The Wolverine: Covering University of Michigan Football and Sports
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THE WOLVERINE 2016 FOOTBALL PREVIEW ■ 163 YEAR BY YEAR 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, 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 2010 Coach: Rich Rodriguez Captains: Mark Moundros and Steve Schilling Overall Record: 7-6 Conference Record: 3-5 (7th Place tie) Date Rank Opponent Site Result Sept. 4 -/- Connecticut H W, 30-10 Sept. 11 -/- Notre Dame A W, 28-24 Sept. 18 20/- Massachusetts H W, 42-37 Sept. 25 21/- Bowling Green H W, 65-21 Oct. 2 19/- Indiana A W, 42-35 Oct. 9 18/17 Michigan State H L, 17-34 Oct. 16 -/15 Iowa (HC) H L, 28-38 Oct. 30 -/- Penn State A L, 31-41 Nov. 6 -/- Illinois H W, 67-65 (3OT) Nov. 13 -/- Purdue A W, 27-16 Nov. 20 -/6 Wisconsin H L, 28-48 Nov. 27 -/8 Ohio State A L, 7-37 Jan. 1 -/21 Mississippi State 1 L, 14-52 Total Points 426-458 1 — Gator Bowl, Jacksonville, Fla. Final Rankings: Not ranked in either poll 2011 Coach: Brady Hoke Captains: Kevin Koger, Mike Martin and David Molk Overall Record: 11-2 Conference Record: 6-2 (2nd Place Legends Division) Date Rank Opponent Site Result Sept. 3 -/- Western Michigan H W, 34-10 Sept. 10 -/- Notre Dame (nt) H W, 35-31 Sept. 17 -/- Eastern Michigan H W, 31-3 Sept. 24 22/- San Diego State H W, 28-7 Oct. 1 19/- Minnesota H W, 58-0 Oct. 8 12/- Northwestern (nt) A W, 42-24 Oct. 15 11/23 Michigan State A L, 14-28 Oct. 29 17/- Purdue (HC) H W, 36-14 Nov. 5 13/- Iowa A L, 16-24 Nov. 12 22/- Illinois A W, 31-14 Nov. 19 20/17 Nebraska H W, 45-17 Nov. 26 17/- Ohio State H W, 40-34 Jan. 3 13/17 Virginia Tech (nt) 1 W, 23-20 (OT) Total Points 433-226 1 — Sugar Bowl, New Orleans Final Rankings: AP, No. 12; USA Today Coaches, No. 9 2012 Coach: Brady Hoke Captains: Denard Robinson and Jordan Kovacs Overall Record: 8-5 Conference Record: 6-2 (2nd Place Legends Division) Date Rank Opponent Site Result Sept. 1 8/2 Alabama (nt) 1 L, 14-41 Sept. 8 19/- Air Force H W, 31-25 Sept. 15 17/- UMass H W, 63-13 Sept. 22 18/11 Notre Dame (nt) A L, 6-13 Oct. 6 -/- Purdue A W, 44-13 Oct. 13 25/- Illinois (HC) H W, 45-0 Oct. 20 23/- Michigan State H W, 12-10 Oct. 27 20/- Nebraska (nt) A L, 9-23 Nov. 3 -/- Minnesota A W, 35-13 Nov. 10 -/- Northwestern H W, 38-31 (OT) Nov. 17 23/- Iowa H W, 42-17 Nov. 24 20/4 Ohio State A L, 21-26 Jan. 2 19/11 South Carolina 2 L, 28-33 Total Points 388-258 1 — Cowboys Stadium in Arlington, Texas 2 — Outback Bowl, Tampa, Fla. Final Rankings: AP, No. 24; USA Today Coaches, not ranked. 2013 Coach: Brady Hoke Captains: Taylor Lewan, Courtney Avery, Cam Gordon, and Jake Ryan Overall Record: 7-6 Conference Record: 3-5 (5th Place Legends Division) Date Rank Opponent Site Result Aug. 31 17/- Central Michigan H W, 59-9 Sept. 7 17/14 Notre Dame (nt) H W, 41-30 Sept. 14 11/- Akron H W, 28-24 Sept. 21 15/- Connecticut (nt) A W, 24-21 Oct. 5 19/- Minnesota (HC) H W, 42-13 Oct. 12 18/- Penn State (nt) A L, 40-43 (4OT) Oct. 19 -/- Indiana H W, 63-47 Nov. 2 23/24 Michigan State A L, 6-29 Nov. 9 -/- Nebraska H L, 13-17 Nov. 16 -/- Northwestern A W, 27-19 (3OT) Nov. 23 -/- Iowa A L, 21-24 Nov. 30 -/3 Ohio State H L, 41-42 Dec. 28 -/- Kansas State (nt) 1 L, 14-31 Total Points 419-349 1 — Buffalo Wild Wigs Bowl played at Sun Devil Stadium in Tempe, Ariz. Final Rankings: Not ranked in either poll 2014 Coach: Brady Hoke Captains: Game-by-game rotation Overall Record: 5-7 Conference Record: 3-5 (4th Place tie East Division) Date Rank Opponent Site Result Aug. 30 -/- Appalachian State H W, 52-14 Sept. 6 -/16 Notre Dame (nt) A L, 0-31 Sept. 13 -/- Miami (Ohio) H W, 34-10 Sept. 20 -/- Utah H L, 10-26 Sept. 27 -/- Minnesota H L, 14-30 Oct. 4 -/- at Rutgers (nt) A L, 24-26 Oct. 11 -/- Penn State (nt) H W, 18-13 Oct. 25 -/8 Michigan State A L, 11-35 Nov. 1 -/- Indiana H W, 34-10 Nov. 8 -/- Northwestern A W, 10-9 Nov. 22 -/- Maryland H L, 16-23 Nov. 29 -/6 Ohio State A L, 28-42 Total Points 251-269 Final Rankings: Not ranked in either poll 2015 Coach: Jim Harbaugh Captains: Joe Bolden and Joe Kerridge Overall Record: 10-3 Conference Record: 6-2 (3rd Place East Division) Date Rank Opponent Site Result Sept. 3 -/- Utah (nt) A L, 17-24 Sept. 12 -/- Oregon State H W, 35-7 Sept. 19 -/- UNLV H W, 28-7 Sept. 26 -/22 Brigham Young H W, 31-0 Oct. 3 22/- Maryland A W, 28-0 Oct. 10 18/13 Northwestern H W, 38-0 Oct. 17 12/7 Michigan State H L, 23-27 Oct. 31 15/- Minnesota (nt) A W, 29-26 Nov. 7 16/- Rutgers H W, 49-16 Nov. 14 15/- Indiana A W, 48-41 (2OT) Nov. 21 14/- Penn State A W, 28-16 Nov. 28 10/8 Ohio State H L, 13-42 Jan. 1 14/19 Florida 1 W, 41-7 Total Points 408-213 1 — Buffalo Wild Wings Citrus Bowl, Orlando, Fla. Final Rankings: AP, No. 12; USA Today Coaches, No. 11