1907 Western State Normal Hilltoppers football team

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.^[1]

1907 Western State Normal Hilltoppers football
Conference	Independent
Record	4–2–1
Head coach	William H. Spaulding (1st season)
Captain	Tubby Meyers
Seasons ← 1906 1908 →

1907 Midwestern college football independents records

v t e	Conf.							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
Marquette			–					6	–	0	–	0
North Dakota Agricultural			–					3	–	0	–	0
Lincoln (MO)			–					1	–	0	–	0
Notre Dame			–					6	–	0	–	1
Miami (OH)			–					6	–	1	–	0
Michigan			–					5	–	1	–	0
Mount Union			–					9	–	2	–	0
Fairmount			–					8	–	2	–	0
Iowa State			–					6	–	2	–	0
Lake Forest			–					4	–	1	–	1
South Dakota State			–					5	–	2	–	0
St. Vincent's (IL)			–					5	–	2	–	0
Wabash			–					5	–	2	–	0
Saint Louis			–					7	–	3	–	0
Western State Normal			–					4	–	2	–	1
Kansas State			–					5	–	3	–	0
Michigan State Normal			–					3	–	2	–	0
Wittenberg			–					5	–	4	–	0
Central Michigan			–					3	–	3	–	0
Drake			–					3	–	4	–	1
Ohio			–					3	–	4	–	1
Western Illinois			–					2	–	3	–	0
Franklin			–					3	–	5	–	1
Heidelberg			–					2	–	4	–	1
Butler			–					1	–	3	–	2
Carthage			–					2	–	5	–	0
Haskell			–					2	–	6	–	1
Chicago P&S			–					1	–	3	–	0
Detroit College			–					1	–	3	–	0
Northern Illinois State			–					1	–	4	–	1
Doane			–					1	–	5	–	0
St. Mary's (OH)			–					0	–	4	–	0
Baldwin–Wallace			–					0	–	6	–	0

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), Ferris Institute (0–0), Michigan State Normal (6–0), and Kalamazoo (40–0).

Halfback Tubby Meyers was the team captain for the second of three consecutive years.^[2]

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

Date	Time	Opponent	Site	Result	Source
October 5		Grand Rapids High School		W 9–0
October 9		at Albion	Albion, MI	L 0–5	[3][4]
October 12		at Olivet	Olivet, MI	L 0–43	[5]
October 19		at Central Michigan	Mount Pleasant, MI (rivalry)	W 27–0	[6]
November 2		at Ferris Institute	Big Rapids, MI	T 0–0	[7]
November 9		Michigan State Normal	Kalamazoo, MI	W 6–0	[8]
November 15	3:00 p.m.	Kalamazoo	Woodward Avenue grounds Kalamazoo, MI	W 40–0	[9]

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