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Today's Tidbit... Photobombing The 1907 Eastern Illinois Football Team
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Mar 15, 2023
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The official records for Eastern Illinois football show the 1907 team had a 3 - 1 - 3 record, though a recent media guide can identify only three games played that season. A bit of searching identified additional games or suspects, but details on their season are generally lacking.

Here's their schedule as best as I can tell, though another win is missing if their 3 -1 - 3 record is correct:

  • 9/28/07: Rose-Hulman 0-0

  • Indiana State 35-0

  • DePauw 0-28?

  • 11/2/07: Indiana State (win?, score unknown)

  • 11/16/07: Illinois State 6-6

  • 11/21/07: St. Louis College of Physicians and Surgeons 11-11

Eastern Illinois opened its doors in 1899 as the Eastern Illinois State Normal School, or E. I. S. N. S. for short. Like other normal schools nationwide, its purpose was to train prospective teachers in that part of the state.

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