2006 Northern Illinois Huskies football team

The 2006 Northern Illinois Huskies football team represented Northern Illinois University as a member of the West Division of the Mid-American Conference (MAC) during the 2006 NCAA Division I FBS football season. Led by 11th-year head coach Joe Novak, the Huskies compiled an overall record of 7–6 with a mark of 5–3 in conference play, tying for third place in the MAC's West Division. Northern Illinois was invited to the Poinsettia Bowl, where they lost to TCU. The team played home games at Huskie Stadium in DeKalb, Illinois.

2006 Northern Illinois Huskies football
Poinsettia Bowl, L 7–37 vs. TCU
ConferenceMid-American Conference
DivisionWest Division
Record7–6 (5–3 MAC)
Head coach
Offensive coordinatorJohn Bond (3rd season)
Defensive coordinatorDenny Doornbos (3rd season)
MVPGarrett Wolfe
CaptainDoug Free, Dustin Utschig, Ken West, Garrett Wolfe
Home stadiumHuskie Stadium
(capacity: 28,000)
2006 Mid-American Conference football standings
ConfOverall
Team W L  W L 
East Division
Ohio x  7 –1   9 –5  
Kent State  5 –3   6 –6  
Akron  3 –5   5 –7  
Bowling Green  3 –5   4 –8  
Miami (OH)  2 –6   2 –10  
Buffalo  1 –7   2 –10  
West Division
Central Michigan x$  7 –1   10 –4  
Western Michigan  6 –2   8 –5  
Northern Illinois  5 –3   7 –6  
Ball State  5 –3   5 –7  
Toledo  3 –5   5 –7  
Eastern Michigan  1 –7   1 –11  
Championship: Central Michigan 31, Ohio 10
  • $ – Conference champion
  • x – Division champion/co-champions

Schedule
DateTimeOpponentSiteTVResultAttendance
September 22:30 pmat No. 1 Ohio State*
ABCL 12–35103,896
September 92:05 pmOhio
CSNCL 23–3519,341
September 166:35 pmBuffalo
  • Huskie Stadium
  • DeKalb, IL
CSNCW 31–1321,117
September 224:00 pmIndiana State*
  • Huskie Stadium
  • DeKalb, IL
CSNCW 48–1419,720
September 305:30 pmat Ball State
CSNCW 40–2810,128
October 87:00 pmat Miami (OH)
ESPNW 28–2512,197
October 141:00 pmat Western Michigan
ESPN PlusL 14–1619,275
October 212:05 pmTemple*
  • Huskie Stadium
  • DeKalb, IL
CSNCW 43–2127,039
October 286:00 pmat Iowa*
ESPNUL 14–2470,585
November 76:30 pmToledo
  • Huskie Stadium
  • DeKalb, IL
ESPN2L 13–1719,267
November 177:05 pmCentral Michigan
  • Huskie Stadium
  • DeKalb, IL
ESPNUW 31–1018,139
November 2411:00 amat Eastern Michigan
CSNCW 27–08,937
December 197:00 pmvs. No. 25 TCU*
ESPN2L 7–3729,709
  • *Non-conference game
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game
  • All times are in Central time

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References
  1. "Team Game-by-Game Statistics". Northern Illinois University Department of Athletics. Retrieved September 30, 2012.


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