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Fritz Crisler. Herbert Orin " Fritz " Crisler (/ ˈkraɪslər / KRY-slər; January 12, 1899 – August 19, 1982) was an American college football coach who is best known as "the father of two-platoon football", [1] an innovation in which separate units of players were used for offense and defense. Crisler developed two-platoon football while ...
Michigan was a member of the Big Ten Conference during the Crisler years and played its home games at Michigan Stadium . During the 10 years in which Crisler served as head football coach, Michigan compiled a record of 71–16–3 (.806). Tom Harmon played for the Wolverines from 1938 to 1940 and in 1940 became the first Michigan player to win ...
This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 25 September 2024. Football team of the University of Michigan Michigan Wolverines football 2024 Michigan Wolverines football team First season 1879 ; 145 years ago Athletic director Warde Manuel Head coach Sherrone Moore 1st season, 4–1 [n 1] Stadium Michigan Stadium (capacity: 107,601) Year built ...
Michigan had nine head coaches between 1900 and 1989, each of whom has been inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame either as a coach or as a player: Langdon Lea, Yost, George Little, Tad Wieman, Kipke, Crisler, Oosterbaan, Elliott, and Schembechler. The Wolverines' current head coach is Sherrone Moore.
The 1945 Michigan Wolverines football team represented the University of Michigan in the 1945 Big Ten Conference football season. In their eighth year under head coach was Fritz Crisler, the Wolverines compiled a 7–3 record (5–1 Big Ten) and finished the season ranked #6 in the final Associated Press Poll. Quarterback Joe Ponsetto was the ...
The 1947 Michigan Wolverines football team represented the University of Michigan in the 1947 Big Nine Conference football season. In its tenth year under head coach Fritz Crisler , Michigan compiled a perfect 10–0 record, won the Big Ten Conference championship, and defeated the USC Trojans by a score of 49–0 in the 1948 Rose Bowl game.
The 1946 Michigan Wolverines football team represented the University of Michigan in the 1946 Big Nine Conference football season.In their ninth year under head coach was Fritz Crisler, the Wolverines compiled a 6–2–1 record (5–1–1 Big Nine), outscored opponents 233 to 73, and finished the season in second place in the Big Nine Conference and ranked No. 6 in the final 1946 AP poll.
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 ...