1986 Northern Illinois Huskies football team

The 1986 Northern Illinois Huskies football team represented Northern Illinois University as an independent during the 1986 NCAA Division I-A football season. Led by second-year head coach Jerry Pettibone, the Huskies compiled a record of 2–9. Northern Illinois played home games at Huskie Stadium in DeKalb, Illinois.

1986 Northern Illinois Huskies football
ConferenceIndependent
Record2–9
Head coach
Offensive coordinatorPat Ruel (2nd season)
Defensive coordinatorTim McGuire (1st season)
MVPTodd Peat
CaptainDoug Bartlett, Todd Peat
Home stadiumHuskie Stadium
(capacity: 30,998)
1986 NCAA Division I-A independents football records
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
No. 1 Penn State      12 0 0
No. 2 Miami (FL)      11 1 0
No. 20 Virginia Tech      9 2 1
No. 19 Boston College      9 3 0
Tulsa      7 4 0
Florida State      7 4 1
Army      6 5 0
Southwestern Louisiana      6 5 0
Southern Miss      6 5 0
Temple      6 5 0
Pittsburgh      5 5 1
Rutgers      5 5 1
Cincinnati      5 6 0
Notre Dame      5 6 0
Syracuse      5 6 0
South Carolina      3 6 2
Tulane      4 7 0
West Virginia      4 7 0
Louisville      3 8 0
Navy      3 8 0
Wichita State      3 8 0
East Carolina      2 9 0
Northern Illinois      2 9 0
Memphis State      1 10 0
Rankings from AP Poll

Schedule

DateTimeOpponentSiteResultAttendance
August 306:30 pmBall State*L 10–2011,500
September 612:00 pmat West VirginiaL 14–4756,665
September 131:00 pmat Wisconsin*L 20–3563,294
September 201:00 pmat Iowa*L 3–5766,930
September 276:30 pmWestern Illinois*
  • Huskie Stadium
  • DeKalb, IL
L 0–1026,364
October 46:30 pmat No. 1 Miami (FL)L 0–3433,905
October 183:30 pmat Toledo*L 28–2919,169
October 251:00 pmMiami (OH)*dagger
  • Huskie Stadium
  • DeKalb, IL
L 6–2013,128
November 112:30 pmat Bowling Green*W 16–810,102
November 81:00 pmEastern Michigan*
  • Huskie Stadium
  • DeKalb, IL
W 21–148,556
November 151:00 pmat Ohio*L 26–344,844
  • *Non-conference game
  • daggerHomecoming
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game
  • All times are in Central time

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