Northern Illinois Huskies football
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| First season | 1899 | ||
| Athletic director | Sean T. Frazier | ||
| Head coach |
Rod Carey 4th year, 36–19 (.655) |
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| Other staff | Mike Uremovich (OC) Kevin Kane (DC) |
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| Stadium | Huskie Stadium | ||
| Field | Brigham Field | ||
| Year built | 1965 | ||
| Seating capacity | 23,595 | ||
| Field surface | FieldTurf | ||
| Location | DeKalb, Illinois | ||
| NCAA division | Division I FBS | ||
| Conference | MAC | ||
| Division | West | ||
| Past conferences |
Independent (1899–1919) IIAC (Illinois) (1920–24) Independent (1925–27) IIAC (Illinois) (1928–49) IIAC (Interstate) (1950–65) Independent (1966–72) MAC (1973–85) Independent (1986–92) Big West (1993–95) Independent (1996) |
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| All-time record | 547–465–51 (.539) | ||
| Bowl record | 4–7 (.364) | ||
| Claimed nat'l titles | 1 (1963) | ||
| Conference titles | 12 | ||
| Division titles | 10 | ||
| Consensus All-Americans | 3 | ||
| Colors | Cardinal and Black |
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| Fight song | "Huskie Fight Song" | ||
| Mascot | Victor E. Huskie | ||
| Marching band | The Pride of the Midwest" | ||
| Retired Numbers | 6, 11, 12, 31 | ||
| Heisman Finalists |
Jordan Lynch (2013) (3rd) LeShon Johnson (1993) (6th) Jordan Lynch (2012) (7th) |
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| Website | NIU Huskie Football | ||
The Northern Illinois Huskies football team are a college football program representing Northern Illinois University (NIU) in the Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS) of college football. Rod Carey is the current head coach, the 22nd in the program's history. NIU football plays its home games at Huskie Stadium on the campus of the Northern Illinois University in DeKalb, Illinois.
The Huskies compete in the Mid-American Conference (MAC) as a member of the West Division, where they have won four championships in 1983, 2011, 2012 and 2014. They have played in ten post-season bowl games since 2004, most notably the 2013 Orange Bowl.
NIU’s football program was established in the late 19th century, playing its first ever game against DeKalb High School in 1899 and was led by coach John L. Keith to the team's first ever victory. NIU started out in the independent scene from 1899 through 1919 before joining the Illinois Intercollegiate Athletic Conference. The team became independent again in 1925. NIU returned to the Illinois Intercollegiate Athletic Conference in 1928 and finished the season winless for the first time. In 1929 however, Red Evans took over as the head football coach and immediately twisted the downhill fate of his team as he led his squad to a 6–1–1 record. Evans led the Huskies to continuous winning seasons since his take over, and his efforts paid off in 1938 as NIU captured the Illinois Intercollegiate Athletic Conference Championship, the team's first title. He followed it up with three more championships (1941, '44, and '46) and even led the Huskies' to a back-to-back bowl game appearance in 1946 and '47 (unfortunately, both on a losing cause to Evansville first in the Turkey Bowl then in the Hoosier Bowl).
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