1886 Michigan Wolverines football team
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Cincinnati | – | 2 | – | 0 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Michigan | – | 2 | – | 0 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Wabash
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– | 2 | – | 0 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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– | 1 | – | 2 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Northwestern | – | 0 | – | 1 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Minnesota | – | 0 | – | 2 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
The 1886 Michigan Wolverines football team represented the
Schedule
Date | Opponent | Site | Result |
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October 16 | at Albion | Albion, MI | W 50–0 |
October 30 | Albion |
| W 24–0 |
Horace Prettyman
The team's captain was Horace Greely Prettyman,[1] from Bryan, Ohio.[2] Prettyman played eight years for the Michigan football team and was captain of the Michigan team three straight years from 1884 to 1886.[1][4][5] No other player in the history of Michigan football has been selected as captain three times.[6][7] In Prettyman's three years as captain, Michigan never lost a game, winning seven games and outscoring opponents 192 to 10.[1][4][5]
Game summaries
Game one: Michigan 50, Albion 0
The first game was played on October 16, 1886, at Albion, with Michigan winning by a score of 50–0.[1] The Michigan Argonaut described the game as "a walk-over for our team."[3] The score was already 37 to 0 when time was called for the half, and the Argonaut singled out Wright, Prettyman and Frank Higgins for their fine play. The writer noted that the Albion team was "not in fine trim" and failed to get the ball near the Michigan goal.[3] Perhaps trying to find something favorable to say about the opponent, the Argonaut reporter observed that "the Albion team did their best work in tackling."[3]
Game two: Michigan 24, Albion 0
The second game was played at the
Players
Varsity letter winners
- Charles N. Banks, New Buffalo, Michigan - forward
- Frank F. Bumps, Shelby, Michigan - forward
- James E. Duffy, Ann Arbor, Michigan - halfback
- John L. Duffy - Ann Arbor, Michigan - goalkeeper and manager
- William W. Harless, Chicago, Illinois - substitute
- Frank G. Higgins from Butte, Montana - forward
- George C. Higgins - forward
- John Jaycox,Philadelphia, Pennsylvania- halfback
- Alexander C. Kiskadden, Tiffin, Ohio[10] - forward
- William M. Morrow, Union City, Pennsylvania - quarterback
- Horace Greely Prettyman, Bryan, Ohio - forward
- Charles D. WrightMinneapolis, Minnesota
Others
- William C. Malley, Chicago, Illinois - substitute
- Clifford C. Smith, Cleveland, Ohio - substitute
- Ernest Sprague, Farmington, Michigan - rusher
- William R. Trowbridge, Ann Arbor, Michigan - substitute
References
- ^ a b c d e f g "1886 Football Team". University of Michigan, Bentley Historical Library. Archived from the original on March 2, 2009. Retrieved February 16, 2009.
- ^ a b c "1886 Michigan Football Team Roster". University of Michigan, Bentley Historical Library. Archived from the original on September 1, 2010. Retrieved February 16, 2009.
- ^ a b c d "Rugby at Albion". The Michigan Argonaut. October 23, 1886.
- ^ a b "1884 Football Team". University of Michigan, Bentley Historical Library. Archived from the original on March 4, 2009. Retrieved February 16, 2009.
- ^ a b "1885 Football Team". University of Michigan, Bentley Historical Library. Archived from the original on March 4, 2009. Retrieved February 16, 2009.
- ISBN 1-57167-115-3.
- ^ "University of Michigan Football Team Captains". University of Michigan. Archived from the original on March 3, 2009. Retrieved February 17, 2009.
- ^ a b c d e f g "Rugby Game". The Michigan Argonaut. November 6, 1886.
- ^ As of 1901, John M. Jaycox maintained an office in the Harrison Building in Philadelphia.
- ^ Alexander Campbell Kiskadden returned to Tiffin, Ohio, as a lawyer and, later, as a probate judge of Seneca County. He ran for Congress as a Republican in 1916. He died August 28, 1920.
- ^ Charles D. Wright became a surgeon in eye and ear work at Minneapolis. He scored six touchdowns in the first game of the 1886 season.