1929 Northern Illinois State Teachers football team

1929 Northern Illinois State Teachers football
Conference	Illinois Intercollegiate Athletic Conference
Record	6–1–1 (3–1–1 IIAC)
Head coach	Chick Evans (1st season)
Home stadium	Glidden Field (Capacity: 5,500)

1929 Illinois Intercollegiate Athletic Conference football standings

	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
Knox (IL) +	5	–	0	–	0			7	–	1	–	0
Lombard +	3	–	0	–	0			6	–	1	–	1
Millikin	5	–	1	–	0			7	–	1	–	0
Eastern Illinois	5	–	1	–	0			6	–	1	–	0
Monmouth (IL)	5	–	1	–	0			5	–	4	–	0
Northern Illinois State	4	–	1	–	1			6	–	1	–	1
Illinois Wesleyan	5	–	2	–	0			5	–	3	–	0
Elmhurst	2	–	1	–	0			8	–	1	–	0
Bradley	4	–	2	–	0			6	–	3	–	0
Southern Illinois	4	–	2	–	0			5	–	3	–	1
Shurtleff	3	–	2	–	0			5	–	3	–	0
Carthage	2	–	2	–	1			4	–	3	–	1
Eureka	3	–	3	–	2			3	–	3	–	2
Illinois College	3	–	3	–	0			4	–	4	–	0
Augustana (IL)	3	–	3	–	1			3	–	4	–	1
North Central *	2	–	4	–	1			3	–	5	–	1
Lake Forest	1	–	2	–	0			2	–	5	–	0
McKendree	1	–	4	–	0			4	–	6	–	0
Wheaton (IL)	1	–	4	–	1			2	–	6	–	1
Illinois State Normal	1	–	5	–	2			1	–	5	–	2
St. Viator	0	–	6	–	1			0	–	7	–	1
Mount Morris	0	–	6	–	0			2	–	6	–	0
Western Illinois †	0	–	7	–	0			0	–	8	–	0
+ – Conference co-champions * – North Central finished the season 6–0–1 in conference play, but forfeited their share of the title and four wins, over Lake Forest, Augustana, Carthage, and Monmouth, because of an ineligible player. † – Western Illinois finished the season 3–4 in conference play, but forfeited three wins, over Shurtleff, Augustana, and Illinois State, because of an ineligible player.

The 1929 Northern Illinois State Teachers football team represented Northern Illinois State Teachers College in the 1929 college football season. There were no divisions of college football during this time period, and the Teachers competed in the Illinois Intercollegiate Athletic Conference. They were led by first-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	Opponent	Site	Result
September 28	LaSalle-Peru JC*	Glidden Field DeKalb, IL	W 12–0
October 5	at North Central	Naperville, IL	T 6–6
October 12	at Elmhurst	Elmhurst, IL	W 14–0
October 19	Mount Morris	Glidden Field DeKalb, IL	W 26–0
October 26	at Shurtleff	Alton, IL	L 0–6
November 2	at Valparaiso*	Brown Field Valparaiso, IN	W 34–0
November 9	at Illinois State	Normal, IL	W 12–6
November 16	Wheaton (IL)	Glidden Field DeKalb, IL	W 20–6
*Non-conference game