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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]

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 28at Rhode Island
L 7–25
October 5Vermont
W 49–04,600[3]
October 12at New Hampshire
W 7–0
October 19Connecticut
  • Alumni Field
  • Orono, ME
L 0–19
October 26at Bates
L 0–7
November 2at Colby
W 14–13
November 9Bowdoindagger
  • Alumni Field
  • Orono, ME
W 40–07,714[4]
  • daggerHomecoming

[2]

References

  1. ^ "2019 Maine Football Media Guide" (PDF). University of Maine. 2019. p. 86. Retrieved September 22, 2021.
  2. ^ a b "Brief Summary Of Cumulative Football Statistics". National Collegiate Athletic Association. Retrieved December 25, 2022.
  3. ^ "University of Maine romps over Vermont in conference tilt, 49–0". The Bangor Daily News. October 7, 1957. Retrieved June 9, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
  4. ^ Marius Peladeau (November 11, 1957). "Maine Romps 40–0 Over Bowdoin At Homecoming". The Lewiston Daily Sun. p. 10 – via Newspapers.com.
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