1915 Michigan State Normal Normalites football team

American college football season February 2026 August 2023 1915 Michigan State Normal Normalites football Independent 4–2–1 Elmer Mitchell 1st John B. Hartman The 1915 Michigan State Normal Normalites football team represented Michigan State Normal College (later renamed Eastern Michigan University) as an independent during the 1915 college football season. The team compiled a record of 4–2–1, shut out five of their seven opponents (including a scoreless tie with the Michigan Wolverines freshman team), and outscored their opponents by a combined total of 154 to 25. John B. Hartman was the team captain.2015 Eastern Michigan Football Digital Media Guide Eastern Michigan University Football June 30, 2016 160, 170 http://www.emueagles.com/custompages/football/2015/2015EMUFBGuide_072215small.pdf Elmer Mitchell, formerly a high school coach in Grand Rapids, was hired to coach the school's football team in May 1915.Berry To Coach Union H.S.: St. Joseph, Mich., Man To Succeed Mitchell Detroit Free Press May 18, 1915 10 https://www.newspapers.com/clip/5743662/berry_to_coach_union_hs_st_joseph/Mitchell Coaches Ypsi: Former Grand Rapids High Mentor Has Bright Prospects Detroit Free Press August 22, 1915 19 https://www.newspapers.com/clip/5743660/mitchell_coaches_ypsi_former_grand/ At the start of fall practice, 60 students tried out for the football team, the largest number in school history up to that time. As the team lacked any players weighing 200 pounds or more, coach Mitchell was compelled to build his team around speed.Ypsilanti Has Flock of Men: Squad of 60 Trying for Places on Normal School Football Eleven Detroit Free Press October 3, 1915 19 https://www.newspapers.com/clip/17202998/ypsilanti_has_flock_of_men/ Newspapers.com Schedule y y October 9 at 1915 Assumption Purple Assumption (ON) Windsor, ON W 33-0 Ypsi Normals Start Season With 33-0 Win: Wallop Assumption College Eleven 33-0 on Canadian Soil in Handy Fashion Detroit Free Press October 10, 1915 https://www.newspapers.com/clip/17189448/ypsi_normals_start_season_with_330/ Newspapers.com October 16 at Michigan freshmen Ann Arbor, MI T 0-0 October 23 Detroit Normal Field Ypsilanti, MI W 46-0 Ypsi Crushes University in Easy Fashion: Strong Normals Run Up Score of 46 to 0 on Coach Costello's Green Team Detroit Free Press K.W. Hall October 24, 1915 22 https://www.newspapers.com/clip/17189651/ypsi_crushes_university_in_easy/ Newspapers.com October 30 1915 Hillsdale Dales Hillsdale Normal Field Ypsilanti, MI W 28-0 November 6 2:15 p.m. at Western State Normal Normal athletic field Kalamazoo, MI L 0-19 W. S. N. And Ypsi https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-kalamazoo-gazette/169116898/ Kalamazoo Gazette Kalamazoo, Michigan November 6, 1915 8 March 29, 2025 Newspapers.com Western State Wins State Normal Football Championship https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-kalamazoo-gazette/169117060/ Kalamazoo Gazette Kalamazoo, Michigan November 7, 1915 14 March 29, 2025 Newspapers.com November 13 Battle Creek Physical Training School Normal Field Ypsilanti, MI W 47-0 Ypsi Normals Score at Will: Wallop Battle Creek, 47 to 0, in One-Sided Game Detroit Free Press November 13, 1915 12 https://www.newspapers.com/clip/17189208/ypsi_normals_score_at_will_wallop/ Newspapers.com November 20 at Hillsdale Hillsdale, MI L 0-6 References Michigan State Normal Category:Eastern Michigan Eagles football seasons Michigan State Normal Normalites football