1948 Northern Illinois State Huskies football team

1948 Northern Illinois State Huskies football
ConferenceIllinois Intercollegiate Athletic Conference
Record6–4 (2–2 IIAC)
Head coach
CaptainRobert Walker
Home stadiumGlidden Field
Seasons
← 1947
1949 →
1948 Illinois Intercollegiate Athletic Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Eastern Illinois $ 4 0 0 7 3 0
Illinois State Normal 3 1 0 7 2 0
Northern Illinois State 2 2 0 6 4 0
Western Illinois 1 3 0 4 4 0
Southern Illinois 0 4 0 2 6 0
  • $ – Conference champion

The 1948 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 1948 college football season. Led by 20th-year head coach Chick Evans, the Huskies compiled an overall record of 6–4 with a mark of 2–2 in conference play, placing third in the IIAC.

Northern Illinois was ranked at No. 243 in the final Litkenhous Difference by Score System ratings for 1948.[1]

The team played home games at the 5,500-seat Glidden Field, located on the east end of campus, in DeKalb, Illinois.

  1. ^ "Michigan, Irish Finish 1-2 in Litkenhous Ratings". Wilmington Morning News. December 15, 1948. p. 32 – via Newspapers.com.