1944 Northern Illinois State Huskies football team

American college football season

1944 Northern Illinois State Huskies football

IIAC champion

Conference| Illinois Intercollegiate Athletic Conference
Record| 7–0 (3–0 IIAC)
Head coach|

* Chick Evans (16th season)

Captain| Henry Leskovec
Home stadium| Glidden Field

Seasons

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1945 ->

1944 Illinois Intercollegiate Athletic Conference football standings

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Team | W |  | L |  | T |  |  | W |  | L |  | T
Northern Illinois State $  | 3  | - | 0  | - | 0 |  |  | 7  | - | 0  | - | 0
Illinois State Normal | 1  | - | 0  | - | 0 |  |  | 3  | - | 4  | - | 1
Southern Illinois | 2  | - | 1  | - | 0 |  |  | 3  | - | 3  | - | 0
Eastern Illinois | 1  | - | 2  | - | 0 |  |  | 1  | - | 3  | - | 0
Western Illinois | 0  | - | 4  | - | 0 |  |  | 0  | - | 8  | - | 0

* $ - Conference champion

The 1944 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 1944 college football season. Led by 16th-year head coach Chick Evans, the Huskies compiled an overall record of 7–0 with a mark of 3–0 in conference play, winning the IIAC title. The team played home games at the 5,500-seat Glidden Field, located on the east end of campus, in DeKalb, Illinois.

## Schedule[edit]

Date| Opponent| Site| Result| Source

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September 30| at Elmhurst*| Elmhurst, IL| W 6–0| [1]
October 7| Eastern Illinois|

* Glidden Field
* DeKalb, IL

| W 25–6| [2]
October 14| Elmhurst*|

* Glidden Field
* DeKalb, IL

| W 25–12| [3]
October 21| at Western Illinois| Macomb, IL| W 13–6| [4]
October 28| at Concordia (IL)*| River Forest, IL| W 12–6| [5]
November 4| Wheaton (IL)*|

* Glidden Field
* DeKalb, IL

| W 19–6| [6]
November 10| at Southern Illinois|

* McAndrew Stadium
* Carbondale, IL

| W 13–12| [7]

* *Non-conference game
* Homecoming

## References[edit]

1. ^ "Huskies Claim Opening Game". The DeKalb Daily Chronicle. October 2, 1944. p. 6. Retrieved December 5, 2021 - via Newspapers.com.
2. ^ "Huskies Win Second Game". The DeKalb Daily Chronicle. October 9, 1944. p. 6. Retrieved December 5, 2021 - via Newspapers.com.
3. ^ "Huskies Take Open Contest". The DeKalb Daily Chronicle. October 16, 1944. p. 6. Retrieved December 5, 2021 - via Newspapers.com.
4. ^ "Western State Bows To Northern, 13-6". The Pantagraph. Associated Press. October 22, 1944. p. 9. Retrieved December 5, 2021 - via Newspapers.com.
5. ^ "Huskies Take Another Scrap". The DeKalb Daily Chronicle. October 30, 1944. p. 6. Retrieved December 5, 2021 - via Newspapers.com.
6. ^ "Huskies Win Wheaton Tilt". The DeKalb Daily Chronicle. November 6, 1944. p. 6. Retrieved December 5, 2021 - via Newspapers.com.
7. ^ Young, Fred (November 11, 1944). "Northern Cops IIAC Football Honors, 13-12". The Pantagraph. p. 8. Retrieved December 5, 2021 - via Newspapers.com.

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Northern Illinois Huskies football

Venues|

* Glidden Field (1903–1948, 1951–1965)
* Dekalb Township High School football field (1949–1950)
* Huskie Stadium (1965–present)

Bowls & rivalries|

* Bowl games
* Ball State: Bronze Stalk Trophy

Culture & lore|

* "Huskie Fight Song"
* Huskie Band

People|

* Head coaches
* NFL draftees
* Statistical leaders

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Interstate Intercollegiate Athletic Conference football champions

Illinois
(1908–1949)|

* Lombard (1921)
* Lombard (1922)
* Lombard (1923)
* Knox (IL) & Lombard (1924)
* Bradley & Monmouth (IL) (1925)
* Bradley & Monmouth (IL) (1926)
* Bradley (1927)
* Eastern Illinois & Millikin (1928)
* Knox (IL) & Lombard (1929)
* Millikin, Mount Morris, & Southern Illinois (1930)
* Monmouth (IL) (1930)
* Illinois Wesleyan & McKendree (1932)
* Illinois Wesleyan (1933)
* Augustana (IL) & Millikin
* Millikin & Monmouth (IL)
* Illinois Wesleyan & St. Viator (1936)
* Bradley, Illinois College, & Illinois State Normal (1937)
* Northern Illinois State (1938)
* Western Illinois (1939)
* Illinois State Normal (1940)
* Illinois State Normal & Northern Illinois State (1941)
* Western Illinois (1942)
* No champion (1943)
* Northern Illinois State (1944)
* Illinois State Normal (1945)
* Northern Illinois State (1946)
* Southern Illinois (1947)
* Eastern Illinois (1948)
* Western Illinois (1949)

Interstate
(1950–1969)|

* Illinois State Normal (1950)
* Northern Illinois State (1951)
* Central Michigan (1952)
* Central Michigan (1953)
* Central Michigan & Michigan State Normal (1954)
* Central Michigan & Michigan State Normal (1955)
* Central Michigan (1956)
* Eastern Michigan (1957)
* Western Illinois (1958)
* Western Illinois (1959)
* Southern Illinois (1960)
* Southern Illinois (1961)
* Central Michigan (1962)
* Northern Illinois (1963)
* Northern Illinois & Western Illinois (1964)
* Northern Illinois (1965)
* Central Michigan (1966)
* Central Michigan & Illinois State (1967)
* Central Michigan & Illinois State (1968)
* Western Illinois (1969)

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