1907 Western State Normal Hilltoppers football team

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| year = 1907

| team = Western State Normal Hilltoppers

| sport = football

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| conference = Independent

| record = 4–2–1

| head_coach = William H. Spaulding

| hc_year = 1st

| captain = Tubby Meyers

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The 1907 Western State Normal Hilltoppers football team represented Western State Normal School (later renamed Western Michigan University) as an independent during the 1907 college football season. In their first season under head coach William H. Spaulding, the Hilltoppers compiled a 4–2–1 record and shut out five of seven opponents.{{cite web|title=Football Records: Annual Results|publisher=Western Michigan University|access-date=July 5, 2016|url=http://www.wmubroncos.com/ViewArticle.dbml?DB_OEM_ID=4600&ATCLID=204948424}}

After losing to Albion (5–0) and Olivet (3–0), the team did not allow a point to be scored by its opponents in the final four games against Central Michigan (29–0), {{cfb link|year=1907|team=Ferris Institute|title=Ferris Institute}} (0–0), Michigan State Normal (6–0), and {{cfb link|year=1907|team=Kalamazoo|title=Kalamazoo}} (40–0).

Halfback Tubby Meyers was the team captain for the second of three consecutive years.{{cite web|title=Football History: All-Time Captains|publisher=Western Michigan University|access-date=July 5, 2016|url=http://www.wmubroncos.com/ViewArticle.dbml?DB_OEM_ID=4600&ATCLID=204948804}}

The 1907 season marked the beginning of a 15-year tenure by Spaulding as the school's head football coach. Spalding had played college football at Wabash College in 1906. He coached the Western State football team from 1907 to 1921, compiling a 62–25–3 record, and later served as head football coach at Minnesota (1922–1924) and UCLA (1925–1938).

Schedule

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|October 5|||Grand Rapids High School|||W 9-0|

|October 9||at|Albion||Albion, MI|L 0-5|{{cite news|title=By Single Touchdown: Albion College Eleven Beats Kalamazoo Normals|newspaper=Detroit Free Press|date=October 10, 1907|page=7|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/18508232/by_single_touchdown_albion_college/|via=Newspapers.com}}{{cite news|title=Western State Normal|newspaper=Detroit Free Press|date=October 13, 1907|page=23|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/18508394/western_state_normal/|via=Newspapers.com}}

|October 12||at|Olivet||Olivet, MI|L 0-43|{{cite news |author= |title=Fine Run By Thomas |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/detroit-free-press/168489022/ |newspaper=Detroit Free Press |location=Detroit, Michigan |date=October 13, 1907 |page=22 |access-date=March 21, 2025 |via=Newspapers.com {{Open access}} }}

|October 19||at|Central Michigan||Mount Pleasant, MI (rivalry)|W 27-0|{{cite news |author= |title=Mount Pleasant Easy For Normal Squad |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-kalamazoo-gazette/168489185/ |newspaper=Kalamazoo Gazette |location=Kalamazoo, Michigan |date=October 20, 1907 |page=6 |access-date=March 21, 2025 |via=Newspapers.com {{Open access}} }}

|November 2||at|{{cfb link|year=1907|team=Ferris Institute|title=Ferris Institute}}||Big Rapids, MI|T 0-0|{{cite news |author= |title=Normal Plays Ferris A No Score Game |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-kalamazoo-gazette/168489303/ |newspaper=Kalamazoo Gazette |location=Kalamazoo, Michigan |date=November 3, 1907 |page=6 |access-date=March 21, 2025 |via=Newspapers.com {{Open access}} }}

|November 9|||Michigan State Normal||Kalamazoo, MI|W 6-0|{{cite news |author= |title=Western Michigan Is The Champion—Defeat of Ypsilanti Normal Wins Honors For Kazoo Institution |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-kalamazoo-gazette/168489417/ |newspaper=Kalamazoo Gazette |location=Kalamazoo, Michigan |date=November 10, 1907 |page=6 |access-date=March 21, 2025 |via=Newspapers.com {{Open access}} }}

|November 15|3:00 p.m.||{{cfb link|year=1907|team=Kalamazoo|title=Kalamazoo}}|Woodward Avenue grounds|Kalamazoo, MI|W 40-0|{{cite news |author= |title=College And Normal Clash |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-kalamazoo-gazette/168489562/ |newspaper=Kalamazoo Gazette |location=Kalamazoo, Michigan |date=November 15, 1907 |page=6 |access-date=March 21, 2025 |via=Newspapers.com {{Open access}} }}

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{{cite web |author= |title=Football Records: Year-By-Year Results - 1906-09 |url=https://wmubroncos.com/sports/2010/5/18/204947744.aspx |publisher=Western Michigan University |access-date=March 24, 2025 }}

References

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Category:Western Michigan Broncos football seasons

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