1942 Northern Illinois State Huskies football team

{{Infobox college sports team season

| year = 1942

| team = Northern Illinois State Huskies

| sport = football

| image =

| image_size =

| conference = Illinois Intercollegiate Athletic Conference

| short_conf = IIAC

| record = 3–2–2

| conf_record = 1–0–2

| head_coach = Chick Evans

| hc_year = 14th

| captain = John Farney

| stadium = Glidden Field

}}

{{1942 Illinois Intercollegiate Athletic Conference football standings}}

The 1942 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 1942 college football season. Led by 14th-year head coach Chick Evans, the Huskies compiled an overall record of 3–2–2 with a mark of 1–0–2 in conference play, placing second in the IIAC.

Northern Illinois was ranked at No. 344 (out of 590 college and military teams) in the final rankings under the Litkenhous Difference by Score System for 1942.{{cite news|title=Litkenhous Rates Georgia No. 1, Ohio State No. 2|newspaper=Twin City Sentinel|author=Dr. E. E. Litkenhous|date=December 16, 1942|page=10|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/123106326/litkenhous-rates-georgia-no-1-ohio/|via=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

{{CFB schedule

| timezone = Central

|{{CFB schedule entry

| date = September 26

| time =

| w/l = w

| nonconf = y

| opponent = {{cfb link|year=1942|team=Whitewater State Quakers|title=Whitewater State}}

| site_stadium = Glidden Field

| site_cityst = DeKalb, IL

| score = 13–0

| source = {{cite news |title=Huskies Win by a Shutout in Opening Grid Tilt |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/90090035/the-daily-chronicle/ |access-date=December 5, 2021 |work=The DeKalb Daily Chronicle |date=September 28, 1942 |page=6 |via=Newspapers.com}}

}}

|{{CFB schedule entry

| date = October 3

| time =

| w/l = l

| nonconf = y

| away = y

| opponent = Camp Grant

| site_stadium =

| site_cityst = Rockford, IL

| score = 0–41

| source = {{cite news |title=Huskies Fall Victim to Smashing Warrior Attack |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/90090287/the-daily-chronicle/ |access-date=December 5, 2021 |work=The DeKalb Daily Chronicle |date=October 5, 1942 |page=6 |via=Newspapers.com}}

}}

|{{CFB schedule entry

| date = October 10

| time =

| w/l = t

| opponent = Western Illinois

| site_stadium = Glidden Field

| site_cityst = DeKalb, IL

| score = 14–14

| source = {{cite news |title=Huskies Tie Macomb in a 14 to 14 Feature Tilt |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/89645633/the-daily-chronicle/ |access-date=November 27, 2021 |work=The DeKalb Daily Chronicle |date=October 12, 1942 |page=6 |via=Newspapers.com}}

}}

|{{CFB schedule entry

| date = October 17

| time =

| w/l = l

| nonconf = y

| away = y

| opponent = Ball State

| site_stadium =

| site_cityst = Muncie, IN

| gamename = rivalry

| score = 0–14

| source = {{cite news |last1=Barnet |first1=Bob |title=Ball State Cardinals Turn Back Northern Illinois Teachers, 14 to 0 |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/90090468/the-star-press/ |access-date=December 5, 2021 |work=The Muncie Sunday Star |date=October 18, 1942 |page=12 |via=Newspapers.com}}

}}

|{{CFB schedule entry

| date = October 24

| time =

| w/l = w

| nonconf = y

| away = y

| opponent = {{cfb link|year=1942|team=Stevens Point Pointers|title=Stevens Point}}

| site_stadium =

| site_cityst = Stevens Point, WI

| score = 7–0

| source = {{cite news |title=Northern Shades Stevens Point |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/90090616/the-pantagraph/ |access-date=December 5, 2021 |work=The Pantagraph |agency=Associated Press |date=October 25, 1942 |page=6 |via=Newspapers.com}}

}}

|{{CFB schedule entry

| date = October 31

| time =

| w/l = w

| opponent = Southern Illinois

| site_stadium = Glidden Field

| site_cityst = DeKalb, IL

| score = 34–7

| source = {{cite news |title=Huskies Prove Serious Competition for Loop Title |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/90090766/the-daily-chronicle/ |access-date=December 5, 2021 |work=The Daily Chronicle |date=November 2, 1942 |page=6 |via=Newspapers.com}}

}}

|{{CFB schedule entry

| date = November 11

| time =

| w/l = t

| away = y

| opponent = {{cfb link|year=1942|team=Illinois State Normal Redbirds|title=Illinois State Normal}}

| site_stadium =

| site_cityst = Normal, IL

| score = 6–6

| source = {{cite news |last1=Young |first1=Fred |title=State Normal, Northern Play to 6-6 Deadlock |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/90090892/the-pantagraph/ |access-date=December 5, 2021 |work=The Pantagraph |date=November 12, 1942 |page=10 |via=Newspapers.com}}

}}

|{{CFB schedule entry

| date = November 14

| time =

| w/l =

| opponent = Eastern Illinois

| site_stadium = Glidden Field

| site_cityst = DeKalb, IL

| score = Canceled

| source = {{cite news |title=Huskies Tie at Normal |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/90092128/the-daily-chronicle/ |access-date=December 5, 2021 |work=The DeKalb Daily Chronicle |date=November 12, 1942 |page=8 |via=Newspapers.com}}

}}

References

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