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1904 Michigan State Normal Normalites football team

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1904 Michigan State Normal Normalites football
ConferenceIndependent
Record6–2
Head coach
CaptainSherman R. Wilson
Seasons
← 1903
1905 →
1904 Midwestern college football independents records
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Saint Louis     10 0 0
Bethany (KS)     7 0 0
Northern Illinois State     5 0 0
Missouri State Normal     2 0 0
Haskell     8 1 0
Michigan Agricultural     8 1 0
Cincinnati     7 1 0
Butler     6 1 0
Doane     5 1 0
Kansas     8 1 1
DePauw     8 2 0
Iowa State     7 2 0
Ohio Northern     7 2 1
Michigan State Normal     6 2 0
Wittenberg     6 2 0
Marquette     5 2 0
Nebraska     7 3 0
Detroit College     4 2 0
South Dakota State     4 2 1
Notre Dame     5 3 0
Iowa State Normal     5 3 1
Western Illinois     6 4 0
Heidelberg     6 4 1
Drake     5 4 0
Carthage     0 0 2
North Dakota Agricultural     3 3 0
Wabash     4 4 0
Fairmount     4 5 0
Lake Forest     3 5 1
Ohio Medical     2 4 2
Washington University     4 7 0
Ohio     2 4 1
Missouri     3 6 0
Mount Union     2 6 0
Miami (OH)     1 5 0
Kansas State     1 6 0
American Medical     0 3 0

The 1904 Michigan State Normal Normalites football team represented Michigan State Normal College (later renamed Eastern Michigan University) during the 1904 college football season. In their first season under head coach Daniel H. Lawrence, the Normalites compiled a record of 6–2. However, they were outscored by a combined total of 159 to 121, as a result of routs at the hands of Albion (0–68) and the University of Michigan freshman team (0–43). Sherman R. Wilson was the team captain.[1]

Schedule

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DateOpponentSiteResultSource
October 8Detroit Business UniversityYpsilanti, MIW 24–5[2]
October 15at AlbionAlbion, MIL 0–68[3]
October 22at Michigan School for the DeafFlint, MIW 18–11[4]
October 29at Michigan freshmenAnn Arbor, MIL 0–43[5]
November 5at AdrianAdrian, MIW 23–11[6]
November 12Michigan School for the DeafYpsilanti, MIW 16–0[7]
November 19AdrianYpsilanti, MIW 28–10
November 24HillsdaleYpsilanti, MIW 12–11

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. ^ "Normals Defeat D.B.U. In Good Contest". Detroit Free Press. October 9, 1904. p. 14 – via Newspapers.com.
  3. ^ "Albion Made Big Clean-Up". Detroit Free Press. October 16, 1904. p. 15 – via Newspapers.com.
  4. ^ "Normals Beat Flint in Hard Fought Game". Detroit Free Press. October 23, 1904. p. 11 – via Newspapers.com.
  5. ^ "Normal Badly Bumped by All-Freshmen". Detroit Free Press. October 30, 1904. p. 14 – via Newspapers.com.
  6. ^ "Adrian Worked the Carlisle Jersey Trick". Detroit Free Press. November 6, 1904. p. 15 – via Newspapers.com.
  7. ^ "Normals Outclassed Mutes at Ypsilanti". Detroit Free Press. November 13, 1904. p. 14 – via Newspapers.com.