1959 Eastern Michigan Hurons football team

1959 Eastern Michigan Hurons football

Conference	Interstate Intercollegiate Athletic Conference
1959 record	1–7 (1–5 IIAC)
Head coach	Fred Trosko (8th year)
MVP	Albert E. Day
Captain	Dave L. Longridge
Home stadium	Walter O. Briggs Field

The 1959 Eastern Michigan Hurons football team represented Eastern Michigan University in the Interstate Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (IIAC) during the 1959 college football season. In their eighth season under head coach Fred Trosko, the Hurons compiled a 1–7 record (1–5 against IIAC opponents) and were outscored by their opponents, 217 to 50. In the second game of the season, the Hurons defeated Illinois State by a 14–7 score, but then lost the six remaining games. Dave L. Longridge was the team captain and also led the team with 513 passing yards and 517 yards of total offense.^[1] Albert Day led the team with 226 rushing yards and was a first-team selection for the All-IIAC team; he was also selected for the team's most valuable player awar.^[2] The team totaled only 645 net yards of offense.^[3]

The Hurons had great success in the 1950s, winning IIAC conference championships in 1954, 1955 and 1957. However, by 1959, Eastern Michigan had ceased granting athletic scholarships, even though IIAC rules permitted member schools to do so. The school also banned recruiting and drastically reduced the football program's budget to $15,300. University vice president William Lawrence explained: "We feel athletics here are for students with students the participants. We don't think it's our job to go out and hire a troop of athletes to entertain our students."^[4] Using non-scholarship athletes against IIAC schools with scholarship athletes, Trosko's Eastern Michigan teams were unable to compete and suffered a 29-game winless streak (0–27–2) between October 7, 1959, and October 27, 1962.^[5]^[6]

References

↑ "2014 Digital Media Guide: Eastern Michigan University" (PDF). Eastern Michigan University Football. pp. 169, 176, 178, 184. Retrieved June 29, 2016.
↑ 2014 Media Guide, pp. 148, 150, 191.
↑ 2014 Media Guide, p. 205.
↑ Jack Berry (October 1, 1959). "Hurons Are Real Amateurs". Detroit Free Press. p. 37.
↑ "Fred Trosko Records by Year". College Football Data Warehouse. Retrieved April 20, 2010.
↑ "Former Eastern grid coach Trosko dies". Ludington Daily News. 1999-02-11.

Eastern Michigan Eagles football

Venues	Normal Field (1927–1937) Briggs Field (1938–1968) Rynearson Stadium (1969–present)

Bowls & rivalries	1987 California Bowl 2016 Bahamas Bowl Central Michigan & Western Michigan (Michigan MAC Trophy)

Culture & lore	Marching band Swoop

People	Head coaches NFL draftees Statistical leaders

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