1937 Michigan State Normal Hurons football team

American college football season February 2026 August 2023 1937 Michigan State Normal Hurons football Independent 5–2–1 Elton Rynearson 16th August R. DeFroscia Normal Field The 1937 Michigan State Normal Hurons football team represented Michigan State Normal College (later renamed Eastern Michigan University) as an independent during the 1937 college football season. In their 16th season under head coach Elton Rynearson, the Hurons compiled a record of 5–2–1 and outscored their opponents by a combined total of 156 to 69. August R. DeFroscia was the team captain.2015 Eastern Michigan Football Digital Media Guide Eastern Michigan University Football June 30, 2016 162, 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. In January 1937, Walter Briggs Sr., a native of Ypsilanti, agreed to donate an athletic plant to the school, consisting of a field house and football and baseball grandstands.Briggs Gives M.S.N. Sports Plant Detroit Free Press January 9, 1937 15 https://www.newspapers.com/clip/5740259/briggs_gives_msn_sports_plant/ The football field was called Walter O. Briggs Field in his honor.Campus Buildings At a Glance: Walter O. Briggs Field Eastern Michigan University June 29, 2016 http://www.emich.edu/library/about/archives/campusbuilding.php?building_id=81 https://web.archive.org/web/20160820131906/http://www.emich.edu/library/about/archives/campusbuilding.php?building_id=81 dead August 20, 2016 It opened in March 1938.Hurons Will Open Briggs Field, Too Detroit Free Press March 6, 1938 42 https://www.newspapers.com/clip/5740295/hurons_will_open_briggs_field_too/ Schedule September 25 at Ball State Muncie, IN W 13-6 October 2 at 1937 Northern Michigan Wildcats Northern Michigan Marquette, MI W 44-0 October 9 Bowling Green Normal Field Ypsilanti, MI W 25-0 October 15 at 1937 Alma Scots Alma Alma, MI T 12-12 October 23 Central Michigan<hc> Normal Field Ypsilanti, MI (rivalry) L 10-27 October 30 at Hope Holland, MI W 19-0 November 6 at Wayne Detroit, MI L 0-7 November 13 1937 Indiana State Sycamores Indiana State Normal Field Ypsilanti, MI W 33-7 References Michigan State Normal Category:Eastern Michigan Eagles football seasons Michigan State Normal Hurons football