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

2025 Mid-American Conference football standings

	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
* Ineligible for postseason play due to low APR score As of May 12, 2025

The 2025 Northern Illinois Huskies football team will represent Northern Illinois University in the Mid-American Conference (MAC) 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Jalonnie Williams	DE	Withdrawn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

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
October 4	Miami (OH)	Huskie Stadium DeKalb, IL
October 11	at Eastern Michigan	Rynearson Stadium Ypsilanti, MI
October 18	at Ohio	Peden Stadium Athens, OH
October 25	Ball State	Huskie Stadium DeKalb, IL (Bronze Stalk Trophy)
November 5	at Toledo	Glass Bowl Toledo, OH
November 12	at UMass	Warren McGuirk Alumni Stadium Hadley, MA
November 18	Western Michigan	Huskie Stadium DeKalb, IL
November 28	Kent State	Huskie Stadium DeKalb, IL
*Non-conference game