The Wolverine: Covering University of Michigan Football and Sports
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THE WOLVERINE 2014 FOOTBALL PREVIEW ■ 245 YEAR BY YEAR 1940 Coach: Herbert O. "Fritz" Crisler Captain: Forest Evashevski Season Record: 7-1 Conference Record: 3-1 (2nd Place) Date Rank Opponent Site Result Sept. 28 California A W 41-0 Oct. 5 Michigan State H W 21-14 Oct. 12 Harvard A W 26-0 Oct. 19 -/- Illinois (HC) H W 28-0 Oct. 26 3/8 Pennsylvania H W 14-0 Nov. 9 3/2 Minnesota A L 6-7 Nov. 16 6/10 Northwestern H W 20-13 Nov. 23 7/- Ohio State A W 40-0 Total Points 196-34 Final Ranking: AP, No. 3 1941 Coach: Herbert O. "Fritz" Crisler Captain: Bob Westfall Season Record: 6-1-1 Conference Record: 3-1-1 (2nd Place tie) Date Rank Opponent Site Result Sept. 27 Michigan State H W 19-7 Oct. 4 Iowa H W 6-0 Oct. 11 Pittsburgh H W 40-0 Oct. 18 6/5 Northwestern A W 14-7 Oct. 25 3/- Minnesota (HC) H L 0-7 Nov. 1 7/- Illinois A W 20-0 Nov. 15 7/- Columbia A W 28-0 Nov. 22 5/14 Ohio State H T 20-20 Total Points 147-41 Final Ranking: AP, No. 5 1942 Coach: Herbert O. "Fritz" Crisler Captain: George Ceithaml Season Record: 7-3 Conference Record: 3-2 (3rd Place tie) Date Rank Opponent Site Result Sept. 26 Great Lakes H W 9-0 Oct. 3 Michigan State H W 20-0 Oct. 10 Iowa Pre-Flight H L 14-26 Oct. 17 3/- Northwestern H W 34-16 Oct. 24 4/13 Minnesota A L 14-16 Oct. 31 13/12 Illinois (HC) H W 28-14 Nov. 7 11/- Harvard H W 35-7 Nov. 14 6/4 Notre Dame A W 32-20 Nov. 21 4/5 Ohio State A L 7-21 Nov. 28 9/- Iowa H W 28-14 Total Points 221-134 Final Ranking: AP, No. 9 1943 Big Ten Champs Coach: Herbert O. "Fritz" Crisler Captain: Paul White Season Record: 8-1 Conference Record: 6-0 (1st Place tie) Date Rank Opponent Site Result Sept. 18 Camp Grant A W 26-0 Sept. 25 Western Michigan H W 57-6 Oct. 2 Northwestern A W 21-7 Oct. 9 2/1 Notre Dame H L 12-35 Oct. 23 10/11 Minnesota (HC) H W 49-6 Oct. 30 7/- Illinois A W 42-6 Nov. 6 6/- Indiana H W 23-6 Nov. 13 4/- Wisconsin H W 27-0 Nov. 20 4/- Ohio State H W 45-7 Total Points 302-73 Final Ranking: AP, No. 3 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, New York 2 - Baltimore Stadium, Baltimore, Maryland 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, California 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 Herbert O. "Fritz" Crisler posted a 71-16-3 re- cord in 10 years as U-M's head coach, and he led the Wolverines to a national title in 1947, his final season. PHOTO COURTESY BENTLEY HISTORICAL LIBRARY 238-253.Year By Year.indd 245 6/19/14 12:08 PM