30 6:30 PM Ball State* Huskie Stadium • DeKalb, IL L 10–20   11,500
September 6 12:00 PM at West Virginia Mountaineer Field • Morgantown, WV L 14–47   56,665
September 13 1:00 PM at Wisconsin* Camp Randall Stadium • Madison, WI L 20–35   63,294
September 20 1:00 PM at Iowa* Kinnick Stadium • Iowa City, IA L 3–57   66,930
September 27 6:30 PM Western Illinois* Huskie Stadium • DeKalb, IL L 0–10   26,364
October 4 6:30 PM at #1 Miami (FL) Orange Bowl • Miami, FL L 0–34   33,905
October 18 3:30 PM at Toledo* Glass Bowl • Toledo, OH L 28–29   19,169
October 25 1:00 PM Miami (OH)*dagger Huskie Stadium • DeKalb, IL L 6–20   13,128
November 1 12:30 PM at Bowling Green* Doyt Perry Stadium • Bowling Green, OH W 16–8   10,102
November 8 1:00 PM Eastern Michigan* Huskie Stadium • DeKalb, IL W 21–14   8,556
November 15 1:00 PM at Ohio* Peden Stadium • Athens, OH L 26–34   4,844
*Non-conference game. daggerHomecoming. #Rankings from Coaches Poll released prior to game. All times are in Central Time.

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