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
1959 Interstate Intercollegiate Athletic Conference football standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
No. 2 Western Illinois $ 6 0 09 0 0
No. 17 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
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 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 19Wheaton (IL)*W 35–8
September 26at North Central*Naperville, ILW 27–6
October 3at Southern IllinoisW 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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