The Wolverine: Covering University of Michigan Football and Sports
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THE WOLVERINE 2016 FOOTBALL PREVIEW ■ 151 YEAR BY YEAR 1894 Coach: William McCauley Captain: James Baird Season Record: 9-1-1 Date Rank Opponent Site Result Oct. 6 Michigan Military H T, 12-12 Oct. 13 Albion H W, 26-10 Oct. 17 Olivet H W, 48-0 Oct. 21 Michigan Military H W, 40-6 Oct. 24 Adrian H W, 46-0 Oct. 28 Case A W, 18-8 Nov. 3 Cornell A L, 0-22 Nov. 10 Kansas 1 W, 22-12 Nov. 17 Oberlin H W, 14-6 Nov. 24 Cornell 2 W, 12-4 Nov. 29 Chicago A W, 6-4 Total Points 244-84 1 — Kansas City, Mo. 2 — D.A.C. Park, Detroit 1895 Coach: William McCauley Captain: Fred Henninger Season Record: 8-1 Date Rank Opponent Site Result Oct. 5 Michigan Military H W, 34-0 Oct. 12 Detroit A.C. H W, 42-0 Oct. 19 Adelbert H W, 64-0 Oct. 26 Rush Lake Forest H W, 40-0 Nov. 2 Oberlin H W, 42-0 Nov. 9 Harvard A L, 0-4 Nov. 16 Purdue H W, 12-10 Nov. 23 Minnesota 1 W, 20-0 Nov. 28 Chicago A W, 12-0 Total Points 266-14 1 — Base Ball Park, Detroit 1896 Coach: William Ward Captain: Henry M. Senter Season Record: 9-1 Conference Record: 2-1 (2nd Place tie) Date Rank Opponent Site Result Oct. 3 Michigan Normal H W, 18-0 Oct. 10 Grand Rapids H.S. H W, 44-0 Oct. 15 P&S [Chicago] H W, 28-0 Oct. 17 Rush Lake Forest H W, 66-0 Oct. 24 Purdue A W, 16-0 Oct. 31 Lehigh 1 W, 40-0 Nov. 7 Minnesota A W, 6-4 Nov. 14 Oberlin H W, 10-0 Nov. 21 Wittenberg H W, 28-0 Nov. 26 Chicago 2 L, 6-7 Total Points 262-11 1 — D.A.C. Park, Detroit 2 — Chicago Coliseum, Chicago 1897 Coach: Gustave Ferbert Captain: James R. Hogg Season Record: 6-1-1 Conference Record: 2-1 (3rd Place) Date Rank Opponent Site Result Oct. 2 Michigan Normal H W, 24-0 Oct. 9 Ohio Wesleyan H T, 0-0 Oct. 16 Ohio State H W, 34-0 Oct. 23 Oberlin H W, 16-6 Oct. 30 Alumni (HC) H E, 0-15 Nov. 6 Purdue H W, 34-4 Nov. 13 Minnesota 1 W, 14-0 Nov. 20 Wittenberg H W, 32-0 Nov. 25 Chicago 2 L, 12-21 Total Points 166-31 1 — D.A.C. Park, Detroit 2 — Chicago Coliseum, Chicago 1898 Coach: Gustave Ferbert Captain: John W. Bennett Season Record: 10-0 Conference Record: 3-0 (First Place) Date Rank Opponent Site Result Oct. 1 Michigan Normal H W, 21-0 Oct. 8 Kenyon H W, 29-0 Oct. 12 Michigan Agr. H W, 39-0 Oct. 17 Western Reserve H W, 18-0 Oct. 19 Case H W, 23-5 Oct. 23 Notre Dame H W, 23-0 Oct. 31 Alumni (HC) H E, 11-2 Nov. 5 Northwestern A W, 6-5 Nov. 12 Illinois 1 W, 12-5 Nov. 19 Beloit H W, 22-0 Nov. 24 Chicago A W, 12-11 Total Points 205-26 1 — Detroit 1899 Coach: Gustave Ferbert Captain: Allen Steckle Season Record: 8-2-0 Conference Record: 1-1 (3rd Place tie) Date Rank Opponent Site Result Sept. 30 Hillsdale H W, 11-0 Oct. 7 Albion H W, 26-0 Oct. 11 Western Reserve H W, 17-0 Oct. 18 Notre Dame H W, 12-0 Oct. 21 Alumni (HC) H E, 0-0 Oct. 28 Illinois A W, 5-0 Nov. 4 Virginia 1 W, 38-0 Nov. 11 Pennsylvania A L, 10-11 Nov. 18 Case H W, 28-6 Nov. 25 Kalamazoo H W, 24-9 Nov. 30 Wisconsin 2 L, 5-17 Total Points 176-43 1 — Detroit 2 — Chicago 1900 Coach: Langdon "Bif " Lea Captain: Neil Snow Season Record: 7-2-1 Conference Record: 3-2 (5th Place) Date Rank Opponent Site Result Sept. 29 Hillsdale H W, 29-0 Oct. 6 Kalamazoo H W, 11-0 Oct. 13 Case H W, 24-6 Oct. 20 Purdue (HC) H W, 11-6 Oct. 27 Illinois 1 W, 12-0 Nov. 3 Indiana H W, 12-0 Nov. 10 Iowa 2 L, 5-28 Nov. 17 Notre Dame H W, 7-0 Nov. 24 Ohio State H T, 0-0 Nov. 29 Chicago A L, 6-15 Total Points 117-55 1 — Chicago 2 — Detroit The 1892 edition of the University of Michigan football team posted a 7‑5 mark, which set a school record for wins that was broken two years later. PHOTO COURTESY BENTLEY HISTORICAL LIBRARY W-L-T — Game won, lost, or tied H — Home game A — Game played at opponent's home field 1 — Game played at a neutral site, see footnote for city E — Exhibition game HC — Michigan's Homecoming game nt — Night game; played after 5 p.m. local time t — Tie in rankings