1956 Northern Illinois State Huskies football team
American college football season
1956 Northern Illinois State Huskies football | |
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Conference | Interstate Intercollegiate Athletic Conference |
Record | 1–8 (0–6 IIAC) |
Head coach |
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MVP | Tom Skubich |
Captain | Dan Biddick, Tom Skubich |
Home stadium | Glidden Field |
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Team | W | L | T | W | L | T | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Central Michigan $ | 6 | – | 0 | – | 0 | 9 | – | 0 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Western Illinois | 4 | – | 2 | – | 0 | 6 | – | 3 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Eastern Michigan | 3 | – | 3 | – | 0 | 4 | – | 4 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Illinois State Normal | 3 | – | 3 | – | 0 | 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 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The 1956 Northern Illinois State Huskies football team represented Northern Illinois State College—now known as Northern Illinois University—as a member of the Interstate Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (IIAC) during the 1956 college football season. Led by first-year head coach Howard Fletcher, the Huskies compiled an overall record of 1–8 with a mark of 0–6 in conference play, placing last out of seven teams 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
Date | Opponent | Site | Result | Attendance | Source |
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September 22 | at Wheaton (IL)* | Wheaton, IL | W 7–6 | ||
September 29 | at Illinois State Normal |
| L 0–3 | ||
October 6 | Central Michigan | L 0–41 | |||
October 13 | at Bradley* | Peoria, IL | L 7–26 | ||
October 19 | at Western Illinois | L 6–34 | |||
October 27 | Omaha* |
| L 0–12 | ||
November 3 | Eastern Illinois![]() |
| L 6–13 | 7,000 | [1] |
November 10 | at Eastern Michigan |
| L 7–25 | ||
November 17 | Southern Illinois |
| L 13–28 | ||
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References
- ^ Bretag, Jerry (November 5, 1956). "Eastern Spoils Northern's Homecoming With 13-6 Win". The DeKalb Daily Chronicle. p. 12. 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, 1956". College Football Data Warehouse. Archived from the original on October 24, 2012. Retrieved November 14, 2013.
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