1940 Northern Illinois State Huskies football team
| 1940 Northern Illinois State Huskies football | |
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| Conference | Illinois Intercollegiate Athletic Conference |
| 1940 record | 6–3 (2–2 IIAC) |
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| Home stadium | Glidden Field (Capacity: 5,500) |
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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 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
The 1940 Northern Illinois State Huskies football team represented Northern Illinois State Teachers College in the 1940 college football season. There were no divisions of college football during this time period, and the Huskies competed in the Illinois Intercollegiate Athletic Conference. They were led by 12th-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[]
| Date | 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 | [1] |
| November 18 | Eastern Illinois |
| L 0–12 | |
| November 18 | Western Illinois |
| W 32–13 | |
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References[]
- ^ 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.
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