1912 Western State Normal Hilltoppers football team

1912 Western State Normal Hilltoppers football
ConferenceIndependent
Record3–2–1
Head coach
CaptainEdgar Roper
Seasons
← 1911
1913 →
1912 Midwestern college football independents records
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Notre Dame   –   7 – 0 – 0
Lake Forest   –   5 – 0 – 1
Michigan Agricultural   –   7 – 1 – 0
North Dakota Agricultural   –   5 – 1 – 0
South Dakota   –   5 – 1 – 0
Mount Union   –   9 – 2 – 0
Saint Louis   –   7 – 1 – 2
Michigan   –   5 – 2 – 0
Wabash   –   5 – 2 – 0
Buchtel   –   5 – 2 – 1
Detroit   –   5 – 2 – 1
Iowa State Teachers   –   5 – 2 – 1
St. Mary's (OH)   –   4 – 2 – 0
Michigan State Normal   –   4 – 2 – 1
Butler   –   5 – 3 – 0
Doane   –   5 – 3 – 0
Haskell   –   7 – 4 – 0
Western State Normal (MI)   –   3 – 2 – 0
St. Viator   –   4 – 4 – 0
Fairmount   –   4 – 5 – 0
Marquette   –   3 – 4 – 0
Central Michigan   –   1 – 2 – 2
Northern Illinois State   –   3 – 5 – 0
Baldwin–Wallace   –   0 – 1 – 0
Heidelberg   –   0 – 6 – 0

The 1912 Western State State Normal Hilltoppers football team represented Western State Normal School (later renamed Western Michigan University) as an independent during the 1912 college football season. In their sixth season under head coach William H. Spaulding, the Hilltoppers compiled a 3–2–1 record and outscored their opponents, 86 to 49.[1][2] End Edgar Roper was the team captain.[3]

Attendance at Western State reached 650 students in the fall of 1912.[4]

  1. ^ "Football Records: Annual Results". Western Michigan University. Retrieved July 5, 2016.
  2. ^ "Football Records: Year-By-Year Results - 1910 - 19". Western Michigan University. Retrieved July 5, 2016.
  3. ^ "Football History: All-Time Captains". Western Michigan University. Retrieved July 5, 2016.
  4. ^ Cite error: The named reference LSJ12 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).