1979 Northern Illinois Huskies football team

The 1979 Northern Illinois Huskies football team represented Northern Illinois University as a member of the Mid-American Conference (MAC) during 1979 NCAA Division I-A football season. Led by Pat Culpepper in his fourth and final season as head coach, the Huskies compiled an overall record of 5–5–1 with a mark of 3–3–1 in conference play, placing sixth in the MAC. Northern Illinois played home games at Huskie Stadium in DeKalb, Illinois.

1979 Northern Illinois Huskies football
ConferenceMid-American Conference
Record5–5–1 (3–3–1 MAC)
Head coach
MVPFrank Lewandoski, Mike Pinckney
CaptainAll seniors
Home stadiumHuskie Stadium
(capacity: 20,257)
1979 Mid-American Conference football standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
Central Michigan $ 8 0 110 0 1
Toledo 7 1 17 3 1
Western Michigan 5 4 06 5 0
Ball State 4 4 06 5 0
Ohio 4 4 06 5 0
Northern Illinois 3 3 15 5 1
Miami (OH) 3 4 06 5 0
Bowling Green 3 5 04 7 0
Eastern Michigan 1 6 12 8 1
Kent State 1 8 01 10 0
  • $ Conference champion

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 15East Tennessee State*W 21–14
September 22at Western MichiganL 17–45
September 29Long Beach State*
  • Huskie Stadium
  • DeKalb, IL
L 3–912,550
October 6at Eastern MichiganT 0–0
October 13at Central MichiganL 11–3120,327[1]
October 20at Illinois State*W 33–72,921[2]
October 27Southern Illinois*
  • Huskie Stadium
  • DeKalb, IL
L 11–2123,740
November 3Kent State
  • Huskie Stadium
  • DeKalb, IL
W 25–0
November 10Toledo
  • Huskie Stadium
  • DeKalb, IL
W 28–10
November 17at Ball StateL 0–42
November 24Ohio
  • Huskie Stadium
  • DeKalb, IL
W 28–27
  • *Non-conference game

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References

  1. "CMU's defense stops Huskies, 31-11". The Lansing State Journal. October 14, 1979. pp. C1, C7 via Newspapers.coma.
  2. Schrock, Cliff (October 21, 1979). "Northern Illinois runs past Redbirds". The Pantagraph. p. B1. Retrieved December 18, 2021 via Newspapers.com.
  3. "1979 Northern Illinois Huskies Schedule and Results".


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