1917 Michigan State Normal Normalites football team

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1917 Michigan State Normal Normalites football
ConferenceIndependent
Record3–4
Head coach
CaptainAndrus P. Wilson
Seasons
← 1916
1918 →
1917 Midwestern college football independents records
Conf. Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Marquette     8 0 1
Detroit     8 1 0
Morningside     5 1 0
Notre Dame     6 1 1
Heidelberg     5 1 1
St. Mary's (OH)     7 2 0
St. Xavier     4 1 2
North Dakota Agricultural     4 2 0
Akron     5 3 0
Haskell     6 5 0
Western State Normal     4 3 0
Saint Louis     4 3 1
Michigan State Normal     3 4 0
Iowa State Teachers     2 3 0
South Dakota     2 3 0
Central Michigan     1 2 0
Lake Forest     2 5 0
Wabash     1 6 1
Toledo     0 3 0
Michigan Agricultural     0 9 0

The 1917 Michigan State Normal Normalites football team represented Michigan State Normal College (later renamed Eastern Michigan University) during the 1917 college football season. In their first season under head coach Elton Rynearson, the Normalites compiled a record of 3–4 and outscored their opponents by a combined total of 111 to 80. Andrus P. Wilson was the team captain.[1]

In the summer of 1917, previous head coach Elmer Mitchell resigned to accept a coaching position with the University of Michigan. Elton Rynearson was hired as his replacement in July 1917. Rynearson was 24 years old at the time and had been coaching previously at the Polish Seminary in Orchard Lake, Michigan.[2] Rynearson served 26 years as the school's head football coach, compiling a record of 114–58–15 (.648), and his teams outscored their opponents, 2,574 to 1,415.[3]

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultSource
October 13at Michigan freshmenL 0–18[4]
October 17at Assumption (ON)
W 28–0[5]
October 20Central MichiganYpsilanti, MI (rivalry)W 63–0[6]
October 27OlivetYpsilanti, MIL 0–19[7]
November 3at AlmaAlma, MIL 0–27[8]
November 10Michigan Agricultural freshmenYpsilanti, MIL 7–13
November 24at HillsdaleHillsdale, MIW 13–3[9]

References

  1. ^ "2015 Eastern Michigan Football Digital Media Guide" (PDF). Eastern Michigan University Football. pp. 160, 170. Retrieved June 30, 2016.
  2. ^ "Rynearson Is Chosen: Athletic Star to Succeed Mitchell at Ypsilanti". Detroit Free Press. July 25, 1917. p. 10.
  3. ^ 2015 Media Guide, p. 171.
  4. ^ "Michigan To Play Mt. Union". The Battle Creek Moon-Journal. Battle Creek, Michigan. October 12, 1917. p. 6. Retrieved March 26, 2025 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  5. ^ "Assumption Is Beaten By Ypsi On Muddy Grid". Detroit Free Press. Detroit, Michigan. October 18, 1917. p. 11. Retrieved March 26, 2025 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  6. ^ "Ypsi Normal Enjoys Picnic". Kalamazoo Gazette. Kalamazoo, Michigan. October 21, 1917. p. 14. Retrieved March 26, 2025 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  7. ^ "Olivet Trounces Ypsi". The Battle Creek Moon-Journal. Battle Creek, Michigan. October 29, 1917. p. 6. Retrieved March 26, 2025 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  8. ^ "Alma Keeps On Winning". Kalamazoo Gazette. Kalamazoo, Michigan. November 4, 1917. p. 17. Retrieved March 26, 2025 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  9. ^ "Ypsi Teachers' Line Smashes Beat Hillsdale". Detroit Free Press. Detroit, Michigan. November 25, 1917. p. 24, part 1. Retrieved March 26, 2025 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.