1957 Central Michigan Chippewas football team

1957 Central Michigan Chippewas football
ConferenceInterstate Intercollegiate Athletic Conference
Record4–6 (4–2 IIAC)
Head coach
MVPGordon Rinquist
Home stadiumAlumni Field
Seasons
← 1956
1958 →
1957 Interstate Intercollegiate Athletic Conference football standings
Conf Overall
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
  • $ – Conference champion

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]

  1. ^ "Central Michigan 2015 Football Media Guide" (PDF). Central Michigan University. 2015. pp. 100, 110. Archived from the original (PDF) on October 26, 2016. Retrieved July 20, 2016.
  2. ^ 2015 Media Guide, pp. 88-89.
  3. ^ 2015 Media Guide, p. 95.
  4. ^ 2015 Media Guide, p. 96.