1904 Michigan State Normal Normalites football team

The 1904 Michigan State Normal Normalites football team represented Michigan State Normal College (later renamed Eastern Michigan University) during the 1904 college football season. In their first season under head coach Daniel H. Lawrence, the Normalites compiled a record of 6–2. However, they were outscored by a combined total of 159 to 121, as a result of routs at the hands of Albion (0–68) and the University of Michigan freshman team (0–43). Sherman R. Wilson was the team captain.[1]

1904 Michigan State Normal Normalites football
Conference	Independent
1904 record	6–2
Head coach	Daniel H. Lawrence (1st season)
Captain	Sherman R. Wilson

1904 Midwestern college football independents records
	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
Saint Louis			–					11	–	0	–	0
Haskell			–					8	–	1	–	0
Michigan Agricultural			–					8	–	1	–	0
Cincinnati			–					7	–	1	–	0
Butler			–					6	–	1	–	0
Doane			–					5	–	1	–	0
Kansas			–					8	–	1	–	1
DePauw			–					8	–	2	–	0
Iowa State			–					7	–	2	–	0
Nebraska			–					9	–	3	–	0
Michigan State Normal			–					6	–	2	–	0
Wittenberg			–					6	–	2	–	0
Marquette			–					5	–	2	–	0
Detroit College			–					4	–	2	–	0
Notre Dame			–					5	–	3	–	0
Iowa State Normal			–					5	–	3	–	1
Heidelberg			–					6	–	4	–	1
Drake			–					5	–	4	–	0
Carthage			–					0	–	0	–	2
North Dakota Agricultural			–					3	–	3	–	0
Wabash			–					4	–	4	–	0
Fairmount			–					4	–	5	–	0
Lake Forest			–					3	–	5	–	1
Ohio Medical			–					2	–	4	–	2
Washington University			–					4	–	7	–	0
Ohio			–					2	–	4	–	1
Missouri			–					3	–	6	–	0
Mount Union			–					2	–	6	–	0
Kansas State			–					1	–	6	–	0
American Medical			–					0	–	3	–	0

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Source
October 8	Detroit Business	Ypsilanti, MI	W 24–5	[2]
October 15	at Albion	Albion, MI	L 0–68	[3]
October 22	at Michigan School for the Deaf	Flint, MI	W 18–11	[4]
October 29	at Michigan freshmen	Ann Arbor, MI	L 0–43	[5]
November 5	at Adrian	Adrian, MI	W 23–11	[6]
November 12	Michigan School for the Deaf	Ypsilanti, MI	W 16–0	[7]
November 19	Adrian	Ypsilanti, MI	W 28–10
November 24	Hillsdale	Ypsilanti, MI	W 12–11

References

1. "2015 Eastern Michigan Football Digital Media Guide" (PDF). Eastern Michigan University Football. pp. 159, 170. Retrieved June 30, 2016.
2. "Normals Defeat D.B.U. In Good Contest". Detroit Free Press. October 9, 1904. p. 14 – via Newspapers.com.
3. "Albion Made Big Clean-Up". Detroit Free Press. October 16, 1904. p. 15 – via Newspapers.com.
4. "Normals Beat Flint in Hard Fought Game". Detroit Free Press. October 23, 1904. p. 11 – via Newspapers.com.
5. "Normal Badly Bumped by All-Freshmen". Detroit Free Press. October 30, 1904. p. 14 – via Newspapers.com.
6. "Adrian Worked the Carlisle Jersey Trick". Detroit Free Press. November 6, 1904. p. 15 – via Newspapers.com.
7. "Normals Outclassed Mutes at Ypsilanti". Detroit Free Press. November 13, 1904. p. 14 – via Newspapers.com.