1919 Western State Normal Hilltoppers football team

The 1919 Western State Normal Hilltoppers football team represented Western State Normal School (later renamed Western Michigan University) as an independent during the 1919 college football season. In their 13th season under head coach William H. Spaulding, the Hilltoppers compiled a 4–1 record and outscored their opponents, 156 to 91.^[1][2] Quarterback Walt Olsen was the team captain.^[3]

1919 Western State Normal Hilltoppers football
Conference	Independent
Record	4–1
Head coach	William H. Spaulding (13th season)
Captain	Walt Olsen
Home stadium	Normal field
Seasons ← 1918 1920 →

1919 Midwestern college football independents records

v t e	Conf.							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
Notre Dame			–					9	–	0	–	0
Lincoln (MO)			–					3	–	0	–	0
Detroit			–					8	–	1	–	0
Western State Normal			–					4	–	1	–	0
Akron			–					6	–	1	–	1
North Dakota Agricultural			–					5	–	1	–	1
Haskell			–					8	–	2	–	1
Marquette			–					5	–	1	–	2
St. Xavier			–					6	–	2	–	0
Morningside			–					6	–	2	–	0
Heidelberg			–					6	–	3	–	0
Saint Louis			–					4	–	2	–	2
Valparaiso			–					5	–	3	–	0
Wabash			–					4	–	3	–	2
Central Michigan			–					2	–	2	–	3
Michigan Agricultural			–					4	–	4	–	1
Nebraska			–					3	–	3	–	2
St. Mary's (OH)			–					2	–	2	–	0
Iowa State Teachers			–					2	–	4	–	1
Toledo			–					2	–	4	–	0
Butler			–					0	–	5	–	1
Bowling Green			–					0	–	3	–	0

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
October 4	2:30 p.m.	Detroit Junior College	Normal field Kalamazoo, MI	W 88–0		[4][5][6]
October 11		at Michigan Agricultural	College Field East Lansing, MI	W 21–18		[7][8]
October 18		Wabash	Normal field Kalamazoo, MI	W 27–13		[9][10]
October 25	2:30 p.m.	at Notre Dame	Cartier Field Notre Dame, IN	L 0–53	2,500	[11][12][13]
November 21		at Albion	Albion, MI	W 20–7		[14]
All times are in Central time