2000 Northern Illinois Huskies football team

2000 Northern Illinois Huskies football
Conference	Mid-American Conference
Division	West
2000 record	6–5 (4–3 MAC)
Head coach	Joe Novak (5th season)
Home stadium	Huskie Stadium (Capacity: 31,000)
Seasons

2000 Mid-American Conference football standings
	Div							Conf							Overall
Team		W		L					W		L					W		L
East
Marshall xy†		5	–	1					5	–	3					8	–	5
Akron x		5	–	1					5	–	3					6	–	5
Ohio		4	–	2					5	–	3					7	–	4
Miami		4	–	2					5	–	3					6	–	5
Bowling Green		1	–	5					2	–	6					2	–	9
Buffalo		2	–	4					2	–	6					2	–	9
Kent State		0	–	6					1	–	7					1	–	10
West
Western Michigan xy		4	–	1					7	–	1					9	–	3
Toledo x		4	–	1					6	–	1					10	–	1
Northern Illinois		2	–	3					4	–	3					6	–	5
Ball State		2	–	3					4	–	3					5	–	6
Eastern Michigan		2	–	3					2	–	5					3	–	8
Central Michigan		1	–	4					2	–	6					2	–	9
Championship: Marshall 19, Western Michigan 14
† – Conference champion x – Division champion/co-champions y – Championship game participant Due to an unbalanced conference schedule, the team with best division record within each division was awarded that division's championship game berth. Rankings from AP Poll

The 2000 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 fifth year head coach Joe Novak and they played their home games at Huskie Stadium.

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
August 31	7:00 PM	at Northwestern*	Ryan Field Evanston, IL		L 17–35	23,352
September 9	6:30 PM	Illinois State*	Huskie Stadium DeKalb, IL		W 52–0	24,682
September 23	4:00 PM	at No. 20 Auburn*	Jordan–Hare Stadium Auburn, AL	PPV	L 14–31	79,635
September 30	12:00 PM	at Ball State	Scheumann Stadium Muncie, IN		W 43–14	13,859
October 7	1:00 PM	Central Florida*	Huskie Stadium DeKalb, IL		W 40–20	18,148
October 14	6:00 PM	at Akron	Rubber Bowl Akron, OH		W 52–35	9,487
October 21	12:00 PM	at Western Michigan	Waldo Stadium Kalamazoo, MI	FSN	L 22–52	27,523
October 28	12:00 PM	Buffalo	Huskie Stadium DeKalb, IL	ESPN+	W 73–10	16,586
November 4	1:00 PM	Toledo	Huskie Stadium DeKalb, IL		L 24–38	13,354
November 11	12:00 PM	at Eastern Michigan	Rynearson Stadium Ypsilanti, MI		L 32–39	4,592
November 18	1:00 PM	Central Michigan	Huskie Stadium DeKalb, IL		W 40–6	6,016
*Non-conference game Homecoming Rankings from Coaches' Poll released prior to the game All times are in Central time