1931 Michigan State Normal Hurons football team

The 1931 Michigan State Normal Hurons football team was an American football team that represented Michigan State Normal College (later renamed Eastern Michigan University) as an independent during the 1931 college football season. In their 10th season under head coach Elton Rynearson, the Hurons compiled a 3–2–1 record and outscored their opponents by a total of 98 to 54. Ken Hawk was the team captain.^[1] The team played its home games at Normal Field on the school's campus in Ypsilanti, Michigan.^[2]

1931 Michigan State Normal Hurons football
Conference	Independent
Record	3–2–1
Head coach	Elton Rynearson (10th season)
Captain	Ken Hawk
Home stadium	Normal Field
Seasons ← 1930 1932 →

1931 Midwestern college football independents records

v t e	Conf.							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
Wilberforce			–					8	–	0	–	0
Marquette			–					8	–	1	–	0
Saint Louis			–					8	–	1	–	0
Detroit			–					7	–	2	–	1
Western State Teachers			–					5	–	2	–	0
No. 11 Notre Dame			–					6	–	2	–	1
DePaul			–					6	–	3	–	0
Michigan State			–					5	–	3	–	1
Haskell			–					6	–	4	–	0
Michigan Tech			–					3	–	2	–	0
Michigan State Normal			–					3	–	2	–	1
Central State (MI)			–					4	–	3	–	0
John Carroll			–					4	–	4	–	2
Wittenberg			–					3	–	3	–	3
Kent State			–					3	–	4	–	0
Rankings from Dickinson System

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
October 3	at Michigan	Michigan Stadium Ann Arbor, MI	L 0–34	80,000	[3]
October 10	Ohio State junior varsity	Ypsilanti, MI	W 27–0		[4]
October 17	Notre Dame reserves	Alumni Field Ypsilanti, MI	T 0–0		[5]
October 24	Central State (MI)	Ypsilanti, MI (rivalry)	L 12–20	6,500	[6]
November 7	at Ferris Institute	Big Rapids, MI	W 27–0		[7]
November 13	Iowa State Teachers	Ypsilanti, MI	W 32–0		[8]
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