The 1912 Western State State Normal Hilltoppers football team represented

Western State Normal School Western Michigan University (Western Michigan, Western or WMU) is a public research university in Kalamazoo, Michigan. It was initially established as Western State Normal School in 1903 by Governor Aaron T. Bliss for the training of teachers. ...

(later renamed Western Michigan University) as an independent during the

1912 college football season The 1912 college football season was the first of the modern era, as the NCAA implemented changes to increase scoring: *Teams were given ''4 downs'' instead of ''3 downs'' to gain ten yards *The value of a touchdown was increased from ''5 points ...

. In their sixth season under head coach

William H. Spaulding William H. Spaulding (May 4, 1880 – October 12, 1966) was an American football player and coach of football, basketball, and baseball. Spaulding coached at UCLA from 1925 to 1938. He had a successful tenure, compiling a 72–51–8 () record. H ...

, the Hilltoppers compiled a 3–2–1 record and outscored their opponents, 86 to 49. End Edgar Roper was the team captain. Attendance at Western State reached 650 students in the fall of 1912.

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