1937 Northern Illinois State Evansmen football team

1937 Northern Illinois State Evansmen football
ConferenceIllinois Intercollegiate Athletic Conference
Record3–2–3 (3–2–1 IIAC)
Head coach
CaptainLouis DeRango, Joseph Rockenbach
Home stadiumGlidden Field
Seasons
← 1936
1938 →
1937 Illinois Intercollegiate Athletic Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Illinois College + 5 – 0 – 0 7 – 2 – 0
Bradley + 5 – 0 – 0 6 – 3 – 0
Illinois State Normal + 4 – 0 – 2 5 – 1 – 2
St. Viator 2 – 0 – 1 6 – 2 – 1
Monmouth (IL) 1 – 0 – 3 4 – 1 – 4
Augustana (IL) 4 – 1 – 1 5 – 2 – 1
Western Illinois 3 – 1 – 1 3 – 4 – 1
Knox (IL) 2 – 1 – 1 3 – 4 – 1
Illinois Wesleyan 3 – 2 – 1 5 – 3 – 1
Northern Illinois State 3 – 2 – 1 3 – 2 – 3
Lake Forest 1 – 1 – 1 3 – 1 – 2
Wheaton (IL) 3 – 3 – 0 3 – 5 – 0
Shurtleff 1 – 1 – 0 1 – 5 – 0
Elmhurst 2 – 3 – 1 3 – 3 – 2
McKendree 2 – 3 – 1 3 – 5 – 1
Southern Illinois 2 – 4 – 0 2 – 7 – 0
North Central 1 – 2 – 3 1 – 3 – 3
Eastern Illinois 1 – 4 – 1 3 – 4 – 1
Carthage 1 – 5 – 0 1 – 6 – 0
Eureka 0 – 6 – 0 0 – 6 – 0
Millikin 0 – 7 – 0 0 – 9 – 0
  • + – Conference co-champions

The 1935 Northern Illinois State Evansmen 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 1935 college football season. Led by seventh-year head coach Chick Evans, the Evansmen compiled an overall record of 3–2–3 with a mark of 3–2–1 in conference play, tying for ninth place 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

DateOpponentSiteResultSource
September 25at Whitewater State*Whitewater, WIT 0–0
October 2at ElmhurstElmhurst, ILT 7–7
October 9Illinois State Normal
L 2–14[1]
October 16Wheaton (IL)
  • Glidden Field
  • DeKalb, IL
W 7–0
October 30at Eastern IllinoisCharleston, ILW 24–6
November 6at Illinois WesleyanBloomington, ILL 0–7
November 12Stevens Point*
  • Glidden Field
  • DeKalb, IL
T 6–6
November 20Southern IllinoisCarbondale, ILW 7–0[2]
  • *Non-conference game

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References

  1. ^ "Red Birds Ruin N. I. Homecoming". The Pantagraph. October 10, 1937. p. 10. Retrieved October 15, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
  2. ^ "Profs Score in First Period in Carbondale Game". the De Kalb Daily Chronicle. November 22, 1937. p. 8 – via Newspapers.com.
  3. ^ DeLassus, David. "Coaching Records Game-by-game: George "Chick" Evans, 1937". College Football Data Warehouse. Archived from the original on September 11, 2015. Retrieved September 14, 2014.


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