The Northern Illinois Huskies will open their 2024 college football schedule on August 31, against Western Illinois of the FCS. 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

• In terms of toughness, based on their opponents’ combined win total last season, the Huskies will be facing the 85th-ranked schedule this year.
• Taking into account its opponents’ projected win total this year (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.
• Northern Illinois has five games scheduled against teams that had winning records in 2023, including four teams that had nine or more wins and three with less than four wins last season.
• The Huskies will play five teams who made a 2023 bowl game on their schedule in 2024.

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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 played better on the other side of the ball, ranking 81st in FBS by totaling 24.9 points per game.
• On the defensive side of the ball, the Huskies were a top-25 unit in terms of passing yards last season, ranking fifth-best by allowing just 170.5 passing yards per game. They ranked 105th on offense (189.8 passing yards per game).
• Northern Illinois put up 179.6 rushing yards per game on offense last year (37th in FBS), and it gave up 151 rushing yards per game (67th) on the other side of the ball.
• Northern Illinois forced 16 total turnovers (86th in FBS) last season and turned it over 18 times (64th in FBS) for a turnover margin of -2, 81st-ranked in college football.

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