1924 Western State Normal Hilltoppers football team

1924 Western State Normal Hilltoppers football
ConferenceIndependent
Record6–1
Head coach
CaptainOscar Johnson
Home stadiumNormal field
1924 Midwestern college football independents records
Conf.Overall
TeamW L TW L T
No. 1 Notre Dame    10 0 0
Kirksville Osteopaths    6 0 0
Central Michigan    7 1 0
Western State Normal    6 1 0
John Carroll    7 2 0
Haskell    7 2 1
Indiana State    6 2 0
Loyola (IL)    5 2 2
Marquette    5 2 0
Dayton    7 3 0
Saint Louis    6 3 0
Michigan Agricultural    5 3 0
Wabash    5 4 0
Butler    4 5 0
Detroit    4 5 0
Muncie Normal    1 3 0
Michigan Mines    0 2 1
Kent State    0 4 0
Rankings from Dickinson System

The 1924 Western State Normal Hilltoppers football team represented Western State Normal School (later renamed Western Michigan University) as an independent during the 1924 college football season. In their first season under head coach Earl Martineau, the Hilltoppers compiled a 6–1 record. Tackle Oscar Johnson was the team captain.

Martineau was hired as the Hilltoppers' head coach in June 1924. He had played college football for Minnesota the prior year and been selected by Walter Camp to the 1923 College Football All-America Team. Minnesota coach William H. Spaulding, who had previously coached the Hilltoppers, recommended Martineau for the job.