2009 Northern Illinois Huskies football team

The 2009 Northern Illinois Huskies football team represented Northern Illinois University as a member of the West Division of the Mid-American Conference (MAC) during the 2009 NCAA Division I FBS football season. Led by second-year head coach Jerry Kill, the Huskies compiled an overall record of 7–6 with a mark of 5–3 in conference play, placing second in the MAC's West Division. Northern Illinois was invited to the International Bowl, where they lost to South Florida . The team played home games at Huskie Stadium in DeKalb, Illinois.

2009 Northern Illinois Huskies football
International Bowl, L 3–27 vs. South Florida
Conference	Mid-American Conference
Division	West Division
Record	7–6 (5–3 MAC)
Head coach	Jerry Kill (2nd season)
Offensive coordinator	Matt Limegrover (2nd season)
Defensive coordinator	Tracy Claeys (2nd season)
MVPs	Chad Spann Jake Coffman
Captains	Eddie Adamski Brandon Bice David Bryant Jake Coffman Landon Cox Cory Hanson Chandler Harnish Jason Onyebuagu
Home stadium	Huskie Stadium[1]
Seasons ← 2008 2010 →

2009 Mid-American Conference football standings

v t e	Conf.							Overall
Team		W		L					W		L
East Division
Ohio xy		7	–	1					9	–	5
Temple x		7	–	1					9	–	4
Bowling Green		6	–	2					7	–	6
Kent State		4	–	4					5	–	7
Buffalo		3	–	5					5	–	7
Akron		2	–	6					3	–	9
Miami (OH)		1	–	7					1	–	11
West Division
No. 23 Central Michigan x$		8	–	0					12	–	2
Northern Illinois		5	–	3					7	–	6
Western Michigan		4	–	4					5	–	7
Toledo		3	–	5					5	–	7
Ball State		2	–	6					2	–	10
Eastern Michigan		0	–	8					0	–	12
Championship: Central Michigan 20, Ohio 10
$ – Conference champion x – Division champion/co-champions y – Championship game participant Rankings from AP Poll

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent	Site	TV	Result	Attendance	Source
September 5	6:00 pm	at Wisconsin*	Camp Randall Stadium Madison, WI	BTN	L 20–28	80,532	[2]
September 12	6:30 pm	Western Illinois*	Huskie Stadium DeKalb, IL	CSNC	W 41–7	21,427	[3]
September 19	11:00 am	at Purdue*	Ross–Ade Stadium West Lafayette, IN	BTN	W 28–21	53,240	[4]
September 26	2:30 pm	Idaho*	Huskie Stadium DeKalb, IL	CSNC	L 31–34	16,320	[5]
October 3	2:30 pm	Western Michigan	Huskie Stadium DeKalb, IL	CSNC	W 38–3	17,608	[6]
October 17	6:00 pm	at Toledo	Glass Bowl Toledo, OH		L 19–20	17,012	[7]
October 24	12:00 pm	at Miami (OH)	Yager Stadium Oxford, OH		W 27–22	9,884	[8]
October 31	11:00 am	Akron	Huskie Stadium DeKalb, IL	ESPN Plus	W 27–10	10,148	[9]
November 5	6:30 pm	Eastern Michigan	Huskie Stadium DeKalb, IL	ESPNU	W 50–6	10,527	[10]
November 12	5:00 pm	Ball State	Huskie Stadium DeKalb, IL (Bronze Stalk Trophy)	ESPNU	W 26–20	13,305	[11]
November 21	1:00 pm	at Ohio	Peden Stadium Athens, OH		L 31–38	14,756	[12]
November 27	12:00 pm	at Central Michigan	Kelly/Shorts Stadium Mount Pleasant, MI	ESPNU	L 31–45	15,113	[13]
January 2	12:00 pm	vs. South Florida*	Rogers Centre Toronto, ON (International Bowl)	ESPN2	L 3–27	22,185	[14]
*Non-conference game Homecoming All times are in Central time

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