1923 Western State Normal Hilltoppers football team

1923 Western State Normal Hilltoppers football
ConferenceIndependent
Record6–1–1
Head coach
CaptainHarry Potter
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1923 Midwestern college football independents records
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Marquette   –   8 – 0 – 0
Michigan Mines   –   2 – 0 – 0
Notre Dame   –   9 – 1 – 0
Western State Normal (MI)   –   6 – 1 – 1
Haskell   –   11 – 2 – 1
Butler   –   7 – 2 – 0
Central Michigan   –   5 – 1 – 2
Baldwin–Wallace   –   5 – 2 – 1
Cincinnati   –   6 – 3 – 0
Loyola (IL)   –   6 – 3 – 0
Saint Louis   –   5 – 3 – 1
Detroit   –   4 – 3 – 2
Wabash   –   4 – 3 – 2
John Carroll   –   4 – 4 – 1
Valparaiso   –   2 – 2 – 1
Dayton   –   4 – 5 – 0
Michigan Agricultural   –   3 – 5 – 0
Fairmount   –   2 – 4 – 2
Kent State   –   0 – 5 – 0

The 1923 Western State Normal Hilltoppers football team represented Western State Normal School (later renamed Western Michigan University) as an independent during the 1923 college football season. In their second and final season under head coach Milton Olander, the Hilltoppers compiled a 6–1–1 record and outscored their opponents, 160 to 21.[1][2] Halfback Harry Potter was the team captain.[3]

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultSource
September 29Notre Dame froshW 15–0
October 6Valparaiso
W 6–0[4]
October 13AlmaW 21–7
October 20at St. ViatorBourbonnais, ILT 7–7[5]
October 29Western Kentucky State NormalW 26–0
November 10Earlham
  • Western State Teachers College Field
  • Kalamazoo, MI
W 46–0[6]
November 17Chicago YMCA College
  • Western State Teachers College Field
  • Kalamazoo, MI
W 32–0[7]
November 29at AlbionAlbion, MIL 6–7[8]

References

  1. ^ "Football Records: Annual Results". Western Michigan University. Retrieved July 5, 2016.
  2. ^ "Football Records: Year-By-Year Results - 1920 - 29". Western Michigan University. Retrieved July 5, 2016.
  3. ^ "Football History: All-Time Captains". Western Michigan University. Retrieved July 5, 2016.
  4. ^ "Western Normal Beats Valparaiso: Kalamazoo Wins Tight Contest by Score of 6 to 0". Detroit Free Press. October 7, 1923. p. 24 – via Newspapers.com.
  5. ^ "St. Viator Eleven Ties Normal, 7-7". Decatur Herald. October 21, 1923. p. 21 – via Newspapers.com.
  6. ^ "Kazoo Normal Takes It Easy: Western State Teachers Upset Earlham College of Indiana, 46-0". Detroit Free Press. November 11, 1923. p. 24 – via Newspapers.com.
  7. ^ "Normal Romps On Chicago 'Y': Western Eleven Easily Defeats Windy City by Score 32 to 0". Detroit Free Press. November 18, 1923. p. 25 – via Newspapers.com.
  8. ^ "Albion Takes Kazoo Normal: Methodists Close Football Season With Victory Over Teachers, 7 to 6". Detroit Free Press. November 30, 1923. p. 16 – via Newspapers.com.


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