1944 Northern Illinois State Huskies football
IIAC champion
ConferenceIllinois Intercollegiate Athletic Conference
Record7–0 (3–0 IIAC)
Head coach
CaptainHenry Leskovec
Home stadiumGlidden Field
Seasons
← 1943
1945 →
1944 Illinois Intercollegiate Athletic Conference football standings
Conf Overall
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

DateOpponentSiteResultSource
September 30at Elmhurst*Elmhurst, ILW 6–0[1]
October 7Eastern Illinois
W 25–6[2]
October 14Elmhurst*dagger
  • Glidden Field
  • DeKalb, IL
W 25–12[3]
October 21at Western IllinoisMacomb, ILW 13–6[4]
October 28at Concordia (IL)*River Forest, ILW 12–6[5]
November 4Wheaton (IL)*
  • Glidden Field
  • DeKalb, IL
W 19–6[6]
November 10at Southern Illinois
W 13–12[7]
  • *Non-conference game
  • daggerHomecoming

References

  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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