1996 Northern Illinois Huskies football team

The 1996 Northern Illinois Huskies football team represented Northern Illinois University as an independent during the 1996 NCAA Division I-A football season. Led by first-year head coach Joe Novak, the Huskies compiled a record of 1–10. Northern Illinois played home games at Huskie Stadium in DeKalb, Illinois.

1996 Northern Illinois Huskies football
Conference	Independent
Record	1–10
Head coach	Joe Novak (1st season)
MVPs	Mandel Hester Mitch Jacoby Charles Talley
Captains	Mandel Hester Mitch Jacoby
Home stadium	Huskie Stadium
Seasons ← 1995 1997 →

1996 NCAA Division I-A independents football records

v t e	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

Schedule

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

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Roster

1996 Northern Illinois Huskies football team roster
Players			Coaches
Offense Pos. # Name Class WR 5 Cordell Smith So TB 6 Scott Florence Sr QB 15 Randall Foster  Fr QB 16 Brandon Barker Jr QB 19 Kenneth Williams Jr RB 21 Marceo Haywood So TB 22 Mike Johnson  Fr FB 39 Justin Knapp Jr FB 41 Matt Chambers So C 60 Kevin Johnson So OT 62 Jamie Macdonald Jr G 63 Jeff Winiarski Fr C 64 Bill Wise So G 65 Greg Merow  Fr C 68 Nick Lundin So C 70 Wayne Thomson Jr OT 71 Chris Thornton Jr G 73 Kent Booth Jr G 74 Shane Waller So G 75 Keith Schulte So OT 77 Mike Belmontez So OT 78 Dennis Puralewski Fr TE 80 Bobby Reed So SE 81 Rhasaan Smith  Fr TE 82 Mitch Jacoby Sr WR 85 Kurt Johanson Fr TE 87 Kevin Holm Fr WR 88 Leon Moody Sr TE 89 John Griffin Fr	Defense Pos. # Name Class CB 1 Buster Sampson Fr SS 2 Brian Overall So SS 9 Rayshon Jackson So CB 14 Duane Hawthorne So LB 23 Perry Amoo So CB 24 D. J. Roark  Fr CB 27 Damien Mallory Sr FS 28 Kershawn McCullum Jr FS 29 Bill Brune Fr CB 32 William Triplett Jr SS 33 Mumin Muhammad Fr LB 35 Glen Bloodsaw  Fr LB 36 Jason Douglas  Fr LB 37 Orlando Bowen So LB 38 Craig Dykstra  Fr FS 43 Patrick Stephen So SS 44 Salim Phillips Jr LB 45 Garett Sutherland Jr LB 47 Cameron Saulsby Fr LB 51 Steve Smith Jr LB 52 Terrell Alexander Jr LB 55 Keith Sims So LB 56 Damon Foster  Fr LB 59 Daren Lloyd Sr NG 66 Ebbie Parsons Fr NG 72 Joe Rebholz  Fr DT 84 Eric Dohrmann  Fr DE 86 Bob Lesher Fr NG 90 Bill Simpson Jr DE 91 Justin Heitl So DE 92 Lewis Miskowicz Fr DT 93 Dan Stankowski So DE 94 Anthony Beauvais Fr DE 95 Abie Camacho Jr NG 96 Andy Ducar So DT 97 Steve Roads Jr DE 99 Will Ford Jr	Special teams Pos. # Name Class P 10 Brian Wiseman So PK 17 Brian Clark So	Head coach Joe Novak Coordinators/assistant coaches Legend (C) Team captain (S) Suspended (I) Ineligible Injured Redshirt Roster Last update: January 28, 1997