1945 Northern Illinois State Huskies football team

American college football season

1945 Northern Illinois State Huskies football
ConferenceIllinois Intercollegiate Athletic Conference
Record4–3 (2–2 IIAC)
Head coach
  • Chick Evans (17th season)
CaptainAl Hodous, Richard Piatt
Home stadiumGlidden Field
Seasons
← 1944
1946 →
1945 Illinois Intercollegiate Athletic Conference football standings
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Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Illinois State Normal $ 3 1 0 4 3 0
Southern Illinois 2 1 1 4 1 2
Northern Illinois State 2 2 0 4 3 0
Eastern Illinois 1 1 2 2 3 2
Western Illinois 0 3 1 1 5 1
  • $ – Conference champion

The 1945 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 1945 college football season. Led by 17th-year head coach Chick Evans, the Huskies compiled an overall record of 4–3 with a mark of 2–2 in conference play, placing third 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

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
October 6at Wheaton (IL)*Wheaton, ILW 7–0[1]
October 13Western Illinoisdagger
  • Glidden Field
  • DeKalb, IL
W 12–63,000[2]
October 20at Illinois Wesleyan*Bloomington, ILL 0–13[3]
October 27at Illinois State Normal
L 7–19[4]
November 3Elmhurst*
  • Glidden Field
  • DeKalb, IL
W 59–0[5]
November 10Southern Illinois
  • Glidden Field
  • DeKalb, IL
W 13–7[6]
November 17at Eastern Illinois
L 14–19[7]
  • *Non-conference game
  • daggerHomecoming

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References

  1. ^ "Northern Defeats Wheaton". The Pantagraph. Associated Press. October 7, 1945. p. 8. Retrieved December 5, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
  2. ^ "Huskies Hold Clean Record". The DeKalb Daily Chronicle. October 15, 1945. p. 6. Retrieved December 5, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
  3. ^ "Wesleyan Titans Snap De Kalb Win Streak With 13-0 Triumph". The Pantagraph. October 21, 1945. p. 10. Retrieved October 13, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
  4. ^ "Normal Hits Huskie String". The Daily Chronicle. October 29, 1945. p. 6. Retrieved October 13, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
  5. ^ "Huskies Have Wild Contest". The Daily Chronicle. November 5, 1945. p. 6. Retrieved December 5, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
  6. ^ Young, Fred (November 11, 1945). "Northern Ruins Southern's Hope Of IIAC Title". The Pantagraph. p. 11. Retrieved December 5, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
  7. ^ "Eastern Rally Dumps DeKalb". Herald and Review. November 18, 1945. p. 15. Retrieved December 5, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
  8. ^ DeLassus, David. "Coaching Records Game-by-game: George "Chick" Evans, 1945". College Football Data Warehouse. Archived from the original on October 24, 2012. Retrieved November 14, 2013.
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