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1987 Northern Illinois Huskies football
ConferenceIndependent
Record5–5–1
Head coach
Home stadiumHuskie Stadium
(Capacity: 30,998)
Seasons
← 1986
1988 →
1987 NCAA Division I-A independents football records
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
No. 1 Miami (FL)   –   –   12 – 0 – 0
No. 4 Syracuse   –   –   11 – 0 – 1
No. 2 Florida State   –   –   11 – 1 – 0
No. 15 South Carolina   –   –   8 – 4 – 0
Pittsburgh   –   –   8 – 4 – 0
Penn State   –   –   8 – 4 – 0
No. 17 Notre Dame   –   –   8 – 4 – 0
Southern Miss   –   –   6 – 5 – 0
Rutgers   –   –   6 – 5 – 0
Southwestern Louisiana   –   –   6 – 5 – 0
Memphis State   –   –   5 – 5 – 1
Northern Illinois   –   –   5 – 5 – 1
West Virginia   –   –   6 – 6 – 0
Tulane   –   –   6 – 6 – 0
Army   –   –   5 – 6 – 0
Boston College   –   –   5 – 6 – 0
East Carolina   –   –   5 – 6 – 0
Akron   –   –   4 – 7 – 0
Cincinnati   –   –   4 – 7 – 0
Louisville   –   –   3 – 7 – 1
Temple   –   –   3 – 8 – 0
Tulsa   –   –   3 – 8 – 0
Virginia Tech   –   –   2 – 9 – 0
Navy   –   –   2 – 9 – 0
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1987 Northern Illinois Huskies football team represented Northern Illinois University. The Huskies competed in the highest division of football, Division I-A. They were led by third year head coach Jerry Pettibone and they played their home games at Huskie Stadium.

Schedule

DateTimeOpponentSiteTVResultAttendance
September 126:30 PMLamar*
L 35–3922,184
September 1912:00 PMat Western Michigan*
W 34–1412,005
September 261:00 PMat Northwestern*
T 16–1627,336
October 33:00 PMat Eastern Michigan*
L 31–3213,306
October 101:00 PMToledo*dagger
  • Huskie Stadium
  • DeKalb, Illinois
W 41–520,939
October 171:00 PMSW Missouri State*
  • Huskie Stadium
  • DeKalb, Illinois
W 27–219,017
October 241:00 PMCal State Fullerton*
  • Huskie Stadium
  • DeKalb, Illinois
L 20–217,325
October 311:00 PMat Ball State*
L 17–424,675
November 71:00 PMWestern Illinois*
  • Huskie Stadium
  • DeKalb, Illinois
W 29–1421,863
November 141:00 PMAkron
  • Huskie Stadium
  • DeKalb, Illinois
L 21–275,405
November 2810:00 PMat UNLV*
ESPNW 34–3114,650

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References

  1. ^ https://www.sports-reference.com/cfb/schools/northern-illinois/1987-schedule.html


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