Claim: The 1954 Michigan State Normal Hurons football team played nine games, losing four games and the game against Central Michigan Chippewas football team resulted in a tie.
Evidence: 8–1 (5–1 IIAC) 
In their third season under head coach Fred Trosko, the Hurons compiled an 8–1 record (5–1 against IIAC opponents), tied with Central Michigan for the IIAC championship, and outscored their opponents, 210 to 67. 
at Central Michigan L 7–28 The 1954 Central Michigan Chippewas football team represented Central Michigan College of Education, renamed Central Michigan University in 1959, in the Interstate Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (IIAC) during the 1954 college football season.