1959 Eastern Michigan Hurons football team

American college football season August 2023 February 2026 1959 Eastern Michigan Hurons football Interstate Intercollegiate Athletic Conference IIAC 1–7 1–5 Fred Trosko 8th Albert E. Day Dave L. Longridge Briggs Field The 1959 Eastern Michigan Hurons football team represented Eastern Michigan University in the Interstate Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (IIAC) during the 1959 college football season. In their eighth season under head coach Fred Trosko, the Hurons compiled a 1–7 record (1–5 against IIAC opponents) and were outscored by their opponents, 217 to 50. In the second game of the season, the Hurons defeated Illinois State by a 14–7 score, but then lost the six remaining games. Dave L. Longridge was the team captain and also led the team with 513 passing yards and 517 yards of total offense.2014 Digital Media Guide: Eastern Michigan University Eastern Michigan University Football June 29, 2016 169, 176, 178, 184 http://www.emueagles.com/custompages/football/2014/2014EMUFBGuide.pdf Albert Day led the team with 226 rushing yards and was a first-team selection for the All-IIAC team; he was also selected for the team's most valuable player award.2014 Media Guide, pp. 148, 150, 191. The team totaled only 645 net yards of offense.2014 Media Guide, p. 205. The Hurons had great success in the 1950s, winning IIAC conference championships in 1954, 1955 and 1957. However, by 1959, Eastern Michigan had ceased granting athletic scholarships, even though IIAC rules permitted member schools to do so. The school also banned recruiting and drastically reduced the football program's budget to $15,300. University vice president William Lawrence explained: "We feel athletics here are for students with students the participants. We don't think it's our job to go out and hire a troop of athletes to entertain our students."Hurons Are Real Amateurs Detroit Free Press Jack Berry October 1, 1959 37 https://www.newspapers.com/clip/5729695/hurons_are_real_amateurs/ Using non-scholarship athletes against IIAC schools with scholarship athletes, Trosko's Eastern Michigan teams were unable to compete and suffered a 29-game winless streak (0–27–2) between October 7, 1959, and October 27, 1962.http://cfbdatawarehouse.com/data/coaching/alltime_coach_year_by_year.php?coachid=2358 Fred Trosko Records by Year College Football Data Warehouse April 20, 2010 March 10, 2012 https://web.archive.org/web/20120310060522/http://cfbdatawarehouse.com/data/coaching/alltime_coach_year_by_year.php?coachid=2358 dead Former Eastern grid coach Trosko dies Ludington Daily News 1999-02-11 https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=LfMoAAAAIBAJ&sjid=zVUDAAAAIBAJ&pg=3337,3562592&dq=fred+trosko&hl=en Schedule 1959 small college UPI y y September 30 1959 Youngstown State Penguins Youngstown State<ncg> Briggs Field Ypsilanti, MI L 3-21 4,137 October 7 1959 Illinois State Redbirds Illinois State Briggs Field Ypsilanti, MI W 13-7 3,500 October 14 at 1959 Northern Michigan Wildcats Northern Michigan<ncg> Marquette, MI L 6-39 October 17 Central Michigan<hc> Briggs Field Ypsilanti, MI (rivalry) L 8-21 5,000 Brief Summary Of Cumulative Football Statistics (1959 Central Michigan) https://stats.ncaa.org/team/129/stats/13013 National Collegiate Athletic Association December 14, 2022 October 24 at Eastern Illinois Lincoln Field Charleston, IL L 6-32 Eastern Ill. Tops Eastern Michigan, 32-6 https://www.newspapers.com/clip/108326389/chicago-tribune/ August 25, 2022 Chicago Tribune Associated Press October 25, 1959 2:6 Newspapers.com October 31 Southern Illinois Briggs Field Ypsilanti, MI L 14-41 600 Brief Summary Of Cumulative Football Statistics (1959 Southern Illinois) https://stats.ncaa.org/team/659/stats/13013 National Collegiate Athletic Association December 13, 2022 November 7 at Northern Illinois<ncg> Glidden Field DeKalb, IL L 0-34 November 14 at No. 9 Western Illinois Hanson Field Macomb, IL L 0-22 West. Illinois Wins Ninth in Row, 22 to 0 https://www.newspapers.com/clip/89190991/chicago-tribune/ November 18, 2021 Chicago Tribune November 15, 1959 2:6 Newspapers.com Brief Summary Of Cumulative Football Statistics (1959 Eastern Michigan) https://stats.ncaa.org/team/204/stats/13013 National Collegiate Athletic Association December 11, 2022 References Eastern Michigan Category:Eastern Michigan Eagles football seasons Eastern Michigan Hurons football