1957 Eastern Michigan Hurons football team

1957 Eastern Michigan Hurons football
IIAC champion
ConferenceInterstate Intercollegiate Athletic Conference
Record6–3 (6–0 IIAC)
Head coach
MVPKerry Keating
CaptainWalter Gerald Brown
Home stadiumBriggs 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 Eastern Michigan Hurons football team represented Eastern Michigan College (renamed Eastern Michigan University in 1959) in the Interstate Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (IIAC) during the 1957 college football season. In their sixth season under head coach Fred Trosko, the Hurons compiled a 6–3 record (6–0 against IIAC opponents), won the IIAC championship, and outscored their opponents, 237 to 127.[1] The team defeated all six of its conference opponents by at least three touchdowns.[2] Dr. Walter Gerald Brown was the team captain.[3] Kerry Keating led the team with 563 yards of total offense, 563 rushing yards, 153 receiving yards, 15 touchdowns, and 90 points scored.[4] Keating also received the team's most valuable player award.[5] It was the last conference championship season for three decades.

  1. ^ "2014 Digital Media Guide: Eastern Michigan University" (PDF). Eastern Michigan University Football. pp. 169, 176. Retrieved June 29, 2016.
  2. ^ "E. Michigan IIAC Champ". Alton Evening Telegraph. November 11, 1957. p. 17.
  3. ^ 2014 Media Guide, p. 169.
  4. ^ 2014 Media Guide, pp. 178, 184, 189, 191.
  5. ^ 2015 Media Guide, p. 146.