The Wolverine: Covering University of Michigan Football and Sports
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THE WOLVERINE 2017 FOOTBALL PREVIEW ■ 157 YEAR BY YEAR 1990 Big Ten Champs Coach: Gary O. Moeller Captains: Jarrod Bunch and John Mulligan Season Record: 9-3 Conference Record: 6-2 (1st Place tie) Date Rank Opponent Site Result Preseason 6 Sept. 15 4/1 Notre Dame (nt) A L, 24-28 Sept. 22 7/- UCLA H W, 38-15 Sept. 29 6/- Maryland H W, 45-17 Oct. 6 3/- Wisconsin A W, 41-3 Oct. 13 1/- Michigan State H L, 27-28 Oct. 20 10/22 Iowa (HC) H L, 23-24 Oct. 27 20/- Indiana A W, 45-19 Nov. 3 20/- Purdue A W, 38-13 Nov. 10 19/17 Illinois H W, 22-17 Nov. 17 16/- Minnesota H W, 35-18 Nov. 24 15/19 Ohio State A W, 16-13 Jan. 1 12/15 Mississippi 1 W, 35-3 Total Points 389-198 1 — Gator Bowl, Jacksonville, Fla. Final Rankings: AP, No. 7; UPI No. 8 1991 Big Ten Champs Coach: Gary O. Moeller Captains: Erick Anderson and Greg Skrepenak Season Record: 10-2 Conference Record: 8-0 (1st Place) Date Rank Opponent Site Result Sept. 7 2/- Boston College A W, 35-13 Sept. 14 3/7 Notre Dame H W, 24-14 Sept. 28 3/1 Florida State H L, 31-51 Oct. 5 7/9 Iowa A W, 43-24 Oct. 12 5/- Michigan State A W, 45-28 Oct. 19 4/- Indiana (HC) H W, 24-16 Oct. 25 4/- Minnesota (nt) A W, 52-6 Nov. 2 4/- Purdue H W, 42-0 Nov. 9 4/- Northwestern H W, 59-14 Nov. 16 4/25 Illinois A W, 20-0 Nov. 23 4/18 Ohio State H W, 31-3 Jan. 1 4/2 Washington 1 L, 14-34 Total Points 420-203 1 — Rose Bowl, Pasadena, Calif. Final Rankings: AP, No. 6; CNN/USA Today, No. 6 1992 Big Ten Champs Coach: Gary O. Moeller Captains: Corwin Brown, Elvis Grbac and Chris Hutchinson Season Record: 9-0-3 Conference Record: 6-0-2 (1st Place) Date Rank Opponent Site Result Preseason 6 Sept. 12 6/3 Notre Dame A T, 17-17 Sept. 19 6/- Oklahoma State H W, 35-3 Sept. 26 4/- Houston H W, 61-7 Oct. 3 4/- Iowa H W, 52-28 Oct. 10 3/- Michigan State H W, 35-10 Oct. 17 3/- Indiana A W, 31-3 Oct. 24 3/- Minnesota (HC) H W, 63-13 Oct. 31 3/- Purdue A W, 24-17 Nov. 7 4/- Northwestern A W, 40-7 Nov. 14 3/- Illinois H T, 22-22 Nov. 21 6/17 Ohio State A T, 13-13 Jan. 1 7/9 Washington 1 W, 38-31 Total Points 431-171 1 — Rose Bowl, Pasadena, Calif. Final Rankings: AP, No. 5; CNN/USA Today, No. 5 1993 Coach: Gary O. Moeller Captains: Buster Stanley and Ricky Powers Season Record: 8-4 Conference Record: 5-3 (4th Place tie) Date Rank Opponent Site Result Sept. 4 3/- Washington State H W, 41-14 Sept. 11 3/11 Notre Dame H L, 23-27 Sept. 25 8/- Houston H W, 42-21 Oct. 2 8/- Iowa H W, 24-7 Oct. 9 9/- Michigan State A L, 7-17 Oct. 16 18/7 Penn State A W, 21-13 Oct. 23 13/- Illinois (HC) H L, 21-24 Oct. 30 24/21 Wisconsin A L, 10-13 Nov. 6 -/- Purdue H W, 25-10 Nov. 13 -/- Minnesota A W, 58-7 Nov. 20 -/5 Ohio State H W, 28-0 Jan. 1 23/- NC State 1 W, 42-7 Total Points 342-160 1 — Hall of Fame Bowl, Tampa Stadium, Tampa, Fla. Final Rankings: AP, No. 21, CNN/USA Today, No. 19 1994 Coach: Gary O. Moeller Captains: Steve Morrison and Walter Smith Season Record: 8-4 Conference Record: 5-3 (3rd Place) Date Rank Opponent Site Result Sept. 3 5/- Boston College H W, 34-26 Sept. 10 6/3 Notre Dame A W, 26-24 Sept. 24 4/7 Colorado H L, 26-27 Oct. 1 7/- Iowa A W, 29-14 Oct. 8 7/- Michigan State H W, 40-20 Oct. 15 5/3 Penn State H L, 24-31 Oct. 22 11/- Illinois A W, 19-14 Oct. 29 10/- Wisconsin (HC) H L, 19-31 Nov. 5 20/- Purdue A W, 45-23 Nov. 12 19/- Minnesota H W, 38-22 Nov. 19 15/22 Ohio State A L, 6-22 Dec. 30 20/10 Colorado State (nt) 1 W, 24-14 Total Points 330-268 1 — Holiday Bowl, San Diego Final Rankings: AP, No. 12; CNN/USA Today, No. 12 1995 Coach: Lloyd Carr Captains: Jarrett Irons and Joe Marinaro Season Record: 9-4 Conference Record: 5-3 (3rd Place tie) Date Rank Opponent Site Result Aug. 26 14/17 Virginia* H W, 18-17 Sept. 2 13/25 Illinois A W, 38-14 Sept. 9 11/- Memphis H W, 24-7 Sept. 16 9/- Boston College (nt) A W, 23-13 Sept. 30 8/- Miami (Ohio) H W, 38-19 Oct. 7 6/25 Northwestern H L, 13-19 Oct. 21 10/- Indiana A W, 34-17 Oct. 28 9/- Minnesota (HC) H W, 52-17 Nov. 4 7/- Michigan State A L, 25-28 Nov. 11 13/- Purdue H W, 5-0 Nov. 18 12/19 Penn State A L, 17-27 Nov. 25 18/2 Ohio State H W, 31-23 Dec. 28 14/19 Texas A&M (nt) 1 L, 20-22 Total Points 338-223 * Pigskin Classic 1 — Alamo Bowl, San Antonio Final Rankings: AP, No. 17; CNN/USA Today, No. 19 Note: Lloyd Carr entered the 1995 season as interim head coach and was named permanently on Nov. 13, 1995. 1996 Coach: Lloyd Carr Captains: Jarrett Irons and Rod Payne Season Record: 8-4 Conference Record: 5-3 (5th Place tie) Date Rank Opponent Site Result Aug. 31 12/- Illinois H W, 20-8 Sept. 14 11/5 Colorado A W, 20-13 Sept. 21 8/- Boston College H W, 20-14 Sept. 28 7/- UCLA H W, 38-9 Oct. 5 6/22 Northwestern A L, 16-17 Oct. 19 13/- Indiana (HC) H W, 27-20 Oct. 26 10/- Minnesota A W, 44-10 Nov. 2 9/- Michigan State H W, 45-29 Nov. 9 9/- Purdue A L, 3-9 Nov. 16 16/11 Penn State H L, 17-29 Nov. 23 21/2 Ohio State A W, 13-9 Jan. 1 15/16 Alabama 1 L, 14-17 Total Points 277-184 1 — Outback Bowl, Houlihan's Stadium, Tampa, Fla. Final Rankings: AP, No. 20; CNN/USA Today, No. 20 1997 naTional Champs • Big Ten Champs Coach: Lloyd Carr Captains: Jon Jansen and Eric Mayes Overall Record: 12-0 Conference Record: 8-0 (1st Place) Date Rank Opponent Site Result Sept. 13 14/- Colorado H W, 27-3 Sept. 20 8/- Baylor H W, 38-3 Sept. 27 6/- Notre Dame H W, 21-14 Oct. 4 6/- Indiana A W, 37-0 Oct. 11 6/- Northwestern H W, 23-6 Oct. 18 5/15 Iowa H W, 28-24 Oct. 25 5/15 Michigan State A W, 23-7 Nov. 1 4/- Minnesota (HC) H W, 24-3 Nov. 8 4/3 Penn State A W, 34-8 Nov. 15 1/23 Wisconsin A W, 26-16 Nov. 22 1/4 Ohio State H W, 20-14 Jan. 1 1/8 Washington State 1 W, 21-16 Total Points 322-114 1 — Rose Bowl, Pasadena, Calif. Final Rankings: AP, No. 1; ESPN/USA Today Coaches, No. 2 1998 Big Ten Champs Coach: Lloyd Carr Captains: Jon Jansen and Juaquin Feazell Overall Record: 10-3 Conference Record: 7-1 (1st Place tie) Date Rank Opponent Site Result Sept. 5 5/22 Notre Dame A L, 20-36 Sept. 12 13/19 Syracuse H L, 28-38 Sept. 19 -/- Eastern Michigan H W, 59-20 Sept. 26 -/- Michigan State H W, 29-17 Oct. 3 25/- Iowa A W, 12-9 Oct. 17 -/- Northwestern A W, 12-6 Oct. 24 -/- Indiana (HC) H W, 21-10 Oct. 31 22/- Minnesota A W, 15-10 Nov. 7 22/9 Penn State H W, 27-0 Nov. 14 15/8 Wisconsin H W, 27-10 Nov. 21 11/7 Ohio State A L, 16-31 Nov. 28 22/- Hawaii A W, 48-17 Jan. 1 15/11 Arkansas 1 W, 45-31 Total Points 359-235 1 — Citrus Bowl, Orlando, Fla. Final Rankings: AP, No. 12; ESPN/USA Today Coaches, No. 12