The Wolverine: Covering University of Michigan Football and Sports
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156 ■ THE WOLVERINE 2017 FOOTBALL PREVIEW YEAR BY YEAR 1981 Coach: Glenn E. "Bo" Schembechler Captains: Kurt Becker and Robert Thompson Season Record: 9-3 Conference Record: 6-3 (3rd Place tie) Date Rank Opponent Site Result Preseason 1 Sept. 12 1/- Wisconsin A L, 14-21 Sept. 19 11/1 Notre Dame H W, 25-7 Sept. 26 7/- Navy H W, 21-16 Oct. 3 8/- Indiana A W, 38-17 Oct. 10 6/- Michigan State A W, 38-20 Oct. 17 5/12 Iowa H L, 7-9 Oct. 24 18/- Northwestern (HC) H W, 38-0 Oct. 31 15/- Minnesota A W, 34-13 Nov. 7 12/- Illinois H W, 70-21 Nov. 14 11/- Purdue A W, 28-10 Nov. 21 7/- Ohio State H L, 9-14 Dec. 31 16/19 UCLA 1 W, 33-14 Total Points 355-162 1 — Bluebonnet Bowl, Houston Final Rankings: AP, No. 12; UPI, No. 12 1982 Big Ten Champs Coach: Glenn E. "Bo" Schembechler Captains: Anthony Carter, Paul Girgash and Robert Thompson Season Record: 8-4 Conference Record: 8-1 (1st Place) Date Rank Opponent Site Result Sept. 11 12/- Wisconsin H W, 20-9 Sept. 18 10/20 Notre Dame (nt) A L, 17-23 Sept. 25 20/12 UCLA H L, 27-31 Oct. 2 -/- Indiana H W, 24-10 Oct. 9 -/- Michigan State H W, 31-17 Oct. 16 -/- Iowa A W, 29-7 Oct. 23 -/- Northwestern A W, 49-14 Oct. 30 20/- Minnesota (HC) H W, 52-14 Nov. 6 15/- Illinois A W, 16-10 Nov. 13 14/- Purdue H W, 52-21 Nov. 20 13/- Ohio State A L, 14-24 Jan. 1 19/5 UCLA 1 L, 14-24 Total Points 345-204 1 — Rose Bowl, Pasadena, Calif. Final Ranking: UPI, No. 15 1983 Coach: Glenn E. "Bo" Schembechler Captains: Stefan Humphries and John Lott Season Record: 9-3 Conference Record: 8-1 (2nd Place) Date Rank Opponent Site Result Preseason 10 Sept. 10 6/- Washington State H W, 20-17 Sept. 17 8/16 Washington A L, 24-25 Sept. 24 17/- Wisconsin A W, 38-21 Oct. 1 14/- Indiana H W, 43-18 Oct. 8 14/- Michigan State A W, 42-0 Oct. 15 13/- Northwestern H W, 35-0 Oct. 22 10/12 Iowa (HC) H W, 16-13 Oct. 29 8/9 Illinois A L, 6-16 Nov. 5 13/- Purdue H W, 42-10 Nov. 12 9/- Minnesota (nt) A W, 58-10 Nov. 19 8/10 Ohio State H W, 24-21 Jan. 2 8/3 Auburn (nt) 1 L, 7-9 Total Points 355-160 1 — Sugar Bowl, New Orleans Final Rankings: AP, No. 8; UPI, No. 9 1984 Coach: Glenn E. "Bo" Schembechler Captains: Doug James and Mike Mallory Season Record: 6-6 Conference Record: 5-4 (6th Place tie) Date Rank Opponent Site Result Sept. 8 14/1 Miami (Fla.) H W, 22-14 Sept. 15 3/16 Washington H L, 11-20 Sept. 22 16/- Wisconsin H W, 20-14 Sept. 29 14/- Indiana A W, 14-6 Oct. 6 13/- Michigan State H L, 7-19 Oct. 13 -/- Northwestern (HC) H W, 31-0 Oct. 20 -/18 Iowa A L, 0-26 Oct. 27 -/- Illinois H W, 26-18 Nov. 3 -/- Purdue A L, 29-31 Nov. 10 -/- Minnesota H W, 31-7 Nov. 17 -/11 Ohio State A L, 6-21 Dec. 21 -/1 Brigham Young 1 L, 17-24 Total Points 214-200 1 — Holiday Bowl, San Diego Final Rankings: Not rated in either major poll 1985 Coach: Glenn E. "Bo" Schembechler Captains: Brad Cochran, Eric Kattus and Mike Mallory Season Record: 10-1-1 Conference Record: 6-1-1 (2nd Place) Date Rank Opponent Site Result Sept. 14 -/13 Notre Dame H W, 20-12 Sept. 21 19/11 South Carolina A W, 34-3 Sept. 28 12/17 Maryland H W, 20-0 Oct. 5 5/- Wisconsin H W, 33-6 Oct. 12 3/- Michigan State A W, 31-0 Oct. 19 2/1 Iowa A L, 10-12 Oct. 26 4/- Indiana (HC) H W, 42-15 Nov. 2 4/- Illinois A T, 3-3 Nov. 9 9/- Purdue H W, 47-0 Nov. 16 8/- Minnesota (nt) A W, 48-7 Nov. 23 6/12 Ohio State H W, 27-17 Jan. 1 5/8 Nebraska 1 W, 27-23 Total Points 342-98 1 — Fiesta Bowl, Tempe, Ariz. Final Rankings: AP, No. 2; UPI, No. 2 1986 Big Ten Champs Coach: Glenn E. "Bo" Schembechler Captains: Jim Harbaugh and Andy Moeller Season Record: 11-2 Conference Record: 7-1 (1st Place tie) Date Rank Opponent Site Result Preseason 2 Sept. 13 3/- Notre Dame A W, 24-23 Sept. 20 3/- Oregon State H W, 31-12 Sept. 27 5/20 Florida State (HC) H W, 20-18 Oct. 4 4/- Wisconsin (nt) A W, 34-17 Oct. 11 4/- Michigan State H W, 27-6 Oct. 18 4/8 Iowa H W, 20-17 Oct. 25 4/- Indiana A W, 38-14 Nov. 1 3/- Illinois H W, 69-13 Nov. 8 3/- Purdue A W, 31-7 Nov. 15 2/- Minnesota H L, 17-20 Nov. 22 6/7 Ohio State A W, 26-24 Dec. 6 4/- Hawaii A W, 27-10 Jan. 1 4/7 Arizona State 1 L, 15-22 Total Points 379-203 1 — Rose Bowl, Pasadena, Calif. Final Rankings: AP, No. 8; UPI, No. 7 1987 Coach: Glenn E. "Bo" Schembechler Captains: Jamie Morris and Doug Mallory Season Record: 8-4 Conference Record: 5-3 (4th Place) Date Rank Opponent Site Result Preseason 7 Sept. 12 9/16 Notre Dame H L, 7-26 Sept. 19 19/- Washington State H W, 44-18 Sept. 26 14/- Long Beach State H W, 49-0 Oct. 3 12/- Wisconsin H W, 49-0 Oct. 10 12/- Michigan State A L, 11-17 Oct. 17 -/- Iowa H W, 37-10 Oct. 24 20/15 Indiana A L, 10-14 Oct. 31 -/- Northwestern (HC) H W, 29-6 Nov. 7 -/- Minnesota (nt) A W, 30-20 Nov. 14 -/- Illinois A W, 17-14 Nov. 21 -/- Ohio State H L, 20-23 Jan. 2 -/- Alabama 1 W, 28-24 Total Points 331-172 1 — Hall of Fame Bowl, Tampa Stadium, Tampa, Fla. Final Ranking: AP, No. 19 1988 Big Ten Champs Coach: Glenn E. "Bo" Schembechler Captains: Mark Messner and John Vitale Season Record: 9-2-1 Conference Record: 7-0-1 (1st Place ) Date Rank Opponent Site Result Preseason 11 Sept. 10 9/13 Notre Dame (nt) A L, 17-19 Sept. 17 15/1 Miami (Fla.) H L, 30-31 Sept. 24 19/- Wake Forest H W, 19-9 Oct. 1 19/- Wisconsin A W, 62-14 Oct. 8 17/- Michigan State H W, 17-3 Oct. 15 15/- Iowa A T, 17-17 Oct. 22 20/14 Indiana (HC) H W, 31-6 Oct. 29 14/- Northwestern A W, 52-7 Nov. 5 14/- Minnesota H W, 22-7 Nov. 12 13/- Illinois H W, 38-9 Nov. 19 12/- Ohio State A W, 34-31 Jan. 2 11/5 USC 1 W, 22-14 Total Points 361-167 1 — Rose Bowl, Pasadena, Calif. Final Rankings: AP, No. 4; UPI, No. 4 1989 Big Ten Champs Coach: Glenn E. "Bo" Schembechler Captains: J.J. Grant and Derrick Walker Season Record: 10-2 Conference Record: 8-0 (1st Place) Date Rank Opponent Site Result Preseason 1 Sept. 16 2/1 Notre Dame H L, 19-24 Sept. 23 5/24 UCLA A W, 24-23 Sept. 30 6/- Maryland H W, 41-21 Oct. 7 5/- Wisconsin H W, 24-0 Oct. 14 5/21 Michigan State A W, 10-7 Oct. 21 5/- Iowa A W, 26-12 Oct. 28 5/- Indiana (HC) H W, 38-10 Nov. 4 4/- Purdue H W, 42-27 Nov. 11 3/8 Illinois A W, 24-10 Nov. 18 3/- Minnesota A W, 49-15 Nov. 25 3/20 Ohio State H W, 28-18 Jan. 1 3/12 USC 1 L, 10-17 Total Points 335-184 1 — Rose Bowl, Pasadena, Calif. Final Rankings: AP, No. 7; UPI, No. 8