The Wolverine: Covering University of Michigan Football and Sports
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162 ■ THE WOLVERINE 2016 FOOTBALL PREVIEW YEAR BY YEAR 1999 Coach: Lloyd Carr Captains: Tom Brady, Steve Hutchinson and Rob Renes Overall Record: 10-2 Conference Record: 6-2 (2nd Place tie) Date Rank Opponent Site Result Sept. 4 7/16 Notre Dame H W, 26-22 Sept. 11 6/- Rice H W, 37-3 Sept. 18 6/- Syracuse A W, 18-13 Sept. 25 4/20 Wisconsin A W, 21-16 Oct. 2 4/11 Purdue (HC) H W, 38-12 Oct. 9 3/11 Michigan State A L, 31-34 Oct. 23 9/- Illinois H L, 29-35 Oct. 30 15/- Indiana A W, 34-31 Nov. 6 16/- Northwestern H W, 37-3 Nov. 13 16/6 Penn State A W, 31-27 Nov. 20 10/- Ohio State H W, 24-17 Jan. 1 8/5 Alabama (nt) 1 W, 35-34 (OT) Total Points 361-247 1 — Orange Bowl, Miami Final Rankings: AP, No. 5; ESPN/USA Today Coaches, No. 5 2000 Big teN Champs Coach: Lloyd Carr Captains: Steve Hutchinson, Anthony Thomas, James Whitley and Eric Wilson Overall Record: 9-3 Conference Record: 6-2 (1st Place tie) Date Rank Opponent Site Result Sept. 2 6/- Bowling Green H W, 42-7 Sept. 9 3/- Rice H W, 38-7 Sept. 16 3/14 UCLA A L, 20-23 Sept. 23 10/19 Illinois (nt) A W, 35-31 Sept. 30 9/17 Wisconsin H W, 13-10 Oct. 7 6/- Purdue A L, 31-32 Oct. 14 18/- Indiana (HC) H W, 58-0 Oct. 21 16/- Michigan State H W, 14-0 Nov. 4 12/21 Northwestern A L, 51-54 Nov. 11 20/- Penn State H W, 33-11 Nov. 18 19/12 Ohio State A W, 38-26 Jan. 1 17/20 Auburn 1 W, 31-28 Total Points 404-229 1 — Citrus Bowl, Orlando, Fla. Final Rankings: AP, No. 11; ESPN/USA Today Coaches, No. 10 2001 Coach: Lloyd Carr Captains: Eric Brackins and Shawn Thompson Overall Record: 8-4 Conference Record: 6-2 (2nd Place) Date Rank Opponent Site Result Sept. 1 12/- Miami (Ohio) H W, 31-13 Sept. 8 11/15 Washington A L, 18-23 Sept. 22 20/- Western Michigan H W, 38-21 Sept. 29 17/22 Illinois H W, 45-20 Oct. 6 15/- Penn State A W, 20-0 Oct. 13 12/17 Purdue (HC) H W, 24-10 Oct. 27 8/- Iowa A W, 32-26 Nov. 3 6/- Michigan State A L, 24-26 Nov. 10 12/- Minnesota H W, 31-10 Nov. 17 11/- Wisconsin A W, 20-17 Nov. 24 11/- Ohio State H L, 20-26 Jan. 1 17/8 Tennessee 1 L, 17-45 Total Points 320-237 1 — Citrus Bowl, Orlando, Fla. Final Rankings: AP, No. 20; ESPN/USA Today Coaches, No. 20 2002 Coach: Lloyd Carr Captains: Victor Hobson and Bennie Joppru Overall Record: 10-3 Conference Record: 6-2 (2nd Place) Date Rank Opponent Site Result Aug. 31 13/11 Washington H W, 31-29 Sept. 7 7/- Western Michigan H W, 35-12 Sept. 14 7/20 Notre Dame A L, 23-25 Sept. 21 14/- Utah H W, 10-7 Sept. 28 14/- Illinois A W, 45-28 Oct. 12 13/15 Penn State H W, 27-24 (OT) Oct. 19 11/- Purdue A W, 23-21 Oct. 26 8/13 Iowa (HC) H L, 9-34 Nov. 2 15/- Michigan State H W, 49-3 Nov. 9 13/- Minnesota A W, 41-24 Nov. 16 12/- Wisconsin H W, 21-14 Nov. 23 12/2 Ohio State A L, 9-14 Jan. 1 12/22 Florida 1 W, 38-30 Total Points 361-265 1 — Outback Bowl, Raymond James Stadium, Tampa, Florida Final Rankings: AP, No. 9; ESPN/USA Today Coaches, No. 9 2003 Big teN Champs Coach: Lloyd Carr Captains: Grant Bowman, Carl Diggs and John Navarre Overall Record: 10-3 Conference Record: 7-1 (1st Place) Date Rank Opponent Site Result Aug. 30 4/- Central Michigan H W, 45-7 Sept. 6 5/- Houston H W, 50-3 Sept. 13 5/15 Notre Dame H W, 38-0 Sept. 20 3/22 Oregon A L, 27-31 Sept. 27 11/- Indiana H W, 31-17 Oct. 4 9/23 Iowa A L, 27-30 Oct. 10 20/17 Minnesota (nt) A W, 38-35 Oct. 18 17/- Illinois (HC) H W, 56-14 Oct. 25 13/10 Purdue H W, 31-3 Nov. 1 11/9 Michigan State A W, 27-20 Nov. 15 5/- Northwestern A W, 41-10 Nov. 22 5/4 Ohio State H W, 35-21 Jan. 1 4/1 USC 1 L, 14-28 Total Points 460-219 1 — Rose Bowl, Pasadena, Calif. Final Rankings: AP, No. 6; ESPN/USA Today Coaches, No. 7 2004 Big teN Champs Coach: Lloyd Carr Captains: David Baas and Marlin Jackson Overall Record: 9-3 Conference Record: 7-1 (1st Place tie) Date Rank Opponent Site Result Sept. 4 8/- Miami (Ohio) H W, 43-10 Sept. 11 8/- Notre Dame A L, 20-28 Sept. 18 17/- San Diego State H W, 24-21 Sept. 25 18/- Iowa H W, 30-17 Oct. 2 19/- Indiana A W, 35-14 Oct. 9 14/13 Minnesota (HC) H W, 27-24 Oct. 16 14/- Illinois A W, 30-19 Oct. 23 13/12 Purdue A W, 16-14 Oct. 30 12/- Michigan State H W, 45-37 (3OT) Nov. 13 9/- Northwestern H W, 42-20 Nov. 20 7/- Ohio State A L, 21-37 Jan. 1 13/6 Texas 1 L, 37-38 Total Points 370-279 1 — Rose Bowl, Pasadena, Calif. Final Rankings: AP, No. 14; ESPN/USA Today Coaches, No. 12 2005 Coach: Lloyd Carr Captains: Jason Avant and Pat Massey Overall Record: 7-5 Conference Record: 5-3 (3rd Place tie) Date Rank Opponent Site Result Sept. 3 4/- Northern Illinois H W, 33-17 Sept. 10 3/20 Notre Dame H L, 10-17 Sept. 17 14/- Eastern Michigan H W, 55-0 Sept. 24 14/- Wisconsin (nt) A L, 20-23 Oct. 1 -/11 Michigan State A W, 34-31 (OT) Oct. 8 21/- Minnesota (HC) H L, 20-23 Oct. 15 -/8 Penn State H W, 27-25 Oct. 22 -/- Iowa A W, 23-20 (OT) Oct. 29 25/21 Northwestern (nt) A W, 33-17 Nov. 12 21/- Indiana H W, 41-14 Nov. 19 17/9 Ohio State H L, 21-25 Dec. 28 20/- Nebraska (nt) 1 L, 28-32 Total Points 345-244 1 — Alamo Bowl, San Antonio Final Rankings: Not ranked in either poll. 2006 Coach: Lloyd Carr Captains: Jake Long and LaMarr Woodley Overall Record: 11-2 Conference Record: 7-1 (2nd Place tie) Date Rank Opponent Site Result Sept. 2 14/- Vanderbilt H W, 27-7 Sept. 9 10/- Central Michigan H W, 41-17 Sept. 16 11/2 Notre Dame A W, 47-21 Sept. 23 6/- Wisconsin H W, 27-13 Sept. 30 6/- Minnesota (nt) A W, 28-14 Oct. 7 6/- Michigan State H W, 31-13 Oct. 14 4/- Penn State (nt) A W, 17-10 Oct. 21 2/- Iowa H W, 20-6 Oct. 28 2/- Northwestern (HC) H W, 17-3 Nov. 4 2/- Ball State H W, 34-26 Nov. 11 2/- Indiana A W, 34-3 Nov. 18 2/1 Ohio State A L, 39-42 Jan. 1 3/8 USC 1 L, 18-32 Total Points 380-207 1 — Rose Bowl, Pasadena, Calif. Final Rankings: AP, No. 8; USA Today Coaches, No. 9 John Navarre set a Michigan single‑season record with 3,331 passing yards in 2003. PHOTO BY PER KJELDSEN