1918 Michigan State Normal Normalites football team

The 1918 Michigan State Normal Normalites football team was an American football team that represented Michigan State Normal College (later renamed Eastern Michigan University) as an independent during the 1918 college football season. In their first and only season under head coach Lynn Bell, the Normalites compiled a 1–2 record and were outscored by a total of 31 to 26. Malcolm J. MacGregor was the team captain.[1][2] The season was abbreviated due to the Spanish flu pandemic.

1918 Michigan State Normal Normalites football
ConferenceIndependent
Record1–2
Head coach
CaptainMalcolm J. MacGregor
Seasons
← 1917
1919 →
1918 Midwestern college football independents records
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Detroit Junior College     4 0 0
Central Michigan     1 0 0
Marquette     2 0 1
Heidelberg     5 1 0
St. Xavier     4 1 1
Notre Dame     3 1 2
Butler     2 1 1
Western State Normal (MI)     3 2 0
Saint Louis     3 2 1
Michigan Agricultural     4 3 0
Akron     2 2 1
St. Mary's (OH)     1 1 0
Toledo     1 1 0
Nebraska     2 3 1
Michigan State Normal     1 2 0
Iowa State Teachers     1 3 0
Wabash     1 3 0
Fairmount     1 4 0
Haskell     1 4 0
Lake Forest     0 1 0
Detroit     0 2 0

Schedule

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DateOpponentSiteResultSource
October 19Albion Ypsilanti, MICancelled[3][4]
November 2at Detroit Junior College
L 0–18[5][6]
November at Assumption[7]
November at U-M Army CorpsL 6–7
November 23HillsdaleYpsilanti, MIW 20–6[8]

References

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  1. ^ "2015 Eastern Michigan Football Digital Media Guide" (PDF). Eastern Michigan University Football. pp. 160, 170. Retrieved June 30, 2016.
  2. ^ "Ypsi Normal Boast Strong Football Team: Coach Bell Has Good Material and Expects to Show Up State Colleges". Detroit Free Press. October 27, 1918. p. 18 – via Newspapers.com.
  3. ^ "Albion Promises One Trying Day To Ypsi Normal". Detroit Free Press. October 17, 1918. p. 11 – via Newspapers.com.
  4. ^ "Pedagog Game Cancelled". Lansing State Journal. October 18, 1918. p. 2 – via Newspapers.com.
  5. ^ "Junior College To Play Normals". Detroit Free Press. November 1, 1918. p. 11 – via Newspapers.com.
  6. ^ "Junior College Puts Ypsi Team in the Discard". Detroit Free Press. November 3, 1918. p. 21 – via Newspapers.com.
  7. ^ "Ypsi Normals Tackle Canucks: Teachers and Assumption Eleven Go to Decision on Saturday, Probably Behind Closed Gates, Due to "Flu"". Detroit Free Press. November 2, 1918. p. 12 – via Newspapers.com.
  8. ^ "Rivals of Long Standing Will Meet at Ypsi: Normal and Hillsdale College Are Billed to Fight Annual Battle Saturday". Detroit Free Press. November 23, 1918. p. 12 – via Newspapers.com.