1953 Northern Illinois State Huskies football team

1953 Northern Illinois State Huskies football
ConferenceInterstate Intercollegiate Athletic Conference
Record1–8 (1–5 IIAC)
Head coach
MVPWes Luedeking
CaptainLen Jacobson
Home stadiumGlidden Field
Seasons
← 1952
1954 →
1953 Interstate Intercollegiate Athletic Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Central Michigan $ 5 0 1 7 1 1
Western Illinois 5 1 0 8 2 0
Michigan State Normal 4 1 1 7 1 1
Illinois State Normal 3 3 0 5 4 0
Southern Illinois 2 4 0 2 7 0
Northern Illinois State 1 5 0 1 8 0
Eastern Illinois 0 6 0 1 8 0
  • $ – Conference champion

The 1953 Northern Illinois State Huskies football team represented Northern Illinois State Teachers College—now known as Northern Illinois University—as a member of the Interstate Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (IIAC) during the 1953 college football season. Led by 25th-year head coach Chick Evans, the Huskies compiled an overall record of 1–8 with a mark of 1–5 in conference play, placing sixth in the IIAC. The team played home games at the 5,500-seat Glidden Field, located on the east end of campus, in DeKalb, Illinois.