The Northern Illinois Huskies’ college football schedule for 2024 includes an attractive matchup versus Notre Dame on September 7 — see below for more.

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2024 Northern Illinois Game and TV Schedule

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Northern Illinois 2024 Strength of Schedule

• According to their opponents’ combined win total last year (67), the Huskies have the 85th-ranked schedule in college football.
• Taking into account its opponents’ projected win total this season (67), Northern Illinois has the 53rd-ranked schedule in college football.
• In terms of difficulty, based on their MAC opponents’ combined win total last season, the Huskies will be facing the 91st-ranked conference schedule this year.
• In 2024, Northern Illinois’ schedule will see five games against teams which finished 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 have five teams who made a bowl game last year on their schedule in 2024.

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Northern Illinois Stat Insights (2023)

• The Huskies had the 77th-ranked offense last year (369.4 yards per game), and they were even more effective on defense, ranking 23rd-best with just 321.5 yards allowed per game.
• Northern Illinois averaged 24.9 points per game on offense last year (81st in FBS), and it gave up 21.0 points per game (27th) on the other side of the ball.
• 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 put up 179.6 rushing yards per game on offense last season, which ranked it 37th in FBS. On the other side of the ball, it ranked 67th, surrendering 151.0 rushing yards per contest.
• With 16 forced turnovers (86th in FBS) against 18 turnovers committed (64th in FBS) last season, Northern Illinois’ -2 turnover margin ranked 81st in college football.

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