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1956 Northern Illinois State Huskies football team

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1956 Northern Illinois State Huskies football
ConferenceInterstate Intercollegiate Athletic Conference
Record1–8 (0–6 IIAC)
Head coach
MVPTom Skubich
CaptainDan Biddick, Tom Skubich
Home stadiumGlidden Field
Seasons
← 1955
1957 →
1956 Interstate Intercollegiate Athletic Conference football standings
Conf Overall
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
  • $ – Conference champion

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

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DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 22at Wheaton (IL)*Wheaton, ILW 7–6
September 29at Illinois State Normal
L 0–3
October 6Central MichiganL 0–41
October 13at Bradley*Peoria, ILL 7–26
October 19at Western IllinoisL 6–34
October 27Omaha*
  • Glidden Field
  • DeKalb, IL
L 0–12
November 3Eastern Illinoisdagger
  • Glidden Field
  • DeKalb, IL
L 6–137,000[1]
November 10at Eastern Michigan
L 7–25
November 17Southern Illinois
  • Glidden Field
  • DeKalb, IL
L 13–28
  • *Non-conference game
  • daggerHomecoming

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References

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  1. ^ 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.
  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, 1956". College Football Data Warehouse. Archived from the original on October 24, 2012. Retrieved November 14, 2013.