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The 1968 Michigan Wolverines football team represented the University of Michigan in the 1968 Big Ten Conference football season.In their tenth and final season under head coach Bump Elliott, the Wolverines compiled an 8–2 record, outscored opponents 277 to 155, and finished the season in second place in the Big Ten Conference and ranked No. 12 in the final AP Poll.
1968 Michigan Wolverines football team – Under head coach Bump Elliott, the Wolverines compiled an 8–2 record and were ranked No. 12 in the final AP Poll. The team's statistical leaders included Dennis Brown with 1,562 passing yards, Ron Johnson with 1,391 rushing yards and 114 points scored, and Jim Mandich with 565 receiving yards. [7]
The 1968 Michigan Wolverines football team, under head coach Bump Elliott, finished in second place with an 8–2 record and was ranked No. 12 in the final AP Poll. Michigan was ranked No. 4 before losing to Ohio State, 50–14, in the final game of the season. In a victory over Wisconsin, Ron Johnson set an NCAA record with 347 rushing yards.
Johnson played college football at the halfback position for the University of Michigan from 1966 to 1968. He set a Michigan school record in 1967 by rushing for 270 yards in a game. In 1968, he became the first African-American to serve as the captain of a Michigan football team.
The Michigan Wolverines football program is a college football team that represents the University of Michigan in the NCAA's Big Ten Conference. The Wolverines have played 1,406 games during their 145 seasons, winning a collegiate-record 1,012 contests for a winning percentage of .733.
The 1968 All-Big Ten Conference football team consists of American football players chosen by various organizations for All-Big Ten ... Michigan State (AP-2 [middle ...
Johnson's 347-yard rushing performance against Wisconsin still stands as Michigan's single-game record. The 1968 team also included a core of young players who became stars in the early years of the Schembechler era. Four Michigan football players from the Elliott years have been inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame.
Michigan Stadium, where the Wolverines have played since 1927. This is a list of seasons completed by the Michigan Wolverines football team of the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division I Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS). Since the team's creation in 1879, the Wolverines have participated in more than 1,200 officially ...