1898 Michigan State Normal Normalites football team

The 1898 Michigan State Normal Normalites football team represented Michigan State Normal School (later renamed Eastern Michigan University) during the 1898 college football season. In their first and only season under head coach Enoch Thorne, the Normalites compiled a record of 1–5–2, failed to score in five of eight games played, and were outscored by their opponents by a combined total of 100 to 19. Fred Q. Gorton was the team captain.^[1]

1898 Michigan State Normal Normalites football
Conference	Michigan Intercollegiate Athletic Association
Record	1–5–2 (0–3 MIAA)
Head coach	Enoch Thorne (1st season)
Captain	Fred Q. Gorton
Seasons ← 1897 1899 →

Enrollment at Michigan State Normal reached 915 students in October 1898.^[2]

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Source
October 1	at Michigan	Regents Field Ann Arbor, MI	L 0–25	[3]
October 8	Michigan Agricultural	Ypsilanti, MI	L 6–11
October 15	at Toledo YMCA	Toledo, OH	L 0–16
October 29	Toledo YMCA	Ypsilanti, MI	T 0–0	[4]
November 12	Alumni	Ypsilanti, MI	T 0–0	[5]
November 15	at Ypsilanti High School	Ypsilanti, MI	W 7–0
November 19	at Michigan Agricultural	East Lansing, MI	L 6–24
	at Hillsdale	Hillsdale, MI	L 0–24

References

1. "2015 Eastern Michigan Football Digital Media Guide" (PDF). Eastern Michigan University Football. pp. 158, 170. Retrieved June 30, 2016.
2. "State Normal". Detroit Free Press. October 9, 1898. p. 7 – via Newspapers.com.
3. "Trying Out Men: U. of M. Coaches Had Twenty-Four in the Normal Game; Three Touchdowns in Fair Shape Marked the First Half; The line Slowed Down in Second, One Score Being Made". Detroit Free Press. October 2, 1898.
4. "State Normal". Detroit Free Press. October 30, 1898. p. 15 – via Newspapers.com.
5. "Tie Game at Ypsilanti". Detroit Free Press. November 13, 1898. p. 6 – via Newspapers.com.