The 1943 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 1943 college football season. Led by 15th-year head coach Chick Evans, the Huskies compiled an overall record of 4–1–1 with a mark of 1–0 in conference play. The team played home games at the 5,500-seat Glidden Field, located on the east end of campus, in DeKalb, Illinois.
| 1943 Northern Illinois State Huskies football | |
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| Conference | Illinois Intercollegiate Athletic Conference |
| Record | 4–1–1 (1–0 IIAC) |
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| Captain | Sievert Block, Wayne Cook |
| Home stadium | Glidden Field |
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| Team | W | L | T | W | L | T | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Northern Illinois State | 1 | – | 0 | – | 0 | 4 | – | 1 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Illinois State Normal | 1 | – | 0 | – | 0 | 6 | – | 2 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Western Illinois | 0 | – | 2 | – | 0 | 1 | – | 6 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Eastern Illinois | 0 | – | 0 | – | 0 | 0 | – | 0 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Southern Illinois | 0 | – | 0 | – | 0 | 0 | – | 0 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Schedule
edit| Date | Opponent | Site | Result | Source |
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| October 9 | Wheaton (IL)* | T 0–0 | [1] | |
| October 16 | at Western Illinois | Macomb, IL | W 33–14 | [2] |
| October 23 | Wilson JC* |
| W 39–12 | [3] |
| October 30 | at Wheaton (IL)* | Wheaton, IL | L 13–20 | [4] |
| November 6 | Concordia (IL)* |
| W 12–0 | [5] |
| November 13 | Elmhurst |
| W 20–7 | [6] |
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References
edit- ^ "Huskies Hold Wheaton Scoreless at Homecoming". The DeKalb Daily Chronicle. October 11, 1943. p. 6. Retrieved December 5, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Huskies Show Unexpected Power at Western". The DeKalb Daily Chronicle. October 18, 1943. p. 6. Retrieved December 5, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Huskies Win Wilson Tilt". The DeKalb Daily Chronicle. October 25, 1943. p. 6. Retrieved December 5, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Huskies Drop First Contest". The DeKalb Daily Chronicle. November 1, 1943. p. 5. Retrieved December 5, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Huskies Take Saturday Foe". The DeKalb Daily Chronicle. November 8, 1943. p. 6. Retrieved December 5, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Huskies Take Closing Game". The DeKalb Daily Chronicle. November 15, 1943. p. 5. Retrieved December 5, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
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