1931 Northern Illinois State Evansmen football team

1931 Northern Illinois State Evansmen football
Conference	Illinois Intercollegiate Athletic Conference
Record	5–3 (4–2 IIAC)
Head coach	Chick Evans (3rd season)
Captain	Vernon Sutfin
Home stadium	Glidden Field

1931 Illinois Intercollegiate Athletic Conference football standings

v t e	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
Monmouth (IL) $	5	–	0	–	1			9	–	0	–	1
Millikin	4	–	1	–	0			6	–	3	–	0
Bradley	4	–	1	–	0			5	–	3	–	0
Augustana (IL)	3	–	1	–	2			5	–	2	–	2
St. Viator	5	–	2	–	0			5	–	2	–	0
Southern Illinois	4	–	2	–	0			7	–	2	–	0
North Central	4	–	2	–	0			5	–	2	–	0
Northern Illinois State	4	–	2	–	0			5	–	3	–	0
Carthage	3	–	3	–	1			4	–	4	–	1
Elmhurst	3	–	3	–	0			4	–	4	–	0
Knox (IL)	2	–	2	–	1			3	–	5	–	1
Illinois Wesleyan	3	–	3	–	0			3	–	5	–	0
McKendree	2	–	3	–	1			4	–	4	–	1
Eastern Illinois	2	–	3	–	0			3	–	4	–	0
Mount Morris	1	–	2	–	1			4	–	4	–	1
Eureka	2	–	4	–	1			3	–	4	–	1
Shurtleff	2	–	4	–	1			3	–	4	–	1
Western Illinois	2	–	4	–	0			2	–	6	–	0
Illinois College	1	–	4	–	2			2	–	5	–	2
Illinois State Normal	1	–	6	–	1			1	–	6	–	1
Lake Forest	0	–	2	–	2			0	–	2	–	4
Wheaton (IL)	0	–	3	–	0			3	–	5	–	0
$ – Conference champion

The 1931 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 1930 college football season. Led by third-year head coach Chick Evans, the Evansmen compiled an overall record of 5–3 with a mark of 4–2 in conference play, tying for sixth place in the IIAC. The team played home games at the 5,500-seat Glidden Field, located on the east end of campus, in DeKalb, Illinois.

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	Result
September 26	at Whitewater State*	Whitewater, WI	L 0–25
October 3	at Illinois State	Normal, IL	W 12–0
October 10	Milwaukee*	Glidden Field DeKalb, IL	W 19–2
October 17	Illinois College	Glidden Field DeKalb, IL	W 7–6
October 31	St. Viator	Glidden Field DeKalb, IL	W 6–0
November 7	at North Central	Naperville, IL	L 6–19
November 14	Wheaton (IL)	Glidden Field DeKalb, IL	W 20–0
November 21	at Southern Illinois	Carbondale, IL	L 6–7
*Non-conference game

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References

1. DeLassus, David. "Coaching Records Game-by-game: George "Chick" Evans, 1931". College Football Data Warehouse. Archived from the original on October 24, 2012. Retrieved November 8, 2013.