1946 Northern Illinois State Huskies football team
American college football season
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The 1946 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 1946 college football season. Led by 18th-year head coach Chick Evans, the Huskies compiled an overall record of 9–2 with a mark of 4–0 in conference play, winning the IIAC title. Northern Illinois State was invited to the Turkey Bowl, where they lost to Evansville. The team played home games at the 5,500-seat Glidden Field, located on the east end of campus, in DeKalb, Illinois.
| 1946 Northern Illinois State Huskies football | |
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IIAC champion | |
Turkey Bowl, L 7–19 vs. Evansville | |
| Conference | Illinois Intercollegiate Athletic Conference |
| Record | 9–2 (4–0 IIAC) |
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| Captain | Robert Duffield |
| Home stadium | Glidden Field |
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| Team | W | L | T | W | L | T | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Northern Illinois State $ | 4 | – | 0 | – | 0 | 9 | – | 2 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Southern Illinois | 3 | – | 1 | – | 0 | 4 | – | 4 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Illinois State Normal | 2 | – | 2 | – | 0 | 6 | – | 3 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Eastern Illinois | 1 | – | 3 | – | 0 | 2 | – | 6 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Western Illinois | 0 | – | 4 | – | 0 | 2 | – | 6 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Schedule
| Date | Opponent | Site | Result | Source |
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| September 21 | Aurora Clippers* | W 20–0 | [1] | |
| September 28 | at Elmhurst* | Elmhurst, IL | W 49–6 | [2] |
| October 4 | Eastern Illinois |
| W 26–0 | [3] |
| October 12 | Wheaton (IL)* |
| W 20–0 | [4] |
| October 18 | Illinois Wesleyan* |
| W 20–0 | [5] |
| October 26 | at Central Michigan* |
| L 7–58 | [6] |
| November 2 | at Western Illinois | Macomb, IL | W 14–13 | [7] |
| November 9 | Illinois State Normal |
| W 14–3 | [8] |
| November 16 | at Southern Illinois | W 10–0 | [9] | |
| November 23 | at Millikin* | Decatur, IL | W 20–0 | [10] |
| November 28 | at Evansville* | Evansville, IN (Turkey Bowl) | L 7–19 | [11] |
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