1990 Northern Illinois Huskies football team

1990 Northern Illinois Huskies football

Conference	Independent
1990 record	6–5
Head coach	Jerry Pettibone (6th year)
Home stadium	Huskie Stadium (Capacity: 30,998)

1990 Division I-A independents football records
	Conf			Overall
Team	W	L	T	W		L		T
#14 Louisville		–		10	–	1	–	1
#3 Miami		–		10	–	2	–	0
#4 Florida State		–		10	–	2	–	0
#6 Notre Dame		–		9	–	3	–	0
#11 Penn State		–		9	–	3	–	0
Louisiana Tech		–		8	–	3	–	1
Southern Miss		–		8	–	4	–	0
Temple		–		7	–	4	–	0
Syracuse		–		7	–	4	–	2
Army		–		6	–	5	–	0
Northern Illinois		–		6	–	5	–	0
South Carolina		–		6	–	5	–	0
Virginia Tech		–		6	–	5	–	0
East Carolina		–		5	–	6	–	0
Southwestern Louisiana		–		5	–	6	–	0
Navy		–		5	–	6	–	0
Memphis		–		4	–	6	–	1
Boston College		–		4	–	7	–	0
Tulane		–		4	–	7	–	0
West Virginia		–		4	–	7	–	0
Akron		–		3	–	7	–	1
Arkansas State		–		3	–	7	–	1
Pittsburgh		–		3	–	7	–	1
Rutgers		–		3	–	8	–	0
Tulsa		–		3	–	8	–	0
Cincinnati		–		1	–	10	–	0

Rankings from AP Poll

The 1990 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 sixth year head coach Jerry Pettibone and they played their home games at Huskie Stadium.

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent^#	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
September 1	6:30 PM	Eastern Illinois*	Huskie Stadium • DeKalb, IL		W 28–17	12,380
September 8	1:30 PM	at No. 10 Nebraska*	Memorial Stadium • Lincoln, NE		L 14–60	76,043
September 15	6:30 PM	at Toledo*	Glass Bowl • Toledo, OH		L 14–23	21,154
September 22	6:30 PM	Kansas State*	Huskie Stadium • DeKalb, IL		W 42–35	14,102
September 29	11:30 AM	at Northwestern*	Dyche Stadium • Evanston, IL	ESPN	L 7–24	26,798
October 6	1:00 PM	No. 24 Fresno State*	Huskie Stadium • DeKalb, IL		W 73–18	18,067
October 13	1:00 PM	Arkansas State	Huskie Stadium • DeKalb, IL		W 35–0	6,631
October 20	1:00 PM	Murray State*	Huskie Stadium • DeKalb, IL		W 49–7	15,987
November 3	12:00 PM	at Akron	Rubber Bowl • Akron, OH		W 31–28	7,032
November 10	12:30 PM	at East Carolina	Ficklen Memorial Stadium • Greenville, NC		L 20–24	20,100
November 17	7:00 PM	at Southwestern Louisiana	Cajun Field • Lafayette, LA		L 20–24	16,325
*Non-conference game. Homecoming. ^#Rankings from AP Poll released prior to game. All times are in Central Time.

Northern Illinois Huskies football

Venues	Glidden Field (1903–1965) Huskie Stadium (1965–present)

Bowls & rivalries	Bowl games Ball State (Bronze Stalk Trophy)

Culture & lore	"Huskie Fight Song" Huskie Band

People	Head coaches NFL draftees Statistical leaders

Seasons	1899 1900 1901 1902 1903 1904 1905 1906 1907 1908 1909 1910 1911 1912 1913 1914 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919 1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016

National championship seasons in bold

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