1976 Northern Illinois Huskies football team

1976 Northern Illinois Huskies football
Conference	Mid-American Conference
Record	1–10 (0–6 MAC)
Head coach	Pat Culpepper (1st season)
Home stadium	Huskie Stadium (Capacity: 20,257)

1976 Mid-American Conference football standings

	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
Ball State $	4	–	1	–	0			8	–	3	–	0
Kent State	6	–	2	–	0			8	–	4	–	0
Ohio	6	–	2	–	0			7	–	4	–	0
Western Michigan	6	–	3	–	0			7	–	4	–	0
Central Michigan	4	–	3	–	0			7	–	4	–	0
Bowling Green	4	–	3	–	0			6	–	5	–	0
Miami (OH)	2	–	4	–	0			3	–	8	–	0
Toledo	2	–	6	–	0			3	–	8	–	0
Eastern Michigan	1	–	5	–	0			2	–	9	–	0
Northern Illinois	0	–	6	–	0			1	–	10	–	0
$ – Conference champion

The 1976 Northern Illinois Huskies football team represented Northern Illinois University in the 1976 NCAA Division I football season. The Huskies competed under the Mid-American Conference banner during this season. They were led by first-year head coach Pat Culpepper, and they played their home games at Huskie Stadium.

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	Result
September 11	at Wichita State*	Cessna Stadium Wichita, KS	L 0–21
September 28	Western Michigan	Huskie Stadium DeKalb, IL	L 6–37
September 25	at Long Beach State*	Veterans Memorial Stadium Long Beach, CA	L 0–37
October 9	at Indiana State*	Memorial Stadium Terre Haute, IN	L 10–28
October 16	Illinois State*	Huskie Stadium DeKalb, IL	W 7–3
October 23	at Southern Illinois*	McAndrew Stadium Carbondale, IL	L 0–54
October 30	Ball State	Huskie Stadium DeKalb, IL	L 7–33
November 6	at Toledo	Glass Bowl Toledo, OH	L 2–17
November 13	Central Michigan	Huskie Stadium DeKalb, IL	L 9–31
November 20	at Ohio	Peden Stadium Athens, OH	L 15–63
November 25	at Kent State	Dix Stadium Kent, OH	L 0–42
*Non-conference game