2002 Northern Illinois Huskies football team

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2002 Mid-American Conference football standings

	Conf							Overall
Team		W		L					W		L
East Division
No. 24 Marshall x$		7	–	1					11	–	2
UCF		6	–	2					7	–	5
Miami (OH)		5	–	3					7	–	5
Ohio		4	–	4					4	–	8
Akron		3	–	5					4	–	8
Kent State		1	–	7					3	–	9
Buffalo		0	–	8					1	–	11
West Division
Toledo xy		7	–	1					9	–	5
Northern Illinois x		7	–	1					8	–	4
Bowling Green		6	–	2					9	–	3
Ball State		4	–	4					6	–	6
Western Michigan		3	–	5					4	–	8
Central Michigan		2	–	6					4	–	8
Eastern Michigan		1	–	7					3	–	9
Championship: Marshall 49, Toledo 45
$ – Conference champion x – Division champion/co-champions Rankings from AP Poll

The 2002 Northern Illinois Huskies football team represented Northern Illinois University during the 2002 NCAA Division I-A football season. Northern Illinois competed as a member of the West Division of the Mid-American Conference (MAC). They were coached by Joe Novak.

Schedule

August 296:30 PMWake Forest*

• Huskie Stadium
• DeKalb, IL

FSNW 42–41 ^OT19,653 September 76:00 PMat South Florida*

• Raymond James Stadium
• Tampa, FL

L 6–37 23,559 September 1411:00 AMat No. 22 Wisconsin*

• Camp Randall Stadium
• Madison, WI

ESPN+L 21–24 77,460 September 216:30 PMWestern Illinois*

• Huskie Stadium
• DeKalb, IL

L 26–29 23,598 September 281:00 PMKent State

• Huskie Stadium
• DeKalb, IL

W 13–6 16,302 October 121:00 PMat Ball State

• Ball State Stadium
• Muncie, IN

W 41–29 14,499 October 191:00 PMat Miami (OH)

• Yager Stadium
• Oxford, OH

W 48–41 15,234 October 191:00 PMCentral Michigan

• Huskie Stadium
• DeKalb, IL

W 49–0 20,186 October 2612:00 PMat Western Michigan

• Waldo Stadium
• Kalamazoo, MI

W 24–20 15,049 November 91:30 PMNo. 20 Bowling Green

• Huskie Stadium
• DeKalb, IL

FSNW 26–17 25,822 November 1612:00 PMat Eastern Michigan

• Rynearson Stadium
• Ypsilanti, MI

W 49–21 5,567 November 2311:00 AMToledo

• Huskie Stadium
• DeKalb, IL

FSNL 30–33 20,154