Northern Illinois 2024 Football Schedule, Record, Results
Published 4:56 am Saturday, August 10, 2024
The Northern Illinois Huskies’ college football schedule for 2024 includes an attractive matchup against Notre Dame on September 7 — see below for more.
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2024 Northern Illinois Game and TV Schedule
Opponent | Date/Time | Score/Tickets | TV Channel |
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Western Illinois (FCS) | August 31 | 3:30 PM ET | Get tickets for this game at StubHub | ESPN+ (Watch this game on ESPN+) |
@ Notre Dame | September 7 | 3:30 PM ET | Get tickets for this game at StubHub | NBC |
Buffalo | September 21 | 1:00 PM ET | Get tickets for this game at StubHub | TBA |
@ North Carolina State | September 28 | 1:00 PM ET | Get tickets for this game at StubHub | TBA |
UMass | October 5 | 1:00 PM ET | Get tickets for this game at StubHub | TBA |
@ Bowling Green | October 12 | 1:00 PM ET | Get tickets for this game at StubHub | TBA |
Toledo | October 19 | 1:00 PM ET | Get tickets for this game at StubHub | TBA |
@ Ball State | October 26 | 1:00 PM ET | Get tickets for this game at StubHub | TBA |
@ Western Michigan | November 6 | 7:00 PM ET | Get tickets for this game at StubHub | ESPN Networks (Watch this game on Fubo (Regional restrictions may apply) |
Akron | November 13 | 7:00 PM ET | Get tickets for this game at StubHub | TBA |
@ Miami (OH) | November 19 | 1:00 PM ET | Get tickets for this game at StubHub | TBA |
Central Michigan | November 30 | 1:00 PM ET | Get tickets for this game at StubHub | TBA |
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Northern Illinois 2024 Strength of Schedule
- The Huskies will have the 85th-ranked schedule in college football, based on their opponents’ combined win total last season (67).
- Using its opponents’ projected win total this year, Northern Illinois will be facing the 53rd-ranked schedule in terms of difficulty.
- In terms of difficulty, using their MAC opponents’ combined win total last season, the Huskies will be facing the 91st-ranked conference schedule this year.
- In 2024, Northern Illinois’ schedule will include five games against teams which ended the season with winning records a year ago, including four games against teams that had nine or more wins and three games against squads with less than four wins in 2023.
- The Huskies have five games scheduled against teams that made a bowl game last year.
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Northern Illinois Stat Insights (2023)
- The Huskies ranked 77th in total offense last year (369.4 yards per game), but they really clicked on defense, ranking 23rd-best in FBS with 369.4 yards allowed per game.
- Despite having a bottom-25 scoring defense that ranked 107th-worst in FBS last season (21 points allowed per game), Northern Illinois played better on offense, ranking 81st in FBS by averaging 24.9 points per game.
- The Huskies ranked 105th in passing yards last season (189.8 per game), but they thrived on the defensive side of the ball, ranking fifth-best in FBS with 170.5 passing yards allowed per game.
- Northern Illinois ranked 37th in run offense (179.6 rushing yards per game) and 67th in run defense (151 rushing yards allowed per game) last year.
- With 16 forced turnovers (86th in FBS) against 18 turnovers committed (64th in FBS), Northern Illinois (-2) had the 81st-ranked turnover margin in college football last season.
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