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Northern Illinois Football Team History


Northern Illinois Huskies
Northern Illinois University
 DeKalb, IL
Founded: 1895
Stadium: Huskie Stadium
Capacity: 31,000
Colors: Red & Black
Coach: William W. Wirtz
Conference: Independent-

Team Home Summary  Coaches Games by Year Opponents Rankings Bowls Conference


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1899  <-- 1909 <- 1910 -> 1911 --> 2024
1910 Season Highlights
 William W. Wirtz enters his 1st season as Head Coach at Northern Illinois.
 
1910 Season
 Date   Opponent  Score   
 Sat., Sep. 24  vs. Oregon HS (IL)  17   0   W       
 Sat., Oct. 1  @ Sycamore HS (IL)  0   0   T       
 Sat., Oct. 8  vs. Elgin HS (IL)  3   0   W       
 Sat., Oct. 15  vs. Northern Illinois Alumni  24   0   W       
 Sat., Oct. 29  @ East Aurora HS (IL)  0   16   L       
 Sat., Nov. 5  vs. Sycamore HS (IL)  21   0   W       
 Sat., Nov. 12  @ Dixon (IL)  3   23   L       
 
1910 Season Totals
  Record4-2 -1
  Points Scored68
  Scoring Average9.7
  Points Allowed39
  Defense Average5.6
  Opponents Record0-0
  Conference Record0-0
  Home Record4-0
  Away Record0-2 -1
1910 NCAA Final Rankings
 Rank   Record   Source 
  was not ranked.
  
1910 Independent- Standings
  Season   Bowls   Conference 
 Team  W/L/T  PF  PA    W/L/T  PF  PA   Coach 
Connecticut 1-5-112117   M.F. Claffey
New Mexico 0-3090   Carl Hamilton
Kansas State 10-133628   Mike F. Ahearn
Pittsburgh 9-02820   Joseph H. Thompson
Navy 8-0-1990   Lt. Frank D. Berrien
Texas A&M 8-120324   Charles B. Moran
Akron 7-213683   Frank Haggerty
Arkansas 7-122119   Hugo F. Bezdek
Louisiana Tech 7-02656   Percy S. Prince
Southern California 7-0-118924   Dean B. Cromwell
Army 6-29612   Harry M. Nelly
Baylor 6-0-221717   Ralph Glaze
Central Michigan 6-1-110733   Harry W. Helmer
Cincinnati 6-312259   Robert Burch
Florida 6-118615   G.E. Pyle
Louisiana 6-2-1110123   C.J. McNaspy
Michigan State 6-11688   Chester L. Brewer
Texas 6-215732   William S. Wasmund
Washington 6-01508   Gilmour Gloomy Gil Dobie
Arizona 5-0878   George F. Shipp
Marshall 5-1-19114   Boyd B. Chambers
Penn State 5-2-124324   Jack Hollenback
Syracuse 5-4-15342   T.A. Dwight Tad Jones
Hawaii 4-27916   Austin Jones
Maryland 4-3-17342   Royal Alston
Northern Illinois 4-2-16839   William W. Wirtz
Notre Dame 4-1-119225   Frank C. Shorty Longman
Oklahoma 4-2-116331   Bennie Owen
Oregon 4-117211   William J. Bill Warner
South Carolina 4-467109   John H. Neff
Western Michigan 4-1-17520   William H. Bill Spaulding
Michigan 3-0-3299   Fielding H. Hurry Up Yost
New Mexico State 3-26123   Arthur H. Badenoch
Oklahoma State 3-412944   Paul J. Davis
Oregon State 3-2-12743   George H. Schildmiller
Rutgers 3-2-35933   Howard Gargan
Temple 3-364123   William J. Schatz
Texas Christian 2-6-145187   Kemp Lewis
Tulsa 2-1911   Unknown
Wake Forest 2-753154   Reddy Rowe
Washington State 2-32534   Oscar P. Osthoff
West Virginia 2-4-12095   Dr. Charles Augustus Lueder
Jacksonville State 1-3-26234   George Penton
Louisiana State 1-545119   John W. Mayhew
Troy 1-1-21116   Dan Herren
Boston College 0-4-21673   James Hart
Stanford 0-000   No Team

1910 All American Awards
 Player   Position   Class   Ht.   Wt.   Award   Team   Source 
 Coming Someday 

1910 All Independent Conference Players
 Player   Position   Class   Ht.   Wt.   Team   Source 
 Coming Someday 


Some records may be incomplete.


Great Moments in College Football History

The biggest crowd for a college football game was 114,000 for the 1926 Army-Navy Game. The game ended in a tie when it became too dark to play.