1996 Northern Illinois Huskies football team

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.

1996 Northern Illinois Huskies football
ConferenceIndependent
Record1–10
Head coach
MVPMandel Hester, Mitch Jacoby, Charles Talley
CaptainMandel Hester, Mitch Jacoby
Home stadiumHuskie Stadium
Seasons
← 1995
1997 →
1996 NCAA Division I-A independents football records
ConfOverall
Team W L  W L 
No. 25 Army   102 
Navy   93 
No. 19 Notre Dame   83 
East Carolina   83 
Louisiana Tech   65 
UAB   56 
UCF   56 
Southwestern Louisiana   56 
Northeast Louisiana   56 
Arkansas State   47 
Northern Illinois   110 
Rankings from AP Poll

Schedule

DateTimeOpponentSiteTVResultAttendanceSource
August 316:00 pmat Maryland*L 6–3032,517[1]
September 76:30 pmWestern Illinois*L 0–1721,370[2]
September 1411:00 amat No. 6 Penn State*ESPN PlusL 0–4995,589
September 216:00 pmat Arkansas StateW 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[3]
November 97:00 pmat Southwestern LouisianaL 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
PlayersCoaches
Offense
Pos.#NameClass
WR5Cordell SmithSo
TB6Scott FlorenceSr
QB15Randall Foster  Fr
QB16Brandon BarkerJr
QB19Kenneth WilliamsJr
RB21Marceo HaywoodSo
TB22Mike Johnson  Fr
FB39Justin KnappJr
FB41Matt ChambersSo
C60Kevin JohnsonSo
OT62Jamie MacdonaldJr
G63Jeff WiniarskiFr
C64Bill WiseSo
G65Greg Merow  Fr
C68Nick LundinSo
C70Wayne ThomsonJr
OT71Chris ThorntonJr
G73Kent BoothJr
G74Shane WallerSo
G75Keith SchulteSo
OT77Mike BelmontezSo
OT78Dennis PuralewskiFr
TE80Bobby ReedSo
SE81Rhasaan Smith  Fr
TE82Mitch JacobySr
WR85Kurt JohansonFr
TE87Kevin HolmFr
WR88Leon MoodySr
TE89John GriffinFr
Defense
Pos.#NameClass
CB1Buster SampsonFr
SS2Brian OverallSo
SS9Rayshon JacksonSo
CB14Duane HawthorneSo
LB23Perry AmooSo
CB24D. J. Roark  Fr
CB27Damien MallorySr
FS28Kershawn McCullumJr
FS29Bill BruneFr
CB32William TriplettJr
SS33Mumin MuhammadFr
LB35Glen Bloodsaw  Fr
LB36Jason Douglas  Fr
LB37Orlando BowenSo
LB38Craig Dykstra  Fr
FS43Patrick StephenSo
SS44Salim PhillipsJr
LB45Garett SutherlandJr
LB47Cameron SaulsbyFr
LB51Steve SmithJr
LB52Terrell AlexanderJr
LB55Keith SimsSo
LB56Damon Foster  Fr
LB59Daren LloydSr
NG66Ebbie ParsonsFr
NG72Joe Rebholz  Fr
DT84Eric Dohrmann  Fr
DE86Bob LesherFr
NG90Bill SimpsonJr
DE91Justin HeitlSo
DE92Lewis MiskowiczFr
DT93Dan StankowskiSo
DE94Anthony BeauvaisFr
DE95Abie CamachoJr
NG96Andy DucarSo
DT97Steve RoadsJr
DE99Will FordJr
Special teams
Pos.#NameClass
P10Brian WisemanSo
PK17Brian ClarkSo
Head coach
Coordinators/assistant coaches

Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (S) Suspended
  • (I) Ineligible
  • Injured
  • Redshirt

Roster
Last update: January 28, 1997

References


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