| Year: | 1947 |
| Team: | Northern Illinois State Huskies |
| Sport: | football |
| Conference: | Illinois Intercollegiate Athletic Conference |
| Short Conf: | IIAC |
| Record: | 4–3–3 |
| Conf Record: | 2–1–1 |
| Head Coach: | Chick Evans |
| Hc Year: | 19th |
| Captain: | Larry Brink |
| Stadium: | Glidden Field |
| Bowl: | Hoosier Bowl |
| Bowl Result: | L 0–20 vs. |
The 1947 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 1947 college football season. Led by 19th-year head coach Chick Evans, the Huskies compiled an overall record of 4–3–3 with a mark of 2–1–1 in conference play, placing second in the IIAC. Northern Illinois State was invited to the Hoosier Bowl, where they lost to .
In the final Litkenhous Ratings released in mid-December, Northern Illinois was ranked at No. 185 out of 500 college football teams.[1]
The team played home games at the 5,500-seat Glidden Field, located on the east end of campus, in DeKalb, Illinois.