1959 Northern Illinois Huskies football team

1959 Northern Illinois Huskies football
ConferenceInterstate Intercollegiate Athletic Conference
Record7–2 (4–2 IIAC)
Head coach
MVPLew Flinn
CaptainWayne Dannehl, Dale Berman
Home stadiumGlidden Field
Seasons
← 1958
1960 →
1959 Interstate Intercollegiate Athletic Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
No. 2 Western Illinois $ 6 – 0 – 0 9 – 0 – 0
No. 17 Northern Illinois State 4 – 2 – 0 7 – 2 – 0
Central Michigan 4 – 2 – 0 7 – 3 – 0
Southern Illinois 4 – 2 – 0 5 – 4 – 0
Eastern Illinois 1 – 4 – 1 3 – 5 – 1
Eastern Michigan 1 – 5 – 0 1 – 7 – 0
Illinois State Normal 0 – 5 – 1 3 – 5 – 1
  • $ – Conference champion
Rankings from NAIA poll

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