1939 Northern Illinois State Evansmen football team

1939 Northern Illinois State Evansmen football
ConferenceIllinois Intercollegiate Athletic Conference
Record5–2–1 (3–1 IIAC)
Head coach
Captains
  • John Young
  • Paul Blair
Home stadiumGlidden Field
1939 Illinois Intercollegiate Athletic Conference football standings
Conf. Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Western Illinois $ 3 0 1 5 1 1
Illinois State Normal 3 0 2 4 2 3
Northern Illinois State 3 1 0 5 2 1
Carthage 2 1 0 2 6 1
Eastern Illinois 2 2 1 4 3 1
Elmhurst 1 4 0 1 6 1
Eureka 0 2 0 0 7 0
Southern Illinois 0 4 0 0 8 0
  • $ – Conference champion

The 1939 Northern Illinois State Evansmen 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 1939 college football season. Led by 11th-year head coach Chick Evans, the Evansmen compiled an overall record of 5–2–1 with a mark of 3–1 in conference play, placing third in the IIAC.

Northern Illinois was ranked at No. 293 (out of 609 teams) in the final Litkenhous Ratings for 1939.

The team played home games at the 5,500-seat Glidden Field, located on the east end of campus, in DeKalb, Illinois.