1957 Northern Illinois Huskies football team
The 1957 Northern Illinois State Huskies football team represented Northern Illinois University as a member of the Interstate Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (IIAC) during the 1957 NCAA College Division football season. Led by second-year head coach Howard Fletcher, the Huskies compiled an overall record of 2–7 with a mark of 1–5 in conference play, placing sixth in the IIAC. The team played home games at the 5,500-seat Glidden Field, located on the east end of campus, in DeKalb, Illinois.
| 1957 Northern Illinois Huskies football | |
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| Conference | Interstate Intercollegiate Athletic Conference |
| Record | 2–7 (1–5 IIAC) |
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| MVP | Alex Gulotta |
| Captain | Larry Leadley |
| Home stadium | Glidden Field (capacity: 5,500) |
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| Team | W | L | T | W | L | T | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Eastern Michigan $ | 6 | – | 0 | – | 0 | 6 | – | 3 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Western Illinois | 4 | – | 2 | – | 0 | 5 | – | 4 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Central Michigan | 4 | – | 2 | – | 0 | 4 | – | 6 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Illinois State Normal | 3 | – | 3 | – | 0 | 5 | – | 3 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Southern Illinois | 3 | – | 3 | – | 0 | 5 | – | 4 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Northern Illinois | 1 | – | 5 | – | 0 | 2 | – | 7 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Eastern Illinois | 0 | – | 6 | – | 0 | 0 | – | 8 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Schedule
| Date | Opponent | Site | Result | Source |
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| September 21 | Wheaton (IL)* | L 7–25 | ||
| September 28 | at Beloit | Beloit, WI | W 19–12 | |
| October 5 | at Eastern Illinois |
| W 27–20 | [1] |
| October 12 | Western Illinois |
| L 13–33 | |
| October 19 | at Central Michigan | Mount Pleasant, MI | L 12–52 | |
| October 26 | Illinois State |
| L 7–13 | |
| November 2 | Eastern Michigan |
| L 20–54 | |
| November 9 | at Omaha* | L 7–14 | ||
| November 16 | at Southern Illinois | L 19–45 | ||
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References
- "Northern Huskies Rally To Take IIAC Opener 27-20". The DeKalb Daily Chronicle. October 7, 1957. p. 10. Retrieved August 27, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
- "Brief Summary Of Cumulative Football Statistics". National Collegiate Athletic Association. Retrieved December 12, 2022.
- DeLassus, David. "Coaching Records Game-by-game: Howard Fletcher, 1957". College Football Data Warehouse. Archived from the original on October 24, 2012. Retrieved November 14, 2013.
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