1926 Northern Illinois State Teachers football team

1926 Northern Illinois State Teachers football
ConferenceIndependent
Record5–1–1
Head coach
CaptainWesley Cocidine
Home stadiumGlidden Field
1926 Midwestern college football independents records
Conf.Overall
TeamW L TW L T
Haskell    12 0 1
No. 3 Notre Dame    9 1 0
Western State Normal    7 1 0
Michigan State Normal    6 1 0
Muncie Normal    5 1 1
Northern Illinois State    5 1 1
Marquette    6 3 0
Lombard    5 3 0
Loyola (IL)    4 3 0
Central Michigan    3 4 1
Michigan State    3 4 1
Detroit    3 6 1
Butler    3 6 0
Saint Louis    3 6 0
John Carroll    2 5 1
Kent State    2 6 0
Valparaiso    1 4 1
Michigan Mines    0 2 1
Rankings from Dickinson System

The 1926 Northern Illinois State Teachers football team represented Northern Illinois State Teachers College—now known as Northern Illinois University—as an independent during the 1926 college football season. Led by first-year head coach Roland Cowell, the Teachers compiled a record of 5–1–1 record. Northern Illinois State played home games at Glidden Field, located on the east end of campus in DeKalb, Illinois.Wesley Cocidine was the team's captain.