1996 Northern Illinois Huskies football
ConferenceIndependent
Record1–10
Head coach
MVPMandel Hester, Mitch Jacoby, Charles Talley
CaptainMandel Hester, Mitch Jacoby
Home stadiumHuskie Stadium
1996 NCAA Division I-A independents football records
ConfOverall
Team W L  W L 
No. 25 Army   –   10 –2  
Navy   –   9 –3  
No. 19 Notre Dame   –   8 –3  
East Carolina   –   8 –3  
Louisiana Tech   –   6 –5  
UAB   –   5 –6  
UCF   –   5 –6  
Southwestern Louisiana   –   5 –6  
Northeast Louisiana   –   5 –6  
Arkansas State   –   4 –7  
Northern Illinois   –   1 –10  
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1996 Northern Illinois Huskies football team represented Northern Illinois University as an independent during the 1996 NCAA Division I-A football season. Led by first-year head coach Joe Novak, the Huskies compiled a record of 1–10. Northern Illinois played home games at Huskie Stadium in DeKalb, Illinois.

Schedule

DateTimeOpponentSiteTVResultAttendanceSource
August 316:00 pmat Maryland*
L 6–3032,517
September 76:30 pmWestern Illinois*
L 0–1721,370[1]
September 1411:00 amat No. 6 Penn State*
ESPN PlusL 0–4995,589
September 216:00 pmat Arkansas State
W 31–3012,217
September 283:00 pmUTEP*
  • Huskie Stadium
  • DeKalb, IL
L 6–3710,229
October 53:00 pmNorth Texas*
  • Huskie Stadium
  • DeKalb, IL
SCCL 21–2416,549
October 192:00 pmat Louisville*
SCCL 3–2736,467
October 263:00 pmAkron*
  • Huskie Stadium
  • DeKalb, IL
SCCL 17–3410,465
November 21:00 pmLouisiana Tech
  • Huskie Stadium
  • DeKalb, IL
L 14–406,208[2]
November 97:00 pmat Southwestern Louisiana
L 31–4515,721
November 163:00 pmat Oregon State*
L 28–6717,215
  • *Non-conference game
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game
  • All times are in Central time

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Roster

1996 Northern Illinois Huskies football team roster
Players Coaches
Offense
Pos.#NameClass
WR 5 Cordell Smith So
TB 6 Scott Florence Sr
QB 15 Randall Foster  Fr
QB 16 Brandon Barker Jr
QB 19 Kenneth Williams Jr
RB 21 Marceo Haywood So
TB 22 Mike Johnson  Fr
FB 39 Justin Knapp Jr
FB 41 Matt Chambers So
C 60 Kevin Johnson So
OT 62 Jamie Macdonald Jr
G 63 Jeff Winiarski Fr
C 64 Bill Wise So
G 65 Greg Merow  Fr
C 68 Nick Lundin So
C 70 Wayne Thomson Jr
OT 71 Chris Thornton Jr
G 73 Kent Booth Jr
G 74 Shane Waller So
G 75 Keith Schulte So
OT 77 Mike Belmontez So
OT 78 Dennis Puralewski Fr
TE 80 Bobby Reed So
SE 81 Rhasaan Smith  Fr
TE 82 Mitch Jacoby Sr
WR 85 Kurt Johanson Fr
TE 87 Kevin Holm Fr
WR 88 Leon Moody Sr
TE 89 John Griffin Fr
 Defense
Pos.#NameClass
CB 1 Buster Sampson Fr
SS 2 Brian Overall So
SS 9 Rayshon Jackson So
CB 14 Duane Hawthorne So
LB 23 Perry Amoo So
CB 24 D. J. Roark  Fr
CB 27 Damien Mallory Sr
FS 28 Kershawn McCullum Jr
FS 29 Bill Brune Fr
CB 32 William Triplett Jr
SS 33 Mumin Muhammad Fr
LB 35 Glen Bloodsaw  Fr
LB 36 Jason Douglas  Fr
LB 37 Orlando Bowen So
LB 38 Craig Dykstra  Fr
FS 43 Patrick Stephen So
SS 44 Salim Phillips Jr
LB 45 Garett Sutherland Jr
LB 47 Cameron Saulsby Fr
LB 51 Steve Smith Jr
LB 52 Terrell Alexander Jr
LB 55 Keith Sims So
LB 56 Damon Foster  Fr
LB 59 Daren Lloyd Sr
NG 66 Ebbie Parsons Fr
NG 72 Joe Rebholz  Fr
DT 84 Eric Dohrmann  Fr
DE 86 Bob Lesher Fr
NG 90 Bill Simpson Jr
DE 91 Justin Heitl So
DE 92 Lewis Miskowicz Fr
DT 93 Dan Stankowski So
DE 94 Anthony Beauvais Fr
DE 95 Abie Camacho Jr
NG 96 Andy Ducar So
DT 97 Steve Roads Jr
DE 99 Will Ford Jr
 Special teams
Pos.#NameClass
P 10 Brian Wiseman So
PK 17 Brian Clark So
Head coach
Coordinators/assistant coaches
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (S) Suspended
  • (I) Ineligible
  • Injured Injured
  • Redshirt Redshirt

Roster
Last update: January 28, 1997

References

  1. ↑ Nickel, Lori (September 8, 1996). "Murphy's law haunts Northern loss". Chicago Tribune. p. 3:10. Retrieved November 7, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
  2. ↑ "Huskies' home skid reaches record 7". Northwest Herald. November 3, 1996. Retrieved July 15, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
  3. ↑ "1996 Northern Illinois Huskies Schedule and Results". College Football at Sports-Reference.com. Retrieved May 26, 2021.


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