1972 Northern Illinois Huskies football team

1972 Northern Illinois Huskies football
Conference	Independent
Record	7–4
Head coach	Jerry Ippoliti (2nd season)
Home stadium	Huskie Stadium (Capacity: 20,257)

1972 NCAA University Division independents football records

	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
No. 10 Penn State			–					10	–	2	–	0
No. 14 Notre Dame			–					8	–	3	–	0
Utah State			–					8	–	3	–	0
West Virginia			–					8	–	4	–	0
Florida State			–					7	–	4	–	0
Northern Illinois			–					7	–	4	–	0
Rutgers			–					7	–	4	–	0
No. 20 Georgia Tech			–					7	–	4	–	1
Air Force			–					6	–	4	–	0
Army			–					6	–	4	–	0
Virginia Tech			–					6	–	4	–	1
Houston			–					6	–	4	–	1
Tulane			–					6	–	5	–	0
Temple			–					5	–	4	–	0
Colgate			–					5	–	4	–	1
Holy Cross			–					5	–	4	–	1
Syracuse			–					5	–	6	–	0
Miami (FL)			–					5	–	6	–	0
Dayton			–					4	–	6	–	1
Boston College			–					4	–	7	–	0
Navy			–					4	–	7	–	0
South Carolina			–					4	–	7	–	0
Southern Miss			–					3	–	7	–	1
Xavier			–					3	–	8	–	0
Marshall			–					2	–	8	–	0
Cincinnati			–					2	–	9	–	0
Villanova			–					2	–	9	–	0
Pittsburgh			–					1	–	10	–	0
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1972 Northern Illinois Huskies football team represented Northern Illinois University in the 1972 college football season. The Huskies competed in the highest division of football at the time: Division I, also known as the University Division, where they competed among the Independents schools of the league. They were led by head coach Jerry Ippoliti, his second season with the team and the first NIU coach with a winning record in Division I football. They played their home games at Huskie Stadium.

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	Result
September 9	Illinois State	Huskie Stadium DeKalb, Illinois	W 21–7
September 16	at Wisconsin	Camp Randall Stadium Madison, Wisconsin	L 7–31
September 23	Western Michigan	Huskie Stadium DeKalb, Illinois	L 10–14
September 30	at Marshall	Fairfield Stadium Huntington, West Virginia	W 24–7
October 7	Xavier	Huskie Stadium DeKalb, Illinois	W 20–7
October 14	at Idaho	Idaho Stadium Moscow, Idaho	L 13–31
October 21	West Texas State	Huskie Stadium DeKalb, Illinois	W 17–8
October 28	Kent State	Huskie Stadium DeKalb, Illinois	W 28–7
November 4	at Toledo	Glass Bowl Toledo, Ohio	W 30–7
November 11	Fresno State	Huskie Stadium DeKalb, Illinois	L 6–9
November 17	at Long Beach State	Veterans Memorial Stadium Long Beach, California	W 22–13

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