1927 Michigan State Normal Normalites football team

American college football season February 2026 August 2023 1927 Michigan State Normal Normalites football Michigan Collegiate Conference MCC 8–0 3–0 Elton Rynearson 6th Kenneth J. Matheson Normal Field MCC champion The 1927 Michigan State Normal Normalites football team was an American football team that represented Michigan State Normal School (later renamed Eastern Michigan University) during the 1927 college football season. In their sixth season under head coach Elton Rynearson, the Normalites compiled a perfect 8–0 record, won the Michigan Collegiate Conference championship, shut out six of eight opponents, and outscored all opponents by a combined total of 186 to 13.2015 Eastern Michigan Football Digital Media Guide Eastern Michigan University Football June 30, 2016 161, 170 http://www.emueagles.com/custompages/football/2015/2015EMUFBGuide_072215small.pdf The team played its home games at Normal Field on the school's campus in Ypsilanti, Michigan.2015 Media Guide, p. 25. Schedule y October 1 1927 Olivet Crimson Olivet College Olivet<ncg> Normal Field Ypsilanti, MI W 20-0 Ypsilanti Wins Late In Game: Olivet Holds Normal Scoreless Three Quarters But Collapse In Final Detroit Free Press October 2, 1927 22 https://www.newspapers.com/clip/17124739/ypsilanti_wins_late_in_game_olivet/ Newspapers.com October 8 at Northern Illinois<ncg> Glidden Field DeKalb, IL W 25-6 Ypsi Defeats Illinois Team: State Normal Has No Trouble Beating Illini Teachers College, 25 to 6 Detroit Free Press October 9, 1927 22 https://www.newspapers.com/clip/17124875/ypsi_defeats_illinois_team_state/ Newspapers.com October 15 at 1927 Assumption Purple Assumption (ON)<ncg> Windsor, ON W 26-7 Assumption Bows To Ypsi Normal: Border City Eleven Smothered With Passes, 26 to 7 Detroit Free Press October 16, 1927 22 https://www.newspapers.com/clip/17124628/assumption_bows_to_ypsi_normal_border/ Newspapers.com October 22 1927 Valparaiso Crusaders Valparaiso<ncg> Normal Field Ypsilanti, MI W 44-0 Normal Beats Indiana Eleven: Valparaiso Falls Before Ypsilanti Team By 44-0 Score Detroit Free Press October 23, 1927 21 https://www.newspapers.com/clip/17124545/normal_beats_indiana_eleven_valparaiso/ Newspapers.com October 29 Central Michigan Normal Field Ypsilanti, MI (rivalry) W 6-0 Normal Defeats Mt. Pleasant, 6-0: Ypsilanti Wins When Penalty Puts Ball Yard From Goal Detroit Free Press October 30, 1927 22 https://www.newspapers.com/clip/17124450/normal_defeats_mt_pleasant_60/ Newspapers.com November 5 at 1927 Adrian Bulldogs Adrian<ncg> Adrian, MI W 20-0 Ypsi Normal Passes Beat Adrian Team: Aerial Offense After Plunges Fail Paves Way for Victory, 20 to 0 Detroit Free Press November 6, 1927 19 https://www.newspapers.com/clip/17124357/ypsi_normal_passes_beat_adrian_team/ Newspapers.com November 12 at Western State Teachers (MI) Kalamazoo, MI W 6-0 Ypsilanti Normal Wins Grid Title: Defeats Western State Teachers by Touchdown Detroit Free Press November 13, 1927 18 https://www.newspapers.com/clip/17126029/ypsilanti_normal_wins_grid_title/ Newspapers.com November 19 Detroit City College Normal Field Ypsilanti, MI W 39-0 Normal Beats City College: Ypsilanti Eleven Romps Over Detroiters, and Wins by 39-0 Score Detroit Free Press November 20, 1927 17 https://www.newspapers.com/clip/17124222/normal_beats_city_college_ypsilanti/ Newspapers.com References Michigan State Normal Category:Eastern Michigan Eagles football seasons Category:Michigan Collegiate Conference football champion seasons Category:College football undefeated seasons Michigan State Normal Normalites football