1906 Western State Normal Hilltoppers football team

American college football season February 2026 August 2023 1906 Western State Normal Hilltoppers football Independent 1–2 Tubby Meyers 1st Tubby Meyers none The 1906 Western State Normal Hilltoppers football team represented Western State Normal School (later renamed Western Michigan University) as an independent during the 1906 college football season. In their first season under head coach Tubby Meyers, the Hilltoppers compiled a 1–2 record and were outscored by their opponents, 28 to 26.Football Records: Annual Results Western Michigan University July 5, 2016 http://www.wmubroncos.com/ViewArticle.dbml?DB_OEM_ID=4600&ATCLID=204948424Football Records: Year-By-Year Results - 1900-09 Western Michigan University July 5, 2016 http://www.wmubroncos.com/ViewArticle.dbml?DB_OEM_ID=4600&ATCLID=204947744 In addition to serving as the head coach, halfback Tubby Meyers was the team captain for the first of three consecutive years.Football History: All-Time Captains Western Michigan University July 5, 2016 http://www.wmubroncos.com/ViewArticle.dbml?DB_OEM_ID=4600&ATCLID=204948804 The team's first game was a 21–0 victory over Wayland High School from Wayland, Michigan, on October 13, 1906.Western Michigan Yearly Results (1905-1909) David DeLassus College Football Data Warehouse July 6, 2016 http://www.cfbdatawarehouse.com/data/active/w/western_michigan/1905-1909_yearly_results.php https://web.archive.org/web/20170305001610/http://www.cfbdatawarehouse.com/data/active/w/western_michigan/1905-1909_yearly_results.php dead March 5, 2017 The school's first intercollegiate football game was a 14–0 loss to Kalamazoo College on November 3, 1906.Football Results of Saturday Detroit Free Press November 4, 1906 17 https://www.newspapers.com/clip/5802641/football_results_of_saturday/Note: College Football Data Warehouse reports here that Western also played a game with Ferris Institute on October 27, 1906, but no press reportage has been found on that game, and it is not included in the school's records. Two weeks later, the team lost, 14–5, to Michigan State Normal. On November 12, 1906, the team, the first for the school, was honored at an oyster dinner hosted by the manual training department with 15 women, all students from the domestic science department, as hostesses. Brown and gold pennants were presented to each guest, and a miniature brown and gold football was placed on every plate.Pay Tribute To The Boys: Western Normal Girls Plan Supper Detroit Free Press December 9, 1906 38 https://www.newspapers.com/clip/5802572/pay_tribute_to_the_boys_western_normal/ Schedule y October 13 Wayland High School W 21-0 November 3 1906 Kalamazoo Kalamazoo Kalamazoo, MI L 0-14 November 17 Michigan State Normal Kalamazoo, MI L 5-14 Kalamazoo Detroit Free Press November 18, 1906 18 https://www.newspapers.com/clip/18517156/kalamazoo/ Newspapers.com References Western State Normal Category:Western Michigan Broncos football seasons Western State Normal Hilltoppers football