The Wolverine: Covering University of Michigan Football and Sports
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148 ■ THE WOLVERINE 2019 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 1879 to 2018 Michigan Football annual Results The 1888 Wolverines became the first and only U-M football team to play a regular-season game in the month of April, winning 26-6 and 10-4 at Notre Dame on back-to-back days. PHOTO COURTESY BENTLEY HISTORICAL LIBRARY