1939 Northern Illinois State Evansmen football team

American college football season February 2026 August 2023 1939 Northern Illinois State Evansmen football Illinois Intercollegiate Athletic Conference IIAC 5–2–1 3–1 Chick Evans 11th John Young Paul Blair Glidden Field 1940 The 1939 Northern Illinois State Evansmen 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 1939 college football season. Led by 11th-year head coach Chick Evans, the Evansmen compiled an overall record of 5–2–1 with a mark of 3–1 in conference play, placing third in the IIAC. Northern Illinois was ranked at No. 293 (out of 609 teams) in the final Litkenhous Ratings for 1939.Vols Second In Final Litkenhous Grid Rankings; Southern California Tenth E. E. Litkenhous Johnson City Sunday Press December 31, 1939 11 https://www.newspapers.com/clip/123000367/vols-second-in-final-litkenhous-grid/ Newspapers.com The team played home games at the 5,500-seat Glidden Field, located on the east end of campus, in DeKalb, Illinois. Schedule September 30 l y y Central Michigan Mount Pleasant, MI 0–6 October 7 w y 1939 Elmhurst Bluejays Elmhurst Elmhurst, IL 13–0 October 14 w 1939 Wheaton Crusaders Wheaton (IL) Glidden Field DeKalb, IL 19–7 October 21 w y 1939 Dubuque Spartans Dubuque Glidden Field DeKalb, IL 20–12 October 28 t y 1939 Milwaukee Panthers Milwaukee Glidden Field DeKalb, IL 0–0 November 4 w y Southern Illinois McAndrew Stadium Carbondale, IL 13–0 November 11 l 1939 Illinois State Redbirds Illinois State Glidden Field DeKalb, IL 7–13 November 18 w y 1939 Eastern Illinois Panthers Eastern Illinois Charleston, IL 22–6 DeLassus David Coaching Records Game-by-game: George "Chick" Evans, 1939 College Football Data Warehouse http://www.cfbdatawarehouse.com/data/coaching/alltime_coach_game_by_game.php?coachid=717&year=1939 September 14, 2014 September 10, 2015 https://web.archive.org/web/20150910223348/http://www.cfbdatawarehouse.com/data/coaching/alltime_coach_game_by_game.php?coachid=717&year=1939 dead References Northern Illinois State Category:Northern Illinois Huskies football seasons Northern Illinois State Evansmen football