1959 Northern Illinois Huskies football team

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1959 Northern Illinois Huskies football
Conference Interstate Intercollegiate Athletic Conference
Record7–2 (4–2 IIAC)
Head coach
MVPLew Flinn
CaptainWayne Dannehl, Dale Berman
Home stadium Glidden Field
(capacity: 5,500)
Seasons
←  1958
1960  →
1959 Interstate Intercollegiate Athletic Conference football standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
Western Illinois $ 6 –0 –09 –0 –0
Northern Illinois State 4 –2 –07 –2 –0
Central Michigan 4 –2 –07 –3 –0
Southern Illinois 4 –2 –05 –4 –0
Eastern Illinois 1 –4 –13 –5 –1
Eastern Michigan 1 –5 –01 –7 –0
Illinois State Normal 0 –5 –13 –5 –1
  • $ – Conference champion

The 1959 Northern Illinois State Huskies football team represented Northern Illinois University as a member of the Interstate Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (IIAC) during the 1959 NCAA College Division football season. Led by fourth-year head coach Howard Fletcher, the Huskies compiled an overall record of 7–2 with a mark of 4–2 in conference play, tying for second place 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.

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 19 Wheaton (IL) *
W 35–8
September 26at North Central * Naperville, IL W 27–6
October 3at Southern Illinois
W 20–157,000 [1]
October 10at Eastern Illinois
W 38–6 [2]
October 17 Western Illinois
  • Glidden Field
  • DeKalb, IL
L 13–18 [3]
October 24at Central Michigan
L 7–299,000 [4]
October 31 Illinois State
  • Glidden Field
  • DeKalb, IL
W 40–14
November 7 Eastern Michigan
  • Glidden Field
  • DeKalb, IL
W 34–0
November 14at Hillsdale * Hillsdale, MI W 33–27
  • *Non-conference game

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References

  1. ↑ "Brief Summary Of Cumulative Football Statistics". National Collegiate Athletic Association . Retrieved December 13, 2022.
  2. ↑ "Huskies Whip Eastern, Await Western Battle". The DeKalb Daily Chronicle . October 12, 1959. p. 12. Retrieved August 25, 2022– via Newspapers.com.
  3. ↑ "Huskies Bow to Western". The DeKalb Daily Chronicle . October 19, 1959. p. 12. Retrieved November 18, 2021– via Newspapers.com.
  4. ↑ "Brief Summary Of Cumulative Football Statistics". National Collegiate Athletic Association . Retrieved December 14, 2022.
  5. ↑ "Brief Summary Of Cumulative Football Statistics". National Collegiate Athletic Association . Retrieved December 12, 2022.
  6. ↑ DeLassus, David. "Coaching Records Game-by-game: Howard Fletcher, 1959". College Football Data Warehouse. Archived from the original on October 6, 2014. Retrieved November 14, 2013.


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