1957 Central Michigan Chippewas football | |
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Conference | Interstate Intercollegiate Athletic Conference |
Record | 4–6 (4–2 IIAC) |
Head coach |
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MVP | Gordon Rinquist |
Home stadium | Alumni Field |
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Team | W | L | T | W | L | T | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Eastern Michigan $ | 6 | – | 0 | – | 0 | 6 | – | 3 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Western Illinois | 4 | – | 2 | – | 0 | 5 | – | 4 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Central Michigan | 4 | – | 2 | – | 0 | 4 | – | 6 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Illinois State Normal | 3 | – | 3 | – | 0 | 5 | – | 3 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Southern Illinois | 3 | – | 3 | – | 0 | 5 | – | 4 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Northern Illinois | 1 | – | 5 | – | 0 | 2 | – | 7 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Eastern Illinois | 0 | – | 6 | – | 0 | 0 | – | 8 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The 1957 Central Michigan Chippewas football team represented Central Michigan College, which was renamed Central Michigan University in 1959, in the Interstate Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (IIAC) during the 1957 college football season. In their seventh season under head coach Kenneth Kelly, the Chippewas compiled a 4–6 record (4–2 against IIAC opponents) and were outscored by their opponents by a combined total of 222 to 220.[1]
The team's statistical leaders included Herb Kipke with 511 passing yards and Walter Beach with 1,084 rushing yards and 313 receiving yards.[2] Guard Gordon Rinquist received the team's Most Valuable Player award.[3] Three Central Michigan players (Beach, Rinquist, and fullback Theo Winieckie) received first-team honors on the All-IIAC team.[4]
Date | Opponent | Site | Result | Attendance | Source | ||
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September 14 | vs. Bradley* | L 7–14 | |||||
September 21 | Western Michigan* |
| L 0–33 | ||||
September 28 | Hillsdale* |
| L 14–35 | ||||
October 5 | at Illinois State Normal | Normal, IL | L 20–24 | ||||
October 11 | at Eastern Michigan |
| L 6–39 | [5] | |||
October 19 | Northern Illinois |
| W 52–12 | ||||
October 26 | at Louisville* | L 0–40 | 5,500 | [6] | |||
November 2 | Eastern Illinois |
| W 61–6 | [7] | |||
November 9 | at Southern Illinois | W 21–12 | |||||
November 16 | Western Illinois |
| W 39–7 | ||||
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