1987 Northern Illinois Huskies football team

1987 NCAA Division I-A independents football records
	Rankings from AP Poll

1987 Northern Illinois Huskies football
1987 Northern Illinois Huskies football
Conference	Independent
1987 record	5–5–1
Head coach	Jerry Pettibone (3rd season);
Home stadium	Huskie Stadium; (Capacity: 30,998)
	Seasons ← 1986 1988 →

The 1987 Northern Illinois Huskies football team represented Northern Illinois University. The Huskies competed in the highest division of football, Division I-A. They were led by third year head coach Jerry Pettibone and they played their home games at Huskie Stadium.

Schedule[]

Date	Time	Opponent	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
September 12	6:30 pm	Lamar*	Huskie Stadium DeKalb, Illinois		L 35–39	22,184
September 19	12:00 pm	at Western Michigan*	Waldo Stadium Kalamazoo, Michigan		W 34–14	12,005
September 26	1:00 pm	at Northwestern*	Dyche Stadium Evanston, Illinois		T 16–16	27,336
October 3	3:00 pm	at Eastern Michigan*	Rynearson Stadium Ypsilanti, Michigan		L 31–32	13,306
October 10	1:00 pm	Toledo*	Huskie Stadium DeKalb, Illinois		W 41–5	20,939
October 17	1:00 pm	SW Missouri State*	Huskie Stadium DeKalb, Illinois		W 27–21	9,017
October 24	1:00 pm	Cal State Fullerton*	Huskie Stadium DeKalb, Illinois		L 20–21	7,325
October 31	1:00 pm	at Ball State*	Ball State Stadium Muncie, Indiana		L 17–42	4,675
November 7	1:00 pm	Western Illinois*	Huskie Stadium DeKalb, Illinois		W 29–14	21,863
November 14	1:00 pm	Akron	Huskie Stadium DeKalb, Illinois		L 21–27	5,405
November 28	10:00 pm	at UNLV*	Sam Boyd Silver Bowl Whitney, Nevada	ESPN	W 34–31	14,650
*Non-conference game Homecoming All times are in Central time

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1987 NCAA Division I-A independents football records
v t	Conf					Overall
Team	W		L		T	W		L		T
No. 1 Miami (FL)		–		–		12	–	0	–	0
No. 4 Syracuse		–		–		11	–	0	–	1
No. 2 Florida State		–		–		11	–	1	–	0
No. 15 South Carolina		–		–		8	–	4	–	0
Pittsburgh		–		–		8	–	4	–	0
Penn State		–		–		8	–	4	–	0
No. 17 Notre Dame		–		–		8	–	4	–	0
Southern Miss		–		–		6	–	5	–	0
Rutgers		–		–		6	–	5	–	0
Southwestern Louisiana		–		–		6	–	5	–	0
Memphis State		–		–		5	–	5	–	1
Northern Illinois		–		–		5	–	5	–	1
West Virginia		–		–		6	–	6	–	0
Tulane		–		–		6	–	6	–	0
Army		–		–		5	–	6	–	0
Boston College		–		–		5	–	6	–	0
East Carolina		–		–		5	–	6	–	0
Akron		–		–		4	–	7	–	0
Cincinnati		–		–		4	–	7	–	0
Louisville		–		–		3	–	7	–	1
Temple		–		–		3	–	8	–	0
Tulsa		–		–		3	–	8	–	0
Virginia Tech		–		–		2	–	9	–	0
Navy		–		–		2	–	9	–	0

Rankings from AP Poll