1908 Western State Normal Hilltoppers football team

1908 Western State Normal Hilltoppers football
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Head coach
CaptainTubby Meyers
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1908 Midwestern college football independents records
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Kirksville Normal   –   8 – 0 – 0
Miami (OH)   –   7 – 0 – 0
Iowa State Normal   –   5 – 0 – 0
St. Mary's (OH)   –   7 – 0 – 1
DePaul   –   6 – 0 – 1
Butler   –   5 – 0 – 1
Ohio Northern   –   9 – 1 – 0
Fairmount   –   8 – 1 – 0
Notre Dame   –   8 – 1 – 0
Michigan Agricultural   –   6 – 0 – 2
Lake Forest   –   4 – 1 – 1
Saint Louis   –   6 – 2 – 2
Kansas State   –   6 – 2 – 0
Michigan   –   5 – 2 – 1
Marquette   –   4 – 2 – 1
St. Viator   –   5 – 3 – 0
Central Michigan   –   4 – 3 – 0
Mount Union   –   5 – 4 – 1
Doane   –   4 – 4 – 0
South Dakota State   –   3 – 3 – 1
Western State Normal (MI)   –   3 – 3 – 0
Buchtel   –   3 – 4 – 0
Western Illinois   –   2 – 3 – 1
Carthage   –   2 – 3 – 0
Haskell   –   3 – 5 – 1
Wittenberg   –   3 – 5 – 1
Ohio   –   3 – 5 – 0
North Dakota Agricultural   –   2 – 3 – 0
Cincinnati   –   1 – 4 – 1
Wabash   –   2 – 6 – 0
Northern Illinois State   –   1 – 5 – 1
Michigan State Normal   –   1 – 4 – 0
Heidelberg   –   1 – 6 – 0
Franklin   –   0 – 9 – 1
Baldwin–Wallace   –   0 – 2 – 0
Chicago P&S   –   0 – 4 – 0

The 1908 Western State Normal Hilltoppers football team represented Western State Normal School (later renamed Western Michigan University) as an independent during the 1908 college football season. In their second season under head coach William H. Spaulding, the Hilltoppers compiled a 3–3 record and were outscored by their opponents, 98 to 33.[1][2] Halfback Tubby Meyers was the team captain for the third consecutive year.[3]

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultSource
McFadden's PCW 20–0
October 10at Michigan Agricultural
L 0–35
October 24at HillsdaleHillsdale, MIL 5–6
October 30at OlivetOlivet, MIL 0–34[4]
November 13at Albion
L 0–40[5]
November 21Central MichiganKalamazoo, MIW 11–5
November 26KalamazooKalamazoo, MIW 2–0

References

  1. ^ "Football Records: Annual Results". Western Michigan University. Retrieved July 5, 2016.
  2. ^ "Football Records: Year-By-Year Results - 1910 - 19". Western Michigan University. Retrieved July 5, 2016.
  3. ^ "Football History: All-Time Captains". Western Michigan University. Retrieved July 5, 2016.
  4. ^ "Olivet Overwhelms Kalamazoo Normals". Detroit Free Press. October 31, 1908. p. 8 – via Newspapers.com.
  5. ^ "Kazoo Soft for Albion: Methodists Have No Trouble, Use Old Style Strong". Detroit Free Press. November 14, 1908. p. 10 – via Newspapers.com.


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