2013 Mid-American Conference football standings

	Conf.							Overall
Team		W		L					W		L
East Division
Bowling Green x$		7	–	1					10	–	4
Buffalo		6	–	2					8	–	5
Ohio		4	–	4					7	–	6
Akron		4	–	4					5	–	7
Kent State		3	–	5					4	–	8
UMass		1	–	7					1	–	11
Miami (OH)		0	–	8					0	–	12
West Division
Northern Illinois x		8	–	0					12	–	2
Ball State		7	–	1					10	–	3
Toledo		5	–	3					7	–	5
Central Michigan		5	–	3					6	–	6
Eastern Michigan		1	–	7					2	–	10
Western Michigan		1	–	7					1	–	11
Championship: Bowling Green 47, Northern Illinois 27
$ – Conference champion x – Division champion/co-champions

The 2013 Northern Illinois Huskies football team represented Northern Illinois University as a West Division of the Mid-American Conference (MAC) member during the 2013 NCAA Division I FBS football season. Led by first-year head coach Rod Carey, the Huskies compiled an overall record of 12–2 with a mark of 8–0 In conference play, they won the MAC West Division title, and advanced to the MAC Championship Game, where they lost to East Division champion Bowling Green. Northern Illinois was invited to the Poinsettia Bowl, where they lost to Utah State. The team played home games at Huskie Stadium in DeKalb, Illinois.

Fresh off their Orange Bowl appearance the previous season, the Huskies went undefeated until the MAC Championship Game. This garnered national attention with the anticipation of another Bowl Championship Series (BCS) bowl appearance. Starting quarterback Jordan Lynch finished third in voting for the Heisman Trophy.^[1] The season marked the Huskies' sixth consecutive trip to a bowl game and their second consecutive bowl game loss.

Date	Time	Opponent	Rank	Site	TV	Result	Attendance	Source
August 31	2:30 p.m.	at Iowa*		Kinnick Stadium Iowa City, IA	BTN	W 30–27	67,402	[2]
September 14	4:00 p.m.	at Idaho*		Kibbie Dome Moscow, ID		W 45–35	14,071	[3]
September 21	6:00 p.m.	No. 8 (FCS) Eastern Illinois*		Huskie Stadium DeKalb, IL	ESPN3	W 43–39	23,595	[4]
September 28	11:00 a.m.	at Purdue*		Ross–Ade Stadium West Lafayette, IN	ESPN2	W 55–24	54,258	[5]
October 5	2:30 p.m.	at Kent State		Dix Stadium Kent, OH	TWCS	W 38–24	18,773	[6]
October 12	4:00 p.m.	Akron	No. 23	Huskie Stadium DeKalb, IL	ESPN3	W 27–20	23,595	[7]
October 19	2:00 p.m.	at Central Michigan	No. 23	Kelly/Shorts Stadium Mount Pleasant, MI	ESPN3	W 38–17	18,796	[8]
October 26	2:30 p.m.	Eastern Michigan	No. 23	Huskie Stadium DeKalb, IL	CSNC	W 59–20	20,185	[9]
November 2	11:00 a.m.	at Massachusetts	No. 21	Gillette Stadium Foxborough, MA	ESPN Plus	W 63–19	10,061	[10]
November 13	7:00 p.m.	Ball State	No. 20	Huskie Stadium DeKalb, IL (Bronze Stalk Trophy)	ESPN2	W 48–27	18,290	[11]
November 20	7:00 p.m.	at Toledo	No. 20	Glass Bowl Toledo, OH	ESPN2	W 35–17	21,974	[12]
November 26	6:00 p.m.	Western Michigan	No. 18	Huskie Stadium DeKalb, IL	ESPN2	W 33–14	17,679	[13]
December 6	7:00 p.m.	vs. Bowling Green*	No. 16	Ford Field Detroit, MI (MAC Championship Game)	ESPN2	L 27–47	21,106	[14]
December 26	8:30 p.m.	vs. Utah State*	No. 24	Qualcomm Stadium San Diego, CA (Poinsettia Bowl)	ESPN	L 14–21	23,408	[15]
*Non-conference game Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game All times are in Central time

Ranking movements
Legend: ██ Increase in ranking ██ Decrease in ranking
RV = Received votes

	Week
Poll	Pre	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	Final
AP	RV	RV	RV	RV	RV	RV	23	23	23	21	22	20	20	18	16	24	RV
Coaches	RV	RV	RV	RV	RV	23	23	23	22	20	20	21	21	20	18	23	RV
Harris	Not released							22	21	20	20	18	18	17	15	22	Not released
BCS	Not released								18	17	18	15	16	14	14	23	Not released

2013 Northern Illinois Huskies football team roster
Players			Coaches
Offense Pos. # Name Class RB 3 Akeem Daniels Sr WR 4 Da'Ron Brown  Jr QB 6 Jordan Lynch  Sr WR 8 Matt Williams  Fr QB 9 Matt McIntosh  So WR 10 Tommylee Lewis Jr WR 11 Juwan Brescacin  So QB 12 Drew Hare  Fr WR 14 Aregeros Turner Fr WR 15 Terrance Roby Fr WR 19 Johnny Eagan  Fr QB 19 Octavio Renteria Fr RB 20 Keith Harris Jr. So RB 23 Jordan Huff Fr RB 25 Giorgio Bowers  Jr RB 28 Joel Bouagnon Fr RB 34 James Spencer  Jr TE 35 Shane Wimann Fr RB 36 Draco Smith Fr TE 37 Desroy Maxwell So RB 38 Alex Morrow  Fr TE 40 Ryan Stendler Fr RB 42 Cameron Stingily  Jr FB 47 Rob Sterling Jr FB 48 Ricky Connors  Jr OL 55 Andrew Ness  So OL 57 Scott Taylor  Fr C 59 Michael Gegner  Jr OL 61 Aidan Conlon  So OL 62 Patrick Husain  Jr OL 65 Wes Ott  Jr OL 66 Matt Battaglia  Sr OL 67 Tyler Pitt  Jr OL 68 Ron Brown  Fr OL 70 Josh Ruka  Fr OL 71 Levon Myers  Fr OL 72 Ben Maruska Fr OL 74 Lincoln Howard  Fr OL 75 Tate Briggs Fr OL 75 Tyler Loos  Jr OL 76 Nick Calhoun Fr OL 77 Jared Volk  Sr OL 78 Ryan Brown  Jr OL 79 Matt Krempel  Sr TE 80 Devonte' Majors  So WR 81 Clayton Glasper  Fr WR 82 Chad Beebe Fr TE 83 Luke Eakes  Jr TE 84 Kevin Tennenbaum  So WR 85 Angelo Sebastiano  So WR 86 Jacob Brinlee So WR 87 Malik Mitchell Fr TE 88 Tim Semisch  Jr WR 89 Blake Holder Fr TE 95 Jake Heckel Fr	Defense Pos. # Name Class S 1 Dechane Durante  Jr CB 2 Sean Evans  Sr RB 5 Jhony Faustin Sr LB 6 Jamaal Bass  Jr LB 7 Michael Santacaterina  Jr LB 8 Ladell Fleming  Fr LB 9 Rasheen Lemon  So DB 11 Mycial Allen Fr DB 13 Jackson Abresch Fr S 15 Jimmie Ward Sr CB 16 Charles Ivory  Fr CB 17 Marckie Hayes  Jr LB 18 Bobby Jones IV Fr CB 21 Marlon Moore So S 24 Dominique Ware  Sr LB 27 Bobby Winkel  Jr CB 29 Paris Logan  So CB 31 Anthony Brooks  Fr S 32 Nate McNeal  Sr LB 33 Jamaal Payton Fr LB 40 Sean Folliard Fr LB 41 Cody Hazelett  Fr DB 42 Justin Corbett Fr DB 43 Brandon Mayes Fr DE 44 Perez Ford So LB 45 Boomer Mays  So DE 46 George Rainey  Sr DE 49 Jason Meehan Jr DE 50 Austin Smaha Fr DT 51 Zach Andrerson  Sr LB 52 Cody Sullivan Fr DE 53 Matthew Baltimore  Fr DE 54 Cameron Clinton-Earl  So DL 56 Brian Canoy Fr DT 57 Cornelius Henry  Jr LB 58 Mike Cotton So DT 69 Corey Thomas  Fr DL 90 William Lee Fr DT 91 Anthony Wells  Sr DT 92 Mario Jones  Fr DT 93 Ken Bishop Sr DT 94 Donovan Gordon  Jr DL 96 Michael Ippolito  Fr DE 97 Joe Windsor Sr DT 98 Cal Breedlove Fr	Special teams Pos. # Name Class K/P 12 Josh Brebant Fr P/K 26 Tyler Wedel Jr LS 66 Bobby Ramlet  Fr LS 84 Brian Mayer  Jr K 99 Matthew Sims Sr	Head coach Rod Carey (Indiana) Coordinators/assistant coaches Bob Cole (Widener) Offensive coordinator, quarterbacks Jay Niemann (Iowa State) Defensive coordinator, safeties Kelton Copeland (Emporia State) Running backs Brett Diersen (Huron) Defensive line, recruiting coordinator Kevin Kane (Kansas) Linebackers, special team coordinator Tim Polasek (Concordia (WI)) Tight ends, fullbacks Kelvin Sigler (Alabama) Cornerbacks Joe Tripodi (Northwestern) Offensive line Thad Ward (Central Florida) Wide receivers Pat McAvoy (Northern Illinois) Offensive graduate assistant, offensive line Olaitan Oguntodu (Kansas) Defensive graduate assistant, linebackers Matt Lipman (Miami (OH)) Asst. athletic director, director of football operations Brad Ohrt (Appalachian State) Director of sports performance Zach Opsal (Western Michigan) Graduate assistant, videos Legend (C) Team captain (S) Suspended (I) Ineligible Injured Redshirt Roster

Northern Illinois at Iowa

1 2 3 4 Total • Huskies 10 7 3 10 30 Hawkeyes 7 17 0 3 27 Date: August 31 Location: Kinnick Stadium Iowa City, IA Game start: 2:42pm CST Elapsed time: 3:37 Game attendance: 67,402 Game weather: Temp: 85 • Wind: NE 7 • Weather: Sunny Referee: Dave Witvoet TV announcers (BTN): Paul Burmeister (play-by-play), Chuck Long (analyst) and Danan Hughes (analyst) Sources:

Jordan Lynch threw for three touchdowns and ran for two more, as the team came away with their second win of the season.

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Eastern Illinois at Northern Illinois

1 2 3 4 Total #8 (FCS) Panthers 20 0 6 13 39 • Huskies 6 17 10 10 43 Date: September 21 Location: Huskie Stadium DeKalb, IL Game attendance: 23,595 Referee: Mark Kluczynski, Television network: ESPN3 Sources:

Jordan Lynch threw for 207 yards and three touchdowns, and Northern Illinois scored on a kickoff return and an interception return to rout Purdue 55–24. It's the first time a Mid-American Conference team has beaten two Big Ten foes during the same regular season, and the Huskies made it look easy, tying the MAC record for victory margin over a Big Ten school. Toledo beat Minnesota by 31 in 2001.

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Northern Illinois at Kent State

1 2 3 4 Total • Huskies 7 14 7 10 38 Golden Flashes 7 10 7 0 24 Date: October 5 Location: Dix Stadium Kent, OH Game attendance: 18,773 Television network: TWCS Sources:

Cameron Stingily ran for a career-high 266 yards and two scores as Northern Illinois remained undefeated with a 38–24 win over Kent State.

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Akron at Northern Illinois

1 2 3 4 Total Zips 14 0 0 6 20 • #23 Huskies 17 0 7 3 27 Date: October 12 Location: Huskie Stadium DeKalb, IL Game attendance: 23,595 Television network: ESPN3 Sources:

The Huskies used their defense and kicking game to beat Akron 27–20 on Saturday night after the offense went 1 for 15 on third-down conversions.

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Northern Illinois at Central Michigan

1 2 3 4 Total • #23 Huskies 7 7 10 14 38 Chippewas 14 0 0 3 17 Date: October 19 Location: Kelly/Shorts Stadium Mount Pleasant, MI Game attendance: 18,796 Television network: ESPN3 Sources:

Lynch had three rushing touchdowns and was 20 for 30 through the air for 155 yards and another score to help Northern Illinois (7–0, 3–0 Mid-American) extend the nation's best conference winning streak to 20 games. Lynch rushed for 316 yards, an FBS record for a quarterback, and the 23rd-ranked Huskies stayed unbeaten with a 38–17 victory at Central Michigan.

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Eastern Michigan at Northern Illinois

1 2 3 4 Total Eagles 3 0 10 7 20 • #23 Huskies 21 17 14 7 59 Date: October 26 Location: Huskie Stadium DeKalb, IL Game start: 2:35pm CST Game attendance: 20,185 Television network: CSNC Sources:

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Northern Illinois at UMass

1 2 3 4 Total • #21 Huskies 21 21 7 14 63 Minutemen 6 7 6 0 19 Date: November 2 Location: Gillette Stadium Foxboro, MA Game start: 11:05am CST Elapsed time: 3:18 Game attendance: 10,061 Television network: ESPN+ Sources:

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Ball State at Northern Illinois

1 2 3 4 Total Cardinals 7 17 3 0 27 • #20 Huskies 3 17 7 21 48 Date: November 13 Location: Huskie Stadium DeKalb, IL Game attendance: 18,290 Game weather: Temp: 32 • Weather: Overcast TV announcers (ESPN2): Bob Wischusen (play-by-play) and Desmond Howard (analyst) Sources:

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Northern Illinois at Toledo

1 2 3 4 Total • #20 Huskies 7 0 14 14 35 Rockets 3 7 7 0 17 Date: November 20 Location: Glass Bowl Toledo, OH Game attendance: 21,974 Game weather: Temp: 46 • Weather: Overcast TV announcers (ESPN2): Dave LaMont (play-by-play), Desmond Howard (analyst) and Quint Kessenich (sideline) Sources:

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Western Michigan at Northern Illinois

1 2 3 4 Total Broncos 0 7 0 7 14 • #18 Huskies 7 13 10 3 33 Date: November 26 Location: Huskie Stadium DeKalb, IL Game attendance: 17,679 TV announcers (ESPN2): Dave LaMont (play-by-play), Ray Bentley (analyst) and Quint Kessenich (sideline) Sources:

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MAC Championship Game
Bowling Green vs. Northern Illinois

1 2 3 4 Total • Falcons 17 14 0 16 47 #16 Huskies 7 6 7 7 27 Date: December 6 Location: Ford Field Detroit, MI Game attendance: 21,106 Game weather: Dome TV announcers (ESPN2): Carter Blackburn, Danny Kanell, & Allison Williams Sources:

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2013 Poinsettia Bowl
Northern Illinois vs. Utah State Aggies

1 2 3 4 Total • Aggies 3 3 7 8 21 #24 Huskies 0 7 0 7 14 Date: December 26 Location: Qualcomm Stadium San Diego, CA Game attendance: 23,408 Television network: ESPN Sources:

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Jamaal Bass

• All-MAC First Team Outside Linebacker

Ken Bishop

• All-MAC First Team Down Lineman
• 2x MAC West Division Defensive Player of the Week (Weeks 3, 10)

Da'Ron Brown

• All-MAC Second Team Wide Receiver

Rod Carey

• MAC Coach of the Year

Dechane Durante

• All-MAC Third Team Defensive Back

Tommylee Lewis

• All-MAC First Team Wide Receiver
• 1x MAC West Division Offensive Player of the Week (Week 3)
• 1x MAC West Division Special Teams Player of the Week (Week 5)

Tyler Loos

• All-MAC First Team Offensive Lineman

Jordan Lynch

• Vern Smith Leadership Award
• MAC Offensive Player of the Year
• All-MAC First Team Quarterback
• 7x MAC West Division Offensive Player of the Week (Weeks 1, 4, 5, 8, 10, 12, 13)

Mathew Sims

• 1x MAC West Division Special Teams Player of the Week (Week 1)

Cameron Stingily

• 1x MAC West Division Offensive Player of the Week (Week 6)

Jared Volk

• All-MAC Second Team Offensive Lineman

Jimmie Ward

• All-MAC First Team Defensive Back

Joe Windsor

• All-MAC Third Team Down Lineman