1944 Northern Illinois State Huskies football | |
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IIAC champion | |
Conference | Illinois Intercollegiate Athletic Conference |
Record | 7–0 (3–0 IIAC) |
Head coach |
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Captain | Henry Leskovec |
Home stadium | Glidden Field |
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Team | W | L | T | W | L | T | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Northern Illinois State $ | 3 | – | 0 | – | 0 | 7 | – | 0 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Illinois State Normal | 1 | – | 0 | – | 0 | 3 | – | 4 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Southern Illinois | 2 | – | 1 | – | 0 | 3 | – | 3 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Eastern Illinois | 1 | – | 2 | – | 0 | 1 | – | 3 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Western Illinois | 0 | – | 4 | – | 0 | 0 | – | 8 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The 1944 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 1944 college football season. Led by 16th-year head coach Chick Evans, the Huskies compiled an overall record of 7–0 with a mark of 3–0 in conference play, winning the IIAC title. The team played home games at the 5,500-seat Glidden Field, located on the east end of campus, in DeKalb, Illinois.
Date | Opponent | Site | Result | Source |
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September 30 | at Elmhurst* | Elmhurst, IL | W 6–0 | [1] |
October 7 | Eastern Illinois | W 25–6 | [2] | |
October 14 | Elmhurst*![]() |
| W 25–12 | [3] |
October 21 | at Western Illinois | Macomb, IL | W 13–6 | [4] |
October 28 | at Concordia (IL)* | River Forest, IL | W 12–6 | [5] |
November 4 | Wheaton (IL)* |
| W 19–6 | [6] |
November 10 | at Southern Illinois | W 13–12 | [7] | |
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