1957 Maine Black Bears football team

1957 Maine Black Bears football
ConferenceYankee Conference, Maine Intercollegiate Athletic Association
Record4–3 (2–2 Yankee, 2–1 MIAA)
Head coach
CaptainVernon Moulton
Home stadiumAlumni Field
Seasons
← 1956
1958 →
1957 Yankee Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Rhode Island + 3 0 1 5 2 1
Connecticut + 3 0 1 5 4 1
Maine 2 2 0 4 4 0
UMass 1 2 1 1 5 1
Vermont 0 2 0 2 5 0
New Hampshire 0 3 1 0 7 1
  • + – Conference co-champions

The 1957 Maine Black Bears football team was an American football team that represented the University of Maine as a member of the Yankee Conference and Maine Intercollegiate Athletic Association during the 1957 college football season. In its seventh season under head coach Harold Westerman, the team compiled a 4–3 record (2–2 against Yankee Conference and 2–1 against MIAA opponents) and finished third out of the six teams in the Yankee Conference. The team played its home games at Alumni Field in Orono, Maine. Vernon Moulton was the team captain.[1]

The team tallied 1,657 rushing yards and 213 passing yards. Its statistical leaders included halfback Charles Thibodeau with 312 rushing yards; quarterback Robert Pickett with 164 passing yards; end Edward Manson with 67 receiving yards; ad fullback John Theriault with 22 points scored (two touchdowns, 10 points after touchdown).[2]

  1. ^ "2019 Maine Football Media Guide" (PDF). University of Maine. 2019. p. 86. Retrieved September 22, 2021.
  2. ^ Cite error: The named reference ncaa was invoked but never defined (see the help page).