1916 Michigan State Normal Normalites football team

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The 1916 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 1916 college football season. In their second and final season under head coach Elmer Mitchell, the Normalites compiled a 1–2–1 record and were outscored by a total of 33 to 18. Alexander J. Longnecker was the team captain.[1]

ConferenceIndependent
Record1–2–1
Headcoach
CaptainAlexander J. Longnecker
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1916 Michigan State Normal Normalites football
ConferenceIndependent
Record1–2–1
Head coach
CaptainAlexander J. Longnecker
Seasons
← 1915
1917 â†’
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1916 Midwestern college football independents records
Conf.Overall
TeamW L TW L T
St. Xavier â€“ 5–0–0
Notre Dame â€“ 8–1–0
Western State Normal â€“ 5–1–0
Northern Illinois State â€“ 6–1–1
Heidelberg â€“ 8–2–0
Michigan â€“ 7–2–0
Wabash â€“ 7–2–0
Michigan Agricultural â€“ 4–2–1
North Dakota Agricultural â€“ 3–2–1
Detroit â€“ 3–2–2
St. Mary's (OH) â€“ 4–3–0
Marquette â€“ 4–3–1
Saint Louis â€“ 4–4–0
Haskell â€“ 3–6–0
Michigan State Normal â€“ 1–2–1
South Dakota â€“ 1–5–2
Akron â€“ 2–7–0
Central Michigan â€“ 1–5–0
Iowa State Teachers â€“ 1–7–0
Lake Forest â€“ 1–7–0
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Mitchell was both football coach and athletic director at Michigan State Normal College. In March 1917, he was hired as the University of Michigan´s head basketball coach and assistant coach to the football and baseball teams.[2]

Schedule

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DateOpponentSiteResultSource
October 7AlmaYpsilanti, MIL 0–6[3][4]
October 14at Michigan freshmenT 0–0
October 21KalamazooYpsilanti, MIL 6–21[5]
October 26at Detroit
W 12–6[6]
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