2001 Northern Illinois Huskies football team

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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.

DivisionWest Division
Record6–5 (4–3 MAC)
Headcoach
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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 
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2001 Mid-American Conference football standings
Div  Conf.Overall
Team W L    W L  W L 
East Division
Marshall x 60  80  112 
Miami (OH) 42  62  75 
Bowling Green 42  53  83 
Kent State 33  53  65 
Akron 33  44  47 
Buffalo 15  17  38 
Ohio 06  17  110 
West Division
No. 23 Toledo xy$ 41  52  102 
Northern Illinois x 41  43  65 
Ball State x 41  43  56 
Western Michigan 23  44  56 
Central Michigan 14  26  38 
Eastern Michigan 05  16  29 
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
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Schedule

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DateTimeOpponentSiteTVResultAttendanceSource
August 306:30 pmSouth Florida*W 20–1714,426
September 811:00 amat Illinois*ESPN PlusL 12–1745,674
September 226:30 pmSam Houston State*
  • Huskie Stadium
  • DeKalb, IL
W 41–1612,463[1]
September 296:00 pmat No. 25 ToledoL 20–4136,502
October 61:00 pmMarshall
  • Huskie Stadium
  • DeKalb, IL
ESPNGPL 15–3717,367
October 131:00 pmat Kent StateL 34–442,973
October 201:00 pmWestern Michigan
  • Huskie Stadium
  • DeKalb, IL
W 20–1218,150
October 2712:00 pmat Central MichiganFSNW 33–2410,643[2]
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 Wake Forest*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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