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1949 Michigan State Normal Hurons football
1949 Michigan State Normal Hurons football
Conference	Independent
Record	0–8
Head coach	Harry Ockerman (1st season);
Captain	Jack B. VanWagoner, Theodore D. Bott
Home stadium	Briggs Field
	Seasons ← 1948 1950 →

1949 Midwestern college football independents records
v t e	Conf			Overall
Team	W	L	T	W		L		T
No. 1 Notre Dame		–		10	–	0	–	0
Ball State		–		8	–	0	–	0
Xavier		–		10	–	1	–	0
Valparaiso		–		8	–	1	–	1
Washington University		–		7	–	2	–	0
Baldwin–Wallace		–		6	–	2	–	0
Wabash		–		5	–	2	–	1
Dayton		–		6	–	3	–	0
John Carroll		–		6	–	3	–	0
No. 19 Michigan State		–		6	–	3	–	0
Toledo		–		6	–	4	–	0
Youngstown		–		4	–	3	–	1
Bowling Green		–		4	–	5	–	0
Marquette		–		4	–	5	–	0
Central Michigan		–		3	–	4	–	0
Wayne		–		3	–	5	–	0
Indiana State		–		1	–	9	–	0
Michigan State Normal		–		0	–	8	–	0

Rankings from AP Poll

The 1949 Michigan State Normal Hurons football team represented Michigan State Normal College (later renamed Eastern Michigan University) during the 1949 college football season. In their first season under head coach Harry Ockerman, the Hurons compiled a 0–8 record and were outscored 180–61 by their opponents.^[1] Jack B. VanWagoner and Theodore D. Bott were the team captains.^[2]

Ockerman was hired as the school's head football coach in August 1949. He had played football, basketball and baseball at the school from 1924 to 1927. He replaced Elton Rynearson who had been the school's head football coach for more than 25 years. Rynearson continued to serve as the school's athletic director.^[3]

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
September 24	at Northern Michigan	Marquette, MI	L 0–6
October 1	Akron	Briggs Field Ypsilanti, MI	L 6–20		^[4]^[5]
October 8	at Northern Illinois State	Dekalb Township High School football field DeKalb, IL	L 14–39	7,000	^[6]^[7]
October 15	Ball State	Briggs Field Ypsilanti, MI	L 2–33
October 21	Eastern Kentucky	Briggs Field Ypsilanti, MI	L 6–27
October 29	Hope	Briggs Field Ypsilanti, MI	L 6–16
November 4	at Central Michigan	Mount Pleasant, MI (rivalry)	L 7–18		^[8]
November 12	at Valparaiso	Valparaiso, IN	L 26–28
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