The Wolverine: Covering University of Michigan Football and Sports
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154 ■ THE WOLVERINE 2019 FOOTBALL PREVIEW YEAR BY YEAR 1944 Coach: Herbert O. "Fritz" Crisler Captain: Bob Wiese Season Record: 8-2 Conference Record: 5-2 (2nd Place) Date Rank Opponent Site Result Sept. 16 Iowa Pre-Flight H W, 12-7 Sept. 23 Marquette (nt) A W, 14-0 Sept. 30 Indiana H L, 0-20 Oct. 7 Minnesota A W, 28-13 Oct. 14 12/- Northwestern H W, 27-0 Oct. 28 -/10 Purdue H W, 40-14 Nov. 4 10/- Pennsylvania A W, 41-19 Nov. 11 8/10 Illinois (HC) H W, 14-0 Nov. 18 5/- Wisconsin H W, 14-0 Nov. 25 6/3 Ohio State A L, 14-18 Total Points 204-91 Final Ranking: AP, No. 8 1945 Coach: Herbert O. "Fritz" Crisler Captain: Joe Ponsetto Season Record: 7-3 Conference Record: 5-1 (2nd Place) Date Rank Opponent Site Result Sept. 15 Great Lakes H W, 27-2 Sept. 22 Indiana H L, 7-13 Sept. 29 Michigan State H W, 40-0 Oct. 6 Northwestern A W, 20-7 Oct. 13 9/1 Army 1 L, 7-28 Oct. 27 16/- Illinois A W, 19-0 Nov. 3 10/16 Minnesota H W, 26-0 Nov. 10 7/4 Navy 2 L, 7-33 Nov. 17 14/11 Purdue H W, 27-13 Nov. 24 8/7 Ohio State (HC) H W, 7-3 Total Points 187-99 1 — Yankee Stadium, New York 2 — Baltimore Stadium, Baltimore Final Ranking: AP, No. 6 1946 Coach: Herbert O. "Fritz" Crisler Captain: Art Renner Season Record: 6-2-1 Conference Record: 5-1-1 (2nd Place) Date Rank Opponent Site Result Sept. 28 Indiana H W, 21-0 Oct. 5 Iowa H W, 14-7 Oct. 12 4/2 Army H L, 13-20 Oct. 19 5/10 Northwestern H T, 14-14 Oct. 26 8/- Illinois (HC) H L, 9-13 Nov. 2 13/- Minnesota A W, 21-0 Nov. 9 11/- Michigan State H W, 55-7 Nov. 16 10/- Wisconsin H W, 28-6 Nov. 23 8/- Ohio State A W, 58-6 Total Points 233-73 Final Ranking: AP, No. 6 1947 national chaMps • big ten chaMps Coach: Herbert O. "Fritz" Crisler Captain: Bruce Hilkene Season Record: 10-0 Conference Record: 6-0 (1st Place) Date Rank Opponent Site Result Sept. 27 Michigan State H W, 55-0 Oct. 4 Stanford H W, 49-13 Oct. 11 2/- Pittsburgh H W, 69-0 Oct. 18 1/- Northwestern A W, 49-21 Oct. 25 1/- Minnesota (HC) H W, 13-6 Nov. 1 2/11 Illinois A W, 14-7 Nov. 8 2/- Indiana H W, 35-0 Nov. 15 2/- Wisconsin A W, 40-6 Nov. 22 1/- Ohio State H W, 21-0 Jan. 1 2/8 USC 1 W, 49-0 Total Points 394-53 1 — Rose Bowl, Pasadena, Calif. Final Ranking: AP, No. 1 Note: Michigan was No. 2 in the final regular-season poll, but was ranked No. 1 in an unprecedented Associated Press post-bowl poll. 1948 national chaMps • big ten chaMps Coach: Bennie G. Oosterbaan Captain: Dominic Tomasi Season Record: 9-0 Conference Record: 6-0 (1st Place) Date Rank Opponent Site Result Sept. 25 Michigan State A W, 13-7 Oct. 2 Oregon H W, 14-0 Oct. 9 7/15 Purdue A W, 40-0 Oct. 16 4/3 Northwestern H W, 28-0 Oct. 23 1/13 Minnesota A W, 27-14 Oct. 30 1/- Illinois (HC) H W, 28-20 Nov. 6 2/- Navy H W, 35-0 Nov. 13 1/- Indiana H W, 54-0 Nov. 20 1/18 Ohio State A W, 13-3 Total Points 252-44 Final Ranking: AP, No. 1 1949 big ten chaMps Coach: Bennie G. Oosterbaan Captain: Alvin Wistert Season Record: 6-2-1 Conference Record: 4-1-1 (1st Place tie) Date Rank Opponent Site Result Sept. 24 Michigan State H W, 7-3 Oct. 1 Stanford A W, 27-7 Oct. 8 1/7 Army H L, 7-21 Oct. 15 7/- Northwestern A L, 20-21 Oct. 22 12/3 Minnesota (HC) H W, 14-7 Oct. 29 6/- Illinois A W, 13-0 Nov. 5 5/- Purdue H W, 20-12 Nov. 12 5/- Indiana H W, 20-7 Nov. 19 5/7 Ohio State H T, 7-7 Total Points 135-85 Final Ranking: AP, No. 7 1950 big ten chaMps Coach: Bennie G. Oosterbaan Captain: Al Wahl Season Record: 6-3-1 Conference Record: 4-1-1 (1st Place) Date Rank Opponent Site Result Sept. 30 3/19 Michigan State H L, 7-14 Oct. 7 19/- Dartmouth H W, 27-7 Oct. 14 18/1 Army 1 L, 6-27 Oct. 21 -/16 Wisconsin (HC) H W, 26-13 Oct. 28 14/- Minnesota A T, 7-7 Nov. 4 -/10 Illinois H L, 0-7 Nov. 11 -/- Indiana H W, 20-7 Nov. 18 -/- Northwestern H W, 34-23 Nov. 25 -/8 Ohio State A W, 9-3 Jan. 1 9/5 California 2 W, 14-6 Total Points 150-114 1 — Yankee Stadium, New York, 2 — Rose Bowl, Pasadena, Calif. Final Rankings: AP, No. 9; UPI, No. 6 1951 Coach: Bennie G. Oosterbaan Captain: Bill Putich Season Record: 4-5 Conference Record: 4-2 (4th Place) Date Rank Opponent Site Result Sept. 29 17/2 Michigan State H L, 0-25 Oct. 6 -/- Stanford H L, 13-23 Oct. 13 -/- Indiana H W, 33-14 Oct. 20 -/- Iowa A W, 21-0 Oct. 27 -/- Minnesota (HC) H W, 54-27 Nov. 3 15/3 Illinois A L, 0-7 Nov. 10 -/- Cornell A L, 7-20 Nov. 17 -/- Northwestern H L, 0-6 Nov. 24 -/- Ohio State H W, 7-0 Total Points 135-122 1952 Coach: Bennie G. Oosterbaan Captain: Merritt Green Season Record: 5-4 Conference Record: 4-2 (4th Place tie) Date Rank Opponent Site Result Sept. 27 -/1 Michigan State H L, 13-27 Oct. 4 -/- Stanford A L, 7-14 Oct. 11 -/- Indiana H W, 28-13 Oct. 18 -/- Northwestern A W, 48-14 Oct. 25 19/- Minnesota (HC) H W, 21-0 Nov. 1 15/- Illinois H L, 13-22 Nov. 8 -/- Cornell H W, 49-7 Nov. 15 20/10 Purdue H W, 21-10 Nov. 22 12/- Ohio State A L, 7-27 Total Points 207-134 Tackle Al "Brick" Wahl earned All-America ac- colades in 1949 and 1950, and served as the team captain during his senior campaign. PHOTO COURTESY BENTLEY HISTORICAL LIBRARY