1912 Western State Normal Hilltoppers football team

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1912
Western State Normal Hilltoppers football
ConferenceIndependent
Record3–2–1
Head coach
CaptainEdgar Roper
Home stadiumWoodward Avenue grounds
Seasons
1912 Midwestern college football independents records
Conf. Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Notre Dame     7 0 0
Lincoln (MO)     1 0 0
Lake Forest     5 0 1
Michigan Agricultural     7 1 0
North Dakota Agricultural     5 1 0
South Dakota     5 1 0
Mount Union
    9 2 0
Saint Louis     7 1 2
Michigan     5 2 0
Wabash     5 2 0
Buchtel     5 2 1
Detroit     5 2 1
Iowa State Teachers
    5 2 1
St. Mary's (OH)
    4 2 0
Michigan State Normal     4 2 1
Butler
    5 3 0
Doane     5 3 0
Haskell     7 4 0
Central Michigan     2 1 2
Western State Normal     3 2 0
St. Viator     4 4 0
Fairmount
    4 5 0
Marquette     3 4 0
Northern Illinois State     3 5 0
Baldwin–Wallace
    0 1 0
Heidelberg
    0 6 0

The 1912 Western State State Normal Hilltoppers football team represented Western State Normal School (later renamed Western Michigan University) as an independent during the 1912 college football season. In their sixth season under head coach William H. Spaulding, the Hilltoppers compiled a 3–2–1 record.[1][2] End Edgar Roper was the team captain.[3]

Attendance at Western State reached 650 students in the fall of 1912.[4]

Schedule

DateTimeOpponentSiteResultSource
October 12at
Culver Military Academy
Culver, INW 19–13[5][6][7][4]
October 192:30 p.m.Michigan Agricultural freshman
L 0–20[8][9][10]
October 26at
Albion
Albion, MIW 7–3[11]
November 2at
Hope
Holland, MIW 46–0[12]
November 92:30 p.m.
Hillsdale
  • Woodward Avenue grounds
  • Kalamazoo, MI
T 7–7[13][14]
November 15at Michigan State NormalYpsilanti, MIL 0–7[15][16][17]

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.
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