1990 Northern Illinois Huskies football team

1990 Northern Illinois Huskies football
Conference	Independent
1990 record	6–5
Head coach	Jerry Pettibone (6th season)
Home stadium	Huskie Stadium (Capacity: 30,998)
Seasons

1990 Division I-A independents football records
	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
No. 14 Louisville			–					10	–	1	–	1
No. 3 Miami			–					10	–	2	–	0
No. 4 Florida State			–					10	–	2	–	0
No. 6 Notre Dame			–					9	–	3	–	0
No. 11 Penn State			–					9	–	3	–	0
Louisiana Tech			–					8	–	3	–	1
Southern Miss			–					8	–	4	–	0
Temple			–					7	–	4	–	0
Syracuse			–					7	–	4	–	2
Army			–					6	–	5	–	0
Northern Illinois			–					6	–	5	–	0
South Carolina			–					6	–	5	–	0
Virginia Tech			–					6	–	5	–	0
East Carolina			–					5	–	6	–	0
Southwestern Louisiana			–					5	–	6	–	0
Navy			–					5	–	6	–	0
Memphis			–					4	–	6	–	1
Boston College			–					4	–	7	–	0
Tulane			–					4	–	7	–	0
West Virginia			–					4	–	7	–	0
Akron			–					3	–	7	–	1
Arkansas State			–					3	–	7	–	1
Pittsburgh			–					3	–	7	–	1
Rutgers			–					3	–	8	–	0
Tulsa			–					3	–	8	–	0
Cincinnati			–					1	–	10	–	0
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1990 Northern Illinois Huskies football team represented Northern Illinois University. The Huskies competed in the highest division of football, Division I-A. They were led by sixth year head coach Jerry Pettibone and they played their home games at Huskie Stadium.

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
September 1	6:30 PM	Eastern Illinois*	Huskie Stadium DeKalb, Illinois		W 28–17	12,380
September 8	1:30 PM	at No. 10 Nebraska*	Memorial Stadium Lincoln, Nebraska		L 14–60	76,043
September 15	6:30 PM	at Toledo*	Glass Bowl Toledo, Ohio		L 14–23	21,154
September 22	6:30 PM	Kansas State*	Huskie Stadium DeKalb, Illinois		W 42–35	14,102
September 29	11:30 AM	at Northwestern*	Dyche Stadium Evanston, Illinois	ESPN	L 7–24	26,798
October 6	1:00 PM	No. 24 Fresno State*	Huskie Stadium DeKalb, Illinois		W 73–18	18,067
October 13	1:00 PM	Arkansas State	Huskie Stadium DeKalb, Illinois		W 35–0	6,631
October 20	1:00 PM	Murray State*	Huskie Stadium DeKalb, Illinois		W 49–7	15,987
November 3	12:00 PM	at Akron	Rubber Bowl Akron, Ohio		W 31–28	7,032
November 10	12:30 PM	at East Carolina	Ficklen Memorial Stadium Greenville, North Carolina		L 20–24	20,100
November 17	7:00 PM	at Southwestern Louisiana	Cajun Field Lafayette, Louisiana		L 20–24	16,325
*Non-conference game Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game All times are in Central time