1922 Western State Normal Hilltoppers football team

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1922 Western State Normal Hilltoppers football
ConferenceIndependent
Record6–0
Head coach
Seasons
  1921
1923  
1922 Midwestern college football independents records
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
Western State Normal (MI)   6 0 0
Bradley   9 0 1
Marquette   8 0 1
Central Michigan   6 0 2
Notre Dame   8 1 1
Butler   8 2 0
Haskell   8 2 0
Detroit   7 2 1
Wabash   7 3 0
St. Ignatius (OH)   4 1 3
Dayton   6 3 0
Saint Louis   6 3 1
Valparaiso   3 2 2
Baldwin–Wallace   4 3 1
DePauw   4 3 2
Michigan Agricultural   3 5 2
Earlham   2 6 0
Kent State   0 7 0

The 1922 Western State Normal Hilltoppers football team was an American football team that represented Western State Normal School (later renamed Western Michigan University) during the 1922 college football season. William H. Spaulding left as the team's head coach after the 1921 season and was replaced by Milton Olander, who had played college football under Robert Zuppke at Illinois. In their first season under Olander, the Hilltoppers compiled a perfect 6–0 record, shut out every opponent, and outscored opponents by a combined total of 160 to 0. [1]

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultSource
September 23 Defiance W 19–0 [2]
October 7at Valparaiso Valparaiso, IN W 7–0
October 14 Albion
  • Western State Teachers College Field
  • Kalamazoo, MI
W 10–0 [3]
October 21 Chicago YMCA College
  • Western State Teachers College Field
  • Kalamazoo, MI
W 13–0 [4]
November 4 Notre Dame freshmen
  • Western State Teachers College Field
  • Kalamazoo, MI
W 44–0
November 11at Earlham
W 67–0 [5]

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References

  1. "Football Records: Year-By-Year Results - 1920-29". Western Michigan Football Media Guide. Western Michigan University. Retrieved December 30, 2015.
  2. "Kazoo Normal Takes Opener: Wallops Defiance College 19 to 0 in Initial Football Encounter". Detroit Free Press . September 24, 1922. p. 25 via Newspapers.com.
  3. "Western State Beats Albion". Detroit Free Press. October 15, 1922. p. 22 via Newspapers.com.
  4. "Western Normal Defeats Chicago 'Y' Eleven, 13-0". Chicago Tribune. October 22, 1922. p. 2-2 via Newspapers.com.
  5. "Kalamazoo Defeats Stubborn Quakers by 67 to 0 Score". The Richmond Palladium and Sun-Telegram. November 13, 1922. p. 11 via Newspapers.com.