The 1929 Northern Illinois State Teachers football team represented Northern Illinois State Teachers Collegeânow known as Northern Illinois Universityâas a member of the Illinois Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (IIAC) during the 1929 college football season. Led by first-year head coach Chick Evans, the Evansmen compiled an overall record of 6â1â1 with a mark of 4â1â1 in conference play, tying for sixth place in the IIAC. The team played home games at the 5,500-seat Glidden Field, located on the east end of campus, in DeKalb, Illinois.
Record6â1â1 (4â1â1 IIAC)
CaptainLeland Strombom
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1929 Illinois Intercollegiate Athletic Conference football standings
| Conf. | | | Overall |
| Team | W | | L | | T | | | W | | L | | T |
| Knox (IL) + | 5 | â | 0 | â | 0 | | | 7 | â | 1 | â | 0 |
| Lombard + | 3 | â | 0 | â | 0 | | | 6 | â | 1 | â | 1 |
| Millikin | 5 | â | 1 | â | 0 | | | 7 | â | 1 | â | 0 |
| Eastern Illinois | 5 | â | 1 | â | 0 | | | 6 | â | 1 | â | 0 |
| Monmouth (IL) | 5 | â | 1 | â | 0 | | | 5 | â | 4 | â | 0 |
| Northern Illinois State | 4 | â | 1 | â | 1 | | | 6 | â | 1 | â | 1 |
| Illinois Wesleyan | 5 | â | 2 | â | 0 | | | 5 | â | 3 | â | 0 |
| Elmhurst | 2 | â | 1 | â | 0 | | | 8 | â | 1 | â | 0 |
| Bradley | 4 | â | 2 | â | 0 | | | 6 | â | 3 | â | 0 |
| Southern Illinois | 4 | â | 2 | â | 0 | | | 5 | â | 3 | â | 1 |
| Shurtleff | 3 | â | 2 | â | 0 | | | 5 | â | 3 | â | 0 |
| Carthage | 2 | â | 2 | â | 1 | | | 4 | â | 3 | â | 1 |
| Eureka | 3 | â | 3 | â | 2 | | | 3 | â | 3 | â | 2 |
| Illinois College | 3 | â | 3 | â | 0 | | | 4 | â | 4 | â | 0 |
| Augustana (IL) | 3 | â | 3 | â | 1 | | | 3 | â | 4 | â | 1 |
| North Central * | 2 | â | 4 | â | 1 | | | 3 | â | 5 | â | 1 |
| Lake Forest | 1 | â | 2 | â | 0 | | | 2 | â | 5 | â | 0 |
| McKendree | 1 | â | 4 | â | 0 | | | 4 | â | 6 | â | 0 |
| Wheaton (IL) | 1 | â | 4 | â | 1 | | | 2 | â | 6 | â | 1 |
| Illinois State Normal | 1 | â | 5 | â | 2 | | | 1 | â | 5 | â | 2 |
| St. Viator | 0 | â | 6 | â | 1 | | | 0 | â | 7 | â | 1 |
| Mount Morris | 0 | â | 6 | â | 0 | | | 2 | â | 6 | â | 0 |
| Western Illinois â | 0 | â | 7 | â | 0 | | | 0 | â | 8 | â | 0 |
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- + â Conference co-champions
- * â North Central finished the season 6â0â1 in conference play, but forfeited their share of the title and four wins, over Lake Forest, Augustana, Carthage, and Monmouth, because of an ineligible player.
â â Western Illinois finished the season 3â4 in conference play, but forfeited three wins, over Shurtleff, Augustana, and Illinois State, because of an ineligible player.
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