1937 Northern Illinois State Evansmen football team

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1937 Northern Illinois State Evansmen football
ConferenceIllinois Intercollegiate Athletic Conference
1937 record3–2–3 (3–2–1 IIAC)
Head coach
Home stadiumGlidden Field
(Capacity: 5,500)
Seasons
← 1936
1938 →
1937 Illinois Intercollegiate Athletic Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Illinois College + 5 0 0 7 2 0
Bradley + 5 0 0 6 3 0
Illinois State Normal + 4 0 2 5 1 2
St. Viator 2 0 1 6 2 1
Monmouth (IL) 1 0 3 4 1 4
Augustana (IL) 4 1 1 5 2 1
Western Illinois 3 1 1 3 4 1
Knox (IL) 2 1 1 3 4 1
Illinois Wesleyan 3 2 1 5 3 1
Northern Illinois State 3 2 1 3 2 3
Lake Forest 1 1 1 3 1 2
Wheaton (IL) 3 3 0 3 5 0
Shurtleff 1 1 0 1 5 0
Elmhurst 2 3 1 3 3 2
McKendree 2 3 1 3 5 1
Southern Illinois 2 4 0 2 7 0
North Central 1 2 3 1 3 3
Eastern Illinois 1 4 1 3 4 1
Carthage 1 5 0 1 6 0
Eureka 0 6 0 0 6 0
Millikin 0 7 0 0 9 0
  • + – Conference co-champions

The 1937 Northern Illinois State Evansmen football team represented Northern Illinois State Teachers College in the 1937 college football season. There were no divisions of college football during this time period, and the Evansmen competed in the Illinois Intercollegiate Athletic Conference. They were led by ninth-year head coach Chick Evans and played their home games at the 5,500 seat Glidden Field, located on the east end of campus.

Schedule[]

DateOpponentSiteResultSource
September 25at Whitewater State*Whitewater, WIT 0–0
October 2at ElmhurstElmhurst, ILT 7–7
October 9Illinois State NormalL 2–14[1]
October 16Wheaton (IL)
  • Glidden Field
  • DeKalb, IL
W 7–0
October 30at Eastern IllinoisCharleston, ILW 24–6
November 6at Illinois WesleyanBloomington, ILL 0–7
November 12Stevens Point*
  • Glidden Field
  • DeKalb, IL
T 6–6
November 20Southern IllinoisCarbondale, ILW 7–0
  • *Non-conference game

[2]

References[]

  1. ^ "Red Birds Ruin N. I. Homecoming". The Pantagraph. October 10, 1937. p. 10. Retrieved October 15, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
  2. ^ DeLassus, David. "Coaching Records Game-by-game: George "Chick" Evans, 1937". College Football Data Warehouse. Archived from the original on September 11, 2015. Retrieved September 14, 2014.
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