Northern Illinois 2024 Football Schedule, Record, Results

Published 3:41 am Saturday, August 10, 2024

The Northern Illinois Huskies’ college football schedule for 2024 includes an attractive matchup against Notre Dame on September 7 — keep scrolling for more.

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2024 Northern Illinois Game and TV Schedule

Opponent	Date/Time	Score/Tickets	TV Channel
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

In terms of toughness, based on their opponents’ combined win total last season, the Huskies will be playing the 85th-ranked schedule this year.
In terms of difficulty — and based on its opponents’ projected win total this season — Northern Illinois will be playing the 53rd-ranked schedule this year.
The Huskies will face the 91st-ranked conference schedule in college football, based on their MAC opponents’ combined win total last year (46).
Northern Illinois has five games scheduled against teams that finished with winning records in 2023, including four teams that had nine or more wins and three with less than four wins last year.
The Huskies will see five teams on their schedule this year that made a bowl game in 2023.

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Northern Illinois Stat Insights (2023)

Defensively, the Huskies were a top-25 unit last season, ranking 23rd-best by giving up just 321.5 yards per game. They ranked 77th on offense (369.4 yards per game).
Northern Illinois owned the 81st-ranked scoring offense last season (24.9 points per game), and it was less effective defensively, ranking 107th-worst with 21 points allowed per game.
The Huskies owned the 105th-ranked offense last season in terms of passing yards (189.8 passing yards per game), and they were better defensively, ranking fifth-best with just 170.5 passing yards allowed per game.
Northern Illinois put up 179.6 rushing yards per game on offense last season (37th in FBS), and it gave up 151 rushing yards per game (67th) on the other side of the ball.
Northern Illinois forced 16 total turnovers (86th in FBS) last season and turned it over 18 times (64th in FBS) for a turnover margin of -2, 81st-ranked in college football.

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