1956 Northern Illinois State Huskies football team

1956 Northern Illinois State Huskies football
ConferenceInterstate Intercollegiate Athletic Conference
Record1–8 (0–6 IIAC)
Head coach
MVPTom Skubich
CaptainDan Biddick, Tom Skubich
Home stadiumGlidden Field
Seasons
← 1955
1957 →
1956 Interstate Intercollegiate Athletic Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Central Michigan $ 6 0 0 9 0 0
Western Illinois 4 2 0 6 3 0
Eastern Michigan 3 3 0 4 4 0
Illinois State Normal 3 3 0 4 4 1
Southern Illinois 3 3 0 4 5 0
Eastern Illinois 2 4 0 2 7 0
Northern Illinois State 0 6 0 1 8 0
  • $ – Conference champion

The 1956 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 1956 college football season. Led by first-year head coach Howard Fletcher, the Huskies compiled an overall record of 1–8 with a mark of 0–6 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.