The Wolverine: Covering University of Michigan Football and Sports
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THE WOLVERINE 2016 FOOTBALL PREVIEW ■ 155 YEAR BY YEAR 1934 Coach: Harry G. Kipke Captain: Thomas Austin Season Record: 1-7 Conference Record: 0-6 (10th Place) Date Rank Opponent Site Result Oct. 6 Michigan State H L, 0-16 Oct. 13 Chicago A L, 0-27 Oct. 20 Georgia Tech H W, 9-2 Oct. 27 Illinois (HC) H L, 6-7 Nov. 3 Minnesota A L, 0-34 Nov. 10 Wisconsin H L, 0-10 Nov. 17 Ohio State A L, 0-34 Nov. 24 Northwestern H L, 6-13 Total Points 21-143 1935 Coach: Harry G. Kipke Captain: William Renner Season Record: 4-4 Conference Record: 2-3 (5th Place tie) Date Rank Opponent Site Result Oct. 5 Michigan State H L, 6-25 Oct. 12 Indiana H W, 7-0 Oct. 19 Wisconsin A W, 20-12 Oct. 26 Columbia A W, 19-7 Nov. 2 Pennsylvania (HC) H W, 16-6 Nov. 9 Illinois A L, 0-3 Nov. 16 Minnesota H L, 0-40 Nov. 3 Ohio State H L, 0-38 Total Points 68-131 1936 Coach: Harry G. Kipke Captain: Matt Patanelli Season Record: 1-7 Conference Record: 0-5 (8th Place tie) Date Rank Opponent Site Result Oct. 3 Michigan State H L, 7-21 Oct. 10 Indiana H L, 3-14 Oct. 17 Minnesota A L, 0-26 Oct. 24 -/- Columbia H W, 13-0 Oct. 31 -/- Illinois (HC) H L, 6-9 Nov. 7 -/15 Pennsylvania A L, 7-27 Nov. 14 -/1 Northwestern H L, 0-9 Nov. 21 -/18 Ohio State A L, 0-21 Total Points 36-127 1937 Coach: Harry G. Kipke Captain: Joe Rinaldi Season Record: 4-4 Conference Record: 3-3 (4th Place tie) Date Rank Opponent Site Result Oct. 2 Michigan State H L, 14-19 Oct. 9 Northwestern A L, 0-7 Oct. 16 Minnesota (HC) H L, 6-39 Oct. 23 -/- Iowa A W, 7-6 Oct. 30 -/- Illinois A W, 7-6 Nov. 6 -/- Chicago H W, 13-12 Nov. 13 -/- Pennsylvania A W, 7-0 Nov. 20 -/19 Ohio State H L, 0-21 Total Points 54-110 1938 Coach: Herbert O. "Fritz" Crisler Captain: Fred Janke Season Record: 6-1-1 Conference Record: 3-1-1 (2nd Place tie) Date Rank Opponent Site Result Oct. 1 Michigan State H W, 14-0 Oct. 8 Chicago H W, 45-7 Oct. 15 Minnesota A L, 6-7 Oct. 22 12/- Yale A W, 15-13 Oct. 29 13/- Illinois (HC) H W, 14-0 Nov. 5 16/- Pennsylvania H W, 19-13 Nov. 12 18/- Northwestern H T, 0-0 Nov. 19 17/- Ohio State A W, 18-0 Total Points 131-40 Final Ranking: AP, No. 16 1939 Coach: Herbert O. "Fritz" Crisler Captain: Archie Kodros Season Record: 6-2 Conference Record: 3-2 (4th Place) Date Rank Opponent Site Result Oct. 7 Michigan State H W, 26-13 Oct. 14 Iowa H W, 27-7 Oct. 21 6/- Chicago A W, 85-0 Oct. 28 3/- Yale (HC) H W, 27-7 Nov. 4 2/- Illinois A L, 7-16 Nov. 11 10/- Minnesota H L, 7-20 Nov. 18 -/- Pennsylvania A W, 19-17 Nov. 25 -/6 Ohio State H W, 21-14 Total Points 219-94 Final Ranking: AP, No. 20 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 Paul White helped coach Herbert O. "Fritz" Crisler win his first Big Ten title in his sixth season in charge of the program. PHOTO COURTESY BENTLEY HISTORICAL LIBRARY