1939 Northern Illinois State Evansmen football team

1939 Northern Illinois State Evansmen football
ConferenceIllinois Intercollegiate Athletic Conference
Record5–2–1 (3–1 IIAC)
Head coach
Captains
  • John Young
  • Paul Blair
Home stadiumGlidden Field
1939 Illinois Intercollegiate Athletic Conference football standings
Conf. Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Western Illinois $ 3 – 0 – 1 5 – 1 – 1
Illinois State Normal 3 – 0 – 2 4 – 2 – 3
3 – 1 – 0 5 – 2 – 1
Carthage 2 – 1 – 0 2 – 6 – 1
Eastern Illinois 2 – 2 – 1 4 – 3 – 1
Elmhurst 1 – 4 – 0 1 – 6 – 1
Eureka 0 – 2 – 0 0 – 7 – 0
Southern Illinois 0 – 4 – 0 0 – 8 – 0
  • $ – Conference champion

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.[1]

The team played home games at the 5,500-seat Glidden Field, located on the east end of campus, in DeKalb, Illinois.

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResult
September 30at Central Michigan*Mount Pleasant, MIL 0–6
October 7at ElmhurstElmhurst, ILW 13–0
October 14Wheaton (IL)W 19–7
October 21Dubuque*
  • Glidden Field
  • DeKalb, IL
W 20–12
October 28Milwaukee*
  • Glidden Field
  • DeKalb, IL
T 0–0
November 4at Southern IllinoisW 13–0
November 11Illinois State
  • Glidden Field
  • DeKalb, IL
L 7–13
November 18at Eastern IllinoisCharleston, ILW 22–6
  • *Non-conference game

[2]

References

  1. ^ E. E. Litkenhous (December 31, 1939). "Vols Second In Final Litkenhous Grid Rankings; Southern California Tenth". Johnson City Sunday Press. p. 11 – via Newspapers.com.
  2. ^ DeLassus, David. "Coaching Records Game-by-game: George "Chick" Evans, 1939". College Football Data Warehouse. Archived from the original on September 10, 2015. Retrieved September 14, 2014.