1939 Northern Illinois State Evansmen football team

1939 Northern Illinois State Evansmen football
Conference	Illinois Intercollegiate Athletic Conference
Record	5–2–1 (3–1 IIAC)
Head coach	Chick Evans (11th season)
Captain	John Young, Paul Blair
Home stadium	Glidden Field

1939 Illinois Intercollegiate Athletic Conference football standings

v t e	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
Western Illinois $	3	–	0	–	1			5	–	1	–	1
Illinois State Normal	3	–	0	–	2			4	–	2	–	3
Northern Illinois State	3	–	1	–	0			5	–	2	–	1
Carthage	2	–	1	–	0			2	–	6	–	1
Eastern Illinois	2	–	2	–	1			4	–	3	–	1
Elmhurst	1	–	4	–	0			1	–	6	–	1
Eureka	0	–	2	–	0			0	–	7	–	0
Southern Illinois	0	–	4	–	0			0	–	8	–	0
$ – Conference champion

The 1939 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 1939 college football season. Led by 11th-year head coach Chick Evans, the Evansmen compiled an overall record of 5–2–1 with a mark of 3–1 in conference play, placing third in the IIAC.

Northern Illinois was ranked at No. 293 (out of 609 teams) in the final Litkenhous Ratings for 1939.[1]

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
September 30	at Central Michigan*	Mount Pleasant, MI	L 0–6
October 7	at Elmhurst	Elmhurst, IL	W 13–0
October 14	Wheaton (IL)	Glidden Field DeKalb, IL	W 19–7
October 21	Dubuque*	Glidden Field DeKalb, IL	W 20–12
October 28	Milwaukee*	Glidden Field DeKalb, IL	T 0–0
November 4	at Southern Illinois	McAndrew Stadium Carbondale, IL	W 13–0
November 11	Illinois State	Glidden Field DeKalb, IL	L 7–13
November 18	at Eastern Illinois	Charleston, IL	W 22–6
*Non-conference game

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References

1. E. E. Litkenhous (December 31, 1939). "Vols Second In Final Litkenhous Grid Rankings; Southern California Tenth". Johnson City Sunday Press. p. 11 – via Newspapers.com.
2. DeLassus, David. "Coaching Records Game-by-game: George "Chick" Evans, 1939". College Football Data Warehouse. Archived from the original on September 10, 2015. Retrieved September 14, 2014.