1978 Northern Illinois Huskies football team

1978 Northern Illinois Huskies football
Conference	Mid-American Conference
Record	5–6 (2–4 MAC)
Head coach	Pat Culpepper (3rd season)
Home stadium	Huskie Stadium (Capacity: 20,257)

1978 Mid-American Conference football standings

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

The 1978 Northern Illinois Huskies football team represented Northern Illinois University in the 1978 NCAA Division I-A football season. The Huskies competed in the highest division of football at the time: the newly formed Division I-A. The Huskies competed under the Mid-American Conference banner during this season. They were led by head coach Pat Culpepper, and they played their home games at Huskie Stadium.

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	Result
September 16	Western Michigan	Huskie Stadium DeKalb, IL	L 30–44
September 23	at Northeast Louisiana*	Malone Stadium Monroe, LA	L 10–27
September 30	Illinois State*	Huskie Stadium DeKalb, IL	W 49–21
October 7	at Long Beach State*	Veterans Memorial Stadium Long Beach, CA	L 19–24
October 14	Western Illinois*	Huskie Stadium DeKalb, IL	W 24–20
October 21	at Central Michigan	Perry Shorts Stadium Mount Pleasant, MI	L 7–34
October 28	at Southern Illinois*	McAndrew Stadium Carbondale, IL	W 14–13
November 4	Kent State	Huskie Stadium DeKalb, IL	W 27–21
November 11	at Toledo	Glass Bowl Toledo, OH	L 16–35
November 18	Ball State	Huskie Stadium DeKalb, IL	L 13–31
November 25	at Ohio	Peden Stadium Athens, OH	W 23–14
*Non-conference game