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1968 Northern Illinois

2–⁠8.

Schedule and results

Northern Illinois in 1968, game by game: won at Ball State 40–20; lost at San Diego State 21–40; lost vs. North Dakota State 13–31; lost at Indiana State 7–19; lost vs. Northern Arizona 14–43; lost vs. Xavier 20–24; lost vs. New Mexico State 13–27; lost vs. Buffalo 7–20; won vs. Bowling Green 7–6; lost at No. 17 Ohio 12–28+20−29Won 40–20 at Ball State+20Ball StateLost 21–40 at San Diego State-19San Diego StateLost 13–31 vs. North Dakota State-18North Dakota St…Lost 7–19 at Indiana State-12Indiana StateLost 14–43 vs. Northern Arizona-29Northern ArizonaLost 20–24 vs. Xavier-4XavierLost 13–27 vs. New Mexico State-14New Mexico StateLost 7–20 vs. Buffalo-13BuffaloWon 7–6 vs. Bowling Green+1Bowling GreenLost 12–28 at No. 17 Ohio-16No. 17 Ohio
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 14atBall StateW 40–⁠2049%
Sep 20atSan Diego StateL 21–⁠4038%
Sep 28vsNorth Dakota StateL 13–⁠3161%
Oct 5atIndiana StateL 7–⁠1942%
Oct 12vsNorthern ArizonaL 14–⁠4347%
Oct 19vsXavierL 20–⁠2413%
Oct 26vsNew Mexico StateL 13–⁠2710%
Nov 9vsBuffaloL 7–⁠2012%
Nov 16vsBowling GreenW 7–⁠68%
Nov 23at17OhioL 12–⁠282%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Lost to Ohio 28–⁠12; unranked in the final AP poll.

In program history: The worst season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 61 on file).

Players on this team

Before 2004 our records hold honors and the draft; these are the players whose college years here, from their Wikipedia articles or their honors, include 1968.

Record
2–⁠8
Conference
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AP final
Unranked
Points
154–⁠258
Coach
—
Elo
1054 −78 this season
SP+ rating
—
SRS
−19.9 No. 105 of 119 major-college teams
Recruiting class
—
Offensive coordinator
Bill Peck
Captains
John Spilis and James Faggetti
Most valuable player
John Spilis and James Faggetti

Drafted in 1969

The 1969 draft
Rd 3John Spilis WRGreen Bay Packers