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2001 Northern Illinois Huskies football
2001 Northern Illinois Huskies football
MAC West Division co-champion
Conference	Mid-American Conference
	West Division
Record	6–5 (4–3 MAC)
Head coach	Joe Novak (6th season);
MVP	Darrell Hill, Nick Duffy
Captain	Trent Clemen, Darrell Hill, Chris Finlen, Alan Rood, Larry Williams
Home stadium	Huskie Stadium
	Seasons ← 2000 2002 →

2001 Northern Illinois Huskies football team

American college football season

The 2001 Northern Illinois Huskies football team represented Northern Illinois University as a member of the West Division of the Mid-American Conference (MAC) during the 2001 NCAA Division I-A football season. Led by sixth-year head coach Joe Novak, the Huskies compiled an overall record of 6–5 with a mark of 4–3 in conference play, sharing the MAC's West Division title with Ball State and Toledo. Northern Illinois played home games at Huskie Stadium in DeKalb, Illinois.

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Date	Time	Opponent	Site	TV	Result	Attendance	Source
August 30	6:30 pm	South Florida*	Huskie Stadium DeKalb, IL		W 20–17	14,426
September 8	11:00 am	at Illinois*	Memorial Stadium Champaign, IL	ESPN Plus	L 12–17	45,674
September 22	6:30 pm	Sam Houston State*	Huskie Stadium DeKalb, IL		W 41–16	12,463
September 29	6:00 pm	at No. 25 Toledo	Glass Bowl Toledo OH		L 20–41	36,502
October 6	1:00 pm	Marshall	Huskie Stadium DeKalb, IL	ESPNGP	L 15–37	17,367
October 13	1:00 pm	at Kent State	Dix Stadium Kent, OH		L 34–44	2,973
October 20	1:00 pm	Western Michigan	Huskie Stadium DeKalb, IL		W 20–12	18,150
October 27	12:00 pm	at Central Michigan	Kelly/Shorts Stadium Mount Pleasant, MI	FSN	W 33–24	10,643	^[1]
November 3	2:00 pm	Eastern Michigan	Huskie Stadium DeKalb, IL	FSN	W 40–17	13,421
November 17	1:00 pm	Ball State	Huskie Stadium DeKalb, IL (rivalry)		W 33–29	11,795
November 24	12:00 pm	at Wake Forest*	Groves Stadium Winston-Salem, NC		L 35–38	14,100
*Non-conference game Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game All times are in Central time

2001 Northern Illinois Huskies football team

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Team	W		L	W		L	W		L
East Division
Marshall x	6	–	0	8	–	0	11	–	2
Miami (OH)	4	–	2	6	–	2	7	–	5
Bowling Green	4	–	2	5	–	3	8	–	3
Kent State	3	–	3	5	–	3	6	–	5
Akron	3	–	3	4	–	4	4	–	7
Buffalo	1	–	5	1	–	7	3	–	8
Ohio	0	–	6	1	–	7	1	–	10
West Division
No. 23 Toledo xy$	4	–	1	5	–	2	10	–	2
Northern Illinois x	4	–	1	4	–	3	6	–	5
Ball State x	4	–	1	4	–	3	5	–	6
Western Michigan	2	–	3	4	–	4	5	–	6
Central Michigan	1	–	4	2	–	6	3	–	8
Eastern Michigan	0	–	5	1	–	6	2	–	9
Championship: Toledo 41, Marshall 36
$ – Conference champion x – Division champion/co-champions Due to an unbalanced conference schedule, the team with best division record within each division was awarded that division's championship game berth. Rankings from AP Poll