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1940 Illinois State Normal Redbirds Football Team
The 1940 Illinois State Normal Redbirds football team represented Illinois State Normal University—now known as Illinois State University—as a member of the Interstate Intercollegiate Athletic Conference, Illinois Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (IIAC) during the 1940 college football season. Led by tenth-year head coach Howard Hancock, the Redbirds compiled an overall record of 5–3–1 with a mark of 4–0 in conference play, winning the IIAC title. Illinois State Normal was ranked at No. 266 (out of 697 college football teams) in the final rankings under the Litkenhous Ratings, Litkenhous Difference by Score system for 1940. Illinois State Normal played home games at McCormick Field in Normal, Illinois. Schedule References 1940 Illinois Intercollegiate Athletic Conference football season, Illinois State Normal Illinois State Redbirds football seasons Interstate Intercollegiate Athletic Conference football champion seasons 1940 in sports in Illinois, Illin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Interstate Intercollegiate Athletic Conference
The Interstate Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (IIAC) was a college athletic conference that existed from 1908 to 1970 in the United States. At one time the Illinois Intercollegiate Athletic Conference, or IIAC, was a robust league that claimed most of the Illinois institutions of higher education. It was nicknamed the "Little Nineteen," but in 1928 had a membership of 23 schools. Former Illinois State University track coach Joseph Cogdal, associated with the IIAC for 43 years of its 62-year history, noted that the league had roots in the 1870s when a number of schools banded together for oratorical contests. Their first intercollegiate football game was played in 1881 between Illinois State University and Knox College, and by 1894 a football association was established. History The IIAC was formed in April 1908 with eight charter members: Illinois State Normal University (now Illinois State University), Illinois Wesleyan University, Bradley Polytechnic Institute (now Brad ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |