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The university team played its first game against Racine College in May 1879, and Irving Kane Pond scored the first touchdown in Michigan football history. In 1881, the Michigan football team traveled to the East and played a series of games that marked the beginning of football as an inter-sectional game.
This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 14 February 2025. Football team of the University of Michigan Michigan Wolverines football 2025 Michigan Wolverines football team First season 1879 ; 146 years ago Athletic director Warde Manuel Head coach Sherrone Moore 2nd season, 9–5 (.643) Stadium Michigan Stadium (capacity: 107,601) Year built ...
Michigan is home to four major-league professional sports teams, all of which play in the Detroit metropolitan area.The Pistons played at Detroit's Cobo Arena until 1978 and at the Pontiac Silverdome until 1988, when they moved into the Palace of Auburn Hills where they played for 28 years between 1988 and 2017, before moving back inside city limits to Little Caesars Arena in Detroit in 2017.
2018 Outback Bowl, 26-19 loss to South Carolina. On the very first day of 2018, Michigan finished the 2017 season with a loss to South Carolina, Harbaugh's first defeat to an SEC team at Michigan.
One of three Michigan football players killed in World War I Harry James: 1903: 1903: Quarterback: Starting quarterback on the 1903 "Point-a-Minute" team James Edward Johns: 1920: 1922: Guard, tackle: Later played professional football for the Cleveland Indians in 1923 and Minnesota Marines in 1924. Paul J. Jones: 1902: 1902: Fullback
Michigan Stadium, where the Wolverines have played since 1927. This is a list of seasons completed by the Michigan Wolverines football team of the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division I Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS). Since the team's creation in 1879, the Wolverines have participated in more than 1,200 officially ...
Crisler is the only head coach in Michigan football history who served for more than two years and maintained an undefeated record in the Michigan – Michigan State football rivalry. Crisler compiled a perfect 8–0 record against the Spartans, including four shutouts in 1938 (14–0), 1942 (20–0), 1945 (40–0), and 1946 (55–0). [2]
Michigan held its first training camp at City Island Stadium in Daytona Beach, Florida, sifting through over 75 players. [citation needed] On Monday, March 7, 1983; the Panthers opened the season with a 9–7 win over the Birmingham Stallions at Legion Field in Birmingham, Alabama. This was the first professional football game ever broadcast on ...