1906 Western State Normal Hilltoppers football team

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.[1][2] In addition to serving as the head coach, halfback Tubby Meyers was the team captain for the first of three consecutive years.[3]

1906 Western State Normal Hilltoppers football
ConferenceIndependent
Record1–2
Head coach
CaptainTubby Meyers
Seasons
1907 
1906 Midwestern college football independents records
Conf.Overall
TeamW L TW L T
Saint Louis  1100
North Dakota Agricultural  500
Butler  100
Michigan State Normal  501
Iowa State  910
Ohio  710
Notre Dame  610
St. Mary's (OH)  510
Fairmount  712
Wabash  511
South Dakota State  310
Kansas  722
Kansas State  520
Missouri  521
Detroit College  421
Northern Illinois State  421
Carthage  320
Lake Forest  320
Nebraska  640
Wittenberg  541
Heidelberg  331
Washington University  222
Beloit  341
Franklin  340
Doane  230
Shurtleff  242
Western State Normal  120
Mount Union  251
Drake  250
Haskell  250
Marquette  142
Chicago P&S  011
Cincinnati  072
Western Illinois  030

The team's first game was a 21–0 victory over Wayland High School from Wayland, Michigan, on October 13, 1906.[4]

The school's first intercollegiate football game was a 14–0 loss to Kalamazoo College on November 3, 1906.[5][6] Two weeks later, the team lost, 14–5, to Michigan State Normal.[2]

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.[7]

Schedule

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DateOpponentSiteResultSource
October 13Wayland High SchoolW 21–0[4]
November 3KalamazooKalamazoo, MIL 0–14[5]
November 17Michigan State NormalKalamazoo, MIL 5–14[8]

References

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  1. "Football Records: Annual Results". Western Michigan University. Retrieved July 5, 2016.
  2. 1 2 "Football Records: Year-By-Year Results - 1900-09". Western Michigan University. Retrieved July 5, 2016.
  3. "Football History: All-Time Captains". Western Michigan University. Retrieved July 5, 2016.
  4. 1 2 "Western Michigan Yearly Results (1905-1909)". College Football Data Warehouse. David DeLassus. Archived from the original on March 5, 2017. Retrieved July 6, 2016.
  5. 1 2 "Football Results of Saturday". Detroit Free Press. November 4, 1906. p. 17.
  6. 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.
  7. "Pay Tribute To The Boys: Western Normal Girls Plan Supper". Detroit Free Press. December 9, 1906. p. 38.
  8. "Kalamazoo". Detroit Free Press. November 18, 1906. p. 18 via Newspapers.com.