1956 Eastern Michigan Hurons football team

1956 Eastern Michigan Hurons football
Conference Interstate Intercollegiate Athletic Conference
1956 record 4–4 (3–3 IIAC)
Head coach Fred Trosko (5th season)
MVP Thomas McCormick
Captain Thomas O. McCormick
Home stadium Walter O. Briggs Field
1956 IIAC football standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L T  W L T
Central Michigan $   –  –   9 –0 –0
Western Illinois 4 –2 –0  6 –3 –0
Eastern Michigan 3 –3 –0  4 –4 –0
Illinois State   –    4 –4 –1
Southern Illinois 3 –3 –0  4 –5 –0
Eastern Illinois 2 –4 –0  2 –7 –0
Northern Illinois State 0 –6 –0  1 –8 –0
  • $ – Conference champion
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1956 Eastern Michigan Hurons football team represented Eastern Michigan College (renamed Eastern Michigan University in 1959) in the Interstate Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (IIAC) during the 1956 college football season. In their fifth season under head coach Fred Trosko, the Hurons compiled a 4–4 record (3–3 against IIAC opponents) and outscored their opponents, 158 to 84.[1] On October 27, 1956, the team set an IIAC scoring record with 10 touchdowns in a 65-0 victory over Eastern Illinois.[2] Thomas O. McCormick was the team captain.[3] McCormick also received the team's most valuable player award.[4] Kerry Keating led the team with 417 yards of total offense, 417 rushing yards, 126 receiving yards, seven touchdowns, and 42 points scored.[5] Herman Carroll led in passing with 413 passing yards.[6]

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResult
September 22at HillsdaleL 7–16
September 29Baldwin-Wallace
  • Briggs Field
  • Ypsilanti, MI
W 26–0
October 6Western Illinois
  • Briggs Field
  • Ypsilanti, MI
W 21–6
October 13at Illinois StateL 7–22
October 20at Southern Illinois
L 7–14
October 27Eastern Illinois dagger
  • Briggs Field
  • Ypsilanti, MI
W 65–0
November 3at Central Michigan Mount Pleasant, MIL 0–19
November 10at Northern Illinois
W 25–7
  • daggerHomecoming

References

  1. ↑ "2014 Digital Media Guide: Eastern Michigan University" (PDF). Eastern Michigan University Football. pp. 169, 176. Retrieved June 29, 2016.
  2. ↑ "Hurons' 65-0 Romp Sets Record". Detroit Free Press. October 28, 1956. p. 2C.
  3. ↑ 2014 Media Guide, p. 169.
  4. ↑ 2015 Media Guide, p. 146.
  5. ↑ 2014 Media Guide, pp. 178, 184, 189, 191.
  6. ↑ 2014 Media Guide, p. 184.
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