The Wolverine: Covering University of Michigan Football and Sports
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YEAR BY YEAR 1975 Coach: Glenn E. "Bo" Schembechler Captains: Kirk Lewis and Don Dufek Season Record: 8-2-2 Conference Record: 7-1 (2nd Place) Date Rank Opponent Site Result Preseason 3 Sept. 13 2/- Wisconsin A W, 23-6 Sept. 20 2/- Stanford H T, 19-19 Sept. 27 9/- Baylor H T, 14-14 Oct. 4 12/5 Missouri H W, 31-7 Oct. 11 8/15 Michigan State A W, 16-6 Oct. 18 7/- Northwestern H W, 69-0 Oct. 25 7/- Indiana (HC) H W, 55-7 Nov. 1 7/- Minnesota A W, 28-21 Nov. 8 6/- Purdue H W, 28-0 Nov. 15 4/- Illinois A W, 21-15 Nov. 22 4/1 Ohio State H L, 14-21 Jan. 1 5/3 Oklahoma 1 L, 6-14 Total Points 324-130 1 — Orange Bowl, Miami Final Rankings: AP, No. 8; UPI, No. 8 1976 big ten chaMps Coach: Glenn E. "Bo" Schembechler Captains: Rob Lytle, Calvin O'Neal and Kirk Lewis Season Record: 10-2 Conference Record: 7-1 (1st Place tie) Date Rank Opponent Site Result Sept. 11 2/- Wisconsin H W, 40-27 Sept. 18 1/- Stanford H W, 51-0 Sept. 25 1/- Navy H W, 70-14 Oct. 2 1/- Wake Forest H W, 31-0 Oct. 9 1/- Michigan State H W, 42-10 Oct. 16 1/- Northwestern A W, 38-7 Oct. 23 1/- Indiana A W, 35-0 Oct. 30 1/- Minnesota (HC) H W, 45-0 Nov. 6 1/- Purdue A L, 14-16 Nov. 13 4/- Illinois H W, 38-7 Nov. 20 4/8 Ohio State A W, 22-0 Jan. 1 2/3 USC 1 L, 6-14 Total Points 432-95 1 — Rose Bowl, Pasadena, Calif. Final Rankings: AP, No. 3; UPI, No. 3 1977 big ten chaMps Coach: Glenn E. "Bo" Schembechler Captains: Dwight Hicks and Walt Downing Season Record: 10-2 Conference Record: 7-1 (1st Place tie) Date Rank Opponent Site Result Sept. 10 2/- Illinois A W, 37-9 Sept. 17 1/- Duke H W, 21-9 Sept. 24 1/- Navy H W, 14-7 Oct. 1 3/5 Texas A&M H W, 41-3 Oct. 8 3/- Michigan State A W, 24-14 Oct. 15 1/14 Wisconsin H W, 56-0 Oct. 22 1/- Minnesota A L, 0-16 Oct. 29 6/- Iowa (HC) H W, 23-6 Nov. 5 6/- Northwestern H W, 63-20 Nov. 12 6/- Purdue A W, 40-7 Nov. 19 5/4 Ohio State H W, 14-6 Jan. 2 4/13 Washington 1 L, 20-27 Total Points 353-124 1 — Rose Bowl, Pasadena, Calif. Final Rankings: AP, No. 9; UPI, No. 8 1978 big ten chaMps Coach: Glenn E. "Bo" Schembechler Captains: Russell Davis and Jerry Meter Season Record: 10-2 Conference Record: 7-1 (1st Place tie) Date Rank Opponent Site Result Preseason 6 Sept. 16 4/- Illinois H W, 31-0 Sept. 23 5/14 Notre Dame A W, 28-14 Sept. 30 4/- Duke H W, 52-0 Oct. 7 3/- Arizona H W, 21-17 Oct. 14 5/- Michigan State H L, 15-24 Oct. 21 9/- Wisconsin A W, 42-0 Oct. 28 8/- Minnesota (HC) H W, 42-10 Nov. 4 8/- Iowa A W, 34-0 Nov. 11 7/- Northwestern A W, 59-14 Nov. 18 7/15 Purdue H W, 24-6 Nov. 25 6/16 Ohio State A W, 14-3 Jan. 1 5/3 USC 1 L, 10-17 Total Points 372-105 1 — Rose Bowl, Pasadena, Calif. Final Rankings: AP, No. 5; UPI, No. 5 1979 Coach: Glenn E. "Bo" Schembechler Captains: John Arbeznik and Ron Simpkins Season Record: 8-4 Conference Record: 6-2 (3rd Place) Date Rank Opponent Site Result Sept. 8 7/- Northwestern H W, 49-7 Sept. 15 6/9 Notre Dame H L, 10-12 Sept. 22 11/- Kansas H W, 28-7 Sept. 29 11/- California A W, 14-10 Oct. 6 11/16 Michigan State A W, 21-7 Oct. 13 11/- Minnesota H W, 31-21 Oct. 20 11/- Illinois A W, 27-7 Oct. 27 10/- Indiana (HC) H W, 27-21 Nov. 3 10/- Wisconsin H W, 54-0 Nov. 10 10/14 Purdue A L, 21-24 Nov. 17 13/2 Ohio State H L, 15-18 Dec. 28 14/- North Carolina 1 L, 15-17 Total Points 312-151 1 — Gator Bowl, Jacksonville, Fla. Final Rankings: AP, No. 18; UPI, No. 19 1980 big ten chaMps Coach: Glenn E. "Bo" Schembechler Captains: Andy Cannavino and George Lilja Season Record: 10-2 Conference Record: 8-0 (1st Place) Date Rank Opponent Site Result Preseason 12 Sept. 13 11/- Northwestern H W, 17-10 Sept. 20 14/8 Notre Dame A L, 27-29 Sept. 27 17/- South Carolina H L, 14-17 Oct. 4 -/- California H W, 38-13 Oct. 11 -/- Michigan State H W, 27-23 Oct. 18 -/- Minnesota A W, 37-14 Oct. 25 -/- Illinois (HC) H W, 45-14 Nov. 1 18/- Indiana A W, 35-0 Nov. 8 12/- Wisconsin A W, 24-0 Nov. 15 11/16 Purdue H W, 26-0 Nov. 22 10/5 Ohio State A W, 9-3 Jan. 1 5/16 Washington 1 W, 23-6 Total Points 322-129 1 — Rose Bowl, Pasadena, Calif. Final Rankings: AP, No. 4; UPI, No. 4 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 THE WOLVERINE 2019 FOOTBALL PREVIEW ■ 157