1940 Northern Illinois State Huskies football team

1940 Northern Illinois State Huskies football
ConferenceIllinois Intercollegiate Athletic Conference
Record6–3 (2–2 IIAC)
Head coach
CaptainSam Smith
Home stadiumGlidden Field
Seasons
← 1939
1941 →
1940 Illinois Intercollegiate Athletic Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Illinois State Normal $ 4 – 0 – 0 5 – 3 – 1
Carthage 2 – 0 – 0 5 – 2 – 1
Eastern Illinois 4 – 1 – 0 6 – 1 – 1
Northern Illinois State 2 – 2 – 0 6 – 3 – 0
Elmhurst 1 – 2 – 0 2 – 5 – 1
Western Illinois 0 – 3 – 1 1 – 6 – 1
Southern Illinois 0 – 3 – 1 2 – 5 – 1
Eureka 0 – 2 – 0 2 – 5 – 1

The 1940 Northern Illinois State Huskies football team represented Northern Illinois State Teachers College—now known as Northern Illinois University—as a member of the Illinois Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (IIAC) during the 1940 college football season. Led by 12th-year head coach Chick Evans, the Huskies compiled an overall record of 6–3 with a mark of 2–2 in conference play, placing fourth in the IIAC.

Northern Illinois was ranked at No. 353 (out of 697 college football teams) in the final rankings under the Litkenhous Difference by Score system for 1940.[1]

The team played home games at the 5,500-seat Glidden Field, located on the east end of campus, in DeKalb, Illinois.

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultSource
September 28Whitewater State*
W 7–6
October 5at Eastern Kentucky*Richmond, KYL 0–35
October 12Central Michigan*
  • Glidden Field
  • DeKalb, IL
W 9–6
October 19at Oshkosh State*Oshkosh, WIW 21–7
October 26at Wheaton (IL)*Wheaton, ILW 12–6
November 2Southern Illinois
  • Glidden Field
  • DeKalb, IL
W 20–6
November 9at Illinois State Normal
L 14–26[2]
November 18Eastern Illinois
  • Glidden Field
  • DeKalb, IL
L 0–12
November 18Western Illinois
  • Glidden Field
  • DeKalb, IL
W 32–13
  • *Non-conference game

[3]

References

  1. ^ Dr. E. E. Litkenhous (December 19, 1940). "Final 1940 Litkenhous Ratings". The Boston Globe. p. 22 – via Newspapers.com.
  2. ^ Young, Fred (November 10, 1940). "Red Birds Win I. I. A. C. Title In Victory Over DeKalb". The Pantagraph. p. 10. Retrieved October 13, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
  3. ^ DeLassus, David. "Coaching Records Game-by-game: George "Chick" Evans, 1940". College Football Data Warehouse. Archived from the original on September 14, 2014. Retrieved September 14, 2014.


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