2011 Northern Illinois Huskies football team

American college football season

The 2011 Northern Illinois Huskies football team represented Northern Illinois University as a member of the West Division of the Mid-American Conference (MAC) during the 2011 NCAA Division I FBS football season. Led by first-year head coach Dave Doeren, the Huskies compiled an overall record of 11–3 with a mark of 7–1 in conference play, sharing the MAC West Division title with Toledo. By virtue of their head-to-head win over Toledo, Northern Illinois advance to the MAC Championship Game, where the defeated Ohio to win the program's second MAC title.^[2] The Huskies were invited to the GoDaddy.com Bowl, where they beat Arkansas State. This was the fourth consecutive season in which Northern Illinois made a trip to a bowl game. The team played home games at Huskie Stadium in DeKalb, Illinois.

Schedule

Game summaries

Army

Kansas

Wisconsin

Cal Poly

Central Michigan

Kent State

Western Michigan

Buffalo

Toledo

Bowling Green

Ball State

Eastern Michigan

Ohio (2011 MAC Championship Game)

Arkansas State (2012 GoDaddy.com Bowl)

Statistics

Points by quarter

References

1. "2011 Northern Illinois Football Media Supplement" (PDF). Northern Illinois University. Archived from the original (PDF) on April 19, 2012. Retrieved August 18, 2012.
2. "Champs! Huskies win MAC football crown". NIU Today. Retrieved August 1, 2016.
3. "Army vs. Northern Illinois - Box Score - September 3, 2011 - ESPN".
4. "Northern Illinois vs. Kansas - Box Score - September 10, 2011 - ESPN".
5. "Wisconsin vs. Northern Illinois - Box Score - September 17, 2011 - ESPN".
6. "Cal Poly vs. Northern Illinois - Box Score - September 24, 2011 - ESPN".
7. "Northern Illinois vs. Central Michigan - Box Score - October 1, 2011 - ESPN".
8. "Kent State Golden Flashes vs. Northern Illinois Huskies Box Score". ESPN.com. October 8, 2011.
9. "Western Michigan vs. Northern Illinois - Box Score - October 15, 2011 - ESPN".
10. "Northern Illinois vs. Buffalo - Box Score - October 22, 2011 - ESPN".
11. "Northern Illinois vs. Toledo - Box Score - November 1, 2011 - ESPN".
12. "Northern Illinois vs. Bowling Green - Box Score - November 8, 2011 - ESPN".
13. "Ball State vs. Northern Illinois - Box Score - November 15, 2011 - ESPN".
14. "Eastern Michigan vs. Northern Illinois - Box Score - November 25, 2011 - ESPN".
15. "Ohio vs. Northern Illinois - Box Score - December 2, 2011 - ESPN".
16. "Arkansas State vs. Northern Illinois - Box Score - January 8, 2012 - ESPN".