1958 Northern Illinois Huskies football team

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1958 Northern Illinois Huskies football
Conference	Interstate Intercollegiate Athletic Conference
Record	4–5 (2–4 IIAC)
Head coach	Howard Fletcher (3rd season)
MVP	Dale Berman
Captain	Ronald Hansen, Richard Stilling
Home stadium	Glidden Field
Seasons ← 1957 1959 →

The 1958 Northern Illinois State Huskies football team represented Northern Illinois University as a member of the Interstate Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (IIAC) during the 1958 college football season. Led by third-year head coach Howard Fletcher, the Huskies compiled an overall record of 4–5 with a mark of 2–4 in conference play, tying for fifth 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

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Source
September 20	at Wheaton (IL)*	Wheaton, IL	L 20–40
September 27	Beloit*	Glidden Field DeKalb, IL	W 27–6
October 4	Eastern Illinois	Glidden Field DeKalb, IL	W 24–12	^[1]
October 11	at Western Illinois	Hanson Field Macomb, IL	L 7–38	^[2]
October 18	No. 12 Central Michigan	Glidden Field DeKalb, IL	L 23–33	^[3]
October 25	at Illinois State	Normal, IL	L 18–33
November 1	at Eastern Michigan	Ypsilanti, MI	L 7–15
November 9	Omaha*	Glidden Field DeKalb, IL	W 41–0
November 16	Southern Illinois	Glidden Field DeKalb, IL	W 17–7
*Non-conference game Rankings from UPI Poll released prior to the game

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Venues	Glidden Field (1903–1948, 1951–1965) Dekalb Township High School football field (1949–1950) 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 1917–1919 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 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024
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