1954 Northern Illinois State Huskies football team
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| Conference | Interstate Intercollegiate Athletic Conference |
| 1954 record | 2–7 (1–5 IIAC) |
| Head coach | George "Chick" Evans (26th year) |
| Home stadium | Glidden Field (Capacity: 5,500) |
The 1954 Northern Illinois State Huskies football team represented Northern Illinois State Teachers College during the 1954 college football season. There were no divisions of college football during this time period and the Huskies competed in the Interstate Intercollegiate Athletic Conference. They were led by head coach Chick Evans in his twenty-sixth, and final, year, and played their home games at the 5,500 seat Glidden Field, located on the east end of campus.
Schedule
| Date | Time | Opponent# | Rank# | Site | TV | Result | |||
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| September 25 | Wheaton* | Wheaton, IL | L 8–13 | ||||||
| October 2 | at Beloit (WI)* | Beloit, WI | W 18–0 | ||||||
| October 9 | Southern Illinois | Glidden Field • DeKalb, IL | W 24–7 | ||||||
| October 16 | at Eastern Michigan | Ypsilanti, MI | L 0–34 | ||||||
| October 23 | at Illinois State | Normal, IL | L 6–19 | ||||||
| October 30 | Nebraska–Omaha* | Glidden Field • DeKalb, IL | L 7–26 | ||||||
| November 6 | Central Michigan | Glidden Field • DeKalb, IL | L 7–46 | ||||||
| November 13 | at Western Illinois | Hanson Field • Macomb, IL | L 0–14 | ||||||
| November 20 | Eastern Illinois | Glidden Field • DeKalb, IL | L 9–28 | ||||||
*Non-conference game.  Homecoming. #Rankings from Coaches Poll released prior to game. All times are in Central Time. |
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