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.
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Conference | Illinois Intercollegiate Athletic Conference |
Record | 6–3 (2–2 IIAC) |
Head coach |
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Captain | Sam Smith |
Home stadium | Glidden Field |
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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 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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
editDate | Opponent | Site | Result | Source |
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September 28 | Whitewater State* | W 7–6 | ||
October 5 | at Eastern Kentucky* | Richmond, KY | L 0–35 | |
October 12 | Central Michigan* |
| W 9–6 | |
October 19 | at Oshkosh State* | Oshkosh, WI | W 21–7 | |
October 26 | at Wheaton (IL)* | Wheaton, IL | W 12–6 | |
November 2 | Southern Illinois |
| W 20–6 | |
November 9 | at Illinois State Normal |
| L 14–26 | [2] |
November 18 | Eastern Illinois |
| L 0–12 | |
November 18 | Western Illinois |
| W 32–13 | |
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References
edit- ^ Dr. E. E. Litkenhous (December 19, 1940). "Final 1940 Litkenhous Ratings". The Boston Globe. p. 22 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ 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.
- ^ 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.