The 1983 Northern Illinois Huskies football team represented Northern Illinois University as a member of the Mid-American Conference (MAC) during 1983 NCAA Division I-A football season. Led by Bill Mallory in his fourth and final season as head coach, the Huskies compiled an overall record of 10–2 with a mark of 8–1 in conference play, winning he MAC title. Northern Illinois was invited to the California Bowl, where they beat played Cal State Fullerton. The team played home games at Huskie Stadium in DeKalb, Illinois.
| 1983 Northern Illinois Huskies football | |
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MAC champion California Bowl champion | |
California Bowl, W 20–13 vs. Cal State Fullerton | |
| Conference | Mid-American Conference |
| Record | 10–2 (8–1 MAC) |
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| Defensive coordinator | Joe Novak (4th season) |
| MVP | Tim Tyrrell |
| Captain | Scott Bolzan, Steve Hirsch, Jim Mukite |
| Home stadium | Huskie Stadium |
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| Team | W | L | T | W | L | T | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Northern Illinois $ | 8 | – | 1 | – | 0 | 10 | – | 2 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Toledo | 7 | – | 2 | – | 0 | 9 | – | 2 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bowling Green | 7 | – | 2 | – | 0 | 8 | – | 3 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Central Michigan | 7 | – | 2 | – | 0 | 8 | – | 3 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Ball State | 4 | – | 4 | – | 0 | 6 | – | 5 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Western Michigan | 4 | – | 5 | – | 0 | 6 | – | 5 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Miami (OH) | 3 | – | 5 | – | 0 | 4 | – | 7 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Ohio | 3 | – | 6 | – | 0 | 4 | – | 7 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Kent State | 1 | – | 8 | – | 0 | 1 | – | 10 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Eastern Michigan | 0 | – | 9 | – | 0 | 1 | – | 10 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The Huskies won their conference championship since 1965, since the 1965 team won the Interstate Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (IIAC) title during the final years of the conference's existence. The Huskies' trip to the California Bowl was also their first bowl game since 1965 and first bowl win since the 1963 team won the Mineral Water Bowl and was ranked atop the AP small college football rankings.
Schedule
edit| Date | Opponent | Site | Result | Attendance | Source |
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| September 3 | at Kansas* | W 37–34 | 26,000 | ||
| September 10 | at Wisconsin* | L 9–37 | 56,941 | ||
| September 24 | at Kent State | W 38–7 | |||
| October 1 | at Ball State | W 27–14 | |||
| October 8 | Western Michigan | W 27–3 | 26,250 | ||
| October 15 | at Eastern Michigan | W 34–15 | |||
| October 22 | Bowling Green |
| W 24–23 | ||
| October 29 | at Miami (OH) | W 17–0 | 27,866 | ||
| November 5 | at Central Michigan | L 14–30 | |||
| November 12 | Toledo |
| W 26–10 | 27,700 | |
| November 19 | Ohio |
| W 41–17 | ||
| December 17 | vs. Cal State Fullerton* | W 20–13 | 20,464 | [1] | |
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References
edit- ^ John Weyler (December 18, 1983). "Northern Illinois Gambles and Beats Fullerton, 20-13". The Los Angeles Times. p. III-6. Retrieved February 11, 2017 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "1983 Northern Illinois Huskies Schedule and Results".
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