1940 Northern Illinois State Huskies football team

1940 Northern Illinois State Huskies football
1940 Northern Illinois State Huskies football
Conference	Illinois Intercollegiate Athletic Conference
Record	6–3 (2–2 IIAC)
Head coach	Chick Evans (12th season);
Captain	Sam Smith
Home stadium	Glidden Field
	Seasons ← 1939 1941 →

1940 Illinois Intercollegiate Athletic Conference football standings
v t e	Conf					Overall
Team	W		L		T	W		L		T
Illinois State Normal $	4	–	0	–	0	5	–	3	–	1
Carthage	2	–	0	–	0	5	–	2	–	1
Eastern Illinois	4	–	1	–	0	6	–	1	–	1
Northern Illinois State	2	–	2	–	0	6	–	3	–	0
Elmhurst	1	–	2	–	0	2	–	5	–	1
Western Illinois	0	–	3	–	1	1	–	6	–	1
Southern Illinois	0	–	3	–	1	2	–	5	–	1
Eureka	0	–	2	–	0	2	–	5	–	1

The 1940 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 1940 college football season. Led by 12th-year head coach Chick Evans, the Huskies compiled an overall record of 6–3 with a mark of 2–2 in conference play, placing fourth in the IIAC.

Northern Illinois was ranked at No. 353 (out of 697 college football teams) in the final rankings under the Litkenhous Difference by Score system for 1940.^[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	Source
September 28	Whitewater State*	Glidden Field DeKalb, IL	W 7–6
October 5	at Eastern Kentucky*	Richmond, KY	L 0–35
October 12	Central Michigan*	Glidden Field DeKalb, IL	W 9–6
October 19	at Oshkosh State*	Oshkosh, WI	W 21–7
October 26	at Wheaton (IL)*	Wheaton, IL	W 12–6
November 2	Southern Illinois	Glidden Field DeKalb, IL	W 20–6
November 9	at Illinois State Normal	McCormick Field Normal, IL	L 14–26	^[2]
November 18	Eastern Illinois	Glidden Field DeKalb, IL	L 0–12
November 18	Western Illinois	Glidden Field DeKalb, IL	W 32–13
*Non-conference game