1930 Michigan State Normal Hurons football team

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1930
Michigan State Normal Hurons football
MCC champion
ConferenceMichigan Collegiate Conference
Record6–1 (3–0 MCC)
Head coach
CaptainPaul D. Shoemaker
Home stadiumNormal Field
Seasons
1930 Michigan Collegiate Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Michigan State Normal $ 3 0 0 6 1 0
Western State Teachers (MI) 2 1 0 5 1 1
Central State (MI) 1 2 0 6 2 0
Detroit City College 0 3 0 0 9 0
  • $ – Conference champion

The 1930 Michigan State Normal Hurons football team represented Michigan State Normal College (later renamed Eastern Michigan University) during the 1930 college football season. In their ninth season under head coach Elton Rynearson, the Hurons compiled a record of 6–1 and outscored their opponents by a combined total of 145 to 14. Paul D. Shoemaker was the team captain.[1] The team played its home games at Normal Field on the school's campus in Ypsilanti, Michigan.[2]

The Hurons lost their opening game, 7-0, to

United Press account of the game, the Hurons "outplayed the Wolves in two quarters, held them even in another, and broke just long enough in the third period to allow Michigan to flash through two forward passes and a lateral pass for a touchdown."[3]

After losing to Michigan, the Hurons won their remaining six games, including five consecutive shutouts to end the season.[1]

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendance
September 27at Michigan*L 0–712,760
October 11Detroit City CollegeYpsilanti, MIW 33–7
October 18Western State Teachers (MI)daggerYpsilanti, MIW 19–0
October 25at Central State (MI)Mount Pleasant, MI (rivalry)W 13–0
November 1Georgetown (KY)*Ypsilanti, MIW 45–0
November 8Notre Dame "B"*Ypsilanti, MIW 16–0
November 15at
Iowa State Teachers*
Cedar Falls, IAW 19–0
  • *Non-conference game
  • daggerHomecoming

References

  1. ^ a b "2015 Eastern Michigan Football Digital Media Guide" (PDF). Eastern Michigan University Football. pp. 161, 170. Retrieved June 30, 2016.
  2. ^ 2015 Media Guide, p. 25.
  3. ^ "Double Victory Is Won By Michigan: Wolverines Have Tough Time With Normal; Denison Is Easy". Charleston Daily Mail (UP story). September 28, 1930s.