CFBImperialism

Coaches · 1996–2007 · 1 program

Joe Novak

Northern Illinois 1996–2007

Seasons

12

1996–2007

Peak empire

200,852 mi²

Northern Illinois · 2000 · Week 13

Titles

0

seasons finished as the largest empire

Land battles

7–15

32% won

Land taken

529,238

square miles, career

On the carousel

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the carousel starts in 2014

Season by season

Every stop on the map

  • 2007Northern Illinois · peak 8,835 mi² · landless at the end · 0–1 in land battles
  • 2006Northern Illinois · peak 8,835 mi² · landless at the end · 0–1 in land battles
  • 2005Northern Illinois · peak 8,835 mi² · landless at the end · 0–1 in land battles
  • 2004Northern Illinois · peak 8,835 mi² · landless at the end · 0–1 in land battles
  • 2003Northern Illinois · peak 18,333 mi² · landless at the end · 1–1 in land battles
  • 2002Northern Illinois · peak 79,776 mi² · landless at the end · 2–2 in land battles
  • 2001Northern Illinois · peak 18,984 mi² · landless at the end · 2–2 in land battles
  • 2000Northern Illinois · peak 200,852 mi² · ended with 200,852 mi² · #8 · 2–2 in land battles
  • 1999Northern Illinois · peak 8,835 mi² · landless at the end · 0–1 in land battles
  • 1998Northern Illinois · peak 8,835 mi² · landless at the end · 0–1 in land battles
  • 1997Northern Illinois · peak 8,835 mi² · landless at the end · 0–1 in land battles
  • 1996Northern Illinois · peak 8,835 mi² · landless at the end · 0–1 in land battles

Programs

Rivals across the sideline