The Wolverine: Covering University of Michigan Football and Sports
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160 ■ THE WOLVERINE 2019 FOOTBALL PREVIEW YEAR BY YEAR 2002 Coach: Lloyd Carr Captains: Victor Hobson and Bennie Joppru Overall Record: 10-3 Conference Record: 6-2 (2nd Place) Date Rank Opponent Site Result Aug. 31 13/11 Washington H W, 31-29 Sept. 7 7/- Western Michigan H W, 35-12 Sept. 14 7/20 Notre Dame A L, 23-25 Sept. 21 14/- Utah H W, 10-7 Sept. 28 14/- Illinois A W, 45-28 Oct. 12 13/15 Penn State H W, 27-24 (OT) Oct. 19 11/- Purdue A W, 23-21 Oct. 26 8/13 Iowa (HC) H L, 9-34 Nov. 2 15/- Michigan State H W, 49-3 Nov. 9 13/- Minnesota A W, 41-24 Nov. 16 12/- Wisconsin H W, 21-14 Nov. 23 12/2 Ohio State A L, 9-14 Jan. 1 12/22 Florida 1 W, 38-30 Total Points 361-265 1 — Outback Bowl, Raymond James Stadium, Tampa, Florida Final Rankings: AP, No. 9; ESPN/USA Today Coaches, No. 9 2003 big ten chaMps Coach: Lloyd Carr Captains: Grant Bowman, Carl Diggs and John Navarre Overall Record: 10-3 Conference Record: 7-1 (1st Place) Date Rank Opponent Site Result Aug. 30 4/- Central Michigan H W, 45-7 Sept. 6 5/- Houston H W, 50-3 Sept. 13 5/15 Notre Dame H W, 38-0 Sept. 20 3/22 Oregon A L, 27-31 Sept. 27 11/- Indiana H W, 31-17 Oct. 4 9/23 Iowa A L, 27-30 Oct. 10 20/17 Minnesota (nt) A W, 38-35 Oct. 18 17/- Illinois (HC) H W, 56-14 Oct. 25 13/10 Purdue H W, 31-3 Nov. 1 11/9 Michigan State A W, 27-20 Nov. 15 5/- Northwestern A W, 41-10 Nov. 22 5/4 Ohio State H W, 35-21 Jan. 1 4/1 USC 1 L, 14-28 Total Points 460-219 1 — Rose Bowl, Pasadena, Calif. Final Rankings: AP, No. 6; ESPN/USA Today Coaches, No. 7 2004 big ten chaMps Coach: Lloyd Carr Captains: David Baas and Marlin Jackson Overall Record: 9-3 Conference Record: 7-1 (1st Place tie) Date Rank Opponent Site Result Sept. 4 8/- Miami (Ohio) H W, 43-10 Sept. 11 8/- Notre Dame A L, 20-28 Sept. 18 17/- San Diego State H W, 24-21 Sept. 25 18/- Iowa H W, 30-17 Oct. 2 19/- Indiana A W, 35-14 Oct. 9 14/13 Minnesota (HC) H W, 27-24 Oct. 16 14/- Illinois A W, 30-19 Oct. 23 13/12 Purdue A W, 16-14 Oct. 30 12/- Michigan State H W, 45-37 (3OT) Nov. 13 9/- Northwestern H W, 42-20 Nov. 20 7/- Ohio State A L, 21-37 Jan. 1 13/6 Texas 1 L, 37-38 Total Points 370-279 1 — Rose Bowl, Pasadena, Calif. Final Rankings: AP, No. 14; ESPN/USA Today Coaches, No. 12 2005 Coach: Lloyd Carr Captains: Jason Avant and Pat Massey Overall Record: 7-5 Conference Record: 5-3 (3rd Place tie) Date Rank Opponent Site Result Sept. 3 4/- Northern Illinois H W, 33-17 Sept. 10 3/20 Notre Dame H L, 10-17 Sept. 17 14/- Eastern Michigan H W, 55-0 Sept. 24 14/- Wisconsin (nt) A L, 20-23 Oct. 1 -/11 Michigan State A W, 34-31 (OT) Oct. 8 21/- Minnesota (HC) H L, 20-23 Oct. 15 -/8 Penn State H W, 27-25 Oct. 22 -/- Iowa A W, 23-20 (OT) Oct. 29 25/21 Northwestern (nt) A W, 33-17 Nov. 12 21/- Indiana H W, 41-14 Nov. 19 17/9 Ohio State H L, 21-25 Dec. 28 20/- Nebraska (nt) 1 L, 28-32 Total Points 345-244 1 — Alamo Bowl, San Antonio Final Rankings: Not ranked in either poll. 2006 Coach: Lloyd Carr Captains: Jake Long and LaMarr Woodley Overall Record: 11-2 Conference Record: 7-1 (2nd Place tie) Date Rank Opponent Site Result Sept. 2 14/- Vanderbilt H W, 27-7 Sept. 9 10/- Central Michigan H W, 41-17 Sept. 16 11/2 Notre Dame A W, 47-21 Sept. 23 6/- Wisconsin H W, 27-13 Sept. 30 6/- Minnesota (nt) A W, 28-14 Oct. 7 6/- Michigan State H W, 31-13 Oct. 14 4/- Penn State (nt) A W, 17-10 Oct. 21 2/- Iowa H W, 20-6 Oct. 28 2/- Northwestern (HC) H W, 17-3 Nov. 4 2/- Ball State H W, 34-26 Nov. 11 2/- Indiana A W, 34-3 Nov. 18 2/1 Ohio State A L, 39-42 Jan. 1 3/8 USC 1 L, 18-32 Total Points 380-207 1 — Rose Bowl, Pasadena, Calif. Final Rankings: AP, No. 8; USA Today Coaches, No. 9 2007 Coach: Lloyd Carr Captains: Shawn Crable, Mike Hart and Jake Long Overall Record: 9-4 Conference Record: 6-2 (2nd Place tie) Date Rank Opponent Site Result Sept. 1 5/- Appalachian State H L, 32-34 Sept. 8 -/- Oregon H L, 7-39 Sept. 15 -/- Notre Dame H W, 38-0 Sept. 22 -/10 Penn State H W, 14-9 Sept. 29 -/- Northwestern A W, 28-16 Oct. 6 -/- Eastern Michigan H W, 33-22 Oct. 13 -/- Purdue (HC) H W, 48-21 Oct. 20 24/- Illinois (nt) A W, 27-17 Oct. 27 19/- Minnesota H W, 34-10 Nov. 3 15/- Michigan State A W, 28-24 Nov. 10 13/- Wisconsin A L, 21-37 Nov. 17 23/7 Ohio State H L, 3-14 Jan. 1 -/9 Florida 1 W, 41-35 Total Points 354-278 1 — Capital One Bowl, Orlando, Fla. Final Rankings: AP, No. 18; USA Today Coaches, No. 18 2008 Coach: Rich Rodriguez Captains: Mike Massey, Tim Jamison, Will Johnson and Terrance Taylor Overall Record: 3-9 Conference Record: 2-6 (9th Place tie) Date Rank Opponent Site Result Aug. 30 -/- Utah H L, 23-25 Sept. 6 -/- Miami (Ohio) H W, 16-6 Sept. 13 -/- Notre Dame A L, 17-35 Sept. 27 -/9 Wisconsin H W, 27-25 Oct. 4 -/- Illinois (HC) H L, 20-45 Oct. 11 -/- Toledo H L, 10-13 Oct. 18 -/3 Penn State A L, 17-46 Oct. 25 -/- Michigan State H L, 21-35 Nov. 1 -/- Purdue A L, 42-48 Nov. 8 -/- Minnesota A W, 29-6 Nov. 15 -/- Northwestern H L, 14-21 Nov. 22 -/10 Ohio State A L, 7-42 Total Points 243-347 Final Rankings: Not ranked in either poll 2009 Coach: Rich Rodriguez Captains: Stevie Brown, Brandon Graham, Zoltan Mesko and Mark Ortmann Overall Record: 5-7 Conference Record: 1-7 (10th Place tie) Date Rank Opponent Site Result Sept. 5 -/- Western Michigan H W, 31-7 Sept. 12 -/18 Notre Dame H W, 38-34 Sept. 19 25/- Eastern Michigan H W, 45-17 Sept. 26 23/- Indiana (HC) H W, 36-33 Oct. 3 22/- Michigan State A L, 20-26 (OT) Oct. 10 -/12 Iowa (nt) A L, 28-30 Oct. 17 -/- Delaware State H W, 63-6 Oct. 24 -/13 Penn State H L, 10-35 Oct. 31 -/- Illinois A L, 13-38 Nov. 7 -/- Purdue H L, 36-38 Nov. 14 -/21 Wisconsin A L, 24-45 Nov. 21 -/9 Ohio State H L, 10-21 Total Points 354-330 Final Rankings: Not ranked in either poll Offensive tackle Jake Long earned consen- sus first-team All-America honors in 2006 and 2007. 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