Michigan Football Preview 2017

2017 Michigan Football Preview

The Wolverine: Covering University of Michigan Football and Sports

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146 ■ THE WOLVERINE 2017 FOOTBALL PREVIEW YEAR BY YEAR 1879 Coach: None Captain: Dave N. Dzetar Season Record: 1-0-1 Date Rank Opponent Site Result May 30 Racine 1 W, 1-0 Nov. 1 Toronto 2 T, 0-0 Total Points 1-0 1 — Chicago; 2 — Detroit 1880 Coach: None Captain: John Chase Season Record: 1-0 Date Rank Opponent Site Result Nov. 5 Toronto A W, 13-6 Total Points 13-6 1881 Coach: None Captain: Walter Horton Season Record: 0-3 Date Rank Opponent Site Result Oct. 31 Harvard A L, 0-4 Nov. 2 Yale A L, 0-11 Nov. 4 Princeton A L, 4-13 Total Points 4-28 1882 No varsity games 1883 Coach: None Captain: William J. Olcott Season Record: 2-3 Date Rank Opponent Site Result March 12 Detroit Ind. H W, 40-5 Nov. 19 Wesleyan A L, 6-14 Nov. 21 Yale A L, 0-46 Nov. 22 Harvard A L, 0-3 Nov. 27 Stevens A W, 17-5 Total Points 63-73 1884 Coach: None Captain: Horace G. Prettyman Season Record: 2-0 Date Rank Opponent Site Result Nov. 15 Albion H W, 18-0 Nov. 22 Chicago U Club H W, 18-10 Total Points 36-10 1885 Coach: None Captain: Horace G. Prettyman Season Record: 3-0 Date Rank Opponent Site Result Nov. 7 Windsor Club A W, 10-0 Nov. 14 Windsor Club H W, 30-0 Nov. 26 Peninsulars 1 W, 42-0 Total Points 82-0 1 — Detroit 1886 Coach: None Captain: Horace G. Prettyman Season Record: 2-0 Date Rank Opponent Site Result Oct. 16 Albion A W, 50-0 Oct. 30 Albion H W, 24-0 Total Points 74-0 1887 Coach: None Captain: John L. Duffy Season Record: 3-0 Date Rank Opponent Site Result Nov. 12 Albion H W, 32-0 Nov. 23 Notre Dame A W, 8-0 Nov. 24 Harvard Club A W, 26-0 Total Points 66-0 1888 Coach: None Captain: John L. Duffy Season Record: 4-1 Date Rank Opponent Site Result April 20 Notre Dame A W, 26-6 April 21 Notre Dame A W, 10-4 Nov. 17 Detroit A.C. A W, 14-6 Nov. 24 Albion H W, 76-4 Nov. 29 Chicago U Club A L, 4-26 Total Points 130-46 1889 Coach: None Captain: E.W. McPherran Season Record: 1-2 Date Rank Opponent Site Result Nov. 9 Albion H W, 33-4 Nov. 23 Cornell 1 L, 0-56 Nov. 28 Chicago A.A. A L, 5-20 Total Points 33-80 1 — Buffalo, N.Y. 1890 Coach: None Captain: William C. Malley Season Record: 4-1 Date Rank Opponent Site Result Oct. 11 Albion H W, 56-10 Oct. 18 Detroit A.C. A W, 18-0 Oct. 25 Albion H W, 16-0 Nov. 1 Purdue H W, 34-6 Nov. 15 Cornell 1 L, 5-20 Total Points 129-36 1 — Detroit 1891 Coaches: Mike Murphy and Frank Crawford Captain: James Van Inwagen Season Record: 4-5 Date Rank Opponent Site Result Oct. 10 Ann Arbor H.S. H W, 62-0 Oct. 17 Albion H L, 4-10 Oct. 19 Olivet A W, 18-6 Oct. 24 Oberlin H W, 26-6 Oct. 31 Butler H W, 42-6 Nov. 14 Chicago A.C. A L, 0-10 Nov. 21 Cornell 1 L, 12-58 Nov. 26 Cleveland A.A. A L, 4-8 Nov. 28 Cornell 2 L, 0-10 Total Points 168-114 1 — Detroit; 2 — Chicago Michigan Football annual Results 1879-2016 The 1879 Wolverines were the first intercollegiate football squad to represent the University of Michigan. They played two games, defeating Racine (1-0) and tying Toronto (0-0). PHOTO COURTESY BENTLEY HISTORICAL LIBRARY W-L-T — Game won, lost or tied H — Home game A — Game played at opponent's home field 1 — Game played at a neutral site, see footnote for city E — Exhibition game HC — Michigan's Homecoming game nt — Night game; played after 5 p.m. local time t — Tie in rankings

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