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The 1901 game was the third meeting in what would become the Michigan–Ohio State football rivalry, with the two teams having played to a scoreless tie in their prior match in 1900. [ 44 ] Michigan won the 1901 game, 21–0, at Ohio Field in Columbus, Ohio , in front of a crowd of approximately 4,000 persons.
Bennie Owen – assistant football coach at Michigan in 1901; head coach at Oklahoma 1905–1926; inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame; Del Pratt – assistant football coach at Michigan starting in 1920; played MLB from 1912 to 1924; A. J. Sturzenegger – played college football and baseball at the University of Nebraska. He later ...
This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 24 December 2024. Football team of the University of Michigan Michigan Wolverines football 2024 Michigan Wolverines football team First season 1879 ; 145 years ago Athletic director Warde Manuel Head coach Sherrone Moore 1st season, 8–5 (.615) Stadium Michigan Stadium (capacity: 107,601) Year built ...
Michigan has had 21 head coaches since its first recorded football game in 1879. Mike Murphy and Frank Crawford, co-head coaches for a single season in 1891, were the team's first head coaches. his first season at Michigan in 1901, Fielding H. Yost guided the Wolverines to the 1902 Rose Bowl, the first college bowl game ever played.
The Michigan football team was among the first to be racially integrated. George Jewett became Michigan's first African-American player in 1890 and was one of the leading stars in the early years of Michigan football. The 1891 season was the first in which the Michigan football team had a coach with Frank Crawford and Mike Murphy coaching the team.
The 1901 college football season had no clear-cut champion, with NCAA-designated "major selectors" retroactively selecting Michigan and Harvard as national champions. [1] [a] [b] The NCAA records book also erroneously lists Yale as Parke H. Davis's selection.
White played left tackle for the Michigan during the 1898 season, [2] left end in the 1899 season, [3] and returned to left tackle in the 1900 [4] and 1901 seasons. [5] As a senior, he captained the 1901 Michigan Wolverines football team, the first of Fielding H. Yost's famous "Point-a-Minute" teams, which went undefeated with an 11–0 record, outscored their opponents 550–0, and defeated ...
Three of the five official selectors, the Helms Athletic Foundation, the Houlgate System, and the National Championship Foundation, recognize the 1901 Michigan team as the national champion. Wisconsin , under head coach Philip King , tied with Michigan for the conference championship with a 9–0 record, shut out seven of nine opponents, and ...