The 2011 Northern Illinois Huskies football

Northern Illinois Huskies football

The Northern Illinois Huskies football team represents Northern Illinois University in the Mid-American Conference of the NCAA's Division I-Football Bowl Subdivision.-History:...

 team will represent Northern Illinois University

Northern Illinois University

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 in the college football season of 2011. They will compete in National Collegiate Athletic Association

National Collegiate Athletic Association

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 (NCAA) Division I Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS) college football

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 during the football season

2011 NCAA Division I FBS football season

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. Northern Illinois is competing as a member of the Mid-American Conference

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 (MAC) West Division. Former head coach Jerry Kill

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 resigned following the MAC Championship Game

2010 MAC Championship Game

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 in 2010, accepting the Head Coaching position at Minnesota

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. The current head coach is Dave Doeren

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, former defensive coordinator for the Wisconsin Badgers

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2011 Schedule

Scores by quarter

Army

Overall Record	Last Meeting	Result
0-1	1992	Army, 21-14

Kansas

Overall Record	Last Meeting	Result
1-0	1983	NIU, 37-34

Wisconsin

Overall Record	Last Meeting	Result
1-11	2009	WISC, 28-20

Cal Poly

Overall Record	Last Meeting	Result
0-0	First Meeting	-

Central Michigan

Overall Record	Last Meeting	Result
13-12	2010	NIU, 33-7

Kent State

Overall Record	Last Meeting	Result
15-3	2008	NIU, 42-14

Western Michigan

Overall Record	Last Meeting	Result
13-22	2010	NIU, 28-21

Buffalo

Overall Record	Last Meeting	Result
6-1	2010	NIU, 45-14

Toledo

Overall Record	Last Meeting	Result
9-28	2010	NIU, 65-30

Bowling Green

Overall Record	Last Meeting	Result
6-9	2008	NIU, 16-13

Ball State

Overall Record	Last Meeting	Result
14-19-1	2010	NIU, 59-21

Eastern Michigan

Overall Record	Last Meeting	Result
17-5-2	2010	NIU, 71-3

External links

• Northern Illinois Huskies Football official website