1961 Northern Illinois Huskies football team
| 1961 Northern Illinois Huskies football | |
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| Conference | Interstate Intercollegiate Athletic Conference |
| 1961 record | 4–4–1 (3–2–1 IIAC) |
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| Home stadium | Glidden Field (capacity: 5,500) |
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| Team | W | L | T | W | L | T | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Southern Illinois $ | 5 | – | 1 | – | 0 | 7 | – | 3 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Western Illinois | 4 | – | 2 | – | 0 | 5 | – | 3 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Illinois State Normal | 4 | – | 2 | – | 0 | 5 | – | 4 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Eastern Illinois | 3 | – | 2 | – | 1 | 4 | – | 3 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Northern Illinois | 3 | – | 2 | – | 1 | 4 | – | 4 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Central Michigan | 1 | – | 5 | – | 0 | 2 | – | 8 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Eastern Michigan | 0 | – | 6 | – | 0 | 0 | – | 8 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The 1961 Northern Illinois Huskies football team represented Northern Illinois University in the 1961 NCAA College Division football season. The Huskies competed in the Interstate Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (IIAC). They were led by sixth-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 |
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| September 16 | Northwest Missouri State* | W 49–0 | |
| September 23 | Wheaton (IL)* |
| L 2–7 |
| September 29 | at Northeast Missouri State* |
| L 13–28 |
| October 7 | at Southern Illinois | L 6–35 | |
| October 14 | Eastern Illinois | Charleston, IL | T 20–20 |
| October 21 | Western Illinois |
| W 23–22 |
| October 28 | at Central Michigan | Mount Pleasant, MI | W 11–0 |
| October 29 | Illinois State |
| L 0–7 |
| November 5 | Eastern Michigan |
| W 35–0 |
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- Reference:[1]
References[]
- ^ DeLassus, David. "Coaching Records Game-by-game: Howard Fletcher, 1961". College Football Data Warehouse. Archived from the original on October 6, 2014. Retrieved September 29, 2014.
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