The 1948 Northern Illinois State Huskies 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 1948 college football season.
Led by 20th-year head coach Chick Evans, the Huskies compiled an overall record of 6–4 with a mark of 2–2 in conference play, placing third in the IIAC.
243 in the final Litkenhous Difference by Score System ratings for 1948.
[1] The team played home games at the 5,500-seat Glidden Field, located on the east end of campus, in DeKalb, Illinois.
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