Year: | 1946 |
Team: | Northern Illinois State Huskies |
Sport: | football |
Conference: | Illinois Intercollegiate Athletic Conference |
Short Conf: | IIAC |
Record: | 9–2 |
Conf Record: | 4–0 |
Head Coach: | Chick Evans |
Hc Year: | 18th |
Captain: | Robert Duffield |
Stadium: | Glidden Field |
Champion: | IIAC champion |
Bowl: | Turkey Bowl |
Bowl Result: | L 7–19 vs. Evansville |
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.