1946 Northern Illinois State Huskies football team
{{short description|American college football season}}
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{{Infobox college sports team season
| year = 1946
| team = Northern Illinois State Huskies
| sport = football
| image =
| image_size =
| conference = Illinois Intercollegiate Athletic Conference
| short_conf = IIAC
| record = 9–2
| conf_record = 4–0
| head_coach = Chick Evans
| hc_year = 18th
| captain = Robert Duffield
| stadium = Glidden Field
| champion = IIAC champion
| bowl = Turkey Bowl
| bowl_result = L 7–19 vs. Evansville
}}
{{1946 Illinois Intercollegiate Athletic Conference football standings}}
The 1946 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 1946 college football season. Led by 18th-year head coach Chick Evans, the Huskies compiled an overall record of 9–2 with a mark of 4–0 in conference play, winning the IIAC title. Northern Illinois State was invited to the Turkey Bowl, where they lost to Evansville. 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 21
| time =
| w/l = w
| nonconf = y
| opponent = Aurora Clippers
| site_stadium = Glidden Field
| site_cityst = DeKalb, IL
| score = 20–0
| source = {{cite news |title=Streator Sidelights |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/90263441/the-times/ |access-date=December 8, 2021 |work=Streator Daily Times-Press |date=September 23, 1946 |page=10 |via=Newspapers.com}}
}}
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = September 28
| time =
| w/l = w
| nonconf = y
| away = y
| opponent = Elmhurst
| site_stadium =
| site_cityst = Elmhurst, IL
| score = 49–6
| source = {{cite news |title=Huskies Pile Heavy Score |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/90263546/the-daily-chronicle/ |access-date=December 8, 2021 |work=The DeKalb Daily Chronicle |date=September 30, 1946 |page=6 |via=Newspapers.com}}
}}
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = October 4
| time =
| w/l = w
| opponent = Eastern Illinois
| site_stadium = Glidden Field
| site_cityst = DeKalb, IL
| score = 26–0
| source = {{cite news |title=Eastern Teachers Blanked by DeKalb |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/90263632/the-decatur-daily-review/ |access-date=December 8, 2021 |work=The Decatur Daily Review |agency=Associated Press |date=October 5, 1946 |page=2 |via=Newspapers.com}}
}}
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = October 12
| time =
| w/l = w
| nonconf = y
| opponent = Wheaton (IL)
| site_stadium = Glidden Field
| site_cityst = DeKalb, IL
| score = 20–0
| source = {{cite news |title=Northern Trims Wheaton, 20-0 |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/90263786/the-pantagraph/ |access-date=December 8, 2021 |work=The Pantagraph |agency=Associated Press |date=October 13, 1946 |page=6 |via=Newspapers.com}}
}}
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = October 18
| time =
| w/l = w
| nonconf = y
| opponent = Illinois Wesleyan
| site_stadium = Glidden Field
| site_cityst = DeKalb, IL
| score = 20–0
| source = {{cite news |title=Huskies Keep Goal Record |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/90264062/the-daily-chronicle/ |access-date=December 8, 2021 |work=The DeKalb Daily Chronicle |date=October 19, 1946 |page=6 |via=Newspapers.com}}
}}
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = October 26
| time =
| w/l = l
| nonconf = y
| away = y
| opponent = Central Michigan
| site_stadium = Alumni Field
| site_cityst = Mount Pleasant, MI
| score = 7–58
| source = {{cite news |title=Huskies Fall To Michigan |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/90264202/the-daily-chronicle/ |access-date=December 8, 2021 |work=The DeKalb Daily Chronicle |date=October 28, 1946 |page=7 |via=Newspapers.com}}
}}
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = November 2
| time =
| w/l = w
| away = y
| opponent = {{cfb link|year=1946|team=Western Illinois Leathernecks|title=Western Illinois}}
| site_stadium =
| site_cityst = Macomb, IL
| score = 14–13
| source = {{cite news |title=Huskies Edge Western Team |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/90264303/the-daily-chronicle/ |access-date=December 8, 2021 |work=The DeKalb Daily Chronicle |date=November 4, 1946 |page=6 |via=Newspapers.com}}
}}
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = November 9
| time =
| w/l = w
| opponent = Illinois State Normal
| site_stadium = Glidden Field
| site_cityst = DeKalb, IL
| score = 14–3
| source = {{cite news |title=Huskies Face One More Foe |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/90264469/the-daily-chronicle/ |access-date=December 8, 2021 |work=The DeKalb Daily Chronicle |date=November 11, 1946 |page=5 |via=Newspapers.com}}
}}
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = November 16
| time =
| w/l = w
| away = y
| opponent = Southern Illinois
| site_stadium = McAndrew Stadium
| site_cityst = Carbondale, IL
| score = 10–0
| source = {{cite news |title=Heavier Northern Teachers Team Took IIAC Championship Here Saturday 10-0 As Maroons Battled Vainly In The Mud |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/90264551/carbondale-free-press/ |access-date=December 8, 2021 |work=Carbondale Free Press |date=November 18, 1946 |page=5 |via=Newspapers.com}}
}}
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = November 23
| time =
| w/l = w
| nonconf = y
| away = y
| opponent = Millikin
| site_stadium =
| site_cityst = Decatur, IL
| score = 20–0
| source = {{cite news |last1=Kyle |first1=Forrest R. |title=Dekalb Downs Millikin, 20-0 |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/90264735/the-decatur-daily-review/ |access-date=December 8, 2021 |work=Decatur Sunday Herald and Review |date=November 24, 1946 |page=13 |via=Newspapers.com}}
}}
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = November 28
| time =
| w/l = l
| nonconf = y
| away = y
| opponent = Evansville
| gamename = Turkey Bowl
| site_stadium =
| site_cityst = Evansville, IN
| score = 7–19
| source = {{cite news |last1=Young |first1=Fred |title=Purple Aces Halt De Kalb Winning Spree |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/90264848/the-pantagraph/ |access-date=December 8, 2021 |work=The Pantagraph |date=November 29, 1946 |page=24 |via=Newspapers.com}}
}}
}}
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