1965 Northern Illinois Huskies football team

1965 Northern Illinois Huskies football
IIAC champion
ConferenceInterstate Intercollegiate Athletic Conference
Record9–1 (4–0 IIAC)
Head coach
Offensive coordinatorBill Peck (1st season)
MVPBob Stark
CaptainRon Christian, Terry Henigan
Home stadiumGlidden Field
Huskie Stadium
Seasons
← 1964
1966 →
1965 Interstate Intercollegiate Athletic Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Northern Illinois $ 4 0 0 9 1 0
Central Michigan 3 1 0 5 5 0
Western Illinois 2 2 0 4 5 0
Eastern Illinois 1 3 0 3 5 0
Illinois State 0 4 0 0 9 0
  • $ – Conference champion

The 1965 Northern Illinois State Huskies football team represented Northern Illinois University as a member of the Interstate Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (IIAC) during the 1965 NCAA College Division football season. Led by tenth-year head coach Howard Fletcher, the Huskies compiled an overall record of 9–1 with a mark of 4–0 in conference play, winning the IIAC title. Northern Illinois was invited to the Mineral Water Bowl, where they lost to North Dakota. The Huskies playing their first three home games at Glidden Field before opening the newly constructed Huskie Stadium on November 6 against Illinois State.[1]

  1. ^ "Korcek's Corner: Tearing down the west grandstand unrealistic". Daily Chronicle. February 20, 2014. Retrieved September 30, 2014.