1983 Northern Illinois Huskies football team
| 1983 Northern Illinois Huskies football | |
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MAC champion California Bowl champion | |
California Bowl, W 20–13 vs. Cal State Fullerton | |
| Conference | Mid-American Conference |
| 1983 record | 10–2 (8–1 MAC) |
| Head coach | Bill Mallory (4th year) |
| Home stadium |
Huskie Stadium (Capacity: 30,998) |
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| Team | W | L | T | W | L | T | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Northern Illinois $ | 8 | – | 1 | – | 0 | 10 | – | 2 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Toledo | 7 | – | 2 | – | 0 | 9 | – | 2 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bowling Green | 7 | – | 2 | – | 0 | 8 | – | 3 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Central Michigan | 7 | – | 2 | – | 0 | 8 | – | 3 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Ball State | 4 | – | 4 | – | 0 | 6 | – | 5 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Western Michigan | 4 | – | 5 | – | 0 | 6 | – | 5 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Miami | 3 | – | 5 | – | 0 | 4 | – | 7 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Ohio | 3 | – | 6 | – | 0 | 4 | – | 7 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Kent State | 1 | – | 8 | – | 0 | 1 | – | 10 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Eastern Michigan | 0 | – | 9 | – | 0 | 1 | – | 10 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The 1983 Northern Illinois Huskies football team represented Northern Illinois University, and were the champions of the in the Mid-American Conference in the 1983 NCAA Division I-A football season. The Huskies competed in the highest division of football at the time, Division I-A. They were led by head coach Bill Mallory, and they played their home games at Huskie Stadium.
The Huskies celebrated their first ever MAC title, and first overall conference title since 1965, when they won the Interstate Intercollegiate Athletic Conference during the final years of the conference's existence. The Huskies' trip to the California Bowl was also their first bowl trip since 1965, and with their win over Cal State-Fullerton, was their first bowl win since 1963, the same year the Huskies were crowned national champions of the College Division.
Schedule
| Date | Opponent# | Rank# | Site | Result | Attendance | ||||
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| September 3 | at Kansas* | Memorial Stadium • Lawrence, KS | W 37–34 | ||||||
| September 10 | at Wisconsin* | Camp Randall Stadium • Madison, WI | L 9–37 | 56,941 | |||||
| September 24 | at Kent State | Dix Stadium • Kent, OH | W 38–7 | ||||||
| October 1 | at Ball State | Ball State Stadium • Muncie, IN | W 27–14 | ||||||
| October 8 | Western Michigan | Huskie Stadium • DeKalb, IL | W 27–3 | 26,250 | |||||
| October 15 | at Eastern Michigan | Rynearson Stadium • Ypsilanti, MI | W 34–15 | ||||||
| October 22 | Bowling Green | Huskie Stadium • DeKalb, IL | W 24–23 | ||||||
| October 29 | at Miami (OH) | Yager Stadium • Oxford, OH | W 17–0 | 27,866 | |||||
| November 5 | at Central Michigan | Perry Shorts Stadium • Mount Pleasant, MI | L 14–30 | ||||||
| November 12 | Toledo | Huskie Stadium • DeKalb, IL | W 26–10 | 27,700 | |||||
| November 19 | Ohio | Huskie Stadium • DeKalb, IL | W 41–17 | ||||||
| December 17 | vs. Cal State Fullerton* | Bulldog Stadium • Fresno, CA (California Bowl) | W 20–13 | ||||||
*Non-conference game.  Homecoming. #Rankings from Coaches Poll released prior to game. All times are in Central Time. | |||||||||