1955 Northern Illinois State Huskies football team

1955 Northern Illinois State Huskies football
ConferenceInterstate Intercollegiate Athletic Conference
Record0–8–1 (0–5–1 IIAC)
Head coach
MVPDonald Davis
CaptainEd Bauer
Home stadiumGlidden Field
Seasons
← 1954
1956 →
1955 Interstate Intercollegiate Athletic Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Central Michigan + 5 1 0 8 1 0
Michigan State Normal + 5 1 0 7 2 0
Southern Illinois 4 1 1 4 4 2
Western Illinois 2 3 1 5 4 1
Illinois State Normal 2 3 1 3 4 2
Eastern Illinois 1 5 0 3 6 0
Northern Illinois State 0 5 1 0 8 1
  • + – Conference co-champions

The 1955 Northern Illinois State Huskies football team represented Northern Illinois State College—now known as Northern Illinois University—as a member of the Interstate Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (IIAC) during the 1955 college football season. Led by Bob Kahler in his first and only season as head coach, the Huskies compiled an overall record of 0–8–1 with a mark of 0–5–1 in conference play, placing last out of seven teams 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.