1971 Northern Illinois Huskies football team

1971 NCAA University Division independents football records
	Rankings from AP Poll

1971 Northern Illinois Huskies football
1971 Northern Illinois Huskies football
Conference	Independent
1971 record	5–5–1
Head coach	Jerry Ippoliti (1st season);
Home stadium	Huskie Stadium; (Capacity: 20,257)
	Seasons ← 1970 1972 →

The 1971 Northern Illinois Huskies football team represented Northern Illinois University in the 1971 NCAA University Division football season. The Huskies competed as an independent in the University Division, which became Division I in 1973. They were led by new head coach Jerry Ippoliti, where he led the Huskies to this first .500 season, and played their home games on campus at Huskie Stadium in DeKalb.

Schedule[]

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
September 11	at Wisconsin	Camp Randall Stadium Madison, WI	L 0–31	45,437
September 18	Long Beach State	Huskie Stadium DeKalb, IL	W 48–38	11,687	^[1]
September 25	at Western Michigan	Waldo Stadium Kalamazoo, MI	L 17–27
October 2	at San Diego State	San Diego Stadium San Diego, CA	L 10–30	26,043	^[2]
October 9	Marshall	Huskie Stadium DeKalb, IL	W 33–18
October 16	at West Texas State	Kimbrough Memorial Stadium Canyon, TX	W 22–19
October 23	Ball State	Huskie Stadium DeKalb, IL	T 10–10
October 30	at Kent State	Memorial Stadium Kent, OH	W 26–7	10,545	^[3]
November 6	No. 14 Toledo	Huskie Stadium DeKalb, IL	L 8–23
November 13	at Boston College	Alumni Stadium Chestnut Hill, MA	L 10–20	16,238
November 20	Xavier	Huskie Stadium DeKalb, IL	W 14–9
Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

^ "49ers Bow, 48-38; Diablos Also Lose". The Los Angeles Times. Los Angeles, California. September 19, 1971. p. D-11. Retrieved February 3, 2017 – via Newspapers.com.
^ "San Diego St. rips No. Illinois, 30-10". Independent Press-Telegram. Long Beach, California. October 3, 1971. p. S-2. Retrieved January 16, 2017 – via Newspapers.com.
^ "N. Illinois 26 Kent State 7". News Journal. Mansfield, Ohio. UPI. October 31, 1971. p. 5E – via Newspapers.com.
^ "1971 Northern Illinois Huskies Stats".

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1971 NCAA University Division independents football records
v t	Conf			Overall
Team	W	L	T	W		L		T
No. 5 Penn State		–		11	–	1	–	0
Boston College		–		9	–	2	–	0
No. 17 Houston		–		9	–	3	–	0
No. 13 Notre Dame		–		8	–	2	–	0
Utah State		–		8	–	3	–	0
Florida State		–		8	–	4	–	0
Cincinnati		–		7	–	4	–	0
West Virginia		–		7	–	4	–	0
Temple		–		6	–	2	–	1
Air Force		–		6	–	4	–	0
Army		–		6	–	4	–	0
Colgate		–		6	–	4	–	0
Villanova		–		6	–	4	–	1
South Carolina		–		6	–	5	–	0
Southern Miss		–		6	–	5	–	0
Georgia Tech		–		6	–	6	–	0
New Mexico State		–		5	–	5	–	1
Northern Illinois		–		5	–	5	–	1
Syracuse		–		5	–	5	–	1
Dayton		–		5	–	6	–	0
Holy Cross		–		4	��	6	–	0
Miami (FL)		–		4	–	7	–	0
Rutgers		–		4	–	7	–	0
Virginia Tech		–		4	–	7	–	0
Navy		–		3	–	8	–	0
Pittsburgh		–		3	–	8	–	0
Tulane		–		3	–	8	–	0
Marshall		–		2	–	8	–	0
Xavier		–		1	–	9	–	0

Rankings from AP Poll