1960 Northern Illinois Huskies football team

1960 Northern Illinois Huskies football
ConferenceInterstate Intercollegiate Athletic Conference
Record7–2 (4–2 IIAC)
Head coach
MVPBob Soltis
CaptainRobert Seamans, Derril Corbett
Home stadiumGlidden Field
Seasons
← 1959
1961 →
1960 Interstate Intercollegiate Athletic Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
No. 13 Southern Illinois $ 6 – 0 – 0 8 – 2 – 0
Western Illinois 5 – 1 – 0 6 – 2 – 0
Northern Illinois 4 – 2 – 0 7 – 2 – 0
Central Michigan 3 – 3 – 0 3 – 5 – 0
Illinois State Normal 1 – 4 – 1 2 – 6 – 1
Eastern Illinois 1 – 5 – 0 2 – 7 – 0
Eastern Michigan 0 – 5 – 1 0 – 8 – 1
  • $ – Conference champion
Rankings from NAIA poll

The 1960 Northern Illinois State Huskies football team represented Northern Illinois University as a member of the Interstate Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (IIAC) during the 1960 college football season. Led by fifth-year head coach Howard Fletcher, the Huskies compiled an overall record of 7–2 with a mark of 4–2 in conference play, placing third 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 17North Central*
W 26–63,800
September 24at Wheaton (IL)*Wheaton, ILW 21–84,700
October 1Southern Illinois
  • Glidden Field
  • DeKalb, IL
L 20–217,200
October 8Eastern Illinois
  • Glidden Field
  • DeKalb, IL
W 28–205,200[1]
October 15at Western Illinois
L 19–3013,500
October 22Central Michigan
  • Glidden Field
  • DeKalb, IL
W 36–1512,500
October 29at Illinois StateNormal, ILW 20–09,500
November 5at Eastern MichiganYpsilanti, MIW 19–0400
November 12La Crosse State*
  • Glidden Field
  • DeKalb, IL
W 28–2612,000
  • *Non-conference game

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References

  1. ^ "NIU Trips Eastern 28-20 For First Conference Win". The DeKalb Daily Chronicle. October 10, 1960. p. 16. Retrieved June 16, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
  2. ^ "Brief Summary Of Cumulative Football Statistics". National Collegiate Athletic Association. Retrieved December 12, 2022.
  3. ^ DeLassus, David. "Coaching Records Game-by-game: Howard Fletcher, 1960". College Football Data Warehouse. Archived from the original on October 6, 2014. Retrieved November 14, 2013.


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