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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's famous football coaches include: Yost, who came to Michigan from Stanford University in 1901, Fritz Crisler, who guided Michigan to a pair of Big Ten Conference championships and the 1947 national title, has his name carried by the home of Michigan men's basketball team, Bo Schembechler won 13 Big Ten titles in his 21 seasons as head ...
The 1920 Michigan Wolverines football team was an American football team that represented the University of Michigan in the Big Ten Conference during the 1920 college football season. In its 20th season under head coach Fielding H. Yost , the team compiled a 5–2 record (2–2 against conference opponents), finished sixth in the Big Ten, and ...
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 coach Kipke is the only head coach in Michigan football history to have also served as the head football coach for the Michigan State Spartans. During the Kipke years, Michigan compiled a 3-4-2 record in the Michigan – Michigan State football rivalry. The Kipke years began with three wins and two ties.
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 ...