The Wolverine: Covering University of Michigan Football and Sports
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246 ■ THE WOLVERINE 2014 FOOTBALL PREVIEW YEAR BY YEAR 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, New York 2 - Rose Bowl, Pasadena, California 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 1953 Coach: Bennie G. Oosterbaan Captain: Dick O'Shaughnessy Season Record: 6-3 Conference Record: 3-3 (5th Place tie) Date Rank Opponent Site Result Sept. 26 -/- Washington H W 50-0 Oct. 3 4/- Tulane H W 26-7 Oct. 10 5/- Iowa H W 14-13 Oct. 17 5/- Northwestern H W 20-12 Oct. 24 5/- Minnesota A L 0-22 Oct. 31 16/- Pennsylvania (HC) H W 24-14 Nov. 7 17/4 Illinois A L 3-19 Nov. 14 -/4 Michigan State A L 6-14 Nov. 21 -/- Ohio State H W 20-0 Total Points 163-101 Final Rankings: AP, No. 20; UPI, No. 19 1954 Coach: Bennie G. Oosterbaan Captain: Ted Cachey Season Record: 6-3 Conference Record: 5-2 (2nd Place) Date Rank Opponent Site Result Sept. 25 -/- Washington A W 14-0 Oct. 2 -/- Army H L 7-26 Oct. 9 -/4 Iowa H W 14-13 Oct. 16 -/- Northwestern A W 7-0 Oct. 23 -/8 Minnesota (HC) H W 34-0 Oct. 30 11/- Indiana H L 9-13 Nov. 6 -/- Illinois H W 14-7 Nov. 13 -/- Michigan State H W 33-7 Nov. 20 12/1 Ohio State A L 7-21 Total Points 139-87 Final Rankings: AP, No. 15; UPI, No. 15 1955 Coach: Bennie G. Oosterbaan Captain: Ed Meads Season Record: 7-2 Conference Record: 5-2 (3rd Place) Date Rank Opponent Site Result Preseason 3 Sept. 24 4/- Missouri H W 42-7 Oct. 1 2/- Michigan State H W 14-7 Oct. 8 2/6 Army H W 26-2 Oct. 15 1/- Northwestern H W 14-2 Oct. 22 1/- Minnesota H W 14-13 Oct. 29 3/- Iowa (HC) H W 33-21 Nov. 5 3/- Illinois A L 6-25 Nov. 12 7/- Indiana H W 30-0 Nov. 19 6/9 Ohio State H L 0-17 Total Points 179-94 Final Rankings: AP, No. 12; UPI, No. 13 In 1953, the Wolverines went 6-3 overall, including 3-3 in the Big Ten, but they ended the season on a positive note with a 20-0 home win over Ohio State. PHOTO COURTESY BENTLEY HISTORICAL LIBRARY 238-253.Year By Year.indd 246 6/19/14 12:09 PM