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1908 Michigan State Normal Normalites football team

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1908 Michigan State Normal Normalites football
ConferenceIndependent
Record1–4
Head coach
CaptainCurry Hicks
Seasons
← 1907
1909 →
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 Michigan State Normal Normalites football team represented Michigan State Normal College (later renamed Eastern Michigan University) during the 1908 college football season. In their third and final season under head coach Henry Schulte, the Normalites compiled a record of 1–4 and were outscored by their opponents by a combined total of 40 to 15. Curry Hicks, who served as the school's head football coach in 1910, was the team captain.[1]

In three years as Michigan Normal's football coach, Schulte compiled a 9–6–1 record. He later served as the head football coach at Missouri (1914-1917) and Nebraska (1919-1920).

Schedule

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DateOpponentSiteResultSource
October 10Flint MutesYpsilanti, MIW 6–0[2]
October 23AlmaYpsilanti, MIL 0–5[3]
October 31at AdrianAdrian, MIL 0–4[4]
November 7at Central MichiganMount Pleasant, MI (rivalry)L 0–11[5]
November 21HillsdaleYpsilanti, MIL 10–20

References

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  1. ^ "2015 Eastern Michigan Football Digital Media Guide" (PDF). Eastern Michigan University Football. pp. 159, 170. Retrieved June 30, 2016.
  2. ^ "Football Results". Detroit Free Press. October 11, 1908. p. 17 – via Newspapers.com.
  3. ^ "Alma Trims Ypsi Normals". Detroit Free Press. October 24, 1908. p. 9 – via Newspapers.com.
  4. ^ "Close Call for Adrian: Beat Ypsi by Drop Kick With but 40 Seconds to Play". Detroit Free Press. November 1, 1908. p. 21.
  5. ^ "Ypsi Normal the Loser: Beaten by Other Budding School-masters at Mt. Pleasant". Detroit Free Press. November 8, 1908. p. 22 – via Newspapers.com.