1998 Northern Illinois Huskies football team

1998 Mid-American Conference football standings
	East Division
	West Division
	Championship: Marshall 23, Toledo 17
	$ – Conference champion; x – Division champion/co-champions; y – Championship game participant;

1998 Northern Illinois Huskies football
1998 Northern Illinois Huskies football
Conference	Mid-American Conference
	West
1998 record	2–9 (2–6 MAC)
Head coach	Joe Novak (3rd season);
Home stadium	Huskie Stadium; (Capacity: 31,000)
	Seasons ← 1997 1999 →

The 1998 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 Joe Novak and they played their home games at Huskie Stadium.

Schedule[]

Date	Time	Opponent	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
September 3	7:30 pm	at Western Michigan	Waldo Stadium Kalamazoo, Michigan		L 23–37	35,107
September 12	11:30 am	at No. 5 Kansas State*	KSU Stadium Manhattan, Kansas	FSN	L 7–73	41,967
September 19	6:30 pm	Eastern Illinois*	Huskie Stadium DeKalb, Illinois		L 10–24	20,184
October 3	1:00 pm	at Ball State	Ball State Stadium Muncie, Indiana		L 13–18	16,829
October 10	5:00 pm	at Central Florida*	Citrus Bowl Orlando, Florida		L 17–38	30,415
October 17	11:00 am	Central Michigan	Huskie Stadium DeKalb, Illinois	FSN	W 16–6	15,012
October 24	5:00 pm	at Eastern Michigan	Rynearson Stadium Ypsilanti, Michigan		W 26–14	8,423
October 31	11:00 am	Toledo	Huskie Stadium DeKalb, Illinois	FSN	L 3–16	14,931
November 7	11:30 am	Miami (OH)	Huskie Stadium DeKalb, Illinois		L 10–41	15,867
November 14	12:00 pm	at Ohio	Peden Stadium Athens, Ohio		L 12–28	16,172
November 21	12:30 pm	Bowling Green	Huskie Stadium DeKalb, Illinois		L 23–34	11,380
*Non-conference game Rankings from Coaches' Poll released prior to the game All times are in Central time

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1998 Northern Illinois Huskies football
Conference	Mid-American Conference
Division	West
1998 record	2–9 (2–6 MAC)
Head coach	Joe Novak (3rd season)
Home stadium	Huskie Stadium (Capacity: 31,000)
Seasons ← 1997 1999 →

1998 Mid-American Conference football standings
v t	Conf				Overall
Team		W		L		W		L
East Division
Marshall xy$		7	–	1		12	–	1
Miami x		7	–	1		10	–	1
Bowling Green		5	–	3		5	–	6
Ohio		5	–	3		5	–	6
Akron		3	–	6		4	–	7
Kent State		0	–	8		0	–	11
West Division
Toledo x		6	–	2		7	–	5
Western Michigan		5	–	3		7	–	4
Central Michigan		5	–	3		6	–	5
Eastern Michigan		3	–	6		3	–	8
Northern Illinois		2	–	6		2	–	9
Ball State		1	–	7		1	–	10
Championship: Marshall 23, Toledo 17
$ – Conference champion x – Division champion/co-champions y – Championship game participant