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1939 Northern Illinois State Evansmen football team

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1939 Northern Illinois State Evansmen football
ConferenceIllinois Intercollegiate Athletic Conference
Record5–2–1 (3–1 IIAC)
Head coach
CaptainJohn Young, Paul Blair
Home stadiumGlidden Field
Seasons
← 1938
1940 →
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
Northern Illinois State 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

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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

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References

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  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.