Year: | 1944 |
Team: | Northern Illinois State Huskies |
Sport: | football |
Conference: | Illinois Intercollegiate Athletic Conference |
Short Conf: | IIAC |
Record: | 7–0 |
Conf Record: | 3–0 |
Head Coach: | Chick Evans |
Hc Year: | 16th |
Captain: | Henry Leskovec |
Stadium: | Glidden Field |
Champion: | IIAC champion |
The 1944 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 1944 college football season. Led by 16th-year head coach Chick Evans, the Huskies compiled an overall record of 7–0 with a mark of 3–0 in conference play, winning the IIAC title. The team played home games at the 5,500-seat Glidden Field, located on the east end of campus, in DeKalb, Illinois.