Claim: 1924 Michigan State Normal Normalites football team had former US army lieutenant and former college player James Brown as coach and ended with a 2-5-1 record.
Evidence: In their second and final season under head coach James M. Brown, the Normalites compiled a record of 2–5–1 and were outscored by their opponents by a combined total of 69 to 46. During World War I, he served as an infantry lieutenant in the United States Army, seeing action during the Meuse-Argonne Offensive. Brown attended Colgate University, where he played college football before graduating in 1916. 2–5–1 (2–3 MIAA)