The 1957 Western Michigan Broncos football team represented Western Michigan University in the Mid-American Conference (MAC) during the 1957 college football season.
[1][2] The team played its home games at Waldo Stadium in Kalamazoo, Michigan.
[4] End Joe Grigg received the team's most outstanding player award.
[5] Merle Schlosser was named head football coach on January 19, 1957.
Schlosser was a 29-year old Illinois graduate who had been an assistant coach at Missouri under Don Faurot in 1955 and 1956.