1923 Northern Illinois State Teachers football team

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1923 Northern Illinois State Teachers football
Conference Illinois Intercollegiate Athletic Conference
Record1–4–3 (0–2–3 IIAC)
Head coach
CaptainElmer Kujala
Home stadium Glidden Field
Seasons
←  1922
1924  →
1923 Illinois Intercollegiate Athletic Conference football standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
Lombard $ 4 –0 –06 –1 –0
Mount Morris 2 –0 –12 –1 –2
Knox (IL) 4 –1 –07 –1 –0
Illinois Wesleyan 7 –2 –07 –2 –0
Bradley 6 –2 –06 –2 –0
Southern Illinois 2 –1 –03 –2 –2
Lincoln (IL) 2 –1 –2 ? – ? – ?
Eastern Illinois 3 –2 –24 –2 –2
Monmouth (IL) 4 –3 –16 –3 –1
Illinois College 3 –3 –13 –4 –1
Eureka 4 –4 –04 –4 –0
Millikin 4 –4 –04 –5 –0
Carthage 2 –3 –14 –3 –1
Illinois State Normal 2 –3 –22 –4 –2
Augustana (IL) 3 –5 –03 –5 –0
St. Viator 1 –2 –05 –3 –2
Lake Forest 1 –3 –02 –6 –1
Blackburn 1 –4 –11 –5 –1
Western Illinois 1 –4 –11 –6 –1
Wheaton (IL) 0 –1 –12 –3 –2
Northern Illinois State 0 –2 –31 –4 –3
Shurtleff 0 –4 –1 ? – ? – ?
McKendree 0 –4 –01 –5 –1
  • $ – Conference champion

The 1923 Northern Illinois State Teachers football team represented Northern Illinois State Teachers College in the 1923 college football season. The team competed in the Illinois Intercollegiate Athletic Conference, which was also known as the Little Nineteen. They were led by first-year head coach William Muir and played their home games at Glidden Field, located on the east end of campus. The Teachers finished the season with an 1–4–3 record and an 0–2–3 record in conference play. Elmer Kujala was the team's captain. [1]

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultSource
September 22 Elmhurst *
W 40–0 [2]
September 29at Beloit * Beloit, WI L 7–33 [3]
October 6at Whitewater State * Whitewater, WI L 0–29 [4]
October 13 Illinois State Normal
  • Glidden Field
  • DeKalb, IL
T 0–0 [5]
October 26at Eureka Eureka, IL L 0–28 [6]
November 9at Lombard
L 6–62 [7]
November 16 Mount Morris
  • Glidden Field
  • DeKalb, IL
T 13–13 [8]
November 24at Wheaton (IL) Wheaton, IL T 7–7 [9]
  • *Non-conference game

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References

  1. 1 2 "NIU Football 2020 Record Book" (PDF). Northern Illinois University Athletics. p. 185. Retrieved September 11, 2021.
  2. ↑ "First Game Shows Stuff". The Daily Chronicle . September 24, 1923. p. 6. Retrieved September 11, 2021– via Newspapers.com.
  3. ↑ "Teachers In Hard Defeat". The Daily Chronicle . October 1, 1923. p. 6. Retrieved September 11, 2021– via Newspapers.com.
  4. ↑ "Whitewater Proves Hard". The Daily Chronicle . October 8, 1923. p. 6. Retrieved September 11, 2021– via Newspapers.com.
  5. ↑ "Teachers in Tie Game". The Daily Chronicle . October 15, 1923. p. 7. Retrieved September 11, 2021– via Newspapers.com.
  6. ↑ "Eureka's Pass Wins Game From DeKalb Squad". The Daily Chronicle . October 29, 1923. p. 7. Retrieved September 11, 2021– via Newspapers.com.
  7. ↑ "Lombard Piles Up High Score Against Profs". The Daily Chronicle . November 10, 1923. p. 7. Retrieved September 11, 2021– via Newspapers.com.
  8. ↑ "Teachers and Mt. Morris Tie in Sensational Grid Battle Friday". The Daily Chronicle . November 17, 1923. p. 6. Retrieved September 11, 2021– via Newspapers.com.
  9. ↑ "Profs Tie At Wheaton". The Daily Chronicle . November 27, 2021. p. 8. Retrieved September 11, 2021– via Newspapers.com.


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