2025 Northern Illinois Huskies football team

2025 Northern Illinois Huskies football
Conference	Mid-American Conference
Record	0–0 (0–0 MAC)
Head coach	Thomas Hammock (7th season)
Offensive coordinator	Quinn Sanders (1st season)
Defensive coordinator	Rob Harley (1st season)
Home stadium	Huskie Stadium
Seasons ←  2024 2026 →

2025 Mid-American Conference football standings

v t e	Conf.							Overall
Team		W		L					W		L
Akron		0	–	0					0	–	0
Ball State		0	–	0					0	–	0
Bowling Green		0	–	0					0	–	0
Buffalo		0	–	0					0	–	0
Central Michigan		0	–	0					0	–	0
Eastern Michigan		0	–	0					0	–	0
Kent State		0	–	0					0	–	0
Miami (OH)		0	–	0					0	–	0
Northern Illinois		0	–	0					0	–	0
Ohio		0	–	0					0	–	0
Toledo		0	–	0					0	–	0
UMass		0	–	0					0	–	0
Western Michigan		0	–	0					0	–	0
Championship: December 6, 2025
As of February 13, 2025

The 2025 Northern Illinois Huskies football team will represent Northern Illinois University in the Mid-American Conference during the 2025 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The Huskies are expected to be led by Thomas Hammock in his seventh year as the head coach. The Huskies play home games at Huskie Stadium, located in DeKalb, Illinois.

Offseason

Transfers

Outgoing

Player	Position	Destination
Andre Cobb	DB	Fresno State
Ethan Tierney	S	Fresno State
Ethan Hampton	QB	Illinois
Amariyun Knighten	DB	Indiana
Raishein Thomas	DE	Mississippi State
Nevaeh Sanders	DE	Mississippi State
Cam Thompson	WR	Mississippi State
Santana Banner	S	Missouri
Jalen Johnson	WR	New Hampshire
Dashaun Gibson	DB	Southern Illinois
Skyler Gill-Howard	DL	Texas Tech
Trayvon Rudolph	WR	Toledo
Christian Medlock	OL	Toledo
Keyshaun Pipkin	WR	UT Martin
Cam'Ron Dabney	DB	Western Carolina
Kyle Thomas	WR	Unknown
Kenny Lueth	QB	Unknown
Christian Fuhrman	LB	Unknown
Isaac Hatfield	LB	Unknown
Shad Dabney	DB	Unknown
Jalonnie Williams	DE	Withdrawn

Incoming

Player	Position	Previous school
Andrew Glass	K	Kent State
Thomas McCoy	WR	Marshall
Keshawn Lyons	CB	McKendree
Miles Thompson	CB	Texas Tech
Alvin Gulley Jr.	DL	Yale

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Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	Result
August 30	Holy Cross *	Huskie Stadium DeKalb, IL
September 6	at Maryland *	SECU Stadium College Park, MD
September 20	at Mississippi State *	Davis Wade Stadium Starkville, MS
September 27	San Diego State *	Huskie Stadium DeKalb, IL
TBA	at Buffalo	University at Buffalo Stadium Buffalo, NY
TBA	at Eastern Michigan	Rynearson Stadium Ypsilanti, MI
TBA	at Kent State	Dix Stadium Kent, OH
TBA	Western Michigan	Huskie Stadium DeKalb, IL
TBA	Bowling Green	Huskie Stadium DeKalb, IL
TBA	Ohio	Huskie Stadium DeKalb, IL
TBA	Miami (OH)	Huskie Stadium DeKalb, IL
TBA	at Toledo	Glass Bowl Toledo, OH
*Non-conference game

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References

1. "Northern Illinois Football Transfer Portal". ON3.
2. "Northern Illinois Huskies 2025 College Football Transfer Portal". 247Sports.
3. "2025 Northern Illinois Football Schedule". FBSchedules.com. Retrieved February 13, 2025.