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The following is a list of articles covering the history of Michigan Wolverines football in the Pre-Yost era -- the 22 years before the arrival of Fielding H. Yost as head coach in 1901. There are currently more than 100 articles documenting this opening era in Michigan football history. They include articles on all 22 football seasons, all seven head football coaches, and more than 75 football players.
Season articles
Season | Head coach | Conference | Place | Wins | Losses | Ties |
1879 team | No coach | Independent | na | 1 | 0 | 1 |
1880 team | No coach | Independent | na | 1 | 0 | 0 |
1881 team | No coach | Independent | na | 0 | 3 | 0 |
1882 team | No coach | Independent | na | 0 | 0 | 0 |
1883 team | No coach | Independent | na | 2 | 3 | 0 |
1884 team | No coach | Independent | na | 2 | 0 | 0 |
1885 team | No coach | Independent | na | 3 | 0 | 0 |
1886 team | No coach | Independent | na | 2 | 0 | 0 |
1887 team | No coach | Independent | na | 5 | 0 | 0 |
1888 team | No coach | Independent | na | 2 | 1 | 0 |
1889 team | No coach | Independent | na | 1 | 2 | 0 |
1890 team | No coach | Independent | na | 4 | 1 | 0 |
1891 team | Mike Murphy and Frank Crawford | Independent | na | 4 | 5 | 0 |
1892 team | Frank Barbour | Independent | na | 7 | 5 | 0 |
1893 team | Frank Barbour | Independent | na | 7 | 3 | 0 |
1894 team | William McCauley | Independent | na | 9 | 1 | 1 |
1895 team | William McCauley | Independent | na | 8 | 1 | 0 |
1896 team | William Ward | Western Conference | 2nd | 9 | 1 | 0 |
1897 team | Gustave Ferbert | Western Conference | 3rd | 6 | 1 | 1 |
1898 team | Gustave Ferbert | Western Conference | 1st | 10 | 0 | 0 |
1899 team | Gustave Ferbert | Western Conference | 4th | 8 | 2 | 0 |
1900 team | Langdon Lea | Western Conference | 4th | 7 | 2 | 1 |
Coach articles
# | Name | Term | GC | W | L | T | % |
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— | No coaches | 1879–1890 | 34 | 23 | 10 | 1 | .691 |
1 | Frank Crawford, Mike Murphy | 1891 | 9 | 4 | 5 | 0 | .444 |
3 | Frank Barbour | 1892–1893 | 22 | 14 | 8 | 0 | .636 |
4 | William McCauley | 1894–1895 | 20 | 17 | 2 | 1 | .875 |
5 | William Ward | 1896 | 10 | 9 | 1 | 0 | .900 |
6 | Gustave Ferbert | 1897–1899 | 28 | 24 | 3 | 1 | .875 |
7 | Langdon Lea | 1900 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 1 | .750 |
Player articles
Name | Start Year | Last Year | Position(s) | Notes |
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Howard Abbott | 1889 | 1890 | Quarterback | Captain and quarterback of first Minnesota football team in 1886; played for Michigan as a law student |
Frank Gates Allen | 1879 | 1880 | Forward | Later became president of the Moline Plow Company and president of the Moline State Trust & Savings Bank |
William Allen |
1898 | 1898 | Guard | Served as head football coach, Washington State, 1900, 1902 |
James Baird | 1892 | 1895 | Quarterback | Directed the construction of the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier
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Edmond H. Barmore | 1879 | 1880 | Halfback, Quarterback | Later became a steamship builder and founder of the Los Angeles Transfer Co. |
Elmer Beach | 1882 | 1883 | Quarterback | Founder of the Beach & Beach law firm in Chicago; brother of novelist Rex Beach |
John W. F. Bennett | 1896 | 1898 | Guard, End | Supervised construction of Waldorf Hotels in London
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John A. Bloomingston | 1894 | 1895 | Fullback | Leading scorer on the 1895 team that won Michigan's first Western football championship |
William Caley | 1896 | 1898 | Guard, halfback, fullback | Also played at Colorado, 1893–1895 |
Charles H. Campbell | 1879 | 1879 | Halfback | Became a prominent Detroit lawyer and president of the Detroit Board of Commerce |
Martin H. Carmody | 1899 | 1899 | Guard | Served as the Supreme Knight of the Knights of Columbus from 1927 to 1939 |
Bert Carr | 1894 | 1896 | Guard, Center | Selected in 1896 by the Chicago Tribune as "the best center in the West"; named the greatest guard in Michigan history in 1902 |
Thomas Chadbourne | 1890 | 1890 | Center | Founded the New York law firm Chadbourne & Parke |
John Chase |
1879 | 1880 | Rusher, forward | Commander of the Colorado National Guard in confrontations with organized labor, including the Colorado Labor Wars of 1903-1904 and Ludlow Massacre of 1914 |
Frank Crawford | 1891 | 1901 | Crawford was both the unpaid head coach and a substitute player for the 1891 team | |
William Cunningham | 1897 | 1899 | Center | Michigan's first All-American football player |
Edwin Denby | 1895 | 1895 | Center | U.S. Congressman from Michigan 1905-1911; Served as Secretary of the Navy 1921-1924; played role in the Teapot Dome scandal |
Thomas Jesse Drumheller | 1896 | 1896 | Quarterback | Later became a leading sheep rancher in Walla Walla, Washington |
William J. Duff | 1882 | 1884 | Halfback | Later a leading medical doctor in Spanish-American War
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Ignatius M. Duffy | 1896 | 1896 | Fullback | |
James E. Duffy | 1885 | 1891 | Halfback | Captain of the 1888 team; Set world record in 1886 by drop kicking a football 168 feet, 7-1/2 inches; later became an attorney and member of the UM Board in Control of Athletics |
George Dygert | 1890 | 1894 | Fullback, Halfback | |
Royal T. Farrand | 1887 | 1887 | Quarterback | Quarterback in 1887 and manager in 1891; hired Michigan's football coach in 1891 |
Gustave Ferbert | 1893 | 1896 | Halfback, End | Michigan's head football coach 1897-1899; became rich in the Yukon Gold Rush
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Forest Firestone | 1896 | 1897 | Reserve | Head football coach at Buchtel College, now the University of Akron, for one season in 1902 |
Richard France | 1898 | 1899 | Guard | First-team All-American 1899 |
George Greenleaf | 1893 | 1896 | Quarterback, End | Later coached the 1899 Miami football team and became a medical doctor |
H. G. Hadden | 1894 | 1894 | Tackle | Transferred and served as player and coach of the 1895 Notre Dame team |
William W. Hannan | 1879 | 1879 | Rusher | Played for the first Michigan football team; became the leading real estate developer in Detroit in the late 19th Century |
Frederick W. Henninger | 1893 | 1896 | Tackle, Guard | Later served as an assistant football coach at Michigan before successful career in manufacturing |
Albert E. Herrnstein | 1899 | 1902 | Halfback, End | Scored 6 touchdowns against Ohio State in 1902; Played on "Point-a-Minute" teams; Later served as head football coach at Haskell, Purdue and Ohio State |
Frank G. Higgins | 1885 | 1885 | Forward | First native-born person from Montana admitted to the state's bar and to serve in its legislature; Lieutenant Governor of Montana , 1901–05
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George S. Holden | 1890 | 1890 | Quarterback | |
John W. Hollister | 1893 | 1895 | Halfback | Later served as head football coach at Mississippi, Beloit College and Morningside College |
Walter S. Horton | 1881 | 1881 | Quarterback | The second Michigan player at the quarterback position; practiced law in Illinois for 50 years |
Albert W. Jefferis | 1891 | 1891 | Center | Later served in the U.S. Congress from Nebraska |
George Jewett | 1890 | 1892 | Fullback, Halfback, Place kicker | First African-American football player at both Michigan and Northwestern; one of the greatest players in the pre-Yost era |
Collins H. Johnston | 1879 | 1880 | Halfback | Became a medical doctor, surgeon, and civic leader in Grand Rapids, Michigan |
Leo J. Keena | 1897 | 1899 | Fullback | Later served as U.S. General Consul in Paris and Warsaw and as U.S. Ambassador to Honduras and South Africa |
Henry Killilea | 1883 | 1884 | Center, Forward | One of the five men, along with Connie Mack, Charles Comiskey and Ban Johnson, who founded baseball's American League in 1899; owner of the Milwaukee Brewers (which became the Baltimore Orioles) and Boston Red Sox
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William Harrison Mace | 1882 | 1882 | Rusher | Later became renowned professor of American history and biographer of Abraham Lincoln |
William C. Malley | 1888 | 1890 | Tackle, Guard | |
John McLean | 1897 | 1899 | Halfback | All-American 1899; Won the silver medal in the 110 metre hurdles at the 1900 Summer Olympics in Paris; Head football coach at Knox and Missouri |
Thomas H. McNeil | 1884 | 1885 | Quarterback | Later became a lawyer in Missouri |
Charles S. Mitchell | 1879 | 1879 | Goalkeeper | He was the founder of the Athletic Association; later served as editor of several newspapers in Minnesota and of the Washington Herald
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Bill Morley | 1895 | 1895 | Quarterback | Went on to receive All-America honors in 1900 and 1901 as a player for Columbia; later inducted into College Football Hall of Fame |
William M. Morrow | 1885 | 1886 | Forward, Quarterback | Served more than 40 years in the U.S. Army, reaching rank of Brigadier General; decorated for bravery in World War I |
William J. Olcott | 1881 | 1883 | Three-quarter back | Captain of 1882 and 1883 teams; later became president of a railway and a mining company |
Irving Kane Pond | 1879 | 1879 | Rusher | Scored first touchdown in Michigan history, May 1879; became famous as an architect in the Arts and Crafts movement; three of his buildings are National Historic Landmarks |
Horace Greely Prettyman | 1882 | 1890 | Holds record for most years playing for Michigan's football team (8); Scored the first touchdown in the first game played at Michigan's first home football field in Ann Arbor; later operated a boarding house, power company and Ann Arbor Press; held office as Ann Arbor city councilman, postmaster and Washtenaw County supervisor | |
Curtis Redden | 1900 | 1903 | End | Died while serving in Germany during World War I |
Arthur Redner | 1900 | 1901 | Halfback | Last-surviving member of Yost's 1901 Point-a-Minute team |
John W. Reynolds, Sr. |
1893 | 1893 | Substitute | Later served as Attorney General of Wisconsin; his son became Governor of Wisconsin |
J. De Forest Richards | 1894 | 1897 | Halfback, Quarterback | Son of the Governor of Wyoming ; later became a bank president in Chicago
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Henry M. Senter | 1893 | 1896 | End | Captain of the 1896 team |
Walter W. Shaw | 1899 | 1901 | Quarterback, Halfback | |
Roger Sherman | 1890 | 1893 | Quarterback, End | Head football coach at Iowa, 1894 |
Bruce Shorts | 1900 | 1901 | Tackle | |
Charles H. Smith | 1893 | 1894 | Line | Omission as an All-American led to criticism that selectors were biased against Western players |
Frederic L. Smith | 1888 | 1888 | Quarterback | Later became a founder of the General Motors and president of the Association of Licensed Automobile Manufacturers
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Neil Snow | 1898 | 1901 | End | All-American 1901; College Football Hall of Fame |
Benjamin H. Southworth | 1900 | 1901 | Guard, center | Later became a physician and surgeon in Kalamazoo |
Ernest Sprague | 1886 | 1887 | Guard, Rusher | Later gained renown as a contract engineer for the American Bridge Company and Bethlehem Steel |
Allen Steckle | 1897 | 1899 | Tackle | Later served as the head football coach at Nevada and Oregon State |
Everett Sweeley | 1899 | 1902 | End, Fullback | |
Clayton Teetzel | 1897 | 1899 | Halfback, End | Coached at Michigan State, BYU and Utah State |
Charles Thomas |
1891 | 1892 | Guard | Later coached at Nebraska and Arkansas |
Fred Townsend | 1887 | 1887 | Tackle | Later served as an Iowa state senator and chairman of the Iowa Democratic Party state committee |
Virgil Tupper | 1891 | 1892 | Guard | |
James Van Inwagen | 1888 | 1891 | Halfback, Fullback, End | Captain of the 1891 Michigan team; Played at end in 1888, fullback in 1889 and halfback in 1891 |
Giovanni Raphael Frank "Count" Villa | 1893 | 1896 | Tackle | Star for Michigan teams that went 33-6-1 from 1893–1896; Assistant football coach 1897-1898 |
Alanson Weeks | 1898 | 1898 | Fullback | Fullback for the 1898 championship team; Later worked as a surgeon in San Francisco; decorated for service as a surgeon at the front in World War I |
Boss Weeks | 1900 | 1902 | Quarterback | Quarterback of the 1901 "Point-a-Minute" team; Later served as a head football coach at Kansas and Beloit |
Hugh White | 1898 | 1901 | Tackle, End | Captain of the 1901 "Point-a-Minute" team |
Charles Widman | 1898 | 1898 | Halfback | Leading scorer on undefeated 1898 team |
Eben Wilson |
1899 | 1901 | Guard | Played on the 1901 Point-a-Minute team; Later served as head football coach at Wabash and Alma Colleges |
John Wombacher | 1895 | 1896 | Center | Elected captain of the 1897 team but unable to play after contracting typhoid fever |
Other articles
- James Burrill Angell - an American educator, academic administrator, and diplomat. He is best known for being the longest-serving president of the University of Michigan (1871–1909). Under his leadership Michigan gained prominence as an elite public university. Today, he is often cited by Michigan administrators for providing the vision of Michigan as a university that should provide "an uncommon education for the common man." After Michigan's first victory over an Eastern football power, a victory over Cornell in 1894, President Angell addressed Michigan's student body and said: "I have been asked often today, 'What will be the effect of the game?' I am neither a prophet or the son of a prophet, but there is one thing of great value that I believe will result. . . . I think the benefit of victory lies in the cultivation of this broad, generous university spirit that pervades all departments and makes us feel here one interest and common joy."
- Charles A. Baird - athletic director, 1898–1909; donated Baird Carillon to University of Michigan, 1935; hired Fielding Yost in 1901; built the largest college athletic ground in the United States; and negotiated the school's appearance in the first Rose Bowl game.
- History of the Big Ten Conference
- Keene Fitzpatrick - an American track coach, athletic trainer, professor of physical training and gymnasium director for 42 years at Yale University (1890–1891, 1896–1898), the University of Michigan (1894–1895, 1898–1910), and Princeton University (1910–1932). He was considered "one of the pioneers of intercollegiate sport." He trained Michigan's 1894 and 1895 teams whcih compiled a 17–2–1 record and outscored opponents 510 to 98. He left Michigan for two years but returned in 1898. Upon his return, he was the trainer of Michigan's undefeated football teams in 1898, 1901, 1902, 1903, 1904, and 1905. Fitzpatrick was Michigan's track coach from 1900 to 1910, and during those years, Fitzpatrick's teams compiled a 24-2-1 record in dual meets and won Western Conference track championships in 1900, 1901, 1902, 1903, 1904, and 1906. Fitzpatrick's athletes also excelled in Olympic competition. Over the course of four Olympic Games held during his tenure as track coach, Michigan track and field athletes won 15 medals, including 7 gold medals.
- Early history of Michigan Wolverines football (1879–1900)
- Edward Moulton - an American sprinter, athletic trainer, and coach. He was a professional sprinter who won more than 300 races and was regarded as the American sprinting champion from 1872 to 1878. Moulton later trained many well-known track and field athletes. He was also employed as a trainer and coach of American football, including one year as the head football coach at the University of Minnesota. Moulton also coached athletics and worked as a trainer at other schools, including Minnesota, Wisconsin, Iowa, Michigan and Stanford. Moulton served as the trainer for the 1893 Michigan Wolverines football team that compiled a 7–3 record and outscored its opponents by a combined score of 278 to 102.
- Michigan Marching Band - Early years
- Notre Dame rivalry - early years - the Michigan-Notre Dame rivalry was born in 1887 with Michigan traveling to South Bend to play the newly-formed Notre Dame football team and to instruct Notre Dame students in the fundamentals of the game. The two teams played six games in the pre-Yost era with Michigan winning all six games.
- Albert Pattengill - an American professor of Greek. For 40 years, Pattengill was also a leader in athletics at the University of Michigan. He played on Michigan's 1867 baseball team and was part of a three-person committee that selected "azure-blue and maize" as the university's colors. He was also one of the leaders behind the formation and early development of the Big Ten Conference.
- Regents Field - the home field for the University of Michigan football team from 1893 to 1905. It was located along South State Street in Ann Arbor, Michigan, where Schembechler Hall stands today.
- Washtenaw County Fairgrounds - the first home field for the University of Michigan Wolverines football team. The Wolverines played their home games at the Fairgrounds from 1883 to 1884 and again from 1886 to 1892. The first intercollegiate football game played at the Fairgrounds was a May 12, 1883, game between Michigan and the Detroit Independents team. The game was part of a "Field Day" with events that included a ten-mile walk, wrestling and a "hop-skip-and jump" competition.
- The Victors - the fight song of the University of Michigan. It was composed by UM student Louis Elbel in 1898 following the last-minute football victory over the University of Chicago that clinched a league championship. John Philip Sousa is quoted as saying The Victors is "the greatest college fight song ever written." First performed in public in 1899, "The Victors" did not catch on right away, and did not become Michigan's official fight song until many years later.