1956 Northern Illinois State Huskies football team

1956 Northern Illinois State Huskies football

Conference	Interstate Intercollegiate Athletic Conference
1956 record	1–8 (0–6 IIAC)
Head coach	Howard Fletcher (1st year)
Home stadium	Glidden Field (Capacity: 5,500)

The 1956 Northern Illinois State Huskies football team represented Northern Illinois State College in the 1956 college football season. This was the first year that the NCAA divided schools into "University" and "College" divisions, with the Huskies being assigned to the College Division, and competing in the Interstate Intercollegiate Athletic Conference. They were led by first year head coach Howard Fletcher and played their home games at the 5,500 seat Glidden Field, located on the east end of campus.

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	Result
September 22	at Wheaton (IL)*	Wheaton, IL	W 7–6
September 29	at Illinois State	Normal, IL	L 0–3
October 6	Central Michigan	Glidden Field • DeKalb, IL	L 0–41
October 13	at Bradley*	Peoria, IL	L 7–26
October 19	at Western Illinois	Hanson Field • Macomb, IL	L 6–34
October 27	Nebraska–Omaha*	Glidden Field • DeKalb, IL	L 0–12
November 3	Eastern Illinois	Glidden Field • DeKalb, IL	L 6–13
November 10	at Eastern Michigan	Ypsilanti, MI	L 7–25
November 17	Southern Illinois	Glidden Field • DeKalb, IL	L 13–28
*Non-conference game. Homecoming. ^#Rankings from Coaches' Poll released prior to game.

Reference:^[1]

References

↑ DeLassus, David. "Coaching Records Game-by-game: Howard Fletcher, 1956". College Football Data Warehouse. Retrieved November 14, 2013.

Northern Illinois Huskies football

Venues	Glidden Field (1903–1965) Huskie Stadium (1965–present)

Bowls & rivalries	Bowl games Ball State (Bronze Stalk Trophy)

Culture & lore	"Huskie Fight Song" Huskie Band

People	Head coaches NFL draftees Statistical leaders

Seasons	1899 1900 1901 1902 1903 1904 1905 1906 1907 1908 1909 1910 1911 1912 1913 1914 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919 1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016

National championship seasons in bold

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