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▼ Below its 5-year level -12▼ Down 3 this season
Career53since 1936
Peak712010
Last 553seasons
#134 nationally · 0-5 (0-1 conf)
Résumé #136
Schedule so far #45
Margin ±5 pts (tightens with games)
Northern Illinois Huskies
Mountain West · DeKalb, IL · Huskie Stadium · Head coach Rob Harley
Rival
Western Michigan · also Toledo
Established rivalry
23-27 all time (50 meetings since 1969)
Western Michigan leads
Last: lost 35-19 (2025)
Wants it back
program traits are earned from history
0national titles
0Heisman
0AP top-10
2All-Americans
24NFL picks
46.4%win pct
History since 1936 · football since 1969. Every season →
Chemistry
48
51Foundation
45Gel
gel counts 40% so far
▼ Below its norm -4Trending down
early · #109 of 138
HC year1
Ret. starters18%
QB yrs w/ OC1
| Season | Record | Conference | AP final | Season rank | Rating | Head coach |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026in progress | 0-5 | Mountain West | — | #134 | 41 | Rob Harley |
| 2025 | 3-9 | Mid-American | — | #128 | 44 | Thomas Hammock |
| 2024 | 8-5 | Mid-American | — | #68 | 63 | Thomas Hammock |
| 2023 | 7-6 | Mid-American | — | #103 | 55 | Thomas Hammock |
| 2022 | 3-9 | Mid-American | — | #124 | 46 | Thomas Hammock |
| 2021 | 9-5 | Mid-American | — | #90 | 57 | Thomas Hammock |
| 2020 | 0-6 | Mid-American | — | — | — | Thomas Hammock |
| 2019 | 5-7 | Mid-American | — | #115 | 52 | Thomas Hammock |
| 2018 | 8-6 | Mid-American | — | #88 | 60 | Rod Carey |
| 2017 | 8-5 | Mid-American | — | #66 | 64 | Rod Carey |
| 2016 | 5-7 | Mid-American | — | #78 | 61 | Rod Carey |
| 2015 | 8-6 | Mid-American | — | #70 | 64 | Rod Carey |
| 2014 | 11-3 | Mid-American | — | #83 | 60 | Rod Carey |
| 2013 | 12-2 | Mid-American | — | #50 | 69 | Rod Carey |
| 2012 | 12-2 | Mid-American | #22 | #49 | 70 | Dave Doeren; Rod Carey |
| 2011 | 11-3 | Mid-American | — | #50 | 67 | Dave Doeren |
| 2010 | 11-3 | Mid-American | — | #43 | 71 | Jerry Kill |
| 2009 | 7-6 | Mid-American | — | #80 | 59 | Jerry Kill |
| 2008 | 6-7 | Mid-American | — | #72 | 60 | Jerry Kill |
| 2007 | 2-10 | Mid-American | — | #114 | 38 | Joe Novak |
| 2006 | 7-6 | Mid-American | — | #71 | 61 | Joe Novak |
| 2005 | 7-5 | Mid-American | — | #36 | 71 | Joe Novak |
| 2004 | 9-3 | Mid-American | — | #65 | 64 | Joe Novak |
| 2003 | 10-2 | Mid-American | — | #54 | 66 | Joe Novak |
| 2002 | 8-4 | Mid-American | — | #59 | 65 | Joe Novak |
| 2001 | 6-5 | Mid-American | — | #79 | 59 | Joe Novak |
| 2000 | 6-5 | Mid-American | — | #59 | 65 | Joe Novak |
| 1999 | 5-6 | Mid-American | — | #93 | 54 | Joe Novak |
| 1998 | 2-9 | Mid-American | — | #104 | 49 | Joe Novak |
| 1997 | 0-11 | Mid-American | — | #108 | 36 | Joe Novak |
| 1996 | 1-10 | FBS Independents | — | #111 | 25 | Joe Novak |
| 1995 | 3-8 | Big West | — | #102 | 39 | Charlie Sadler |
| 1994 | 4-7 | Big West | — | #78 | 56 | Charlie Sadler |
| 1993 | 4-7 | Big West | — | #95 | 50 | Charlie Sadler |
| 1992 | 5-6 | FBS Independents | — | #77 | 57 | Charlie Sadler |
| 1991 | 2-9 | FBS Independents | — | #104 | 36 | Charlie Sadler |
| 1990 | 6-5 | FBS Independents | — | #59 | 63 | Jerry Pettibone |
| 1989 | 9-2 | FBS Independents | — | #62 | 61 | Jerry Pettibone |
| 1988 | 7-4 | FBS Independents | — | #91 | 51 | Jerry Pettibone |
| 1987 | 5-5-1 | FBS Independents | — | #80 | 55 | Jerry Pettibone |
| 1986 | 2-9 | FBS Independents | — | #99 | 41 | Jerry Pettibone |
| 1985 | 4-7 | Mid-American | — | #90 | 50 | Jerry Pettibone |
| 1984 | 4-6-1 | Mid-American | — | #95 | 42 | Lee Corso |
| 1983 | 10-2 | Mid-American | — | #49 | 64 | Bill Mallory |
| 1982 | 5-5 | Mid-American | — | #96 | 46 | Bill Mallory |
| 1981 | 3-8 | Mid-American | — | #111 | 46 | Bill Mallory |
| 1980 | 7-4 | Mid-American | — | #95 | 55 | Bill Mallory |
| 1979 | 5-5-1 | Mid-American | — | #100 | 53 | Pat Culpepper |
| 1978 | 5-6 | Mid-American | — | #113 | 43 | Pat Culpepper |
| 1977 | 3-8 | Mid-American | — | #114 | 39 | Pat Culpepper |
| 1976 | 1-10 | Mid-American | — | #117 | 16 | Pat Culpepper |
| 1975 | 3-8 | Mid-American | — | #100 | 52 | Jerry Ippoliti |
| 1974 | 4-7 | FBS Independents | — | #107 | 37 | Jerry Ippoliti |
| 1973 | 6-5 | FBS Independents | — | #97 | 50 | Jerry Ippoliti |
| 1972 | 7-4 | FBS Independents | — | #88 | 54 | Jerry Ippoliti |
| 1971 | 5-5-1 | FBS Independents | — | #87 | 54 | Jerry Ippoliti |
| 1970 | 3-7 | FBS Independents | — | #100 | 40 | Doc Urich |
| 1969 | 3-7 | FBS Independents | — | #97 | 50 | Doc Urich |
★ = a national title the school claims. Seasons before 1936 (the first AP poll) are the early era: shown in gray and rated on the same yardstick, but the all-time pool and program totals that matter most start in 1936.