1951 Northern Illinois State Huskies football team

The 1951 Northern Illinois State Huskies football team represented Northern Illinois State Teachers College during the 1951 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 twenty-third year head coach Chick Evans 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
September 22		at Wisconsin–Whitewater*		Whitewater, WI		W 20–7
September 29		at Eastern Illinois		Charleston, IL		W 21–7
October 6		at Southern Illinois		McAndrew Stadium • Carbondale, IL		W 14–7
October 13		Eastern Michigan		Glidden Field • DeKalb, IL		W 35–21
October 20		Illinois State		Glidden Field • DeKalb, IL		W 39–13
October 27		Peru State (NE)*		Glidden Field • DeKalb, IL		W 21–0
November 2		at Central Michigan		Mount Pleasant, MI		W 26–13
November 10		Western Illinois		Glidden Field • DeKalb, IL		W 20–7
November 17		at Nebraska–Omaha*		Al F. Caniglia Field • Omaha, NE		W 27–26
*Non-conference game. Homecoming. #Rankings from Coaches Poll released prior to game. All times are in Central Time.

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