1902 Northern Illinois State Normal football team

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1902 Northern Illinois State Normal football
ConferenceIndependent
Record5–1–1
Head coach
CaptainSanford Givens
Seasons
← 1901
1903 →
1902 Midwestern college football independents records
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Nebraska     9 0 0
South Dakota     9 0 0
North Dakota Agricultural     4 0 0
Central Michigan     4 0 0
Ohio Medical     9 1 0
Marquette     6 1 1
Knox     9 2 0
Northern Illinois State     5 1 1
Haskell     8 2 1
Notre Dame     6 2 1
Drake     5 2 1
Mount Union     6 3 0
Iowa State     6 3 1
Carthage     2 1 1
Cincinnati     4 2 2
Missouri     5 3 0
Miami (OH)     5 3 1
Kansas     6 4 0
South Dakota Agricultural     3 2 0
Fairmount     4 3 1
Detroit College     3 3 0
Lake Forest     4 4 1
Western Illinois     2 2 0
Michigan Agricultural     4 5 0
Wittenberg     3 4 2
Washburn     3 4 0
Doane     2 3 0
Heidelberg     3 5 1
Wabash     2 4 2
Buchtel     2 5 0
Washington University     2 6 1
Butler     1 3 0
Kansas State     2 6 0
Michigan State Normal     1 5 1
Iowa State Normal     1 6 1
Ohio     0 5 1

The 1902 Northern Illinois State Normal football team represented Northern Illinois State Normal College as an independent in the 1902 college football season. They were led by fourth-year head coach John A. H. Keith. The team finished the season with a 5–1–1 record. Sanford Givens was the team's captain.[1]

Schedule[edit]

DateOpponentSiteResultSource
October 9at Sandwich High SchoolSandwich, ILW 6–0[2]
October 18Geneva Athletic AssociationDeKalb, ILW 22–0[3]
October 23at Plano High SchoolPlano, ILT 0–0[2]
November 1Plano High SchoolDeKalb, ILW 23–0[4]
November 8at Geneva High SchoolGeneva, ILW 11–0[5]
November 15Eastern Illinois
  • Athletic Park
  • DeKalb, IL
W 10–0[6]
November 27at Whitewater StateWhitewater, WIL 5–16[7]

References[edit]

  1. ^ "NIU Football 2020 Record Book" (PDF). Northern Illinois University Athletics. p. 184. Retrieved October 2, 2021.
  2. ^ a b DeLassus, David. "Northern Illinois Yearly Results: 1900-1904". College Football Data Warehouse. Archived from the original on October 24, 2012. Retrieved October 2, 2021.
  3. ^ "De Kalb Normal 22; Geneva 0". Inter Ocean. October 19, 1902. p. 50. Retrieved October 2, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
  4. ^ "DeKalb Victorious". The Daily Chronicle. November 3, 1902. p. 1. Retrieved October 2, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
  5. ^ "Teams Were Victorious". The Daily Chronicle. November 10, 1902. p. 4. Retrieved October 2, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
  6. ^ "Normal Football Players March At Head Of Procession". The Daily Chronicle. November 17, 1902. p. 8. Retrieved October 2, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
  7. ^ "Normal At Whitewater". The Daily Chronicle. November 28, 1902. p. 1. Retrieved October 2, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.