1996 Northern Illinois Huskies football team

1996 Northern Illinois Huskies football
Conference	Independent
1996 record	1–10
Head coach	Joe Novak (1st season)
Home stadium	Huskie Stadium (Capacity: 31,000)
Seasons

1996 Division I-A independents football records
	Conf							Overall
Team		W		L					W		L
No. 25 Army			–						10	–	2
Navy			–						9	–	3
No. 19 Notre Dame			–						8	–	3
East Carolina			–						8	–	3
Louisiana Tech			–						6	–	5
UAB			–						5	–	6
UCF			–						5	–	6
Southwestern Louisiana			–						5	–	6
Northeast Louisiana			–						5	–	6
Arkansas State			–						4	–	7
Northern Illinois			–						1	–	10
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1996 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 first year head coach Joe Novak and they played their home games at Huskie Stadium.

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
August 31	6:00 PM	at Maryland*	Byrd Stadium College Park, Maryland		L 6–30	32,517
September 7	6:30 PM	Western Illinois*	Huskie Stadium DeKalb, Illinois		L 0–17	21,370
September 14	11:00 AM	at No. 6 Penn State*	Beaver Stadium University Park, Pennsylvania	ESPN+	L 0–49	95,589
September 21	6:00 PM	at Arkansas State	ASU Stadium Jonesboro, Arkansas		W 31–30	12,217
September 28	3:00 PM	UTEP*	Huskie Stadium DeKalb, Illinois		L 6–37	10,229
October 5	3:00 PM	North Texas*	Huskie Stadium DeKalb, Illinois	SCC	L 21–24	16,549
October 19	2:00 PM	at Louisville*	Cardinal Stadium Louisville, Kentucky	SCC	L 3–27	36,467
October 26	3:00 PM	Akron*	Huskie Stadium DeKalb, Illinois	SCC	L 17–34	10,465
November 2	1:00 PM	Louisiana Tech	Huskie Stadium DeKalb, Illinois		L 14–40	6,208
November 9	7:00 PM	at Southwestern Louisiana	Cajun Field Lafayette, Louisiana		L 31–45	15,721
November 16	3:00 PM	at Oregon State*	Parker Stadium Corvallis, Oregon		L 28–67	17,215
*Non-conference game Rankings from Coaches' Poll released prior to the game All times are in Central time

Roster

1996 Northern Illinois Huskies football team roster
Players			Coaches
Offense Pos. # Name Class WR 5 Smith, CordellCordell Smith 3.0 !So TB 6 Florence, ScottScott Florence 7.0 !Sr QB 15 Foster, RandallRandall Foster File:Redshirt.svg 1.5 !Fr QB 16 Barker, BrandonBrandon Barker 5.0 !Jr QB 19 Williams, KennethKenneth Williams 5.0 !Jr RB 21 Haywood, MarceoMarceo Haywood 3.0 !So TB 22 Johnson, MikeMike Johnson File:Redshirt.svg 1.5 !Fr FB 39 Knapp, JustinJustin Knapp 5.0 !Jr FB 41 Chambers, MattMatt Chambers 3.0 !So C 60 Johnson, KevinKevin Johnson 3.0 !So T 62 Macdonald, JamieJamie Macdonald 5.0 !Jr G 63 Winiarski, JeffJeff Winiarski 1.0 !Fr C 64 Wise, BillBill Wise 3.0 !So G 65 Merow, GregGreg Merow File:Redshirt.svg 1.5 !Fr C 68 Lundin, NickNick Lundin 3.0 !So C 70 Thomson, WayneWayne Thomson 5.0 !Jr T 71 Thornton, ChrisChris Thornton 5.0 !Jr G 73 Booth, KentKent Booth 5.0 !Jr G 74 Waller, ShaneShane Waller 3.0 !So G 75 Schulte, KeithKeith Schulte 3.0 !So T 77 Belmontez, MikeMike Belmontez 3.0 !So T 78 Puralewski, DennisDennis Puralewski 1.0 !Fr TE 80 Reed, BobbyBobby Reed 3.0 !So SE 81 Smith, RhasaanRhasaan Smith File:Redshirt.svg 1.5 !Fr TE 82 Jacoby, MitchMitch Jacoby 7.0 !Sr WR 85 Johanson, KurtKurt Johanson 1.0 !Fr TE 87 Holm, KevinKevin Holm 1.0 !Fr WR 88 Moody, LeonLeon Moody 7.0 !Sr TE 89 Griffin, JohnJohn Griffin 1.0 !Fr	Defense Pos. # Name Class CB 1 Sampson, BusterBuster Sampson 1.0 !Fr SS 2 Overall, BrianBrian Overall 3.0 !So SS 9 Jackson, RayshonRayshon Jackson 3.0 !So CB 14 Hawthorne, DuaneDuane Hawthorne 3.0 !So LB 23 Amoo, PerryPerry Amoo 3.0 !So CB 24 Roark, D. J.D. J. Roark File:Redshirt.svg 1.5 !Fr CB 27 Mallory, DamienDamien Mallory 7.0 !Sr FS 28 McCullum, KershawnKershawn McCullum 5.0 !Jr FS 29 Brune, BillBill Brune 1.0 !Fr CB 32 Triplett, WilliamWilliam Triplett 5.0 !Jr SS 33 Muhammad, MuminMumin Muhammad 1.0 !Fr LB 35 Bloodsaw, GlenGlen Bloodsaw File:Redshirt.svg 1.5 !Fr LB 36 Douglas, JasonJason Douglas File:Redshirt.svg 1.5 !Fr LB 37 Bowen, OrlandoOrlando Bowen 3.0 !So LB 38 Dykstra, CraigCraig Dykstra File:Redshirt.svg 1.5 !Fr FS 43 Stephen, PatrickPatrick Stephen 3.0 !So SS 44 Phillips, SalimSalim Phillips 5.0 !Jr LB 45 Sutherland, GarettGarett Sutherland 5.0 !Jr LB 47 Saulsby, CameronCameron Saulsby 1.0 !Fr LB 51 Smith, SteveSteve Smith 5.0 !Jr LB 52 Alexander, TerrellTerrell Alexander 5.0 !Jr LB 55 Sims, KeithKeith Sims 3.0 !So LB 56 Foster, DamonDamon Foster File:Redshirt.svg 1.5 !Fr LB 59 Lloyd, DarenDaren Lloyd 7.0 !Sr NG 66 Parsons, EbbieEbbie Parsons 1.0 !Fr NG 72 Rebholz, JoeJoe Rebholz File:Redshirt.svg 1.5 !Fr DT 84 Dohrmann, EricEric Dohrmann File:Redshirt.svg 1.5 !Fr DE 86 Lesher, BobBob Lesher 1.0 !Fr NG 90 Simpson, BillBill Simpson 5.0 !Jr DE 91 Heitl, JustinJustin Heitl 3.0 !So DE 92 Miskowicz, LewisLewis Miskowicz 1.0 !Fr DT 93 Stankowski, DanDan Stankowski 3.0 !So DE 94 Beauvais, AnthonyAnthony Beauvais 1.0 !Fr DE 95 Camacho, AbieAbie Camacho 5.0 !Jr NG 96 Ducar, AndyAndy Ducar 3.0 !So DT 97 Roads, SteveSteve Roads 5.0 !Jr DE 99 Ford, WillWill Ford 5.0 !Jr	Special teams Pos. # Name Class P 10 Wiseman, BrianBrian Wiseman 3.0 !So PK 17 Clark, BrianBrian Clark 3.0 !So	Head coach Joe Novak Coordinators/assistant coaches Legend (C) Team captain (S) Suspended (I) Ineligible Injured Redshirt Roster Last update: 1997-01-28