2006 Northern Illinois Huskies football team

2006 Mid-American Conference football standings
	East Division
	West Division
	Championship: Central Michigan 31, Ohio 10
	$ – Conference champion; x – Division champion/co-champions;

2006 Northern Illinois Huskies football
2006 Northern Illinois Huskies football
Poinsettia Bowl, L 7–37 vs. TCU
Conference	Mid-American Conference
	West
2006 record	7–6 (5–3 MAC)
Head coach	Joe Novak;
Home stadium	Huskie Stadium (Capacity: 28,000)
	Seasons ← 2005 2007 →

The 2006 Northern Illinois Huskies football team represented Northern Illinois University during the 2006 NCAA Division I FBS football season. Northern Illinois competed as a member of the West Division of the Mid-American Conference (MAC). They were coached by Joe Novak.

Schedule[]

Date	Time	Opponent	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
September 2	2:30 pm	at No. 1 Ohio State*	Ohio Stadium Columbus, OH	ABC	L 12–35	103,896^[1]
September 9	2:05 pm	Ohio	Huskie Stadium DeKalb, IL	CSNC	L 23–35	19,341^[1]
September 16	6:35 pm	Buffalo	Huskie Stadium DeKalb, IL	CSNC	W 31–13	21,117^[1]
September 22	4:00 pm	Indiana State*	Huskie Stadium DeKalb, IL	CSNC	W 48–14	19,720^[1]
September 30	5:30 pm	at Ball State	Scheumann Stadium Muncie, IN	CSNC	W 40–28	10,128^[1]
October 8	7:00 pm	at Miami (OH)	Yager Stadium Oxford, OH	ESPN	W 28–25	12,197^[1]
October 14	1:00 pm	at Western Michigan	Waldo Stadium Kalamazoo, MI	ESPN+	L 14–16	19,275^[1]
October 21	2:05 pm	Temple*	Huskie Stadium DeKalb, IL	CSNC	W 43–21	27,039^[1]
October 28	6:00 pm	at Iowa*	Kinnick Stadium Iowa City, IA	ESPNU	L 14–24	70,585^[1]
November 7	6:30 pm	Toledo	Huskie Stadium DeKalb, IL	ESPN2	L 13–17	19,267^[1]
November 17	7:05 pm	Central Michigan	Huskie Stadium DeKalb, IL	ESPNU	W 31–10	18,139^[1]
November 24	11:00 am	at Eastern Michigan	Rynearson Stadium Ypsilanti, MI	CSNC	W 27–0	8,937^[1]
December 19	7:00 pm	vs. No. 25 TCU*	Qualcomm Stadium San Diego, CA (Poinsettia Bowl)	ESPN2	L 7–37	29,709^[1]
*Non-conference game Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game All times are in Central time

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l ^m "Team Game-by-Game Statistics". Northern Illinois University Department of Athletics. Retrieved September 30, 2012.

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2006 Mid-American Conference football standings
v t	Conf				Overall
Team		W		L		W		L
East Division
Ohio x		7	–	1		9	–	5
Kent State		5	–	3		6	–	6
Akron		3	–	5		5	–	7
Bowling Green		3	–	5		4	–	8
Miami		2	–	6		2	–	10
Buffalo		1	–	7		2	–	10
West Division
Central Michigan x$		7	–	1		10	–	4
Western Michigan		6	–	2		8	–	5
Northern Illinois		5	–	3		7	–	6
Ball State		5	–	3		5	–	7
Toledo		3	–	5		5	–	7
Eastern Michigan		1	–	7		1	–	11
Championship: Central Michigan 31, Ohio 10
$ – Conference champion x – Division champion/co-champions