1906 Michigan State Normal Normalites football team

American college football season February 2026 August 2023 1906 Michigan State Normal Normalites football Independent 5–0–1 Henry Schulte 1st Leroy N. Brown The 1906 Michigan State Normal Normalites football team represented Michigan State Normal College (later renamed Eastern Michigan University) as an independent during the 1906 college football season. In their first season under head coach Henry Schulte, the Normalites compiled a record of 5–0–1, shut out four of six opponents, and outscored all opponents by a combined total of 52 to 11. Leroy N. Brown was the team captain.2015 Eastern Michigan Football Digital Media Guide Eastern Michigan University Football June 30, 2016 159, 170 http://www.emueagles.com/custompages/football/2015/2015EMUFBGuide_072215small.pdf Henry Shulte began his association with Michigan Normal in 1905 as the school's track coach. He had been a football player at the University of Michigan on Fielding H. Yost's "Point-a-Minute" teams from 1903 to 1905. In early October 1906, Michigan Normal reported record enrollment with 1,000 students having enrolled on the first day (quintupling the prior first-day enrollment of 200); total enrollment was expected to reach 1,500.Big Attendance at Ypsi Detroit Free Press October 2, 1906 11 https://www.newspapers.com/clip/17205122/big_attendance_at_ypsi/ Newspapers.com Schedule y October 20 at 1906 Michigan School for the Deaf Michigan School for the Deaf Flint, MI T 0-0 Two Ties at Flint Detroit Free Press October 21, 1906 22 https://www.newspapers.com/clip/17204986/two_ties_at_flint/ Newspapers.com October 25 Detroit College Ypsilanti, MI W 6-0 College Team Shows Well: Detroiters Hold Heavy Normal Eleven to a Score of 6 to 0 Detroit Free Press October 26, 1906 9 Newspapers.com November 3 at 1906 Adrian Bulldogs Adrian Adrian, MI W 6-0 Normals Surprise Adrian: Defeating Them 6 to 0 in a Hard Fight Detroit Free Press November 4, 1906 21 https://www.newspapers.com/clip/17204654/normals_surprise_adrian/ Newspapers.com November 10 Michigan School for the Deaf Ypsilanti, MI W 16-0 Easy for Ypsi Normals: Beat Deaf and Dumb Team of Flint Detroit Free Press November 11, 1906 22 https://www.newspapers.com/clip/17204577/easy_for_ypsi_normals_beat_deaf_and/ Newspapers.com November 17 at Western State Normal Kalamazoo, MI W 14-5 November 27 Hillsdale Ypsilanti, MI W 10-6 Clean Record for Normal: Downs Hillsdale in Closing Game of Season Detroit Free Press November 25, 1906 17 https://www.newspapers.com/clip/17204798/clean_record_for_normal_downs/ Newspapers.com References Michigan State Normal Category:Eastern Michigan Eagles football seasons Michigan State Normal Normalites football