1968 Northern Illinois Huskies football team

1968 Northern Illinois Huskies football
Conference	Independent
Record	2–8
Head coach	Howard Fletcher (13th season)
Offensive coordinator	Bill Peck (4th season)
Home stadium	Huskie Stadium (Capacity 20,257)

1968 NCAA College Division independents football records

	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
No. 2 San Diego State			–					9	–	0	–	1
No. 3 Chattanooga			–					9	–	1	–	0
Indiana State			–					9	–	1	–	0
Indiana (PA)			–					9	–	1	–	0
Nevada Southern			–					8	–	1	–	0
UC Riverside			–					7	–	1	–	1
Ashland			–					8	–	2	–	0
No. 7 Eastern Michigan			–					8	–	2	–	0
Lincoln (MO)			–					8	–	2	–	04
St. Norbert			–					6	–	2	–	1
Tennessee State			–					6	–	2	–	1
Hawaii			–					7	–	3	–	0
No. 14 Tampa			–					7	–	3	–	0
No. 17 Akron			–					7	–	3	–	1
Northeastern			–					6	–	3	–	0
Southern Illinois			–					6	–	3	–	0
Cortland			–					5	–	3	–	0
Boston University			–					5	–	3	–	1
Northern Arizona			–					6	–	4	–	0
Pacific (CA)			–					6	–	4	–	0
Samford			–					6	–	4	–	0
Northern Michigan			–					5	–	4	–	0
Parsons			–					5	–	4	–	0
Drake			–					5	–	5	–	0
UC Santa Barbara			–					4	–	4	–	1
Santa Clara			–					4	–	5	–	0
Portland State			–					4	–	6	–	0
Wayne State (MI)			–					3	–	6	–	0
Wabash			–					3	–	6	–	0
Colorado College			–					2	–	6	–	0
Kentucky State			–					2	–	7	–	0
Milwaukee			–					2	–	7	–	0
Lake Forest			–					2	–	8	–	0
Northern Illinois			–					2	–	8	–	0
Mississippi Valley State			–					1	–	7	–	0
UC San Diego			–					0	–	7	–	0
Rose Poly			–					0	–	8	–	0
Cal Poly Pomona			–					0	–	10	–	0
Rankings from AP small college poll

The 1968 Northern Illinois Huskies football team represented Northern Illinois University in the 1968 NCAA College Division football season.

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	Result
September 14	at Ball State	Scheumann Stadium Muncie, IN	W 40–20
September 20	at San Diego State	San Diego Stadium San Diego, CA	L 21–40
September 28	North Dakota State	Huskie Stadium DeKalb, IL	L 13–31
October 5	at Indiana State	Memorial Stadium Terre Haute, IN	L 7–19
October 12	Northern Arizona	Huskie Stadium DeKalb, IL	L 14–43
October 19	Xavier	Huskie Stadium DeKalb, IL	L 20–24
October 26	New Mexico State	Huskie Stadium DeKalb, IL	L 13–27
November 9	Buffalo	Huskie Stadium DeKalb, IL	L 7–20
November 16	Bowling Green	Huskie Stadium DeKalb, IL	W 7–6
November 23	at No. 17 Ohio	Doyt Perry Stadium Bowling Green, OH	L 12–28
Rankings from Coaches' Poll released prior to the game