The Northern Illinois Huskies will open 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

• Taking into account their opponents’ combined win total last year (67), the Huskies have the 85th-ranked schedule in college football.
• Based on its opponents’ projected win total this year (67), Northern Illinois has the 53rd-ranked schedule in college football.
• According to their MAC opponents’ combined win total last year, the Huskies will be facing the 91st-ranked conference schedule in terms of difficulty.
• Northern Illinois’ schedule features five games against teams that finished over .500 in 2023 (four against teams with nine or more victories and three against squads that collected less than four wins).
• The Huskies will clash with five teams in 2024 who played in a bowl game in 2023.

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Northern Illinois Stat Insights (2023)

• The Huskies ranked 77th in total offense last season (369.4 yards per game), but they really clicked on the defensive side of the ball, ranking 23rd-best in FBS with 369.4 yards allowed per game.
• Despite sporting a bottom-25 scoring defense that ranked 107th-worst in FBS last season (21 points allowed per game), Northern Illinois had more success on offense, ranking 81st in FBS by putting up 24.9 points per game.
• The Huskies had the 105th-ranked offense last year in terms of passing yards (189.8 passing yards per game), and they were more effective on defense, ranking fifth-best with just 170.5 passing yards allowed per game.
• Northern Illinois put up 179.6 rushing yards per game offensively last season (37th in FBS), and it allowed 151 rushing yards per game (67th) on the other side of the ball.
• Northern Illinois ranked 81st in college football with a -2 turnover margin last season after forcing 16 turnovers (86th in FBS) and committing 18 (64th in FBS).

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