1940 Northern Illinois State Huskies football team

1940 Northern Illinois State Huskies football
ConferenceIllinois Intercollegiate Athletic Conference
Record6–3 (2–2 IIAC)
Head coach
CaptainSam Smith
Home stadiumGlidden Field
Seasons
← 1939
1941 →
1940 Illinois Intercollegiate Athletic Conference football standings
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.

  1. ^ Dr. E. E. Litkenhous (December 19, 1940). "Final 1940 Litkenhous Ratings". The Boston Globe. p. 22 – via Newspapers.com.