1981 Northern Illinois Huskies football team

1981 Mid-American Conference football standings
	$ – Conference champion;

1981 Northern Illinois Huskies football
1981 Northern Illinois Huskies football
Conference	Mid-American Conference
1981 record	3–8 (2–7 MAC)
Head coach	Bill Mallory (2nd season);
Home stadium	Huskie Stadium; (Capacity: 20,257)
	Seasons ← 1980 1982 →

The 1981 Northern Illinois Huskies football team represented Northern Illinois University in the 1981 NCAA Division I-A football season. The Huskies competed in the highest division of football at the time, Division I-A. The Huskies played under the Mid-American Conference banner during this season. They were led by head coach Bill Mallory, and they played their home games at Huskie Stadium.

Schedule[]

Date	Opponent	Site	Result
September 12	Long Beach State*	Huskie Stadium DeKalb, IL	L 7–17
September 19	at Central Michigan	Perry Shorts Stadium Mount Pleasant, MI	L 10–17
September 26	Illinois State*	Huskie Stadium DeKalb, IL	W 40–7
October 3	at Ball State	Ball State Stadium Muncie, IN	L 0–23
October 10	Kent State	Huskie Stadium DeKalb, IL	L 10–31
October 17	Bowling Green	Huskie Stadium DeKalb, IL	L 10–17
October 24	at Eastern Michigan	Rynearson Stadium Ypsilanti, MI	W 30–7
October 31	Western Michigan	Huskie Stadium DeKalb, IL	L 12–23
November 7	Ohio	Huskie Stadium DeKalb, IL	W 38–14
November 14	at Miami (OH)	Miami Field Oxford, OH	L 3–30
November 21	Toledo	Huskie Stadium DeKalb, IL	L 0–31
*Non-conference game

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1981 Mid-American Conference football standings
v t	Conf					Overall
Team	W		L		T	W		L		T
Toledo $	8	–	1	–	0	9	–	3	–	0
Miami	6	–	1	–	1	8	–	2	–	1
Central Michigan	7	–	2	–	0	7	–	4	–	0
Bowling Green	5	–	3	–	1	5	–	5	–	1
Western Michigan	5	–	4	–	0	6	–	5	–	0
Ohio	5	–	4	–	0	5	–	6	–	0
Kent State	3	–	6	–	0	4	–	7	–	0
Ball State	2	–	6	–	0	4	–	7	–	0
Northern Illinois	2	–	7	–	0	3	–	8	–	0
Eastern Michigan	0	–	9	–	0	0	–	11	–	0

$ – Conference champion