1959 Central Michigan Chippewas football team

1959 Central Michigan Chippewas football
Conference	Interstate Intercollegiate Athletic Conference
1959 record	7–3 (3–3 IIAC)
Head coach	Kenneth "Bill" Kelly (9th year)
MVP	Walter Beach

The 1959 Central Michigan Chippewas football team represented Central Michigan University in the Interstate Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (IIAC) during the 1959 college football season. In their ninth season under head coach Kenneth "Bill" Kelly, the Chippewas compiled a 7–3 record (3–3 against IIAC opponents) and outscored their opponents by a combined total of 233 to 155.^[1]

The team's statistical leaders included Oarie Lemanski with 962 passing yards and Jerry O’Neil with 821 rushing yards and 296 receiving yards.^[2] Halfback Walter Beach received the team's most valuable player award for the second consecutive year.^[3] No Central Michigan players received first-team honors on the All-IIAC team.^[4]

References

↑ "Central Michigan 2015 Football Media Guide" (PDF). Central Michigan University. 2015. pp. 100, 110. Retrieved July 20, 2016.
↑ 2015 Media Guide, pp. 88-89.
↑ 2015 Media Guide, p. 95.
↑ 2015 Media Guide, p. 96.

External links

Official Homecoming Program, October 24, 1959
1960 Chippewa yearbook

Central Michigan Chippewas football

Venues	Kelly/Shorts Stadium (1972–present)

Bowls & rivalries	Bowl games Eastern Michigan & Western Michigan (Michigan MAC Trophy) Western Michigan (CMU–WMU Rivalry Trophy)

Culture & lore	Chippewa Marching Band One Second of Laterals

People	Head coaches NFL draftees Statistical leaders

Seasons	1896 1897 1898 1899 1900 1901 1902 1903 1904 1905 1906 1907 1908 1909 1910 1911 1912 1913 1914 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919 1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016

National championship seasons in bold

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