1942 Northern Illinois State Huskies football team

The 1942 Northern Illinois State Huskies football team represented Northern Illinois State Teachers College during the 1942 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 14th-year head coach Chick Evans and played their home games at the 5,500 seat Glidden Field, located on the east end of campus.

1942 Northern Illinois State Huskies football
ConferenceIllinois Intercollegiate Athletic Conference
1942 record3–2–2 (1–0–2 IIAC)
Head coach
Home stadiumGlidden Field
(Capacity: 5,500)
1942 Illinois Intercollegiate Athletic Conference football standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
Western Illinois $ 3 0 15 0 2
Northern Illinois State 1 0 23 2 2
Illinois State Normal 2 1 12 5 1
Southern Illinois 1 3 02 4 0
Eastern Illinois 0 3 01 6 0
  • $ Conference champion

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultSource
September 26Whitewater State*W 13–0[1]
October 3at Camp Grant*Rockford, ILL 0–41[2]
October 10Western Illinois
  • Glidden Field
  • DeKalb, IL
T 14–14[3]
October 17at Ball State*Muncie, INL 0–14[4]
October 24at Stevens Point*Stevens Point, WIW 7–0[5]
October 31Southern Illinois
  • Glidden Field
  • DeKalb, IL
W 34–7[6]
November 11at Illinois State NormalNormal, ILT 6–6[7]
November 14Eastern Illinois
  • Glidden Field
  • DeKalb, IL
Canceled[8]
  • *Non-conference game

References

  1. "Huskies Win by a Shutout in Opening Grid Tilt". The DeKalb Daily Chronicle. September 28, 1942. p. 6. Retrieved December 5, 2021 via Newspapers.com.
  2. "Huskies Fall Victim to Smashing Warrior Attack". The DeKalb Daily Chronicle. October 5, 1942. p. 6. Retrieved December 5, 2021 via Newspapers.com.
  3. "Huskies Tie Macomb in a 14 to 14 Feature Tilt". The DeKalb Daily Chronicle. October 12, 1942. p. 6. Retrieved November 27, 2021 via Newspapers.com.
  4. Barnet, Bob (October 18, 1942). "Ball State Cardinals Turn Back Northern Illinois Teachers, 14 to 0". The Muncie Sunday Star. p. 12. Retrieved December 5, 2021 via Newspapers.com.
  5. "Northern Shades Stevens Point". The Pantagraph. Associated Press. October 25, 1942. p. 6. Retrieved December 5, 2021 via Newspapers.com.
  6. "Huskies Prove Serious Competition for Loop Title". The Daily Chronicle. November 2, 1942. p. 6. Retrieved December 5, 2021 via Newspapers.com.
  7. Young, Fred (November 12, 1942). "State Normal, Northern Play to 6-6 Deadlock". The Pantagraph. p. 10. Retrieved December 5, 2021 via Newspapers.com.
  8. "Huskies Tie at Normal". The DeKalb Daily Chronicle. November 12, 1942. p. 8. Retrieved December 5, 2021 via Newspapers.com.
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