| 1945 Northern Illinois State Huskies football | |
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| Conference | Illinois Intercollegiate Athletic Conference |
| Record | 4–3 (2–2 IIAC) |
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| Captain | Al Hodous, Richard Piatt |
| Home stadium | Glidden Field |
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| Team | W | L | T | W | L | T | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Illinois State Normal $ | 3 | – | 1 | – | 0 | 4 | – | 3 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Southern Illinois | 2 | – | 1 | – | 1 | 4 | – | 1 | – | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Northern Illinois State | 2 | – | 2 | – | 0 | 4 | – | 3 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Eastern Illinois | 1 | – | 1 | – | 2 | 2 | – | 3 | – | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Western Illinois | 0 | – | 3 | – | 1 | 1 | – | 5 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The 1945 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 1945 college football season. Led by 17th-year head coach Chick Evans, the Huskies compiled an overall record of 4–3 with a mark of 2–2 in conference play, placing third 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.
Schedule
| Date | Opponent | Site | Result | Attendance | Source |
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| October 6 | at Wheaton (IL)* | Wheaton, IL | W 7–0 | [1] | |
| October 13 | Western Illinois | W 12–6 | 3,000 | [2] | |
| October 20 | at Illinois Wesleyan* | Bloomington, IL | L 0–13 | [3] | |
| October 27 | at Illinois State Normal |
| L 7–19 | [4] | |
| November 3 | Elmhurst* |
| W 59–0 | [5] | |
| November 10 | Southern Illinois |
| W 13–7 | [6] | |
| November 17 | at Eastern Illinois |
| L 14–19 | [7] | |
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References
- ↑ "Northern Defeats Wheaton". The Pantagraph. Associated Press. October 7, 1945. p. 8. Retrieved December 5, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
- ↑ "Huskies Hold Clean Record". The DeKalb Daily Chronicle. October 15, 1945. p. 6. Retrieved December 5, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
- ↑ "Wesleyan Titans Snap De Kalb Win Streak With 13-0 Triumph". The Pantagraph. October 21, 1945. p. 10. Retrieved October 13, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
- ↑ "Normal Hits Huskie String". The Daily Chronicle. October 29, 1945. p. 6. Retrieved October 13, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
- ↑ "Huskies Have Wild Contest". The Daily Chronicle. November 5, 1945. p. 6. Retrieved December 5, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
- ↑ Young, Fred (November 11, 1945). "Northern Ruins Southern's Hope Of IIAC Title". The Pantagraph. p. 11. Retrieved December 5, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
- ↑ "Eastern Rally Dumps DeKalb". Herald and Review. November 18, 1945. p. 15. Retrieved December 5, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
- ↑ DeLassus, David. "Coaching Records Game-by-game: George "Chick" Evans, 1945". College Football Data Warehouse. Archived from the original on October 24, 2012. Retrieved November 14, 2013.
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