1950 Northern Illinois State Huskies football team

{{Infobox college sports team season

| year = 1950

| team = Northern Illinois State Huskies

| sport = football

| image =

| image_size =

| conference = Interstate Intercollegiate Athletic Conference

| short_conf = IIAC

| record = 3–6

| conf_record = 2–4

| head_coach = Chick Evans

| hc_year = 22nd

| mvp = Ernie Wickstrom

| captain = Eugene Duda

| stadium = DeKalb Township High School Field

}}

{{1950 Interstate Intercollegiate Athletic Conference football standings}}

The 1950 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 1950 college football season. Led by 22nd-year head coach Chick Evans, the Huskies compiled an overall record of 3–6 with a mark of 2–4 in conference play, placing fifth in the IIAC. The team played their home games at the DeKalb Township High School football field, as their usual home of Glidden Field was being renovated during the season.

Schedule

{{CFB schedule

|{{CFB schedule entry

| date = September 23

| w/l = l

| nonconf = y

| away = y

| opponent = Western Michigan

| site_stadium = Waldo Stadium

| site_cityst = Kalamazoo, MI

| score = 13–40

| attend = 8,000

| source = {{cite news |title=Huskies Score Before Whipping By Western |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/96300116/the-daily-chronicle/ |access-date=February 23, 2022 |work=The DeKalb Daily Chronicle |date=September 25, 1950 |page=12 |via=Newspapers.com}}

}}

|{{CFB schedule entry

| date = September 30

| w/l = w

| nonconf = y

| opponent = {{cfb link|year=1950|team=Omaha Indians|title=Omaha}}

| site_stadium = DeKalb Township High School Field

| site_cityst = DeKalb, IL

| score = 27–25

| attend = 4,000

| source = {{cite news |title=Huskies Wild In Second Half For Close Win |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/96300929/the-daily-chronicle/ |access-date=February 23, 2022 |work=The DeKalb Daily Chronicle |date=October 2, 1950 |page=12 |via=Newspapers.com}}

}}

|{{CFB schedule entry

| date = October 7

| w/l = w

| away = y

| opponent = Michigan State Normal

| site_stadium = Briggs Field

| site_cityst = Ypsilanti, MI

| score = 35–13

| source = {{cite news |title=Northern Takes Loop Opener In Michigan |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/96301666/the-daily-chronicle/ |access-date=February 23, 2022 |work=The DeKalb Daily Chronicle |date=October 9, 1950 |page=12 |via=Newspapers.com}}

}}

|{{CFB schedule entry

| date = October 14

| w/l = w

| homecoming = y

| opponent = Southern Illinois

| site_stadium = DeKalb Township High School Field

| site_cityst = DeKalb, IL

| score = 44–20

| attend = 6,000

| source = {{cite news |title=Northern Downs Southern in Homecoming |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/96301924/the-daily-chronicle/ |access-date=February 23, 2022 |work=The DeKalb Daily Chronicle |date=October 16, 1950 |page=12 |via=Newspapers.com}}

}}

|{{CFB schedule entry

| date = October 21

| w/l = l

| away = y

| opponent = Western Illinois

| site_stadium = Hanson Field

| site_cityst = Macomb, IL

| score = 27–28

| source = {{cite news |title=Huskies Lose To Western |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/95515811/the-daily-chronicle/ |access-date=February 19, 2022 |work=The DeKalb Daily Chronicle |date=October 23, 1950 |page=12 |via=Newspapers.com}}

}}

|{{CFB schedule entry

| date = October 27

| w/l = l

| nonconf = y

| away = y

| opponent = Kent State

| site_stadium = Memorial Stadium

| site_cityst = Kent, OH

| score = 7–56

| source = {{cite news |last1=Cubbedge |first1=Bob |title=Flashes Rip Huskies For 3rd Straight |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/96302046/the-akron-beacon-journal/ |access-date=February 23, 2022 |work=Akron Beacon Journal |date=October 28, 1950 |page=13 |via=Newspapers.com}}

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|{{CFB schedule entry

| date = November 3

| w/l = l

| opponent = Central Michigan

| site_stadium = DeKalb Township High School Field

| site_cityst = DeKalb, IL

| score = 14–26

| source = {{cite news |last1=West |first1=Milt |title=NI Loses to Chippewas |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/96302195/the-daily-chronicle/ |access-date=February 23, 2022 |work=The DeKalb Daily Chronicle |date=November 4, 1950 |page=8 |via=Newspapers.com}}

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|{{CFB schedule entry

| date = November 11

| w/l = l

| opponent = Illinois State Normal

| site_stadium = DeKalb Township High School Field

| site_cityst = DeKalb, IL

| score = 12–13

| source = {{cite news |last1=Young |first1=Fred |title=Normal Clinches IIAC Title for 1950 With 13 to 12 Victory Over DeKalb |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/1696551/1950-iiac-title-clinched/ |access-date=October 10, 2021 |work=The Pantagraph |date=November 12, 2021 |page=13 |via=Newspapers.com}}

}}

|{{CFB schedule entry

| date = November 18

| w/l = l

| away = y

| opponent = Eastern Illinois

| site_stadium = Lincoln Field

| site_cityst = Charleston, IL

| score = 13–34

| source = {{cite news |last1=West |first1=Milt |title=Huskies Lose To Eastern |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/95712838/the-daily-chronicle/ |access-date=February 20, 2022 |work=The DeKalb Daily Chronicle |date=November 20, 1950 |page=14 |via=Newspapers.com}}

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{{cite web |author= |title=Brief Summary Of Cumulative Football Statistics |url=https://stats.ncaa.org/team/503/stats/13011 |publisher=National Collegiate Athletic Association |access-date=December 12, 2022 }}{{Cite web |last=DeLassus |first=David |title=Coaching Records Game-by-game: George "Chick" Evans, 1950 |publisher=College Football Data Warehouse |url=http://www.cfbdatawarehouse.com/data/coaching/alltime_coach_game_by_game.php?coachid=717&year=1950 |accessdate=November 14, 2013 |archive-date=October 24, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121024212636/http://www.cfbdatawarehouse.com/data/coaching/alltime_coach_game_by_game.php?coachid=717&year=1950 |url-status=dead }}

References

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