1985 Northern Illinois Huskies football team

1985 Northern Illinois Huskies football
Conference	Mid-American Conference
Record	4–7 (4–4 MAC)
Head coach	Jerry Pettibone (1st season)
Home stadium	Huskie Stadium (Capacity: 30,998)

1985 Mid-American Conference football standings

	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
Bowling Green $	9	–	0	–	0			11	–	1	–	0
Miami (OH)	7	–	1	–	1			8	–	2	–	1
Central Michigan	6	–	3	–	0			7	–	3	–	0
Western Michigan	4	–	4	–	1			4	–	6	–	1
Northern Illinois	4	–	4	–	0			4	–	7	–	0
Ball State	3	–	6	–	0			4	–	7	–	0
Eastern Michigan	3	–	6	–	0			4	–	7	–	0
Toledo	3	–	6	–	0			4	–	7	–	0
Kent State	2	–	6	–	0			3	–	8	–	0
Ohio	2	–	7	–	0			2	–	9	–	0
$ – Conference champion

The 1985 Northern Illinois Huskies football team represented Northern Illinois University. The Huskies competed in the highest division of football at the time, Division I-A. They were led by first year head coach Jerry Pettibone and they played their home games at Huskie Stadium.

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance
September 7	Western Michigan	Huskie Stadium DeKalb, IL	W 17–0	21,362
September 14	at Wisconsin*	Camp Randall Stadium Madison, WI	L 17–38	69,131
September 21	at No. 4 Iowa*	Kinnick Stadium Iowa City, IA	L 20–48	66,014
September 28	at Northwestern*	Dyche Stadium Evanston, IL	L 16–38
October 5	at Ball State	Ball State Stadium Muncie, IN	L 0–29
October 19	Toledo	Huskie Stadium DeKalb, IL	W 16–3	26,420
October 26	at Miami (OH)	Yager Stadium Oxford, OH	L 15–32
November 2	Bowling Green	Huskie Stadium DeKalb, IL	L 14–34	22,600
November 9	at Eastern Michigan	Rynearson Stadium Ypsilanti, MI	W 3–0
November 16	Ohio	Huskie Stadium DeKalb, IL	W 35–7
November 23	at Central Michigan	Kelly/Shorts Stadium Mount Pleasant, MI	L 21–30
*Non-conference game Homecoming Rankings from Coaches' Poll released prior to the game