1957 Northern Illinois Huskies football team
The 1957 Northern Illinois Huskies football team represented Northern Illinois University in the 1957 NCAA College Division football season. The Huskies competed in the Interstate Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (IIAC). They were led by second-year head coach Howard Fletcher and played their home games at the 5,500-seat Glidden Field, located on the east end of campus. The Huskies were in a scandal for accepting bribes to lose three of their games. This was denied by the team and never went to court.
| 1957 Northern Illinois Huskies football | |
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| Conference | Interstate Intercollegiate Athletic Conference |
| 1957 record | 2–7 (1–5 IIAC) |
| Head coach | Howard Fletcher (2nd season) |
| 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 | 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 |
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| September 21 | Wheaton (IL)* | L 7–25 | |
| September 28 | at Beloit (WI) | Beloit, WI | W 19–12 |
| October 5 | at Eastern Illinois | Charleston, IL | W 27–20 |
| 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 Nebraska–Omaha* | L 7–14 | |
| November 16 | at Southern Illinois | L 19–45 | |
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- Reference:[1]
References
- DeLassus, David. "Coaching Records Game-by-game: Howard Fletcher, 1957". College Football Data Warehouse. Retrieved November 14, 2013.
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