The Northern Illinois Huskies will begin their 2024 college football schedule on August 31, against Western Illinois of the FCS. Keep scrolling for more.

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2024 Northern Illinois Game and TV Schedule

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Northern Illinois 2024 Strength of Schedule

• The Huskies will face the 85th-ranked schedule in college football, based on their opponents’ combined win total last season (67).
• Northern Illinois is playing the 53rd-ranked schedule this season (based on its opponents’ projected win total this year).
• In terms of toughness, based on their MAC opponents’ combined win total last season, the Huskies will be playing the 91st-ranked conference schedule this year.
• In 2024, Northern Illinois’ schedule will see five games against teams which ended the season with winning records a year ago, including four games against teams that had nine or more wins and three games against squads with less than four wins in 2023.
• The Huskies will go toe-to-toe with five teams in 2024 who played in a bowl game in 2023.

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Northern Illinois Stat Insights (2023)

• Defensively, the Huskies were a top-25 unit last season, ranking 23rd-best by allowing just 321.5 yards per game. They ranked 77th on offense (369.4 yards per game).
• Northern Illinois ranked 81st in scoring offense (24.9 points per game) and 27th in scoring defense (21.0 points allowed per game) last year.
• The Huskies ranked 105th in passing yards last year (189.8 per game), but they played really well on defense, ranking fifth-best in FBS with 170.5 passing yards allowed per game.
• Northern Illinois ranked 37th in run offense (179.6 rushing yards per game) and 67th in run defense (151.0 rushing yards allowed per game) last year.
• With 16 forced turnovers (86th in FBS) against 18 turnovers committed (64th in FBS), Northern Illinois (-2) had the 81st-ranked turnover margin in college football last season.

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