The Wolverine: Covering University of Michigan Football and Sports
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158 ■ THE WOLVERINE 2016 FOOTBALL PREVIEW YEAR BY YEAR 1964 Big teN Champs Coach: Chalmers "Bump" Elliott Captain: Jim Conley Season Record: 9-1 Conference Record: 6-1 (1st Place) Date Rank Opponent Site Result Sept. 26 -/- Air Force H W, 24-7 Oct. 3 8/6 Navy H W, 21-0 Oct. 10 7/9 Michigan State A W, 17-10 Oct. 17 5/- Purdue H L, 20-21 Oct. 24 -/- Minnesota (HC) H W, 19-12 Oct. 31 -/- Northwestern H W, 35-0 Nov. 7 -/- Illinois H W, 21-6 Nov. 14 6/- Iowa A W, 34-20 Nov. 21 6/7 Ohio State A W, 10-0 Jan. 1 4/8 Oregon State 1 W, 34-7 Total Points 235-83 1 — Rose Bowl, Pasadena, Calif. Final Rankings: AP, No. 4; UPI, No. 4 1965 Coach: Chalmers "Bump" Elliott Captain: Tom Cecchini Season Record: 4-6 Conference Record: 2-5 (7th Place tie) Date Rank Opponent Site Result Sept. 18 4/- North Carolina A W, 31-24 Sept. 25 4/- California H W, 10-7 Oct. 2 7/- Georgia H L, 7-15 Oct. 9 -/5 Michigan State H L, 7-24 Oct. 16 -/7 Purdue (HC) H L, 15-17 Oct. 23 -/- Minnesota A L, 13-14 Oct. 30 -/- Wisconsin H W, 50-14 Nov. 6 -/- Illinois A W, 23-3 Nov. 13 -/- Northwestern A L, 22-34 Nov. 20 -/- Ohio State H L, 7-9 Total Points 185-161 1966 Coach: Chalmers "Bump" Elliott Captain: Jack Clancy Season Record: 6-4 Conference Record: 4-3 (3rd Place tie) Date Rank Opponent Site Result Sept. 17 -/- Oregon State H W, 41-0 Sept. 24 9/- California A W, 17-7 Oct. 1 8/- North Carolina H L, 7-21 Oct. 8 -/1 Michigan State A L, 7-20 Oct. 15 -/9 Purdue H L, 21-22 Oct. 22 -/- Minnesota (HC) H W, 49-0 Oct. 29 -/- Wisconsin A W, 28-17 Nov. 5 -/- Illinois H L, 21-28 Nov. 12 -/- Northwestern H W, 28-20 Nov. 19 -/- Ohio State A W, 17-3 Total Points 236-138 1967 Coach: Chalmers "Bump" Elliott Captain: Joe Dayton Season Record: 4-6 Conference Record: 3-4 (5th Place tie) Date Rank Opponent Site Result Sept. 23 -/- Duke H W, 10-7 Sept. 30 -/- California A L, 9-10 Oct. 7 -/- Navy H L, 21-26 Oct. 14 -/- Michigan State H L, 0-34 Oct. 21 -/- Indiana (HC) H L, 20-27 Oct. 28 -/- Minnesota A L, 15-20 Nov. 4 -/- Northwestern H W, 7-3 Nov. 11 -/- Illinois A W, 21-14 Nov. 18 -/- Wisconsin A W, 27-14 Nov. 25 -/- Ohio State H L, 14-24 Total Points 144-179 1968 Coach: Chalmers "Bump" Elliott Captain: Ron Johnson Season Record: 8-2 Conference Record: 6-1 (2nd Place) Date Rank Opponent Site Result Sept. 21 -/- California H L, 7-21 Sept. 28 -/- Duke A W, 31-10 Oct. 5 -/- Navy H W, 32-9 Oct. 12 -/12 Michigan State H W, 28-14 Oct. 19 18/19 Indiana A W, 27-22 Oct. 26 12/- Minnesota (HC) H W, 33-20 Nov. 2 9/- Northwestern A W, 35-0 Nov. 9 7/- Illinois H W, 36-0 Nov. 16 4/- Wisconsin H W, 34-9 Nov. 23 4/2 Ohio State A L, 14-50 Total Points 277-155 Final Rankings: AP, No. 12; UPI, No. 15 1969 Big teN Champs Coach: Glenn E. "Bo" Schembechler Captain: Jim Mandich Season Record: 8-3 Conference Record: 6-1 (1st Place tie) Date Rank Opponent Site Result Sept. 20 -/- Vanderbilt H W, 42-14 Sept. 27 20/- Washington H W, 45-7 Oct. 4 13/9 Missouri H L, 17-40 Oct. 11 -/9 Purdue H W, 31-20 Oct. 18 13/- Michigan State A L, 12-23 Oct. 25 -/- Minnesota A W, 35-9 Nov. 1 20/- Wisconsin (HC) H W, 35-7 Nov. 8 18/- Illinois A W, 57-0 Nov. 15 14/- Iowa A W, 51-6 Nov. 22 12/1 Ohio State H W, 24-12 Jan. 1 7/5 USC 1 L, 3-10 Total Points 352-148 1 — Rose Bowl, Pasadena, Calif. Final Rankings: AP, No. 9; UPI, No. 8 1970 Coach: Glenn E. "Bo" Schembechler Captains: Don Moorhead and Henry Hill Season Record: 9-1 Conference Record: 6-1 (2nd Place tie) Date Rank Opponent Site Result Sept. 19 8/- Arizona H W, 20-9 Sept. 26 10/- Washington A W, 17-3 Oct. 3 9/- Texas A&M H W, 14-10 Oct. 10 7/- Purdue A W, 29-0 Oct. 17 6/- Michigan State H W, 34-20 Oct. 24 5/- Minnesota (HC) H W, 39-13 Oct. 31 5/- Wisconsin A W, 29-15 Nov. 7 5/- Illinois H W, 42-0 Nov. 14 5/- Iowa H W, 55-0 Nov. 21 4/5 Ohio State A L, 9-20 Total Points 288-90 Final Rankings: AP, No. 9; UPI, No. 7 1971 Big teN Champs Coach: Glenn E. "Bo" Schembechler Captains: Frank Gusich and Guy Murdock Season Record: 11-1 Conference Record: 8-0 (1st Place) Date Rank Opponent Site Result Sept. 11 4/20 Northwestern A W, 21-6 Sept. 18 4/- Virginia H W, 56-0 Sept. 25 4/- UCLA H W, 38-0 Oct. 2 2/- Navy H W, 46-0 Oct. 9 2/- Michigan State A W, 24-13 Oct. 16 3/- Illinois H W, 35-6 Oct. 23 3/- Minnesota A W, 35-7 Oct. 30 3/- Indiana (HC) H W, 61-7 Nov. 6 3/- Iowa H W, 63-7 Nov. 13 3/- Purdue A W, 20-17 Nov. 20 3/- Ohio State H W, 10-7 Jan. 1 4/16 Stanford 1 L, 12-13 Total Points 421-83 1 — Rose Bowl, Pasadena, Calif. Final Rankings: AP, No. 6; UPI, No. 4 1972 Big teN Champs Coach: Glenn E. "Bo" Schembechler Captains: Tom Coyle and Randy Logan Season Record: 10-1 Conference Record: 7-1 (1st Place tie) Date Rank Opponent Site Result Sept. 16 11/- Northwestern H W, 7-0 Sept. 23 12/6 UCLA (nt) A W, 26-9 Sept. 30 8/18 Tulane H W, 41-7 Oct. 7 5/- Navy H W, 35-7 Oct. 14 5/- Michigan State H W, 10-0 Oct. 21 6/- Illinois A W, 31-7 Oct. 28 5/- Minnesota (HC) H W, 42-0 Nov. 4 4/- Indiana A W, 21-7 Nov. 4 4/- Iowa A W, 31-0 Nov. 18 3/- Purdue H W, 9-6 Nov. 25 3/9 Ohio State A L, 11-14 Total Points 264-57 Final Rankings: AP, No. 6; UPI, No. 6 Jim Mandich was a record‑setting tight end and team captain for the 1969 squad that won a Big Ten championship in Bo Schembechler's first season as the head coach of Wolverines. PHOTO COURTESY BENTLEY HISTORICAL LIBRARY