Northern_Illinois (6-5)  ** - Non division 1A team
1973/09/08  Northern Illinois          42 - **Indiana St               24 
1973/09/15  Northern Illinois          34 - Southern Illinois          28 
1973/09/22  Western Michigan           28 - Northern Illinois          14 
1973/09/29  Northern Illinois          21 - West Texas AM              14 
1973/10/06  Northern Illinois          24 - Fresno St                  15 
1973/10/13  Marshall                   39 - Northern Illinois          36 
1973/10/20  Northern Illinois          45 - **Ball St                  17 
1973/10/27  Northern Illinois          28 - **Illinois St              14 
1973/11/03  **Western Illinois         30 - Northern Illinois          27 
1973/11/10  Xavier                     40 - Northern Illinois          36 
1973/11/17  Bowling Green              21 - Northern Illinois          20 

This team's and opponent's rankings:
    TEAM                      SCORE   W  L  T     GWF      BLF    OW%   OOW%
 32 Bowling Green             0.699   7  3  0   0.248   -0.301   48.2   53.1
 59 Western Michigan          0.048   6  5  0   0.145   -0.602   52.5   51.9
 88 Xavier                   -0.776   5  5  1   0.096   -1.107   36.4   49.5
 89 Marshall                 -0.778   4  7  0   0.124   -0.882   56.6   50.4
106 Northern Illinois        -1.668   6  5  0   0.066   -1.609   38.5   48.7
113 West Texas AM            -2.189   2  9  0   0.101   -2.553   46.7   42.8
124 Southern Illinois       -10.130   3  7  0   0.137   -1.710   53.0   45.0
127 Fresno St               -44.868   2  9  0   0.011   -2.494   49.0   44.4