The 1954 Northern Illinois State Huskies football team represented Northern Illinois State Teachers College—now known as Northern Illinois University—as a member of the Interstate Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (IIAC) during the 1954 college football season. Led by Chick Evans in his 26th and final season as head coach, the Huskies compiled an overall record of 2–7 with a mark of 1–5 in conference play, tying for sixth in the IIAC. The team played home games at the 5,500-seat Glidden Field, located on the east end of campus, in DeKalb, Illinois.

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
September 25	Wheaton (IL)*	Wheaton, IL	L 8–13		[1]
October 2	at Beloit*	Beloit, WI	W 18–0		[2]
October 9	Southern Illinois	Glidden Field DeKalb, IL	W 24–7	4,000	[3]
October 16	at Michigan State Normal	Briggs Field Ypsilanti, MI	L 0–34		[4]
October 23	at Illinois State Normal	McCormick Field Normal, IL	L 6–19	5,500	[5]
October 30	Omaha*	Glidden Field DeKalb, IL	L 7–26	4,000	[6]
November 6	Central Michigan	Glidden Field DeKalb, IL	L 7–46		[7]
November 13	at Western Illinois	Hanson Field Macomb, IL	L 0–14		[8]
November 20	Eastern Illinois	Glidden Field DeKalb, IL	L 9–28		[9]
*Non-conference game Homecoming

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