The 2019 season's largest margin: Northern Illinois 49, Akron 0. A 49-point win — the year's high-water mark.
2019 — The Correction
2019 is a losing-side chapter for Northern Illinois. The program metabolises it; the voice does not apologize.
The Shape — week-by-week · cumulative W–L below
Who carried it
- Ross BowersQB2,140 passing yards
- Marcus ChildersQB474 passing yards
- Tre HarbisonRB1,011 rushing yards
- Jordan NettlesRB274 rushing yards
- Cole TuckerWR531 receiving yards
- Mitchell BrinkmanTE445 receiving yards
- Daniel CrawfordTE443 receiving yards
- Mykelti WilliamsS88 tackles
- Vinny LabusLB59 tackles
- Antonio Jones-DavisLB51 tackles
- Jack HeflinDL3 sacks
- Matt LorbeckDL2 sacks
- Quintin WynneDE2 sacks
Season leaders, 2019.
The season's deepest loss: Northern Illinois 10, Central Michigan 48. A 38-point margin the season is remembered by.
"Forward, Together Forward"
2019 sits in Northern Illinois's crisis ledger. The program does not moralise it. The next season begins the day this one ended and the crisis chapter closes when the ledger does.