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href="/wiki/1903_Minnesota_Golden_Gophers_football_team" title="1903 Minnesota Golden Gophers football team">Minnesota</a> + </td> <td>3 </td> <td>–</td> <td>0 </td> <td>–</td> <td>1</td> <td></td> <td></td> <td>14 </td> <td>–</td> <td>0 </td> <td>–</td> <td>1 </td></tr> <tr> <td class="tcol"><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Michigan</a> + </td> <td>3 </td> <td>–</td> <td>0 </td> <td>–</td> <td>1</td> <td></td> <td></td> <td>11 </td> <td>–</td> <td>0 </td> <td>–</td> <td>1 </td></tr> <tr> <td class="tcol"><a href="/wiki/1903_Northwestern_Purple_football_team" title="1903 Northwestern Purple football team">Northwestern</a> + </td> <td>1 </td> <td>–</td> <td>0 </td> <td>–</td> <td>2</td> <td></td> <td></td> <td>10 </td> <td>–</td> <td>1 </td> <td>–</td> <td>3 </td></tr> <tr> <td class="tcol"><a href="/wiki/1903_Chicago_Maroons_football_team" title="1903 Chicago Maroons football team">Chicago</a> </td> <td>4 </td> <td>–</td> <td>1 </td> <td>–</td> <td>1</td> <td></td> <td></td> <td>12 </td> <td>–</td> <td>2 </td> <td>–</td> <td>1 </td></tr> <tr> <td class="tcol"><a href="/wiki/1903_Iowa_Hawkeyes_football_team" title="1903 Iowa Hawkeyes football team">Iowa</a> </td> <td>1 </td> <td>–</td> <td>1 </td> <td>–</td> <td>0</td> <td></td> <td></td> <td>9 </td> <td>–</td> <td>2 </td> <td>–</td> <td>0 </td></tr> <tr> <td class="tcol"><a href="/wiki/1903_Indiana_Hoosiers_football_team" title="1903 Indiana Hoosiers football team">Indiana</a> </td> <td>1 </td> <td>–</td> <td>2 </td> <td>–</td> <td>0</td> <td></td> <td></td> <td>4 </td> <td>–</td> <td>4 </td> <td>–</td> <td>0 </td></tr> <tr> <td class="tcol"><a href="/wiki/1903_Illinois_Fighting_Illini_football_team" title="1903 Illinois Fighting Illini football team">Illinois</a> </td> <td>1 </td> <td>–</td> <td>5 </td> <td>–</td> <td>0</td> <td></td> <td></td> <td>8 </td> <td>–</td> <td>6 </td> <td>–</td> <td>0 </td></tr> <tr> <td class="tcol"><a href="/wiki/1903_Wisconsin_Badgers_football_team" title="1903 Wisconsin Badgers football team">Wisconsin</a> </td> <td>0 </td> <td>–</td> <td>3 </td> <td>–</td> <td>1</td> <td></td> <td></td> <td>6 </td> <td>–</td> <td>3 </td> <td>–</td> <td>1 </td></tr> <tr> <td class="tcol"><a href="/wiki/1903_Purdue_Boilermakers_football_team" title="1903 Purdue Boilermakers football team">Purdue</a> </td> <td>0 </td> <td>–</td> <td>2 </td> <td>–</td> <td>0</td> <td></td> <td></td> <td>4 </td> <td>–</td> <td>2 </td> <td>–</td> <td>0 </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="99" class="standings-table-conference-title"> </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="99" class="standings-table-legend"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"><ul><li>+ – Conference co-champions</li></ul></div> </td></tr></tbody></table> <p>The <b>1903 Michigan Wolverines football team</b> represented the <a href="/wiki/University_of_Michigan" title="University of Michigan">University of Michigan</a> in the <a href="/wiki/1903_college_football_season" title="1903 college football season">1903 college football season</a>. The team's head football coach was <a href="/wiki/Fielding_H._Yost" title="Fielding H. Yost">Fielding H. Yost</a>. The Wolverines played their home games at <a href="/wiki/Regents_Field" title="Regents Field">Regents Field</a>. The 1903 team compiled a record of 11–0–1 and outscored opponents 565 to 6. The only points allowed came on a touchdown in a 6–6 tie with <a href="/wiki/1903_Minnesota_Golden_Gophers_football_team" title="1903 Minnesota Golden Gophers football team">Minnesota</a>. All eleven wins were shutouts. The 1903 Michigan team was the third of Yost's "Point-a-Minute" teams and has been recognized retrospectively as a co-<a href="/wiki/College_football_national_championships_in_NCAA_Division_I_FBS" title="College football national championships in NCAA Division I FBS">national champion</a> by the <a href="/wiki/National_Championship_Foundation" title="National Championship Foundation">National Championship Foundation</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-BCS_selector_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-BCS_selector-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The team captain was <a href="/wiki/Curtis_Redden" title="Curtis Redden">Curtis Redden</a>, and the high scorer was fullback <a href="/wiki/Thomas_S._Hammond" title="Thomas S. Hammond">Tom Hammond</a> who scored 163 points. Halfback <a href="/wiki/Willie_Heston" title="Willie Heston">Willie Heston</a> was the only member of the team selected as a first-team All-American, receiving the honor from both <a href="/wiki/Walter_Camp" title="Walter Camp">Walter Camp</a> in <i><a href="/wiki/Collier%27s_Weekly" class="mw-redirect" title="Collier's Weekly">Collier's Weekly</a></i> and <a href="/wiki/Caspar_Whitney" title="Caspar Whitney">Caspar Whitney</a> in <i>Outing</i> magazine.<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Schedule">Schedule</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1903_Michigan_Wolverines_football_team&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Schedule"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Regents_Field_(1903).png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ec/Regents_Field_%281903%29.png/260px-Regents_Field_%281903%29.png" decoding="async" width="260" height="166" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ec/Regents_Field_%281903%29.png/390px-Regents_Field_%281903%29.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ec/Regents_Field_%281903%29.png/520px-Regents_Field_%281903%29.png 2x" data-file-width="1020" data-file-height="653" /></a><figcaption>1903 football game at <a href="/wiki/Regents_Field" title="Regents Field">Regents Field</a></figcaption></figure> <table class="wikitable" style="font-size:95%"><tbody><tr><th>Date</th><th>Time</th><th>Opponent</th><th>Site</th><th>Result</th><th>Attendance</th></tr><tr class="CFB-schedule-row" style="background-color:#DDFFDD"><td style="white-space:nowrap">October 3</td><td style="white-space:nowrap"></td><td style="white-space:nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1903_Case_football_team" title="1903 Case football team">Case</a><span class="CFB-schedule-ncgame">*</span></td><td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><div class="hlist"><ul><li><a href="/wiki/Regents_Field" title="Regents Field">Regents Field</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Ann_Arbor,_Michigan" title="Ann Arbor, Michigan">Ann Arbor, MI</a></li></ul></div></td><td style="white-space:nowrap"><span style="display:inline-block; font-weight:bold; width:1em">W</span> 31–0</td><td style="text-align:center"></td></tr> <tr class="CFB-schedule-row" style="background-color:#DDFFDD"><td style="white-space:nowrap">October 8</td><td style="white-space:nowrap"></td><td style="white-space:nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Albion_football" class="mw-redirect" title="Albion football">Albion</a><span class="CFB-schedule-ncgame">*</span></td><td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><div class="hlist"><ul><li>Regents Field</li><li>Ann Arbor, MI</li></ul></div></td><td style="white-space:nowrap"><span style="display:inline-block; font-weight:bold; width:1em">W</span> 76–0</td><td style="text-align:center"></td></tr> <tr class="CFB-schedule-row" style="background-color:#DDFFDD"><td style="white-space:nowrap">October 10</td><td style="white-space:nowrap"></td><td style="white-space:nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Beloit_Buccaneers_football" class="mw-redirect" title="Beloit Buccaneers football">Beloit</a><span class="CFB-schedule-ncgame">*</span></td><td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><div class="hlist"><ul><li>Regents Field</li><li>Ann Arbor, MI</li></ul></div></td><td style="white-space:nowrap"><span style="display:inline-block; font-weight:bold; width:1em">W</span> 79–0</td><td style="text-align:center"></td></tr> <tr class="CFB-schedule-row" style="background-color:#DDFFDD"><td style="white-space:nowrap">October 14</td><td style="white-space:nowrap"></td><td style="white-space:nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Ohio_Northern_Polar_Bears_football" class="mw-redirect" title="Ohio Northern Polar Bears football">Ohio Northern</a><span class="CFB-schedule-ncgame">*</span></td><td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><div class="hlist"><ul><li>Regents Field</li><li>Ann Arbor, MI</li></ul></div></td><td style="white-space:nowrap"><span style="display:inline-block; font-weight:bold; width:1em">W</span> 65–0</td><td style="text-align:center"></td></tr> <tr class="CFB-schedule-row" style="background-color:#DDFFDD"><td style="white-space:nowrap">October 17</td><td style="white-space:nowrap"></td><td style="white-space:nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1903_Indiana_Hoosiers_football_team" title="1903 Indiana Hoosiers football team">Indiana</a></td><td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><div class="hlist"><ul><li>Regents Field</li><li>Ann Arbor, MI</li></ul></div></td><td style="white-space:nowrap"><span style="display:inline-block; font-weight:bold; width:1em">W</span> 51–0</td><td style="text-align:center"></td></tr> <tr class="CFB-schedule-row" style="background-color:#DDFFDD"><td style="white-space:nowrap">October 21</td><td style="white-space:nowrap"></td><td style="white-space:nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Ferris_State_Bulldogs_football" class="mw-redirect" title="Ferris State Bulldogs football">Ferris State</a><span class="CFB-schedule-ncgame">*</span></td><td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><div class="hlist"><ul><li>Regents Field</li><li>Ann Arbor, MI</li></ul></div></td><td style="white-space:nowrap"><span style="display:inline-block; font-weight:bold; width:1em">W</span> 88–0</td><td style="text-align:center">8,000</td></tr> <tr class="CFB-schedule-row" style="background-color:#DDFFDD"><td style="white-space:nowrap">October 24</td><td style="white-space:nowrap"></td><td style="white-space:nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1903_Drake_Bulldogs_football_team" title="1903 Drake Bulldogs football team">Drake</a><span class="CFB-schedule-ncgame">*</span></td><td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><div class="hlist"><ul><li>Regents Field</li><li>Ann Arbor, MI</li></ul></div></td><td style="white-space:nowrap"><span style="display:inline-block; font-weight:bold; width:1em">W</span> 47–0</td><td style="text-align:center"></td></tr> <tr class="CFB-schedule-row" style="background-color:#FFFFE6"><td style="white-space:nowrap">October 31</td><td style="white-space:nowrap"></td><td style="white-space:nowrap">at <a href="/wiki/1903_Minnesota_Golden_Gophers_football_team" title="1903 Minnesota Golden Gophers football team">Minnesota</a></td><td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><div class="hlist"><ul><li><a href="/wiki/Northrop_Field" title="Northrop Field">Northrop Field</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Minneapolis" title="Minneapolis">Minneapolis, MN</a> (<a href="/wiki/Little_Brown_Jug_(college_football_trophy)" title="Little Brown Jug (college football trophy)">Little Brown Jug</a>)</li></ul></div></td><td style="white-space:nowrap"><span style="display:inline-block; font-weight:bold; width:1em">T</span> 6–6</td><td style="text-align:center">20,000–30,000</td></tr> <tr class="CFB-schedule-row" style="background-color:#DDFFDD"><td style="white-space:nowrap">November 7</td><td style="white-space:nowrap"></td><td style="white-space:nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1903_Ohio_State_Buckeyes_football_team" title="1903 Ohio State Buckeyes football team">Ohio State</a><span class="CFB-schedule-ncgame">*</span></td><td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><div class="hlist"><ul><li>Regents Field</li><li>Ann Arbor, MI (<a href="/wiki/Michigan%E2%80%93Ohio_State_football_rivalry" title="Michigan–Ohio State football rivalry">rivalry</a>)</li></ul></div></td><td style="white-space:nowrap"><span style="display:inline-block; font-weight:bold; width:1em">W</span> 36–0</td><td style="text-align:center">5,000</td></tr> <tr class="CFB-schedule-row" style="background-color:#DDFFDD"><td style="white-space:nowrap">November 14</td><td style="white-space:nowrap">2:00 p.m.</td><td style="white-space:nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1903_Wisconsin_Badgers_football_team" title="1903 Wisconsin Badgers football team">Wisconsin</a><sup class="CFB-schedule-hcgame"><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="dagger" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/37/Dagger-14-plain.png" decoding="async" width="9" height="14" class="mw-file-element" data-file-width="9" data-file-height="14" /></span></span></sup></td><td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><div class="hlist"><ul><li>Regents Field</li><li>Ann Arbor, MI</li></ul></div></td><td style="white-space:nowrap"><span style="display:inline-block; font-weight:bold; width:1em">W</span> 16–0</td><td style="text-align:center"></td></tr> <tr class="CFB-schedule-row" style="background-color:#DDFFDD"><td style="white-space:nowrap">November 21</td><td style="white-space:nowrap"></td><td style="white-space:nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Oberlin_Yeoman_football" class="mw-redirect" title="Oberlin Yeoman football">Oberlin</a><span class="CFB-schedule-ncgame">*</span></td><td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><div class="hlist"><ul><li>Regents Field</li><li>Ann Arbor, MI</li></ul></div></td><td style="white-space:nowrap"><span style="display:inline-block; font-weight:bold; width:1em">W</span> 42–0</td><td style="text-align:center"></td></tr> <tr class="CFB-schedule-row" style="background-color:#DDFFDD"><td style="white-space:nowrap">November 26</td><td style="white-space:nowrap"></td><td style="white-space:nowrap">at <a href="/wiki/1903_Chicago_Maroons_football_team" title="1903 Chicago Maroons football team">Chicago</a></td><td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><div class="hlist"><ul><li><a href="/wiki/Stagg_Field" title="Stagg Field">Marshall Field</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Chicago" title="Chicago">Chicago, IL</a> (<a href="/wiki/Chicago%E2%80%93Michigan_football_rivalry" title="Chicago–Michigan football rivalry">rivalry</a>)</li></ul></div></td><td style="white-space:nowrap"><span style="display:inline-block; font-weight:bold; width:1em">W</span> 28–0</td><td style="text-align:center">15,000–20,000</td></tr> <tr><td colspan="6" style="font-size:85%"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><div class="hlist"><ul><li>*Non-conference game</li><li><sup class="CFB-schedule-hcgame"><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="dagger" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/37/Dagger-14-plain.png" decoding="async" width="9" height="14" class="mw-file-element" data-file-width="9" data-file-height="14" /></span></span></sup>Homecoming</li><li>All times are in <a href="/wiki/Eastern_Time_Zone" title="Eastern Time Zone">Eastern time</a></li></ul></div></td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Preseason">Preseason</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1903_Michigan_Wolverines_football_team&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Preseason"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Controversy">Controversy</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1903_Michigan_Wolverines_football_team&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Controversy"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Fielding_Yost_(1903).png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fc/Fielding_Yost_%281903%29.png/170px-Fielding_Yost_%281903%29.png" decoding="async" width="170" height="189" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fc/Fielding_Yost_%281903%29.png/255px-Fielding_Yost_%281903%29.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fc/Fielding_Yost_%281903%29.png/340px-Fielding_Yost_%281903%29.png 2x" data-file-width="764" data-file-height="849" /></a><figcaption>Fielding Yost from the 1904 <i>Michiganensian</i></figcaption></figure> <p>Before the start of the 1903 season, Michigan became involved in controversy over amateurism in college football. In April 1903, <a href="/wiki/David_Starr_Jordan" title="David Starr Jordan">David Starr Jordan</a>, the president of <a href="/wiki/Stanford_University" title="Stanford University">Stanford University</a>, accused Michigan coach Fielding Yost of sinning against the spirit of amateur athletics.<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Jordan's accusations focused on two players, <a href="/wiki/George_W._Gregory" title="George W. Gregory">George W. Gregory</a> and <a href="/wiki/Willie_Heston" title="Willie Heston">Willie Heston</a>, both of whom had come to Michigan from California with Coach Yost in 1901. The <i><a href="/wiki/Detroit_Free_Press" title="Detroit Free Press">Detroit Free Press</a></i> reported in early September 1903 that the two might opt not to return to the University of Michigan when classes resumed.<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p> A report issued by the North Central Association of Colleges and Secondary Schools in April 1903 advocated stricter regulation to protect the amateur nature of the games. Although the report contained only passing references to the University of Michigan, the <i>Chicago Record-Herald</i> devoted much of its coverage to attacks on amateurism at the University of Michigan.<sup id="cite_ref-RD_6-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-RD-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <i>The Michigan Alumnus</i> expressed concern that football posed a danger "to the minds and morals of the players and their fellow-students."<sup id="cite_ref-RD_6-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-RD-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It published an open letter to Coach Yost on the evils of recruiting in college football. The open letter advocated the adoption of a one-year residency rule requiring a year of satisfactory scholarship for all players on college teams.<sup id="cite_ref-MATY_7-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-MATY-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Professor <a href="/wiki/Albert_Pattengill" title="Albert Pattengill">Albert Pattengill</a>, chairman of Michigan's Board of Control of Athletics, defended Yost:</p><blockquote><p>"In justice to Mr. Yost it must be said that the greatest sin we can lay at his door is that for two seasons he has led Michigan's team to victory. He is a man of good personal habits, and enthusiastic in his work. He exercises a wholesome influence over the young men under him. . . . We have made many inquiries, and have not heard from any sources anything to give cause for uneasiness. . . .<sup id="cite_ref-MATY_7-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-MATY-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></p></blockquote> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Training_camp_and_pre-season_expectations">Training camp and pre-season expectations</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1903_Michigan_Wolverines_football_team&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Training camp and pre-season expectations"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Epworth_Heights_Hotel.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4f/Epworth_Heights_Hotel.jpg/215px-Epworth_Heights_Hotel.jpg" decoding="async" width="215" height="138" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4f/Epworth_Heights_Hotel.jpg/323px-Epworth_Heights_Hotel.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4f/Epworth_Heights_Hotel.jpg/430px-Epworth_Heights_Hotel.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1230" data-file-height="792" /></a><figcaption>The <a href="/wiki/Epworth_Heights" title="Epworth Heights">Epworth Heights</a> resort, where Michigan conducted its 1903 training camp.</figcaption></figure> <p>Although Michigan's football training camp had previously been held at <a href="/wiki/Whitmore_Lake,_Michigan" title="Whitmore Lake, Michigan">Whitmore Lake</a>, Yost moved the team's pre-season camp to the Epworth Hotel in <a href="/wiki/Epworth_Heights" title="Epworth Heights">Epworth Heights</a>, a summer resort located three miles from <a href="/wiki/Ludington,_Michigan" title="Ludington, Michigan">Ludington, Michigan</a>. Yost hoped that the northern location would allow the team to practice away from the September heat. Training camp opened on September 14, 1903, and was attended by 25 players, Yost, and trainer <a href="/wiki/Keene_Fitzpatrick" title="Keene Fitzpatrick">Keene Fitzpatrick</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-MAout_8-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-MAout-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> While in Ludington, the Michigan players played a baseball game against the local team and attended a dance at the Stearns Hotel in downtown Ludington. The locals were surprised when the guests of honor left the dance at 10:05 pm, under orders from Keene Fitzpatrick.<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The squad returned to Ann Arbor on September 26 and joined a separate body of recruits training under the direction of assistant coach <a href="/wiki/Dan_McGugin" title="Dan McGugin">Dan McGugin</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-MAout_8-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-MAout-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>At the start of the 1903 season, there were concerns about the team's lack of experience. Most of the starters from the 1902 team had been lost, including the team's two leading scorers (<a href="/wiki/Albert_E._Herrnstein" title="Albert E. Herrnstein">Albert E. Herrnstein</a> and <a href="/wiki/James_E._Lawrence" title="James E. Lawrence">James E. Lawrence</a>), its starting quarterback (<a href="/wiki/Boss_Weeks" title="Boss Weeks">Boss Weeks</a>), and four of the starting linemen (<a href="/wiki/Everett_Sweeley" title="Everett Sweeley">Everett Sweeley</a>, Dan McGugin, <a href="/wiki/William_C._%22King%22_Cole" title="William C. "King" Cole">"King" Cole</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Charles_B._Carter" title="Charles B. Carter">"Babe" Carter</a>). Adding to the problems, the 1902 team's starting fullback (<a href="/wiki/Paul_Jones_(judge)" title="Paul Jones (judge)">Paul Jones</a>) suffered a nearly deadly attack of <a href="/wiki/Typhoid_fever" title="Typhoid fever">typhoid fever</a> in early 1903 and was unable to return to the team.<sup id="cite_ref-MAout_8-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-MAout-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The most promising new players on the 1903 squad included <a href="/wiki/Joe_Curtis" title="Joe Curtis">Joe Curtis</a>, a 212-pounder from <a href="/wiki/Pueblo,_Colorado" title="Pueblo, Colorado">Pueblo, Colorado</a>, <a href="/wiki/Thomas_S._Hammond" title="Thomas S. Hammond">Tom Hammond</a>, a fullback from <a href="/wiki/Hyde_Park_Township,_Cook_County,_Illinois" class="mw-redirect" title="Hyde Park Township, Cook County, Illinois">Hyde Park, Illinois</a>, and <a href="/wiki/John_Garrels" title="John Garrels">John Garrels</a>, a speedster from Detroit who went on to win the silver medal in the 110 meter hurdles at the <a href="/wiki/1908_Summer_Olympics" title="1908 Summer Olympics">1908 Summer Olympics</a>. With only eight veterans returning team captain <a href="/wiki/Curtis_Redden" title="Curtis Redden">Curtis Redden</a> wrote that "[n]o season in the history of Michigan football has opened with a gloomier outlook" than that of 1903.<sup id="cite_ref-Redden_12-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Redden-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <i>The Michigan Alumnus</i> opined that a repetition of the extraordinary scores of 1902 was too much to expect, but expressed hope that the 1903 team would be able to "cope honorably" with its "most dreaded rivals," Chicago and Minnesota.<sup id="cite_ref-MAout_8-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-MAout-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Game_summaries">Game summaries</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1903_Michigan_Wolverines_football_team&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Game summaries"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Michigan_31,_Case_0"><span id="Michigan_31.2C_Case_0"></span>Michigan 31, Case 0</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1903_Michigan_Wolverines_football_team&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Michigan 31, Case 0"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Curtis_Redden.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8f/Curtis_Redden.jpg/175px-Curtis_Redden.jpg" decoding="async" width="175" height="174" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8f/Curtis_Redden.jpg/263px-Curtis_Redden.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8f/Curtis_Redden.jpg/350px-Curtis_Redden.jpg 2x" data-file-width="588" data-file-height="584" /></a><figcaption>1903 team captain <a href="/wiki/Curtis_Redden" title="Curtis Redden">Curtis Redden</a> died in action while serving in France during World War I.</figcaption></figure> <p>The season opener was played on October 3, 1903, in weather that was described as "excessively warm for football." The game was played in 20-minute halves and matched Michigan against Case Scientific School. Willie Heston scored three touchdowns in the game, including one on a 45-yard run. Tom Hammond also scored two touchdowns, and Hal Weeks scored after substituting for Heston at left halfback in the second half. Michigan converted only one of six point after touchdown attempts, and the team's punting and goal-kicking were described as "sad failures."<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <table class="wikitable" width="70%"> <tbody><tr align="center" style="background:yellow;color:blue;"> <td>Player</td> <td>Position</td> <td>Starter</td> <td>Touchdowns</td> <td>Extra points</td> <td>Field goals</td> <td>Points </td></tr> <tr align="center" bgcolor=""> <td>Willie Heston</td> <td>Left halfback</td> <td>yes</td> <td>3</td> <td>0</td> <td>0</td> <td>15 </td></tr> <tr align="center" bgcolor=""> <td>Tom Hammond</td> <td>Fullback</td> <td>yes</td> <td>2</td> <td>0</td> <td>0</td> <td>10 </td></tr> <tr align="center" bgcolor=""> <td>Hal Weeks</td> <td>Left halfback</td> <td>no</td> <td>1</td> <td>0</td> <td>0</td> <td>5 </td></tr> <tr align="center" bgcolor=""> <td>Herb Graver</td> <td>Right halfback</td> <td>no</td> <td>0</td> <td>1</td> <td>0</td> <td>1 </td></tr> </tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Michigan_76,_Albion_0"><span id="Michigan_76.2C_Albion_0"></span>Michigan 76, Albion 0</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1903_Michigan_Wolverines_football_team&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Michigan 76, Albion 0"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The second game of the 1903 season was played on Thursday, October 8, against Albion College. In a game that consisted of 27-1/2 minutes (first half of 20 minutes, second half of 7-1/2 minutes), Michigan scored 76 points. The Wolverines failed to score on only one drive, and were stopped inside Albion's five-yard line on that drive. Albion converted only two first downs in the game. Tom Hammond led the scoring with 35 points on five touchdowns and 10 successful point after touchdown kicks. Willie Heston added three touchdowns, and single touchdowns were added by Herb Graver, Roswell Wendell, Fred Norcross, and Rolla Bigelow.<sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <table class="wikitable" width="70%"> <tbody><tr align="center" style="background:yellow;color:blue;"> <td>Player</td> <td>Position</td> <td>Starter</td> <td>Touchdowns</td> <td>Extra points</td> <td>Field goals</td> <td>Points </td></tr> <tr align="center" bgcolor=""> <td>Tom Hammond</td> <td>Fullback</td> <td>yes</td> <td>5</td> <td>10</td> <td>0</td> <td>35 </td></tr> <tr align="center" bgcolor=""> <td>Willie Heston</td> <td>Left halfback</td> <td>yes</td> <td>3</td> <td>0</td> <td>0</td> <td>15 </td></tr> <tr align="center" bgcolor=""> <td>Herb Graver</td> <td>Right halfback</td> <td>yes</td> <td>2</td> <td>0</td> <td>0</td> <td>10 </td></tr> <tr align="center" bgcolor=""> <td>Roswell Wendell</td> <td>Right halfback</td> <td>no</td> <td>1</td> <td>1</td> <td>0</td> <td>6 </td></tr> <tr align="center" bgcolor=""> <td>Fred Norcross</td> <td>Left halfback</td> <td>no</td> <td>1</td> <td>0</td> <td>0</td> <td>5 </td></tr> <tr align="center" bgcolor=""> <td>Rolla Bigelow</td> <td>Fullback</td> <td>no</td> <td>1</td> <td>0</td> <td>0</td> <td>5 </td></tr> </tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Michigan_79,_Beloit_0"><span id="Michigan_79.2C_Beloit_0"></span>Michigan 79, Beloit 0</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1903_Michigan_Wolverines_football_team&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Michigan 79, Beloit 0"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Tom_Hammond_1903.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5b/Tom_Hammond_1903.jpg/160px-Tom_Hammond_1903.jpg" decoding="async" width="160" height="369" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5b/Tom_Hammond_1903.jpg/240px-Tom_Hammond_1903.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5b/Tom_Hammond_1903.jpg/320px-Tom_Hammond_1903.jpg 2x" data-file-width="698" data-file-height="1610" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Thomas_S._Hammond" title="Thomas S. Hammond">Tom Hammond</a> was the leading scorer on the 1903 team with 163 points scored.</figcaption></figure> <p>Two days after the Albion game, Michigan faced Beloit. In 45 minutes of football (first half of 25 minutes, second half of 20 minutes), Michigan scored 79 points. <i>The Michigan Alumnus</i> praised the team effort on offense and singled out Gooding who "once carried Heston over the line for a touchdown." Curtis Redden was also praised for his blocking and for his clever play in recovering and returning a Beloit fumble in the second half. Willie Heston and Fred Norcross led the scoring with five and three touchdowns, respectively. <i>The Michigan Alumnus</i> noted, "Time after time Heston and Norcross, aided by good blocking, sprinted long distances for touchdowns."<sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Through the first three games of the 1903 season, the Wolverines scored 186 points in <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1154941027">.mw-parser-output .frac{white-space:nowrap}.mw-parser-output .frac .num,.mw-parser-output .frac .den{font-size:80%;line-height:0;vertical-align:super}.mw-parser-output .frac .den{vertical-align:sub}.mw-parser-output .sr-only{border:0;clip:rect(0,0,0,0);clip-path:polygon(0px 0px,0px 0px,0px 0px);height:1px;margin:-1px;overflow:hidden;padding:0;position:absolute;width:1px}</style><span class="frac">112<span class="sr-only">+</span><span class="num">1</span>⁄<span class="den">2</span></span> minutes of play. The <i>Detroit Free Press</i> noted that Yost's team narrowly missed averaging two points per minute against Beloit.<sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <table class="wikitable" width="70%"> <tbody><tr align="center" style="background:yellow;color:blue;"> <td>Player</td> <td>Position</td> <td>Starter</td> <td>Touchdowns</td> <td>Extra points</td> <td>Field goals</td> <td>Safeties</td> <td>Points </td></tr> <tr align="center" bgcolor=""> <td>Willie Heston</td> <td>Left halfback</td> <td>yes</td> <td>5</td> <td>0</td> <td>0</td> <td>0</td> <td>25 </td></tr> <tr align="center" bgcolor=""> <td>Fred Norcross</td> <td>Right halfback</td> <td>yes</td> <td>3</td> <td>0</td> <td>0</td> <td>0</td> <td>15 </td></tr> <tr align="center" bgcolor=""> <td>Rolla Bigelow</td> <td></td> <td></td> <td>3</td> <td>0</td> <td>0</td> <td>0</td> <td>15 </td></tr> <tr align="center" bgcolor=""> <td>Duncan Thompson</td> <td>Right halfback</td> <td>no</td> <td>2</td> <td>0</td> <td>0</td> <td>0</td> <td>10 </td></tr> <tr align="center" bgcolor=""> <td>Tom Hammond</td> <td>Fullback</td> <td>yes</td> <td>0</td> <td>7</td> <td>0</td> <td>0</td> <td>7 </td></tr> <tr align="center" bgcolor=""> <td>Joe Curtis</td> <td>Left tackle</td> <td>yes</td> <td>0</td> <td>5</td> <td>0</td> <td>0</td> <td>5 </td></tr> <tr align="center" bgcolor=""> <td>na</td> <td>na</td> <td>na</td> <td>0</td> <td>0</td> <td>0</td> <td>1</td> <td>2 </td></tr> </tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Michigan_65,_Ohio_Normal_0"><span id="Michigan_65.2C_Ohio_Normal_0"></span>Michigan 65, Ohio Normal 0</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1903_Michigan_Wolverines_football_team&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Michigan 65, Ohio Normal 0"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>On Wednesday, October 14, 1903, Michigan played Ohio Normal from <a href="/wiki/Ada,_Ohio" title="Ada, Ohio">Ada, Ohio</a>. In 34 minutes of football (first half of 20 minutes, second half of 14 minutes), Michigan scored 65 points. Duncan Thompson, starting at the right halfback position, led the scoring with four touchdowns. The "most stirring" play of the game was a 75-yard touchdown run "through the whole Ohio team" by Fred Norcross. Ohio Normal's longest gain was a seven-yard run. <i>The Michigan Alumnus</i> noted that the Wolverines' play was "at times over-zealous and severe penalties for foul interference and off-side resulted."<sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Through the first four games of the 1903 season, the Wolverines scored 251 points in <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1154941027"><span class="frac">146<span class="sr-only">+</span><span class="num">1</span>⁄<span class="den">2</span></span> minutes of play. </p> <table class="wikitable" width="70%"> <tbody><tr align="center" style="background:yellow;color:blue;"> <td>Player</td> <td>Position</td> <td>Starter</td> <td>Touchdowns</td> <td>Extra points</td> <td>Field goals</td> <td>Points </td></tr> <tr align="center" bgcolor=""> <td>Tom Hammond</td> <td>Fullback</td> <td>yes</td> <td>2</td> <td>10</td> <td>0</td> <td>20 </td></tr> <tr align="center" bgcolor=""> <td>Duncan Thompson</td> <td>Right halfback</td> <td>yes</td> <td>4</td> <td>0</td> <td>0</td> <td>20 </td></tr> <tr align="center" bgcolor=""> <td>Fred Norcross</td> <td>Right halfback</td> <td>no</td> <td>2</td> <td>0</td> <td>0</td> <td>10 </td></tr> <tr align="center" bgcolor=""> <td>Willie Heston</td> <td>Left halfback</td> <td>yes</td> <td>1</td> <td>0</td> <td>0</td> <td>5 </td></tr> <tr align="center" bgcolor=""> <td>Joe Maddock</td> <td>Right tackle</td> <td>yes</td> <td>1</td> <td>0</td> <td>0</td> <td>5 </td></tr> <tr align="center" bgcolor=""> <td>Hal Weeks</td> <td>Left halfback</td> <td>no</td> <td>1</td> <td>0</td> <td>0</td> <td>5 </td></tr> </tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Michigan_51,_Indiana_0"><span id="Michigan_51.2C_Indiana_0"></span>Michigan 51, Indiana 0</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1903_Michigan_Wolverines_football_team&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: Michigan 51, Indiana 0"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Herb_Graver.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1f/Herb_Graver.jpg/175px-Herb_Graver.jpg" decoding="async" width="175" height="193" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1f/Herb_Graver.jpg/263px-Herb_Graver.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1f/Herb_Graver.jpg/350px-Herb_Graver.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1021" data-file-height="1125" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Herb_Graver" title="Herb Graver">Herb Graver</a> was the second leading scorer on the 1903 team with 76 points scored.</figcaption></figure> <p>Three days after its mid-week contest against Ohio Normal, the Wolverines played Indiana on October 17, 1901. In the season's first full-length game (two halves of 25 minutes), Michigan outscored Indiana 51 to 0. Despite the lopsided score, <i>The Michigan Alumnus</i> complained that certain features of the team's play were "most unsatisfactory," including fumbles and a lack of versatility in the team's offensive play. Curtis Redden was credited with the "prettiest run of the day" for recovering a half-blocked punt and returning it 65 yards for Michigan's third touchdown. Tom Hammond scored 21 points in the game on two touchdowns, 6 point after touchdown kicks, and a field goal.<sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Through the first five games of the 1903 season, the Wolverines scored 302 points in <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1154941027"><span class="frac">196<span class="sr-only">+</span><span class="num">1</span>⁄<span class="den">2</span></span> minutes of play. </p> <table class="wikitable" width="70%"> <tbody><tr align="center" style="background:yellow;color:blue;"> <td>Player</td> <td>Position</td> <td>Starter</td> <td>Touchdowns</td> <td>Extra points</td> <td>Field goals</td> <td>Points </td></tr> <tr align="center" bgcolor=""> <td>Tom Hammond</td> <td>Fullback</td> <td>yes</td> <td>2</td> <td>6</td> <td>1</td> <td>21 </td></tr> <tr align="center" bgcolor=""> <td>Herb Graver</td> <td>Right halfback</td> <td>yes</td> <td>2</td> <td>0</td> <td>0</td> <td>10 </td></tr> <tr align="center" bgcolor=""> <td>Curtis Redden</td> <td>Left end</td> <td>yes</td> <td>1</td> <td>0</td> <td>0</td> <td>5 </td></tr> <tr align="center" bgcolor=""> <td>Joe Maddock</td> <td>Right tackle</td> <td>yes</td> <td>1</td> <td>0</td> <td>0</td> <td>5 </td></tr> <tr align="center" bgcolor=""> <td>Duncan Thompson</td> <td>Right halfback</td> <td>no</td> <td>1</td> <td>0</td> <td>0</td> <td>5 </td></tr> <tr align="center" bgcolor=""> <td>Frank Longman</td> <td>Righte end</td> <td>yes</td> <td>1</td> <td>0</td> <td>0</td> <td>5 </td></tr> </tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Michigan_88,_Ferris_Institute_0"><span id="Michigan_88.2C_Ferris_Institute_0"></span>Michigan 88, Ferris Institute 0</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1903_Michigan_Wolverines_football_team&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: Michigan 88, Ferris Institute 0"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In another mid-week game, Michigan defeated the team from the <a href="/wiki/Ferris_State_University" title="Ferris State University">Ferris Institute</a> in <a href="/wiki/Big_Rapids,_Michigan" title="Big Rapids, Michigan">Big Rapids, Michigan</a>, by a score of 88 to 0. The Wolverines added to their "Point-a-Minute" margin by scoring 88 points in only 30 minutes of play (first half of 20 minutes, second half of 10 minutes). The Ferris team was held to an "aggregate of gains" of only eight yards. <i>The Michigan Alumnus</i> described the game as a mismatch: "The visitors were hopelessly outclassed in weight and experience, but under these trying conditions did the best they could." Willie Heston did not play in the game, and Tom Hammond was the leading scorer for the second consecutive week with 23 points on three touchdowns and eight point after touchdown kicks.<sup id="cite_ref-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-20" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-21" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Through the first six games of the 1903 season, the Wolverines scored 390 points in <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1154941027"><span class="frac">226<span class="sr-only">+</span><span class="num">1</span>⁄<span class="den">2</span></span> minutes of play. </p> <table class="wikitable" width="70%"> <tbody><tr align="center" style="background:yellow;color:blue;"> <td>Player</td> <td>Position</td> <td>Starter</td> <td>Touchdowns</td> <td>Extra points</td> <td>Field goals</td> <td>Points </td></tr> <tr align="center" bgcolor=""> <td>Tom Hammond</td> <td>Fullback</td> <td>yes</td> <td>3</td> <td>8</td> <td>0</td> <td>23 </td></tr> <tr align="center" bgcolor=""> <td>Herb Graver</td> <td>Right halfback</td> <td>yes</td> <td>3</td> <td>0</td> <td>0</td> <td>15 </td></tr> <tr align="center" bgcolor=""> <td>Joe Maddock</td> <td>Right tackle</td> <td>yes</td> <td>3</td> <td>0</td> <td>0</td> <td>15 </td></tr> <tr align="center" bgcolor=""> <td>Duncan Thompson</td> <td>Right halfback</td> <td>no</td> <td>2</td> <td>0</td> <td>0</td> <td>10 </td></tr> <tr align="center" bgcolor=""> <td>Joe Curtis</td> <td>Left tackle</td> <td>yes</td> <td>1</td> <td>5</td> <td>0</td> <td>10 </td></tr> <tr align="center" bgcolor=""> <td>Fred Norcross</td> <td>Left halfback</td> <td>yes</td> <td>1</td> <td>0</td> <td>0</td> <td>5 </td></tr> <tr align="center" bgcolor=""> <td>Rolla Bigelow</td> <td>Left halfback</td> <td>no</td> <td>1</td> <td>0</td> <td>0</td> <td>5 </td></tr> <tr align="center" bgcolor=""> <td>Eugene Person</td> <td>Fullback</td> <td>no</td> <td>1</td> <td>0</td> <td>0</td> <td>5 </td></tr> </tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Michigan_47,_Drake_0"><span id="Michigan_47.2C_Drake_0"></span>Michigan 47, Drake 0</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1903_Michigan_Wolverines_football_team&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: Michigan 47, Drake 0"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Michigan's game against <a href="/wiki/Drake_Bulldogs_football" title="Drake Bulldogs football">Drake</a> on October 24, 1903, was described at the time as "the most exciting contest seen on Ferry Field this year." With Willie Heston was on the sidelines, the Wolverines failed to score a point-a-minute for the first time in 1903, scoring 47 points in 55 minutes of play (first half of 30 minutes, second half of 25 minutes).<sup id="cite_ref-MADr_22-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-MADr-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In the first half, Drake held Michigan to only 18 points.<sup id="cite_ref-DTH_23-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-DTH-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Drake came close to scoring the first points of the year against Michigan after its fullback, Kintz, ran for 25 yards, and an off-side penalty (resulting in a 20-yard penalty) brought the ball within reach of Michigan's goal. Drake's left guard, Stewart, attempted a field goal, but missed by "the narrowest of margins." Right tackle Joe Maddock led the scoring with three touchdowns in the game.<sup id="cite_ref-MADr_22-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-MADr-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Through the first seven games of the 1903 season, the Wolverines scored 437 points in <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1154941027"><span class="frac">281<span class="sr-only">+</span><span class="num">1</span>⁄<span class="den">2</span></span> minutes of play. </p> <table class="wikitable" width="70%"> <tbody><tr align="center" style="background:yellow;color:blue;"> <td>Player</td> <td>Position</td> <td>Starter</td> <td>Touchdowns</td> <td>Extra points</td> <td>Field goals</td> <td>Points </td></tr> <tr align="center" bgcolor=""> <td>Joe Maddock</td> <td>Right tackle</td> <td>yes</td> <td>3</td> <td>0</td> <td>0</td> <td>15 </td></tr> <tr align="center" bgcolor=""> <td>Joe Curtis</td> <td>Left tackle</td> <td>yes</td> <td>2</td> <td>2</td> <td>0</td> <td>12 </td></tr> <tr align="center" bgcolor=""> <td>Herb Graver</td> <td>Right halfback</td> <td>yes</td> <td>2</td> <td>0</td> <td>0</td> <td>10 </td></tr> <tr align="center" bgcolor=""> <td>Tom Hammond</td> <td>Fullback</td> <td>yes</td> <td>0</td> <td>5</td> <td>0</td> <td>5 </td></tr> <tr align="center" bgcolor=""> <td>Fred Norcross</td> <td>Left halfback</td> <td>yes</td> <td>1</td> <td>0</td> <td>0</td> <td>5 </td></tr> </tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Michigan_6,_Minnesota_6"><span id="Michigan_6.2C_Minnesota_6"></span>Michigan 6, Minnesota 6</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1903_Michigan_Wolverines_football_team&action=edit&section=13" title="Edit section: Michigan 6, Minnesota 6"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Willie_Heston_(bentley_image).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0d/Willie_Heston_%28bentley_image%29.jpg/180px-Willie_Heston_%28bentley_image%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="180" height="271" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0d/Willie_Heston_%28bentley_image%29.jpg/270px-Willie_Heston_%28bentley_image%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0d/Willie_Heston_%28bentley_image%29.jpg/360px-Willie_Heston_%28bentley_image%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1197" data-file-height="1803" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Willie_Heston" title="Willie Heston">Willie Heston</a> returned from the Minnesota game with his right eye nearly swollen shut.</figcaption></figure> <p>The eighth game of the season matched Michigan against <a href="/wiki/1903_Minnesota_Golden_Gophers_football_team" title="1903 Minnesota Golden Gophers football team">Minnesota</a> in a game played at <a href="/wiki/Northrop_Field" title="Northrop Field">Northrop Field</a> in <a href="/wiki/Minneapolis" title="Minneapolis">Minneapolis</a>, Minnesota. <i>The New York Times</i> reported that the match, "one of the most desperate football games seen in the West in years," was witnessed by "fully 30,000 spectators."<sup id="cite_ref-NYTMinn_24-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-NYTMinn-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The game ended in a 6–6 tie, the first time in the Yost era that Michigan had not achieved a victory. During the first half, Minnesota outgained Michigan 155 yards to 60 yards.<sup id="cite_ref-DFP_25-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-DFP-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The Michigan defense held, and the first half ended in a scoreless tie.<sup id="cite_ref-MAMinn_26-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-MAMinn-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p> With 15 minutes remaining in the game, Michigan sustained a 65-yard drive culminating with a touchdown by right tackle Joe Maddock. On the drive that followed, the Michigan line was "unable to sustain Schacht's fierce line smashes," and Minnesota tied the game with a touchdown run by its fullback, Boeckmann, and Rogers kicked the point after touchdown. Although approximately two minutes remained in the game, Minnesota fans surged onto the field, and the game had to be ended early.<sup id="cite_ref-MAMinn_26-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-MAMinn-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <i>The Detroit Free Press</i> described the scene as follows:</p><blockquote><p>"Time was not up by a few minutes, but the crowd surged onto the field and time was called, as it would have been impossible to have cleared the gridiron in time to resume play before daylight had faded entirely away."<sup id="cite_ref-DFP_25-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-DFP-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></p></blockquote> <p>When the Michigan team returned to Ann Arbor on November 1, the players were greeted by a crowd of 5,000 singing and yelling at the depot. The crowd attached ropes to a bus and towed the team to campus while continuing with organized songs and yells. At a rally near the law building, Willie Heston told the crowd that the Minnesota players were "the roughest lot of sluggers I ever went up against."<sup id="cite_ref-Recept_27-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Recept-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Heston's right eye was nearly swollen shut, and his nose bore "marks of terrific smashes."<sup id="cite_ref-Recept_27-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Recept-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Joe Maddock added, "I don't know how many times I was hit and kicked, but I think I got at least twenty blows on the back of my neck."<sup id="cite_ref-Recept_27-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Recept-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <i>The Michigan Alumnus</i> complained about "the unsportsmanlike spirit" manifested by some Minnesota players and opined that the Minnesota fans who surged onto the field had responded to "an impulse which does more credit to their enthusiasm than their love of fair play."<sup id="cite_ref-MAMinn_26-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-MAMinn-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The <i>Detroit Free Press</i> condemned "the muckerish tactics of the crowd and the pugilistic efforts of the Gophers."<sup id="cite_ref-Rough_28-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Rough-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Several in attendance reported that Minnesota assistant coach <a href="/wiki/Pudge_Heffelfinger" title="Pudge Heffelfinger">Pudge Heffelfinger</a> had been heard yelling from the sidelines, "Kill off Heston in the first ten minutes, or you'll lose."<sup id="cite_ref-Rough_28-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Rough-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The crowd reportedly picked up the comment and responded with the yell, "Kill off Heston."<sup id="cite_ref-Rough_28-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Rough-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The game's umpire, Henry Clark, was selected by Minnesota, and he came under heavy criticism from Michigan loyalists for failing to call Minnesota for its rough play.<sup id="cite_ref-Rough_28-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Rough-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p> The Minnesota game generated gross gate receipts of $30,933.50. After deducting expenses, Michigan's share was $13,000.<sup id="cite_ref-29" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-29"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Yost defended his team's performance upon his return to Ann Arbor. Pulling a criss-crossed chart from his pocket, Yost walked through the progress of the game with reporters. Even though Minnesota outgained Michigan in the first half, Yost said:</p><blockquote><p>"Why, they never had the ball inside our 30-yard line but once during the first half, and it was just inside at that time. The goal was never in danger because our boys played a scientific defensive game and kept the ball in the air part of the time, where it belonged. We had good headwork as well as beef, and I do not think it is fair to Michigan to say that she was outplayed in the first half. The touchdown the Minnesota boys made was made after dark, when nobody could see the ball, and of course that prevented us from stopping them. Also, the field was crowned. I am confident, however, that we have the better team. That man Gooding and Heston played a wonderful game, and all the boys did, for that matter. I have no fault to find with anyone."<sup id="cite_ref-30" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-30"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></p></blockquote> <p>Through the first eight games of the 1903 season, the Wolverines scored 443 points and had played between 329 and 349 minutes.<sup id="cite_ref-31" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-31"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>31<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <table class="wikitable" width="70%"> <tbody><tr align="center" style="background:yellow;color:blue;"> <td>Player</td> <td>Position</td> <td>Starter</td> <td>Touchdowns</td> <td>Extra points</td> <td>Field goals</td> <td>Points </td></tr> <tr align="center" bgcolor=""> <td>Maddock</td> <td>Right tackle</td> <td>yes</td> <td>1</td> <td>0</td> <td>0</td> <td>5 </td></tr> <tr align="center" bgcolor=""> <td>Tom Hammond</td> <td>Fullback</td> <td>yes</td> <td>0</td> <td>1</td> <td>0</td> <td>1 </td></tr> </tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Little_Brown_Jug">Little Brown Jug</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1903_Michigan_Wolverines_football_team&action=edit&section=14" title="Edit section: Little Brown Jug"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:LittleBrownJug.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/20/LittleBrownJug.jpg/200px-LittleBrownJug.jpg" decoding="async" width="200" height="145" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/20/LittleBrownJug.jpg/300px-LittleBrownJug.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/20/LittleBrownJug.jpg/400px-LittleBrownJug.jpg 2x" data-file-width="642" data-file-height="467" /></a><figcaption>Replica of the Little Brown Jug on display in Ann Arbor, Michigan, in 2007. The real Jug is kept in storage.</figcaption></figure> <p>The 1903 game against Minnesota also gave rise to the tradition of the two teams' playing for the <a href="/wiki/Little_Brown_Jug_(college_football_trophy)" title="Little Brown Jug (college football trophy)">Little Brown Jug</a>. When the Michigan team arrived in Minneapolis, Yost reportedly instructed student manager Thomas B. Roberts to purchase a water jug. Roberts purchased a five-gallon jug for 30¢ from a local variety store. In the chaos that ensued when the Minnesota crowd rushed onto the field, the Wolverines left the jug behind. Thomas Roberts, writing in 1956, stated that the jug had served its purpose, so he intentionally left it sitting on the field. The next day, custodian Oscar Munson brought the jug to <a href="/wiki/L._J._Cooke" title="L. J. Cooke">L. J. Cooke</a>, head of the Minnesota athletics department. Cooke and Munson painted the jug brown and wrote on it, "Michigan Jug – Captured by Oscar, October 31, 1903." According to legend, Yost sent a letter asking for the jug to be returned, and Cooke wrote in response: "We have your little brown jug; if you want it, you'll have to win it." Yost returned with his team in 1909 to reclaim the jug, and the two teams have awarded the jug to the winner of their annual rivalry game.<sup id="cite_ref-32" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-32"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>32<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Michigan_36,_Ohio_State_0"><span id="Michigan_36.2C_Ohio_State_0"></span>Michigan 36, Ohio State 0</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1903_Michigan_Wolverines_football_team&action=edit&section=15" title="Edit section: Michigan 36, Ohio State 0"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>After suffering its first setback since the 1900 season, Michigan returned to Ann Arbor for a November 7 game against Ohio State. The Wolverines defeated the Buckeyes 36 to 0. On the opening drive, Herb Graver had runs of 30 and 20 yards, the latter resulting in the game's first touchdown. Within the game's first five minutes, Michigan had scored its second touchdown. Graver scored Michigan's third touchdown on a 30-yard run, but the Ohio State defense grew more stubborn. The first half ended with a score of 36 to 0. <i>The Michigan Alumnus</i> credited Gregory's work on the line and long runs by Herb Graver with Michigan's edge in the first half. Graver led the Michigan scoring with five first half touchdowns, good for 25 points.<sup id="cite_ref-MAOhio_33-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-MAOhio-33"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>33<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-34" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-34"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>34<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Michigan drove to the Ohio State five-yard line on the opening drive of the second half, but lost the ball on a fumble. Later in the second half, Jones of Ohio recovered a fumble by Fred Norcross, and ran the ball over a clear field toward the Michigan goal. Curtis Redden caught up with Jones and tackled him at Michigan's 20-yard line. '"The Michigan Alumnus" cited Redden as having on several occasions been "the one saving element in Michigan's defense." No points were scored by either team in the second half, as "the men from Columbus played the Varsity to a standstill."<sup id="cite_ref-MAOhio_33-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-MAOhio-33"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>33<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The game consisted of 55 minutes of playing time – a 30-minute first half and a 25-minute second half.<sup id="cite_ref-MAOhio_33-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-MAOhio-33"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>33<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Through the first nine games of the 1903 season, the Wolverines scored 479 points and had played between 386 and 406 minutes. </p> <table class="wikitable" width="70%"> <tbody><tr align="center" style="background:yellow;color:blue;"> <td>Player</td> <td>Position</td> <td>Starter</td> <td>Touchdowns</td> <td>Extra points</td> <td>Field goals</td> <td>Points </td></tr> <tr align="center" bgcolor=""> <td>Herb Graver</td> <td>Right halfback</td> <td>yes</td> <td>5</td> <td>0</td> <td>0</td> <td>25 </td></tr> <tr align="center" bgcolor=""> <td>Tom Hammond</td> <td>Right end</td> <td>yes</td> <td>0</td> <td>6</td> <td>0</td> <td>6 </td></tr> <tr align="center" bgcolor=""> <td>Joe Curtis</td> <td>Left tackle</td> <td>yes</td> <td>1</td> <td>0</td> <td>0</td> <td>5 </td></tr> </tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Michigan_16,_Wisconsin_0"><span id="Michigan_16.2C_Wisconsin_0"></span>Michigan 16, Wisconsin 0</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1903_Michigan_Wolverines_football_team&action=edit&section=16" title="Edit section: Michigan 16, Wisconsin 0"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Joe_Curtis.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/28/Joe_Curtis.jpg/160px-Joe_Curtis.jpg" decoding="async" width="160" height="260" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/28/Joe_Curtis.jpg/240px-Joe_Curtis.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/28/Joe_Curtis.jpg/320px-Joe_Curtis.jpg 2x" data-file-width="478" data-file-height="778" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Joe_Curtis" title="Joe Curtis">"Big Joe" Curtis</a> started all 12 games at left tackle for the 1903 team.</figcaption></figure> <p>On November 14, 1903, Michigan played Wisconsin in a game starting at 2:00 pm on Ferry Field. Michigan won the game, played in 35-minute halves, by a score of 16 to 0. <i>The New York Times</i> called it "one of the cleanest football games every played here."<sup id="cite_ref-NYTWisc_35-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-NYTWisc-35"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>35<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Although Michigan outgained Wisconsin 165 yards to 55 yards and kept the ball "almost constantly in Wisconsin's territory," the first half ended in a scoreless tie.<sup id="cite_ref-NYTWisc_35-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-NYTWisc-35"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>35<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-MAWisc_36-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-MAWisc-36"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>36<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Michigan continued to have difficulty reaching Wisconsin's goal in the second half and relied on Tom Hammond to kick two field goals, good for five points each under 1903 rules. Hammond's first field goal came on a place-kick from the 24-yard line. The snap to James was high, but he placed it accurately and "Hammond made as beautiful a field goal as was ever seen on any grounds."<sup id="cite_ref-DFPWisc_37-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-DFPWisc-37"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>37<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Hammond's final field goal came on "a marvelous place-kick from Wisconsin's 45-yard line." Herb Graver accounted for Michigan's only long runs, and the sole touchdown was scored by Joe Maddock on a "mass play" from the five-yard line. <i>The Michigan Alumnus</i> noted that the game was marked by "thorough sportsmanship" and played in "propitious weather" in front of a crowd of approximately 8,0000 estimated to be the second largest ever assembled at Ferry Field.<sup id="cite_ref-NYTWisc_35-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-NYTWisc-35"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>35<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-MAWisc_36-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-MAWisc-36"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>36<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The <i>Alumnus</i> also offered the following comparison with Yost's 1902 team: "It was the impression of many alumni who were for the first time viewing the men in action, that in speed and certainly the team's offensive play fell somewhat below the standard of last years' eleven."<sup id="cite_ref-MAWisc_36-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-MAWisc-36"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>36<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Through the first ten games of the 1903 season, the Wolverines scored 495 points and had played between 456 and 476 minutes. </p> <table class="wikitable" width="70%"> <tbody><tr align="center" style="background:yellow;color:blue;"> <td>Player</td> <td>Position</td> <td>Starter</td> <td>Touchdowns</td> <td>Extra points</td> <td>Field goals</td> <td>Points </td></tr> <tr align="center" bgcolor=""> <td>Tom Hammond</td> <td>Right end</td> <td>yes</td> <td>0</td> <td>1</td> <td>2</td> <td>11 </td></tr> <tr align="center" bgcolor=""> <td>Joe Maddock</td> <td>Right tackle</td> <td>yes</td> <td>1</td> <td>0</td> <td>0</td> <td>5 </td></tr> </tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Michigan_42,_Oberlin_0"><span id="Michigan_42.2C_Oberlin_0"></span>Michigan 42, Oberlin 0</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1903_Michigan_Wolverines_football_team&action=edit&section=17" title="Edit section: Michigan 42, Oberlin 0"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Michigan played its final home game against Oberlin College. Michigan's starting backfield did not play in the game in order to avoid injuries prior to the Chicago game. In 45 minutes of playing time (first half of 25 minutes, second half of 20 minutes), Michigan scored 42 points. Wolfe, from Hyde Park, Illinois, made his first appearance for Michigan and was credited with the longest run of the game, 25 yards. Joe Curtis led the scoring with 16 points on three touchdowns and a point after touchdown kick. Tom Hammond missed three kicks for field goals.<sup id="cite_ref-MAOb_38-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-MAOb-38"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>38<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Oberlin had only two first downs in the game. University of Chicago coach Amos Alonzo Stagg attended the game and opined afterward that he picked Michigan as a slight favorite against his own team on Thanksgiving Day.<sup id="cite_ref-39" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-39"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>39<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Through the first 11 games of the 1903 season, the Wolverines scored 537 points and had played between 501 and 521 minutes. </p> <table class="wikitable" width="70%"> <tbody><tr align="center" style="background:yellow;color:blue;"> <td>Player</td> <td>Position</td> <td>Starter</td> <td>Touchdowns</td> <td>Extra points</td> <td>Field goals</td> <td>Points </td></tr> <tr align="center" bgcolor=""> <td>Joe Curtis</td> <td>Left tackle</td> <td>yes</td> <td>3</td> <td>1</td> <td>0</td> <td>16 </td></tr> <tr align="center" bgcolor=""> <td>Tom Hammond</td> <td>Right end</td> <td>yes</td> <td>1</td> <td>6</td> <td>0</td> <td>11 </td></tr> <tr align="center" bgcolor=""> <td>Fred Norcross</td> <td>Quarterback</td> <td>yes</td> <td>1</td> <td>0</td> <td>0</td> <td>5 </td></tr> <tr align="center" bgcolor=""> <td>Hal Weeks</td> <td>Left halfback</td> <td>yes</td> <td>1</td> <td>0</td> <td>0</td> <td>5 </td></tr> <tr align="center" bgcolor=""> <td>Duncan Thompson</td> <td>Right halfback</td> <td>no</td> <td>1</td> <td>0</td> <td>0</td> <td>5 </td></tr> </tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Michigan_28,_Chicago_0"><span id="Michigan_28.2C_Chicago_0"></span>Michigan 28, Chicago 0</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1903_Michigan_Wolverines_football_team&action=edit&section=18" title="Edit section: Michigan 28, Chicago 0"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Michigan concluded the 1903 season with its traditional rivalry game in Chicago against <a href="/wiki/Amos_Alonzo_Stagg" title="Amos Alonzo Stagg">Amos Alonzo Stagg</a>'s <a href="/wiki/Chicago_Maroons" title="Chicago Maroons">Chicago Maroons</a>. <i>The New York Times</i> reported that the game was attended by a record-setting crowd: "All records for attendance were broken, fully 20,000 enthusiastic spectators braving a heavy snowfall to see the game."<sup id="cite_ref-NYTChi_40-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-NYTChi-40"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>40<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Another account placed the attendance at 15,000.<sup id="cite_ref-DFPChi_41-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-DFPChi-41"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>41<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <i>The Michigan Alumnus</i> noted that Michigan men regarded Chicago as "their dearest rival," and the Thanksgiving Day game at Marshall Field marked the culmination of the season.<sup id="cite_ref-MAChi_42-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-MAChi-42"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>42<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>A blizzard threatened cancellation of the game, but the snow stopped suddenly and the wind died down in the early afternoon. The game was commenced at 2:00 pm after seven or eight inches of snow were cleared from the field.<sup id="cite_ref-DFPChi_41-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-DFPChi-41"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>41<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Stagg's 1903 team featured three future <a href="/wiki/College_Football_Hall_of_Fame" title="College Football Hall of Fame">College Football Hall of Fame</a> inductees: <a href="/wiki/Walter_Eckersall" title="Walter Eckersall">Walter Eckersall</a> at quarterback, <a href="/wiki/Hugo_Bezdek" title="Hugo Bezdek">Hugo Bezdek</a> at right halfback, and <a href="/wiki/Tiny_Maxwell" title="Tiny Maxwell">Tiny Maxwell</a> at right tackle. All-American <a href="/wiki/Frederick_A._Speik" title="Frederick A. Speik">Frederick A. Speik</a> also played at left end for the 1903 Maroons. The two teams were expected to be evenly matched, but the game, played on a snowy and slippery field, proved to be one-sided. Chicago was handicapped by the illness of Coach Stagg who directed the game from a closed carriage where he lay "bundled up in blankets."<sup id="cite_ref-NYTChi_40-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-NYTChi-40"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>40<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Michigan scored on every drive in the first half, save one, and Chicago made only one first down in the first half. Eckersall's defensive play was praised in accounts of the game, though, on one play, Willie Heston eluded Eckersall "by a well-timed hurdle" for a 20-yard gain.<sup id="cite_ref-MAChi_42-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-MAChi-42"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>42<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Heston scored two touchdowns, but Tom Hammond was the leading scorer with 13 points on two field goals (five points each) and three point after touchdown kicks. The game was played in halves of 35 and 20 minutes,<sup id="cite_ref-MAChi_42-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-MAChi-42"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>42<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> with the second half being cut short to avoid playing after darkness had fallen.<sup id="cite_ref-DFPChi_41-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-DFPChi-41"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>41<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <p><a href="/wiki/Walter_Camp" title="Walter Camp">Walter Camp</a> attended the game, watching from the sidelines. Camp offered the following comments:</p><blockquote><p>"The helping of the men on the Michigan team was high-grade football. Their work at helping the man with the ball was as good as that displayed in any game I have seen this season. This is the first western game I have witnessed this year. I was particularly impressed with the work of Heston as a halfback."<sup id="cite_ref-43" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-43"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>43<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></p></blockquote> <p>The <i>Chicago Daily Tribune</i> opened its game coverage, "The premature blizzard which descended on Chicago yesterday made it anything but an ideal football day, but that driving snow storm was gentleness itself compared to what was in store for Chicago's two football elevens."<sup id="cite_ref-44" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-44"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>44<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The <i>Detroit Free Press</i> called it "the most severe drubbing ever administered to the Maroons in the history of football of that institution."<sup id="cite_ref-45" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-45"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>45<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Noted sports writer <a href="/wiki/Joe_S._Jackson" title="Joe S. Jackson">Joe S. Jackson</a> wrote: "Chicago was not beaten – it was run over, buffeted about, almost made the sport of its opponents at times . . ."<sup id="cite_ref-DFPChi_41-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-DFPChi-41"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>41<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The Michigan team was the guest of the <a href="/wiki/Fine_Arts_Building_(Chicago)#Studebaker_Theatre" title="Fine Arts Building (Chicago)">Studebaker Theatre</a> the evening after the game.<sup id="cite_ref-DFPChi_41-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-DFPChi-41"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>41<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>At a post-season dinner, Fielding Yost said that he regarded Michigan's play in the Chicago game to be "the best he had ever seen by a Michigan team during his three years here."<sup id="cite_ref-Season_46-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Season-46"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>46<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Michigan's captain, Curtis Redden, opined that the spectators saw "the finest exhibition of speed and team work ever seen in the West."<sup id="cite_ref-p139_47-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-p139-47"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>47<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Through all 12 games of the 1903 season, the Wolverines scored 565 points and played between 556 and 576 minutes. </p> <table class="wikitable" width="70%"> <tbody><tr align="center" style="background:yellow;color:blue;"> <td>Player</td> <td>Position</td> <td>Starter</td> <td>Touchdowns</td> <td>Extra points</td> <td>Field goals</td> <td>Points </td></tr> <tr align="center" bgcolor=""> <td>Tom Hammond</td> <td>Right end</td> <td>yes</td> <td>0</td> <td>3</td> <td>2</td> <td>13 </td></tr> <tr align="center" bgcolor=""> <td>Willie Heston</td> <td>Left halfback</td> <td>yes</td> <td>2</td> <td>0</td> <td>0</td> <td>10 </td></tr> <tr align="center" bgcolor=""> <td>Herb Graver</td> <td>Right halfback</td> <td>yes</td> <td>1</td> <td>0</td> <td>0</td> <td>5 </td></tr> </tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Post-season">Post-season</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1903_Michigan_Wolverines_football_team&action=edit&section=19" title="Edit section: Post-season"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Cecil_Gooding.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/05/Cecil_Gooding.jpg/150px-Cecil_Gooding.jpg" decoding="async" width="150" height="189" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/05/Cecil_Gooding.jpg/225px-Cecil_Gooding.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/05/Cecil_Gooding.jpg/300px-Cecil_Gooding.jpg 2x" data-file-width="867" data-file-height="1090" /></a><figcaption>Cecil Gooding</figcaption></figure> <p>Prior to the Chicago game, Fielding Yost announced that he had consented to coach the Michigan football team for another year in 1904. <i>The Michigan Alumnus</i> applauded the announcement: "Michigan football teams, under Coach Yost's regime have never lost and have always played fair. Every loyal Michigan man will hail Mr. Yost's decision with delight, and count his stay a guarantee of a fourth season of clean and successful football."<sup id="cite_ref-48" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-48"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>48<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>On December 16, 1903, the team's official portrait was taken, and Willie Heston was elected captain of the 1904 team. That night, local businessmen hosted a dinner for the team.<sup id="cite_ref-Season_46-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Season-46"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>46<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Team captain Redden summarized the 1903 season: "With the poorest prospects and in the face of the greatest obstacles, to achieve the success she did – Michigan may well look back to the season of nineteen hundred and three as one of the most brilliant in her football history."<sup id="cite_ref-p139_47-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-p139-47"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>47<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <figure class="mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Ralph_Rose_(1912).png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4e/Ralph_Rose_%281912%29.png/170px-Ralph_Rose_%281912%29.png" decoding="async" width="170" height="235" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4e/Ralph_Rose_%281912%29.png/255px-Ralph_Rose_%281912%29.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4e/Ralph_Rose_%281912%29.png/340px-Ralph_Rose_%281912%29.png 2x" data-file-width="637" data-file-height="879" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Ralph_Rose" title="Ralph Rose">Ralph Rose</a>, whose recruitment caused controversy, went on to win gold medals in the shot put at the 1904, 1908 and 1912 Summer Olympic games.</figcaption></figure> <p>The 1903 season saw the final appearance of several players, including Curtis Redden, Joe Maddock, George Gregory, and Herb Graver. Nevertheless, with Willie Heston, Joe Curtis, Tom Hammond, and Fred Norcross returning, <i>The Michigan Alumnus</i> noted that the promise for the 1904 season was good.<sup id="cite_ref-49" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-49"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>49<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p><a href="/wiki/Cecil_Gooding" title="Cecil Gooding">Cecil Gooding</a> contracted <a href="/wiki/Typhoid_fever" title="Typhoid fever">typhoid fever</a> following the Minnesota game in late November 1903. It was believed that he contracted the illness from drinking the water while in <a href="/wiki/Chicago" title="Chicago">Chicago</a> for the game.<sup id="cite_ref-50" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-50"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>50<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He died five weeks later.<sup id="cite_ref-51" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-51"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>51<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He was the first <a href="/wiki/Michigan_Wolverines_football" title="Michigan Wolverines football">Michigan Wolverines football</a> player to die while attending the school.<sup id="cite_ref-CDT_52-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-CDT-52"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>52<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Following his death, <i>The Michigan Alumnus</i> wrote: "He had striven conscientiously to perfect himself in the game and earned the respect of coaches, players and spectators. He was a reliable, hard-working guard who never under any circumstances played anything but a sportsmanlike game. He was a <i>man</i> off the field and on."<sup id="cite_ref-53" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-53"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>53<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Ralph_Rose_controversy">Ralph Rose controversy</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1903_Michigan_Wolverines_football_team&action=edit&section=20" title="Edit section: Ralph Rose controversy"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In the spring of 1904, a controversy arose over allegations published in the <i>San Francisco Chronicle</i> that Yost had promised <a href="/wiki/Ralph_Rose" title="Ralph Rose">Ralph Rose</a>, a 6-foot, 6-inch, 250-pound athlete from California, a job in the library and membership in a fraternity if he enrolled at Michigan. Yost denied the charges, and <i>The Michigan Alumnus</i> wrote that student positions in the library paid no more than <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1154941027"><span class="frac">12<span class="sr-only">+</span><span class="num">1</span>⁄<span class="den">2</span></span> cents per hour, and Rose had received no such job in any event. Nor had he been made a member of any fraternity.<sup id="cite_ref-54" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-54"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>54<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In the end, Rose never played for Michigan's football team. Despite his size and strength, he lacked the speed to compete effectively in Yost's fast-paced style of football.<sup id="cite_ref-55" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-55"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>55<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Instead, Rose competed in the <a href="/wiki/Shot_put" title="Shot put">shot put</a> for Michigan, setting a new world's record in May 1904.<sup id="cite_ref-56" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-56"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>56<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He went on to win the gold medal in the shot put at the 1904, 1908 and 1912 Summer Olympics and died in 1913 from typhoid fever at age 28. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Players">Players</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1903_Michigan_Wolverines_football_team&action=edit&section=21" title="Edit section: Players"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Varsity_letter_winners">Varsity letter winners</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1903_Michigan_Wolverines_football_team&action=edit&section=22" title="Edit section: Varsity letter winners"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The following 12 players received varsity "M" letters for their participation on the 1903 football team:<sup id="cite_ref-roster_57-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-roster-57"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>57<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <table class="wikitable" width="90%"> <tbody><tr align="center" style="background:yellow;color:blue;"> <td>Player</td> <td>Position</td> <td>Games<br />started</td> <td>Hometown </td></tr> <tr align="center" bgcolor=""> <td><a href="/wiki/Joe_Curtis" title="Joe Curtis">Joe Curtis</a></td> <td>Left tackle</td> <td>12</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Brooklyn" title="Brooklyn">Brooklyn</a>, New York </td></tr> <tr align="center" bgcolor=""> <td><a href="/wiki/Cecil_Gooding" title="Cecil Gooding">Cecil Gooding</a></td> <td>Right guard</td> <td>12</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Ann_Arbor,_Michigan" title="Ann Arbor, Michigan">Ann Arbor, Michigan</a> </td></tr> <tr align="center" bgcolor=""> <td><a href="/wiki/Herb_Graver" title="Herb Graver">Herb Graver</a></td> <td>Right halfback<br />Right end</td> <td>8<br />1</td> <td>Chicago, Illinois </td></tr> <tr align="center" bgcolor=""> <td><a href="/wiki/George_W._Gregory" title="George W. Gregory">George W. Gregory</a></td> <td>Center</td> <td>10</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Seattle" title="Seattle">Seattle</a>, Washington </td></tr> <tr align="center" bgcolor=""> <td><a href="/wiki/Thomas_S._Hammond" title="Thomas S. Hammond">Tom Hammond</a></td> <td>Fullback<br />Right end</td> <td>8<br />3</td> <td>Chicago, Illinois </td></tr> <tr align="center" bgcolor=""> <td><a href="/wiki/Willie_Heston" title="Willie Heston">Willie Heston</a></td> <td>Left halfback</td> <td>8</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Grants_Pass,_Oregon" title="Grants Pass, Oregon">Grants Pass, Oregon</a> </td></tr> <tr align="center" bgcolor=""> <td><a href="/wiki/Harry_James_(American_football)" title="Harry James (American football)">Harry James</a></td> <td>Quarterback</td> <td>8</td> <td>Detroit, Michigan </td></tr> <tr align="center" bgcolor=""> <td><a href="/wiki/Frank_Longman" title="Frank Longman">Frank Longman</a></td> <td>Right end<br />Fullback<br />Right halfback</td> <td>7<br />3<br />1</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Battle_Creek,_Michigan" title="Battle Creek, Michigan">Battle Creek, Michigan</a> </td></tr> <tr align="center" bgcolor=""> <td><a href="/wiki/Joe_Maddock_(coach)" title="Joe Maddock (coach)">Joe Maddock</a></td> <td>Right tackle</td> <td>9</td> <td><a href="/wiki/East_Jordan,_Michigan" title="East Jordan, Michigan">East Jordan, Michigan</a> </td></tr> <tr align="center" bgcolor=""> <td><a href="/wiki/Fred_Norcross" title="Fred Norcross">Fred Norcross</a></td> <td>Quarterback<br />Left halfback<br />Left end<br />Right halfback</td> <td>4<br />3<br />1<br />1</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Menominee,_Michigan" title="Menominee, Michigan">Menominee, Michigan</a> </td></tr> <tr align="center" bgcolor=""> <td><a href="/wiki/Curtis_Redden" title="Curtis Redden">Curtis Redden</a></td> <td>Left end</td> <td>11</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Rossville,_Illinois" title="Rossville, Illinois">Rossville, Illinois</a> </td></tr> <tr align="center" bgcolor=""> <td><a href="/wiki/Henry_Schulte" title="Henry Schulte">Henry Schulte</a></td> <td>Left guard</td> <td>12</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Jefferson_Barracks,_Missouri" class="mw-redirect" title="Jefferson Barracks, Missouri">Jefferson Barracks, Missouri</a> </td></tr> </tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Scoring_leaders">Scoring leaders</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1903_Michigan_Wolverines_football_team&action=edit&section=23" title="Edit section: Scoring leaders"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable" width="70%"> <tbody><tr align="center" style="background:yellow;color:blue;"> <td>Player</td> <td>Touchdowns</td> <td>Extra points</td> <td>Field goals</td> <td>Points </td></tr> <tr align="center" bgcolor=""> <td>Tom Hammond</td> <td>15</td> <td>63</td> <td>5</td> <td>163 </td></tr> <tr align="center" bgcolor=""> <td>Herb Graver</td> <td>15</td> <td>1</td> <td>0</td> <td>76 </td></tr> <tr align="center" bgcolor=""> <td>Willie Heston</td> <td>14</td> <td>0</td> <td>0</td> <td>70 </td></tr> <tr align="center" bgcolor=""> <td>Joe Curtis</td> <td>8</td> <td>13</td> <td>0</td> <td>53 </td></tr> <tr align="center" bgcolor=""> <td>Joe Maddock</td> <td>10</td> <td>0</td> <td>0</td> <td>50 </td></tr> <tr align="center" bgcolor=""> <td>Duncan Thompson</td> <td>10</td> <td>0</td> <td>0</td> <td>50 </td></tr> <tr align="center" bgcolor=""> <td>Fred Norcross</td> <td>9</td> <td>0</td> <td>0</td> <td>45 </td></tr> <tr align="center" bgcolor=""> <td>Rolla Bigelow</td> <td>5</td> <td>0</td> <td>0</td> <td>25 </td></tr> </tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Non-letter_winners_and_reserves">Non-letter winners and reserves</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1903_Michigan_Wolverines_football_team&action=edit&section=24" title="Edit section: Non-letter winners and reserves"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>Harold Baker, Rochester, New York</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rolla_Bigelow" title="Rolla Bigelow">Rolla Bigelow</a>, <a href="/wiki/Owosso,_Michigan" title="Owosso, Michigan">Owosso, Michigan</a> – started 1 game at fullback, 1 game at left halfback</li> <li>Ray Forrest Barnett, Ann Arbor, Michigan</li> <li>Harry S. Bartlett, Detroit, Michigan</li> <li>David E. Beardsley, Kalamazoo, Michigan</li> <li>Walter Coooley Becker, Chicago, Illinois</li> <li>Charles A. Briggs, Red Oak, Iowa</li> <li><a href="/wiki/William_Dennison_Clark" title="William Dennison Clark">William Dennison Clark</a>, Detroit, Michigan</li> <li>Carl H. Clement, Toledo, Ohio</li> <li><a href="/wiki/James_DePree" title="James DePree">James DePree</a>, <a href="/wiki/Grand_Rapids,_Michigan" title="Grand Rapids, Michigan">Grand Rapids, Michigan</a> – started 1 game at right halfback</li> <li>Edward W. Dickey, Weiser, Idaho</li> <li>Francis J. Dingeman, Detroit, Michigan</li> <li>Frank Langdon Doty, Pontiac, Michigan<sup id="cite_ref-58" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-58"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>58<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/David_L._Dunlap" title="David L. Dunlap">David L. Dunlap</a>, <a href="/wiki/Hopkinton,_Iowa" title="Hopkinton, Iowa">Hopkinton, Iowa</a> – started 1 game at right end</li> <li>George Palmer Edmonds, <a href="/wiki/Wayne,_Michigan" title="Wayne, Michigan">Wayne, Michigan</a> – started 1 game at right tackle</li> <li>Walter L. Eyke, <a href="/wiki/Muskegon,_Michigan" title="Muskegon, Michigan">Muskegon, Michigan</a> – started 2 games at right tackle</li> <li>Glenn R.C. Faling, Toledo, Ohio<sup id="cite_ref-59" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-59"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>59<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Garrels" title="John Garrels">John Garrels</a>, Detroit, Michigan</li> <li>Edward P. "Ted" Hammond, Detroit, Michigan – started 2 games at center</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Harry_S._Hammond" title="Harry S. Hammond">Harry S. Hammond</a>, Chicago, IL</li> <li>John F. Hincks, Manistee, Michigan</li> <li>Howard Howie, Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan<sup id="cite_ref-60" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-60"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>60<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Paul_J._Jones" class="mw-redirect" title="Paul J. Jones">Paul J. Jones</a>, Youngstown, Ohio</li> <li>Ross H. Kidston, La Grange, Illinois<sup id="cite_ref-61" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-61"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>61<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>John F. Lewis, Covington, Indiana</li> <li>Earl M. Nisen, Union Grove, Wisconsin<sup id="cite_ref-62" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-62"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>62<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>Harry E. Patrick, Detroit, Michigan</li> <li>Eugene E. Person, Buffalo, New York<sup id="cite_ref-63" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-63"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>63<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>George Martin Read, Augusta, Illinois</li> <li>Forest Don Redden, Rossville, Illinois<sup id="cite_ref-64" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-64"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>64<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>Mason Pittman Rumney, Detroit, Michigan<sup id="cite_ref-65" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-65"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>65<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>Rueben S. Schmidt, Los Angeles, California<sup id="cite_ref-66" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-66"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>66<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fred_Schule" class="mw-redirect" title="Fred Schule">Fred Schule</a>, Chicago, Illinois</li> <li>Robert P. Shorts, Mt. Pleasant, Michigan</li> <li>Duncan Thomson, Chicago, Illinois – started 1 game at right halfback<sup id="cite_ref-67" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-67"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>67<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>Hal Weeks, <a href="/wiki/Allegan,_Michigan" title="Allegan, Michigan">Allegan, Michigan</a> – started 1 game at left halfback</li> <li>William R. Weeks, Allegan, Michigan</li> <li>Roswell Murray Wendell, Detroit, Michigan<sup id="cite_ref-68" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-68"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>68<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>Paul Work, Elkhart, Indiana</li> <li>Harry A. Workman, Chicago, Illinois</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Coaching_personnel">Coaching personnel</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1903_Michigan_Wolverines_football_team&action=edit&section=25" title="Edit section: Coaching personnel"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Fielding_H._Yost" title="Fielding H. Yost">Fielding H. Yost</a>, head coach</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dan_McGugin" title="Dan McGugin">Dan McGugin</a>, assistant coach</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Keene_Fitzpatrick" title="Keene Fitzpatrick">Keene Fitzpatrick</a>, trainer</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Charles_A._Baird" title="Charles A. Baird">Charles A. Baird</a>, athletic director</li> <li>Thomas B. Roberts, manager</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Awards_and_honors">Awards and honors</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1903_Michigan_Wolverines_football_team&action=edit&section=26" title="Edit section: Awards and honors"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>Captain: <a href="/wiki/Curtis_Redden" title="Curtis Redden">Curtis Redden</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1903_College_Football_All-America_Team" title="1903 College Football All-America Team">All-Americans</a>: <a href="/wiki/William_Heston" class="mw-redirect" title="William Heston">William Heston</a> (WC-1), <a href="/wiki/Herb_Graver" title="Herb Graver">Herb Graver</a> (WC-3), <a href="/wiki/Curtis_Redden" title="Curtis Redden">Curtis Redden</a> (WC-3; SA-1)</li> <li>All-Western: <a href="/wiki/Joe_Maddock_(coach)" title="Joe Maddock (coach)">Joseph Maddock</a> (Walter Camp, Chicago Record-Herald), <a href="/wiki/William_Heston" class="mw-redirect" title="William Heston">William Heston</a> (Walter Camp, Chicago Record-Herald), Curtis Redden (Walter Camp, Chicago Record-Herald), Herb Graver (Chicago Record-Herald)<sup id="cite_ref-69" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-69"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>69<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1903_Michigan_Wolverines_football_team&action=edit&section=27" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist 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.cs1-format{font-size:95%}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}</style><cite id="CITEREFNational_Collegiate_Athletic_Association_(NCAA)2015" class="citation web cs1">National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) (2015). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://fs.ncaa.org/Docs/stats/football_records/2015/FBS.pdf">"National Poll Rankings"</a> <span class="cs1-format">(PDF)</span>. <i>NCAA Division I Football Records</i>. NCAA. p. 108<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">January 4,</span> 2016</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=NCAA+Division+I+Football+Records&rft.atitle=National+Poll+Rankings&rft.pages=108&rft.date=2015&rft.au=National+Collegiate+Athletic+Association+%28NCAA%29&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Ffs.ncaa.org%2FDocs%2Fstats%2Ffootball_records%2F2015%2FFBS.pdf&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3A1903+Michigan+Wolverines+football+team" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-2"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-2">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation news cs1">"Walter Camp Names All American Team". The Trenton Times. December 10, 1903.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.atitle=Walter+Camp+Names+All+American+Team&rft.date=1903-12-10&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3A1903+Michigan+Wolverines+football+team" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-3"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-3">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation news cs1">"Syracuse Gets No Place: Not Included In Caspar Whitney's Ranking Of Football Elevens". The Evening Herald (Syracuse, NY). December 27, 1903.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.atitle=Syracuse+Gets+No+Place%3A+Not+Included+In+Caspar+Whitney%27s+Ranking+Of+Football+Elevens&rft.date=1903-12-27&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3A1903+Michigan+Wolverines+football+team" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-4"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-4">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation news cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://archive.today/20130131162114/http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/freep/access/1749303872.html?FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:AI&type=historic&date=Apr+05,+1903&author=&pub=Detroit+Free+Press+(1858-1922)&desc=YOST+METHODS+CALLED+SINFUL&pqatl=google">"Yost Methods Called Sinful: Michigan Coach Is Attacked by President Jordan"</a>. <i>Detroit Free Press</i>. April 5, 1903. Archived from <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/freep/access/1749303872.html?FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:AI&type=historic&date=Apr+05%2C+1903&author=&pub=Detroit+Free+Press+(1858-1922)&desc=YOST+METHODS+CALLED+SINFUL&pqatl=google">the original</a> on January 31, 2013.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=Detroit+Free+Press&rft.atitle=Yost+Methods+Called+Sinful%3A+Michigan+Coach+Is+Attacked+by+President+Jordan&rft.date=1903-04-05&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fpqasb.pqarchiver.com%2Ffreep%2Faccess%2F1749303872.html%3FFMT%3DABS%26FMTS%3DABS%3AAI%26type%3Dhistoric%26date%3DApr%2B05%252C%2B1903%26author%3D%26pub%3DDetroit%2BFree%2BPress%2B%281858-1922%29%26desc%3DYOST%2BMETHODS%2BCALLED%2BSINFUL%26pqatl%3Dgoogle&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3A1903+Michigan+Wolverines+football+team" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-5"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-5">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation news cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://archive.today/20130131192251/http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/freep/access/1764403862.html?FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:AI&type=historic&date=Sep+13,+1903&author=&pub=Detroit+Free+Press+(1858-1922)&desc=MICHIGAN+STARS+WAVER.&pqatl=google">"Michigan Stars Waver: Gregory and Heston Delay Their Answer"</a>. <i>Detroit Free Press</i>. September 13, 1903. Archived from <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/freep/access/1764403862.html?FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:AI&type=historic&date=Sep+13%2C+1903&author=&pub=Detroit+Free+Press+(1858-1922)&desc=MICHIGAN+STARS+WAVER.&pqatl=google">the original</a> on January 31, 2013.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=Detroit+Free+Press&rft.atitle=Michigan+Stars+Waver%3A+Gregory+and+Heston+Delay+Their+Answer&rft.date=1903-09-13&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fpqasb.pqarchiver.com%2Ffreep%2Faccess%2F1764403862.html%3FFMT%3DABS%26FMTS%3DABS%3AAI%26type%3Dhistoric%26date%3DSep%2B13%252C%2B1903%26author%3D%26pub%3DDetroit%2BFree%2BPress%2B%281858-1922%29%26desc%3DMICHIGAN%2BSTARS%2BWAVER.%26pqatl%3Dgoogle&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3A1903+Michigan+Wolverines+football+team" class="Z3988"></span>("Two Michigan football stars in whom there is much interest just now. Gregory and Heston, were in Detroit yesterday. This is the pair of players whom Coach Yost may lose, a business chance beckoning rather strongly to both, and it is supposed that they were here in the hope of meeting Yost.")</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-RD-6"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-RD_6-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-RD_6-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation news cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://books.google.com/books?id=1h3iAAAAMAAJ">"The Real Danger"</a>. <i>The Michigan Alumnus</i>. October 1903. pp. 4–5.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=The+Michigan+Alumnus&rft.atitle=The+Real+Danger&rft.pages=4-5&rft.date=1903-10&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fbooks.google.com%2Fbooks%3Fid%3D1h3iAAAAMAAJ&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3A1903+Michigan+Wolverines+football+team" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-MATY-7"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-MATY_7-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-MATY_7-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation news cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://books.google.com/books?id=1h3iAAAAMAAJ">"To Coach Yost"</a>. <i>The Michigan Alumnus</i>. October 1903. pp. 5–6.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=The+Michigan+Alumnus&rft.atitle=To+Coach+Yost&rft.pages=5-6&rft.date=1903-10&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fbooks.google.com%2Fbooks%3Fid%3D1h3iAAAAMAAJ&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3A1903+Michigan+Wolverines+football+team" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-MAout-8"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-MAout_8-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-MAout_8-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-MAout_8-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-MAout_8-3"><sup><i><b>d</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation news cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://books.google.com/books?id=1h3iAAAAMAAJ">"The Outlook in Football"</a>. <i>The Michigan Alumnus</i>. 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September 17, 1903. Archived from <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/freep/access/1764428482.html?FMT=CITE&FMTS=CITE:AI&type=historic&date=Sep+17%2C+1903&author=&pub=Detroit+Free+Press+(1858-1922)&edition=&startpage=10&desc=BUSY+AT+LUDINGTON.">the original</a> on January 31, 2013.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=Detroit+Free+Press&rft.atitle=BUSY+AT+LUDINGTON%3A+YOST+WORKING+HIS+SQUAD+OUT+EVERY+DAY&rft.date=1903-09-17&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fpqasb.pqarchiver.com%2Ffreep%2Faccess%2F1764428482.html%3FFMT%3DCITE%26FMTS%3DCITE%3AAI%26type%3Dhistoric%26date%3DSep%2B17%252C%2B1903%26author%3D%26pub%3DDetroit%2BFree%2BPress%2B%281858-1922%29%26edition%3D%26startpage%3D10%26desc%3DBUSY%2BAT%2BLUDINGTON.&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3A1903+Michigan+Wolverines+football+team" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-10"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-10">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation news cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=8X9SAAAAIBAJ&pg=6716,6483481&dq=michigan+football&hl=en">"The Visit of the Football Team"</a>. <i>Ludington Daily News</i>. October 1, 1903.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=Ludington+Daily+News&rft.atitle=The+Visit+of+the+Football+Team&rft.date=1903-10-01&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fnews.google.com%2Fnewspapers%3Fid%3D8X9SAAAAIBAJ%26pg%3D6716%2C6483481%26dq%3Dmichigan%2Bfootball%26hl%3Den&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3A1903+Michigan+Wolverines+football+team" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-11"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-11">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation news cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=xL5IAAAAIBAJ&pg=4487,4112722&dq=michigan+football&hl=en">"Football Hero Physical Wreck"</a>. <i>The Meridien Daily Journal</i>. March 20, 1903.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=The+Meridien+Daily+Journal&rft.atitle=Football+Hero+Physical+Wreck&rft.date=1903-03-20&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fnews.google.com%2Fnewspapers%3Fid%3DxL5IAAAAIBAJ%26pg%3D4487%2C4112722%26dq%3Dmichigan%2Bfootball%26hl%3Den&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3A1903+Michigan+Wolverines+football+team" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-Redden-12"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-Redden_12-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">1904 Michiganensian, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://quod.lib.umich.edu/m/moa/aag4364.1904.001/146?q1=football&view=image&size=150">p. 138</a>.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-13"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-13">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation news cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://books.google.com/books?id=1h3iAAAAMAAJ">"The Case Game"</a>. <i>The Michigan Alumnus</i>. November 1903. p. 84.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=The+Michigan+Alumnus&rft.atitle=The+Case+Game&rft.pages=84&rft.date=1903-11&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fbooks.google.com%2Fbooks%3Fid%3D1h3iAAAAMAAJ&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3A1903+Michigan+Wolverines+football+team" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-14"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-14">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation news cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://books.google.com/books?id=1h3iAAAAMAAJ">"The Albion Game"</a>. <i>The Michigan Alumnus</i>. November 1903. p. 84.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=The+Michigan+Alumnus&rft.atitle=The+Albion+Game&rft.pages=84&rft.date=1903-11&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fbooks.google.com%2Fbooks%3Fid%3D1h3iAAAAMAAJ&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3A1903+Michigan+Wolverines+football+team" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-15"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-15">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation news cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://books.google.com/books?id=1h3iAAAAMAAJ">"The Beloit Game"</a>. <i>The Michigan Alumnus</i>. November 1903. p. 85.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=The+Michigan+Alumnus&rft.atitle=The+Beloit+Game&rft.pages=85&rft.date=1903-11&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fbooks.google.com%2Fbooks%3Fid%3D1h3iAAAAMAAJ&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3A1903+Michigan+Wolverines+football+team" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-16"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-16">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation news cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://archive.today/20130201044127/http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/freep/access/1764434782.html?FMT=CITE&FMTS=CITE:AI&type=historic&date=Oct+11,+1903&author=&pub=Detroit+Free+Press+(1858-1922)&edition=&startpage=1&desc=SCORED+79+ON+BELOIT">"Scored 79 on Beloit: Yost's Men Just Missed Two Per Minute"</a>. <i>Detroit Free Press</i>. October 11, 1903. Archived from <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/freep/access/1764434782.html?FMT=CITE&FMTS=CITE:AI&type=historic&date=Oct+11%2C+1903&author=&pub=Detroit+Free+Press+(1858-1922)&edition=&startpage=1&desc=SCORED+79+ON+BELOIT">the original</a> on February 1, 2013.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=Detroit+Free+Press&rft.atitle=Scored+79+on+Beloit%3A+Yost%27s+Men+Just+Missed+Two+Per+Minute&rft.date=1903-10-11&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fpqasb.pqarchiver.com%2Ffreep%2Faccess%2F1764434782.html%3FFMT%3DCITE%26FMTS%3DCITE%3AAI%26type%3Dhistoric%26date%3DOct%2B11%252C%2B1903%26author%3D%26pub%3DDetroit%2BFree%2BPress%2B%281858-1922%29%26edition%3D%26startpage%3D1%26desc%3DSCORED%2B79%2BON%2BBELOIT&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3A1903+Michigan+Wolverines+football+team" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-17"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-17">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation news cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://books.google.com/books?id=1h3iAAAAMAAJ">"The Ohio Normal Game"</a>. <i>The Michigan Alumnus</i>. November 1903. p. 85.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=The+Michigan+Alumnus&rft.atitle=The+Ohio+Normal+Game&rft.pages=85&rft.date=1903-11&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fbooks.google.com%2Fbooks%3Fid%3D1h3iAAAAMAAJ&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3A1903+Michigan+Wolverines+football+team" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-18"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-18">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation news cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://books.google.com/books?id=1h3iAAAAMAAJ">"The Indiana Game"</a>. <i>The Michigan Alumnus</i>. November 1903. p. 86.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=The+Michigan+Alumnus&rft.atitle=The+Indiana+Game&rft.pages=86&rft.date=1903-11&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fbooks.google.com%2Fbooks%3Fid%3D1h3iAAAAMAAJ&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3A1903+Michigan+Wolverines+football+team" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-19"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-19">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation news cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://books.google.com/books?id=1h3iAAAAMAAJ">"The Ferris Institute Game"</a>. <i>The Michigan Alumnus</i>. November 1903. p. 86.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=The+Michigan+Alumnus&rft.atitle=The+Ferris+Institute+Game&rft.pages=86&rft.date=1903-11&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fbooks.google.com%2Fbooks%3Fid%3D1h3iAAAAMAAJ&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3A1903+Michigan+Wolverines+football+team" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-20"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-20">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation news cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://archive.today/20130131142600/http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/freep/access/1764415522.html?FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:AI&type=historic&date=Oct+22,+1903&author=&pub=Detroit+Free+Press+(1858-1922)&desc=FERRIS+TEAM+NEVER+IN+IT&pqatl=google">"Ferris Team Never In It: Downed By Michigan Braves in Easiest Style; Big Rapids Made But Two Gains in Game"</a>. <i>Detroit Free Press</i>. October 22, 1903. Archived from <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/freep/access/1764415522.html?FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:AI&type=historic&date=Oct+22%2C+1903&author=&pub=Detroit+Free+Press+(1858-1922)&desc=FERRIS+TEAM+NEVER+IN+IT&pqatl=google">the original</a> on January 31, 2013.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=Detroit+Free+Press&rft.atitle=Ferris+Team+Never+In+It%3A+Downed+By+Michigan+Braves+in+Easiest+Style%3B+Big+Rapids+Made+But+Two+Gains+in+Game&rft.date=1903-10-22&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fpqasb.pqarchiver.com%2Ffreep%2Faccess%2F1764415522.html%3FFMT%3DABS%26FMTS%3DABS%3AAI%26type%3Dhistoric%26date%3DOct%2B22%252C%2B1903%26author%3D%26pub%3DDetroit%2BFree%2BPress%2B%281858-1922%29%26desc%3DFERRIS%2BTEAM%2BNEVER%2BIN%2BIT%26pqatl%3Dgoogle&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3A1903+Michigan+Wolverines+football+team" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-21"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-21">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation news cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120302032747/http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/chicagotribune/access/407376741.html?dids=407376741:407376741&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:AI&type=historic&date=Oct+22%2C+1903&author=&pub=Chicago+Tribune&desc=MICHIGAN+RUNS+UP+BIG+SCORE.&pqatl=google">"MICHIGAN RUNS UP BIG SCORE: Yost's Machine Totals 88 Points Against Ferris Institute—Team Work Is Lacking"</a>. <i>Chicago Daily Tribune</i>. October 22, 1903. Archived from <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/chicagotribune/access/407376741.html?dids=407376741:407376741&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:AI&type=historic&date=Oct+22%2C+1903&author=&pub=Chicago+Tribune&desc=MICHIGAN+RUNS+UP+BIG+SCORE.&pqatl=google">the original</a> on March 2, 2012<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">July 5,</span> 2017</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=Chicago+Daily+Tribune&rft.atitle=MICHIGAN+RUNS+UP+BIG+SCORE%3A+Yost%27s+Machine+Totals+88+Points+Against+Ferris+Institute%E2%80%94Team+Work+Is+Lacking&rft.date=1903-10-22&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fpqasb.pqarchiver.com%2Fchicagotribune%2Faccess%2F407376741.html%3Fdids%3D407376741%3A407376741%26FMT%3DABS%26FMTS%3DABS%3AAI%26type%3Dhistoric%26date%3DOct%2B22%252C%2B1903%26author%3D%26pub%3DChicago%2BTribune%26desc%3DMICHIGAN%2BRUNS%2BUP%2BBIG%2BSCORE.%26pqatl%3Dgoogle&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3A1903+Michigan+Wolverines+football+team" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-MADr-22"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-MADr_22-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-MADr_22-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation news cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://books.google.com/books?id=1h3iAAAAMAAJ">"The Drake Game"</a>. <i>The Michigan Alumnus</i>. November 1903. p. 87.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=The+Michigan+Alumnus&rft.atitle=The+Drake+Game&rft.pages=87&rft.date=1903-11&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fbooks.google.com%2Fbooks%3Fid%3D1h3iAAAAMAAJ&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3A1903+Michigan+Wolverines+football+team" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-DTH-23"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-DTH_23-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation news cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=w6pFAAAAIBAJ&pg=4020,5928839&dq=michigan+drake&hl=en">"Pick Minnesota: Thought Gophers Will Bring Yost and His Team Off Top; Michigan Will HAve to Work for Championship"</a>. <i>Dubuque Telegraph-Herald</i>. October 26, 1903.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=Dubuque+Telegraph-Herald&rft.atitle=Pick+Minnesota%3A+Thought+Gophers+Will+Bring+Yost+and+His+Team+Off+Top%3B+Michigan+Will+HAve+to+Work+for+Championship&rft.date=1903-10-26&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fnews.google.com%2Fnewspapers%3Fid%3Dw6pFAAAAIBAJ%26pg%3D4020%2C5928839%26dq%3Dmichigan%2Bdrake%26hl%3Den&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3A1903+Michigan+Wolverines+football+team" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-NYTMinn-24"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-NYTMinn_24-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation news cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1903/11/01/102028302.pdf">"Michigan 6; Minnesota 6"</a> <span class="cs1-format">(PDF)</span>. <i>The New York Times</i>. November 1, 1903.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=The+New+York+Times&rft.atitle=Michigan+6%3B+Minnesota+6&rft.date=1903-11-01&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Ftimesmachine.nytimes.com%2Ftimesmachine%2F1903%2F11%2F01%2F102028302.pdf&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3A1903+Michigan+Wolverines+football+team" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-DFP-25"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-DFP_25-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-DFP_25-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation news cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://archive.today/20130131182525/http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/freep/access/1764464872.html?FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:AI&type=historic&date=Nov+01,+1903&author=&pub=Detroit+Free+Press+(1858-1922)&desc=Score+Was+6+to+6,+and+There+Were+Two+Minutes+Left+to+Play.&pqatl=google">"Score Was 6 to 6, and There Were Two Minutes Left to Play"</a>. <i>Detroit Free Press</i>. November 1, 1903. Archived from <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/freep/access/1764464872.html?FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:AI&type=historic&date=Nov+01%2C+1903&author=&pub=Detroit+Free+Press+(1858-1922)&desc=Score+Was+6+to+6%2C+and+There+Were+Two+Minutes+Left+to+Play.&pqatl=google">the original</a> on January 31, 2013.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=Detroit+Free+Press&rft.atitle=Score+Was+6+to+6%2C+and+There+Were+Two+Minutes+Left+to+Play&rft.date=1903-11-01&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fpqasb.pqarchiver.com%2Ffreep%2Faccess%2F1764464872.html%3FFMT%3DABS%26FMTS%3DABS%3AAI%26type%3Dhistoric%26date%3DNov%2B01%252C%2B1903%26author%3D%26pub%3DDetroit%2BFree%2BPress%2B%281858-1922%29%26desc%3DScore%2BWas%2B6%2Bto%2B6%252C%2Band%2BThere%2BWere%2BTwo%2BMinutes%2BLeft%2Bto%2BPlay.%26pqatl%3Dgoogle&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3A1903+Michigan+Wolverines+football+team" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-MAMinn-26"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-MAMinn_26-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-MAMinn_26-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-MAMinn_26-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation news cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://books.google.com/books?id=1h3iAAAAMAAJ">"The Minnesota Game"</a>. <i>The Michigan Alumnus</i>. November 1903. pp. 87–88.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=The+Michigan+Alumnus&rft.atitle=The+Minnesota+Game&rft.pages=87-88&rft.date=1903-11&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fbooks.google.com%2Fbooks%3Fid%3D1h3iAAAAMAAJ&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3A1903+Michigan+Wolverines+football+team" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-Recept-27"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-Recept_27-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Recept_27-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Recept_27-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation news cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://archive.today/20130201035250/http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/freep/access/1764460372.html?FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:AI&type=historic&date=Nov+2,+1903&author=&pub=Detroit+Free+Press+(1858-1922)&edition=&startpage=8&desc=BIG+RECEPTION+AT+ANN+ARBOR">"Big Reception at Ann Arbor: Returning Michigan Football Team Met By Crowd; Players Tell of the Slugging Done by Gophers; Chances Are That Minnesota May Be Dropped"</a>. <i>Detroit Free Press</i>. November 2, 1903. Archived from <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/freep/access/1764460372.html?FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:AI&type=historic&date=Nov+2%2C+1903&author=&pub=Detroit+Free+Press+(1858-1922)&edition=&startpage=8&desc=BIG+RECEPTION+AT+ANN+ARBOR">the original</a> on February 1, 2013.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=Detroit+Free+Press&rft.atitle=Big+Reception+at+Ann+Arbor%3A+Returning+Michigan+Football+Team+Met+By+Crowd%3B+Players+Tell+of+the+Slugging+Done+by+Gophers%3B+Chances+Are+That+Minnesota+May+Be+Dropped&rft.date=1903-11-02&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fpqasb.pqarchiver.com%2Ffreep%2Faccess%2F1764460372.html%3FFMT%3DABS%26FMTS%3DABS%3AAI%26type%3Dhistoric%26date%3DNov%2B2%252C%2B1903%26author%3D%26pub%3DDetroit%2BFree%2BPress%2B%281858-1922%29%26edition%3D%26startpage%3D8%26desc%3DBIG%2BRECEPTION%2BAT%2BANN%2BARBOR&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3A1903+Michigan+Wolverines+football+team" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-Rough-28"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-Rough_28-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Rough_28-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Rough_28-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Rough_28-3"><sup><i><b>d</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation news cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://archive.today/20130131142957/http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/freep/access/1764369942.html?FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:AI&type=historic&date=Nov+3,+1903&author=&pub=Detroit+Free+Press+(1858-1922)&edition=&startpage=3&desc=NO+DOUBT+OF+ROUGH+USAGE">"No Doubt of Rough Usage: More Stories of Minnesota's Fighting Tactics; Gopher Players Instructed to 'Kill Off' Heston"</a>. <i>Detroit Free Press</i>. November 3, 1903. Archived from <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/freep/access/1764369942.html?FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:AI&type=historic&date=Nov+3%2C+1903&author=&pub=Detroit+Free+Press+(1858-1922)&edition=&startpage=3&desc=NO+DOUBT+OF+ROUGH+USAGE">the original</a> on January 31, 2013.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=Detroit+Free+Press&rft.atitle=No+Doubt+of+Rough+Usage%3A+More+Stories+of+Minnesota%27s+Fighting+Tactics%3B+Gopher+Players+Instructed+to+%27Kill+Off%27+Heston&rft.date=1903-11-03&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fpqasb.pqarchiver.com%2Ffreep%2Faccess%2F1764369942.html%3FFMT%3DABS%26FMTS%3DABS%3AAI%26type%3Dhistoric%26date%3DNov%2B3%252C%2B1903%26author%3D%26pub%3DDetroit%2BFree%2BPress%2B%281858-1922%29%26edition%3D%26startpage%3D3%26desc%3DNO%2BDOUBT%2BOF%2BROUGH%2BUSAGE&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3A1903+Michigan+Wolverines+football+team" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-29"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-29">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation news cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://archive.today/20130419004136/http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/freep/access/1764396012.html?FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:AI&type=historic&date=Nov+04,+1903&author=&pub=Detroit+Free+Press+(1858-1922)&desc=GOPHER+GAME+NETS+$13,000.&pqatl=google">"Gopher Game Nets $13,000: Michigan Share of Minnesota Gate Money; Yost Partially Excuses the Minnesota Roughing"</a>. <i>Detroit Free Press</i>. November 4, 1903. Archived from <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/freep/access/1764396012.html?FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:AI&type=historic&date=Nov+04%2C+1903&author=&pub=Detroit+Free+Press+(1858-1922)&desc=GOPHER+GAME+NETS+%2413%2C000.&pqatl=google">the original</a> on April 19, 2013.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=Detroit+Free+Press&rft.atitle=Gopher+Game+Nets+%2413%2C000%3A+Michigan+Share+of+Minnesota+Gate+Money%3B+Yost+Partially+Excuses+the+Minnesota+Roughing&rft.date=1903-11-04&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fpqasb.pqarchiver.com%2Ffreep%2Faccess%2F1764396012.html%3FFMT%3DABS%26FMTS%3DABS%3AAI%26type%3Dhistoric%26date%3DNov%2B04%252C%2B1903%26author%3D%26pub%3DDetroit%2BFree%2BPress%2B%281858-1922%29%26desc%3DGOPHER%2BGAME%2BNETS%2B%252413%252C000.%26pqatl%3Dgoogle&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3A1903+Michigan+Wolverines+football+team" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-30"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-30">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation news cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://secure.pqarchiver.com/freep/access/1764370172.html?FMT=AI&FMTS=ABS:AI&type=historic&date=Nov+3%2C+1903&author=&pub=Detroit+Free+Press+(1858-1922)&desc=NOT+OUTPLAYED.">"Not Outplayed: Yost Says Gophers Had Nothing on Michigan"</a>. <i>Detroit Free Press</i>. November 3, 1903.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=Detroit+Free+Press&rft.atitle=Not+Outplayed%3A+Yost+Says+Gophers+Had+Nothing+on+Michigan&rft.date=1903-11-03&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fsecure.pqarchiver.com%2Ffreep%2Faccess%2F1764370172.html%3FFMT%3DAI%26FMTS%3DABS%3AAI%26type%3Dhistoric%26date%3DNov%2B3%252C%2B1903%26author%3D%26pub%3DDetroit%2BFree%2BPress%2B%281858-1922%29%26desc%3DNOT%2BOUTPLAYED.&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3A1903+Michigan+Wolverines+football+team" class="Z3988"></span><sup class="noprint Inline-Template"><span style="white-space: nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Link_rot" title="Wikipedia:Link rot"><span title=" Dead link tagged February 2019">permanent dead link</span></a></i><span style="visibility:hidden; color:transparent; padding-left:2px">‍</span>]</span></sup></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-31"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-31">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">The length of the Minnesota game is unknown. Accordingly, the range listed above is premised on the assumption that a full length game would have lasted between 50 and 70 minutes. Two minutes is then deducted due to the early termination, resulting in a range of between 48 and 68 minutes.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-32"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-32">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150415035217/http://www.goldengophergridiron.com/page/show/331052-little-brown-jug">"The Little Brown Jug – Minnesota vs. Michigan"</a>. Golden Gopher Gridiron. Archived from <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.goldengophergridiron.com/page/show/331052-little-brown-jug">the original</a> on April 15, 2015<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">December 5,</span> 2011</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=The+Little+Brown+Jug+%E2%80%93+Minnesota+vs.+Michigan&rft.pub=Golden+Gopher+Gridiron&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.goldengophergridiron.com%2Fpage%2Fshow%2F331052-little-brown-jug&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3A1903+Michigan+Wolverines+football+team" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-MAOhio-33"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-MAOhio_33-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-MAOhio_33-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-MAOhio_33-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation news cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://books.google.com/books?id=1h3iAAAAMAAJ">"The Ohio Game"</a>. <i>The Michigan Alumnus</i>. December 1903. pp. 138–140.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=The+Michigan+Alumnus&rft.atitle=The+Ohio+Game&rft.pages=138-140&rft.date=1903-12&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fbooks.google.com%2Fbooks%3Fid%3D1h3iAAAAMAAJ&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3A1903+Michigan+Wolverines+football+team" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-34"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-34">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation news cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=wg5cAAAAIBAJ&pg=3812,1757561&dq=michigan+ohio-state&hl=en">"Call of Time Saves Michigan From Touchdown: Thirty-Six Points Scored Against Ohio State University in First"</a>. <i>Davenport Daily Republican</i>. November 8, 1903.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=Davenport+Daily+Republican&rft.atitle=Call+of+Time+Saves+Michigan+From+Touchdown%3A+Thirty-Six+Points+Scored+Against+Ohio+State+University+in+First&rft.date=1903-11-08&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fnews.google.com%2Fnewspapers%3Fid%3Dwg5cAAAAIBAJ%26pg%3D3812%2C1757561%26dq%3Dmichigan%2Bohio-state%26hl%3Den&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3A1903+Michigan+Wolverines+football+team" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-NYTWisc-35"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-NYTWisc_35-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-NYTWisc_35-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-NYTWisc_35-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation news cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1903/11/15/290340932.pdf">"Michigan 16; Wisconsin 0"</a> <span class="cs1-format">(PDF)</span>. <i>The New York Times</i>. November 15, 1903.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=The+New+York+Times&rft.atitle=Michigan+16%3B+Wisconsin+0&rft.date=1903-11-15&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Ftimesmachine.nytimes.com%2Ftimesmachine%2F1903%2F11%2F15%2F290340932.pdf&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3A1903+Michigan+Wolverines+football+team" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-MAWisc-36"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-MAWisc_36-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-MAWisc_36-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-MAWisc_36-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation news cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://books.google.com/books?id=1h3iAAAAMAAJ">"The Ohio Game"</a>. <i>The Michigan Alumnus</i>. December 1903. pp. 137–138.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=The+Michigan+Alumnus&rft.atitle=The+Ohio+Game&rft.pages=137-138&rft.date=1903-12&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fbooks.google.com%2Fbooks%3Fid%3D1h3iAAAAMAAJ&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3A1903+Michigan+Wolverines+football+team" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-DFPWisc-37"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-DFPWisc_37-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFSeward_Cramer1903" class="citation news cs1">Seward Cramer (November 15, 1903). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://archive.today/20130131224609/http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/freep/access/1764304212.html?FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:AI&type=historic&date=Nov+15,+1903&author=SEWARD+CRAMER&pub=Detroit+Free+Press+(1858-1922)&edition=&startpage=11&desc=DETAIL+OF+THE+GAME.">"Detail of the Game: Opening Half Was Uneventful, But Second Was One of Intense Interest"</a>. <i>Detroit Free Press</i>. Archived from <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/freep/access/1764304212.html?FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:AI&type=historic&date=Nov+15%2C+1903&author=SEWARD+CRAMER&pub=Detroit+Free+Press+(1858-1922)&edition=&startpage=11&desc=DETAIL+OF+THE+GAME.">the original</a> on January 31, 2013.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=Detroit+Free+Press&rft.atitle=Detail+of+the+Game%3A+Opening+Half+Was+Uneventful%2C+But+Second+Was+One+of+Intense+Interest&rft.date=1903-11-15&rft.au=Seward+Cramer&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fpqasb.pqarchiver.com%2Ffreep%2Faccess%2F1764304212.html%3FFMT%3DABS%26FMTS%3DABS%3AAI%26type%3Dhistoric%26date%3DNov%2B15%252C%2B1903%26author%3DSEWARD%2BCRAMER%26pub%3DDetroit%2BFree%2BPress%2B%281858-1922%29%26edition%3D%26startpage%3D11%26desc%3DDETAIL%2BOF%2BTHE%2BGAME.&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3A1903+Michigan+Wolverines+football+team" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-MAOb-38"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-MAOb_38-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation news cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://books.google.com/books?id=1h3iAAAAMAAJ">"The Oberlin Game"</a>. <i>The Michigan Alumnus</i>. December 1903. p. 140.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=The+Michigan+Alumnus&rft.atitle=The+Oberlin+Game&rft.pages=140&rft.date=1903-12&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fbooks.google.com%2Fbooks%3Fid%3D1h3iAAAAMAAJ&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3A1903+Michigan+Wolverines+football+team" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-39"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-39">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation news cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1903/11/22/102030494.pdf">"Michigan 42; Oberlin 0"</a> <span class="cs1-format">(PDF)</span>. <i>The New York Times</i>. November 22, 1903.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=The+New+York+Times&rft.atitle=Michigan+42%3B+Oberlin+0&rft.date=1903-11-22&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Ftimesmachine.nytimes.com%2Ftimesmachine%2F1903%2F11%2F22%2F102030494.pdf&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3A1903+Michigan+Wolverines+football+team" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-NYTChi-40"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-NYTChi_40-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-NYTChi_40-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation news cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1903/11/27/105067442.pdf">"Michigan 28; Chicago 0"</a> <span class="cs1-format">(PDF)</span>. <i>The New York Times</i>. November 27, 1903.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=The+New+York+Times&rft.atitle=Michigan+28%3B+Chicago+0&rft.date=1903-11-27&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Ftimesmachine.nytimes.com%2Ftimesmachine%2F1903%2F11%2F27%2F105067442.pdf&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3A1903+Michigan+Wolverines+football+team" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-DFPChi-41"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-DFPChi_41-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-DFPChi_41-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-DFPChi_41-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-DFPChi_41-3"><sup><i><b>d</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-DFPChi_41-4"><sup><i><b>e</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFJoe_S._Jackson1903" class="citation news cs1">Joe S. Jackson (November 27, 1903). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://archive.today/20130131152153/http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/freep/access/1764308302.html?FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:AI&type=historic&date=Nov+27,+1903&author=JOE+JACKSON&pub=Detroit+Free+Press+(1858-1922)&edition=&startpage=1&desc=MICHIGAN+WAS+THE+BEST+TEAM">"Michigan Was The Best Team: Outplayed and Outclassed Chicago Yesterday; Score Was 28 to 0, With Maroons on the Defensive All the Time"</a>. <i>Detroit Free Press</i>. Archived from <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/freep/access/1764308302.html?FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:AI&type=historic&date=Nov+27%2C+1903&author=JOE+JACKSON&pub=Detroit+Free+Press+(1858-1922)&edition=&startpage=1&desc=MICHIGAN+WAS+THE+BEST+TEAM">the original</a> on January 31, 2013.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=Detroit+Free+Press&rft.atitle=Michigan+Was+The+Best+Team%3A+Outplayed+and+Outclassed+Chicago+Yesterday%3B+Score+Was+28+to+0%2C+With+Maroons+on+the+Defensive+All+the+Time&rft.date=1903-11-27&rft.au=Joe+S.+Jackson&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fpqasb.pqarchiver.com%2Ffreep%2Faccess%2F1764308302.html%3FFMT%3DABS%26FMTS%3DABS%3AAI%26type%3Dhistoric%26date%3DNov%2B27%252C%2B1903%26author%3DJOE%2BJACKSON%26pub%3DDetroit%2BFree%2BPress%2B%281858-1922%29%26edition%3D%26startpage%3D1%26desc%3DMICHIGAN%2BWAS%2BTHE%2BBEST%2BTEAM&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3A1903+Michigan+Wolverines+football+team" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-MAChi-42"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-MAChi_42-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-MAChi_42-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-MAChi_42-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation news cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://books.google.com/books?id=1h3iAAAAMAAJ">"The Chicago Game"</a>. <i>The Michigan Alumnus</i>. December 1903. p. 140.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=The+Michigan+Alumnus&rft.atitle=The+Chicago+Game&rft.pages=140&rft.date=1903-12&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fbooks.google.com%2Fbooks%3Fid%3D1h3iAAAAMAAJ&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3A1903+Michigan+Wolverines+football+team" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-43"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-43">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation news cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://archive.today/20130131152153/http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/freep/access/1764308302.html?FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:AI&type=historic&date=Nov+27,+1903&author=JOE+JACKSON&pub=Detroit+Free+Press+(1858-1922)&edition=&startpage=1&desc=MICHIGAN+WAS+THE+BEST+TEAM">"Walter Camp's View"</a>. <i>Detroit Free Press</i>. November 27, 1903. Archived from <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/freep/access/1764308302.html?FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:AI&type=historic&date=Nov+27%2C+1903&author=JOE+JACKSON&pub=Detroit+Free+Press+(1858-1922)&edition=&startpage=1&desc=MICHIGAN+WAS+THE+BEST+TEAM">the original</a> on January 31, 2013.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=Detroit+Free+Press&rft.atitle=Walter+Camp%27s+View&rft.date=1903-11-27&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fpqasb.pqarchiver.com%2Ffreep%2Faccess%2F1764308302.html%3FFMT%3DABS%26FMTS%3DABS%3AAI%26type%3Dhistoric%26date%3DNov%2B27%252C%2B1903%26author%3DJOE%2BJACKSON%26pub%3DDetroit%2BFree%2BPress%2B%281858-1922%29%26edition%3D%26startpage%3D1%26desc%3DMICHIGAN%2BWAS%2BTHE%2BBEST%2BTEAM&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3A1903+Michigan+Wolverines+football+team" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-44"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-44">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation news cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120302032822/http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/chicagotribune/access/407423831.html?dids=407423831:407423831&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:AI&type=historic&date=Nov+27%2C+1903&author=&pub=Chicago+Tribune&desc=MICHIGAN+VICTOR+IN+FINAL+CONTEST&pqatl=google">"Michigan Victor in Final Contest: Stagg's Men Fight Hard, but the Yost Machine Mows Down Chicago's Line in a Blizzard"</a>. <i>Chicago Daily Tribune</i>. November 27, 1903. Archived from <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/chicagotribune/access/407423831.html?dids=407423831:407423831&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:AI&type=historic&date=Nov+27%2C+1903&author=&pub=Chicago+Tribune&desc=MICHIGAN+VICTOR+IN+FINAL+CONTEST&pqatl=google">the original</a> on March 2, 2012<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">July 5,</span> 2017</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=Chicago+Daily+Tribune&rft.atitle=Michigan+Victor+in+Final+Contest%3A+Stagg%27s+Men+Fight+Hard%2C+but+the+Yost+Machine+Mows+Down+Chicago%27s+Line+in+a+Blizzard&rft.date=1903-11-27&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fpqasb.pqarchiver.com%2Fchicagotribune%2Faccess%2F407423831.html%3Fdids%3D407423831%3A407423831%26FMT%3DABS%26FMTS%3DABS%3AAI%26type%3Dhistoric%26date%3DNov%2B27%252C%2B1903%26author%3D%26pub%3DChicago%2BTribune%26desc%3DMICHIGAN%2BVICTOR%2BIN%2BFINAL%2BCONTEST%26pqatl%3Dgoogle&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3A1903+Michigan+Wolverines+football+team" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-45"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-45">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation news cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://archive.today/20130201064106/http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/freep/access/1764308402.html?FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:AI&type=historic&date=Nov+27,+1903&author=&pub=Detroit+Free+Press+(1858-1922)&desc=HAIL+TO+THE+CHAMPIONS!&pqatl=google">"Hail to the Champions! Michigan Rooters Claim the Title With Thanksgiving, Sneer at Thought That Minnesota Is a Superior; Great Is Tom Hammond, and Everlasting His Fame"</a>. <i>Detroit Free Press</i>. November 27, 1903. Archived from <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/freep/access/1764308402.html?FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:AI&type=historic&date=Nov+27%2C+1903&author=&pub=Detroit+Free+Press+(1858-1922)&desc=HAIL+TO+THE+CHAMPIONS!&pqatl=google">the original</a> on February 1, 2013.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=Detroit+Free+Press&rft.atitle=Hail+to+the+Champions%21+Michigan+Rooters+Claim+the+Title+With+Thanksgiving%2C+Sneer+at+Thought+That+Minnesota+Is+a+Superior%3B+Great+Is+Tom+Hammond%2C+and+Everlasting+His+Fame&rft.date=1903-11-27&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fpqasb.pqarchiver.com%2Ffreep%2Faccess%2F1764308402.html%3FFMT%3DABS%26FMTS%3DABS%3AAI%26type%3Dhistoric%26date%3DNov%2B27%252C%2B1903%26author%3D%26pub%3DDetroit%2BFree%2BPress%2B%281858-1922%29%26desc%3DHAIL%2BTO%2BTHE%2BCHAMPIONS%21%26pqatl%3Dgoogle&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3A1903+Michigan+Wolverines+football+team" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-Season-46"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-Season_46-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Season_46-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation news cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://books.google.com/books?id=1h3iAAAAMAAJ">"The Football Season"</a>. <i>The Michigan Alumnus</i>. January 1904. p. 163.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=The+Michigan+Alumnus&rft.atitle=The+Football+Season&rft.pages=163&rft.date=1904-01&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fbooks.google.com%2Fbooks%3Fid%3D1h3iAAAAMAAJ&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3A1903+Michigan+Wolverines+football+team" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-p139-47"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-p139_47-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-p139_47-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text">1904 Michiganensian, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://quod.lib.umich.edu/m/moa/aag4364.1904.001/147?page=root;size=150;view=image;q1=football">p. 139</a>.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-48"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-48">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation news cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://books.google.com/books?id=1h3iAAAAMAAJ">"Yost Will Coach Next Year"</a>. <i>The Michigan Alumnus</i>. December 1903. p. 142.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=The+Michigan+Alumnus&rft.atitle=Yost+Will+Coach+Next+Year&rft.pages=142&rft.date=1903-12&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fbooks.google.com%2Fbooks%3Fid%3D1h3iAAAAMAAJ&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3A1903+Michigan+Wolverines+football+team" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-49"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-49">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation news cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://books.google.com/books?id=1h3iAAAAMAAJ">"Next Season's Prospects"</a>. <i>The Michigan Alumnus</i>. January 1904. p. 164.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=The+Michigan+Alumnus&rft.atitle=Next+Season%27s+Prospects&rft.pages=164&rft.date=1904-01&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fbooks.google.com%2Fbooks%3Fid%3D1h3iAAAAMAAJ&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3A1903+Michigan+Wolverines+football+team" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-50"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-50">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation news cs1">"Campus Calendar January 1904". <i>The Michigan Alumnus</i>. February 1904. p. 237.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=The+Michigan+Alumnus&rft.atitle=Campus+Calendar+January+1904&rft.pages=237&rft.date=1904-02&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3A1903+Michigan+Wolverines+football+team" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-51"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-51">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation news cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20121106194815/http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/freep/access/1764247742.html?FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:AI&type=historic&date=Jan+06,+1904&author=&pub=Detroit+Free+Press+(1858-1922)&desc=FOOTBALL+WAS+NOT+THE+CAUSE&pqatl=google">"Football Was Not Cause: Gooding's Injuries in Gopher Game Was Slight; Player Dead in Ann Arbor from Typhoid Fever; He Worked Conscientiously for the "M" Sweater"</a>. <i>Detroit Free Press</i>. January 6, 1904. Archived from <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/freep/access/1764247742.html?FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:AI&type=historic&date=Jan+06%2C+1904&author=&pub=Detroit+Free+Press+(1858-1922)&desc=FOOTBALL+WAS+NOT+THE+CAUSE&pqatl=google">the original</a> on November 6, 2012<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">July 5,</span> 2017</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=Detroit+Free+Press&rft.atitle=Football+Was+Not+Cause%3A+Gooding%27s+Injuries+in+Gopher+Game+Was+Slight%3B+Player+Dead+in+Ann+Arbor+from+Typhoid+Fever%3B+He+Worked+Conscientiously+for+the+%22M%22+Sweater&rft.date=1904-01-06&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fpqasb.pqarchiver.com%2Ffreep%2Faccess%2F1764247742.html%3FFMT%3DABS%26FMTS%3DABS%3AAI%26type%3Dhistoric%26date%3DJan%2B06%252C%2B1904%26author%3D%26pub%3DDetroit%2BFree%2BPress%2B%281858-1922%29%26desc%3DFOOTBALL%2BWAS%2BNOT%2BTHE%2BCAUSE%26pqatl%3Dgoogle&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3A1903+Michigan+Wolverines+football+team" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-CDT-52"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-CDT_52-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation news cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20121106194829/http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/chicagotribune/access/404937111.html?dids=404937111:404937111&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:AI&type=historic&date=Jan+06,+1904&author=&pub=Chicago+Tribune&desc=FOOTBALL+STAR+DIES+OF+TYPHOID&pqatl=google">"FOOTBALL STAR DIES OF TYPHOID: Cecil Gooding, Michigan's Right guard, Succumbs to Disease at Ann Arbor; Death Is a Surprise; Player Took Cold Here Thanksgiving Day--Minnesota Men Deny Rough Usage; Attribute Death to Chicago Water; Minnesota Players Incensed"</a>. <i>Chicago Daily Tribune</i>. January 6, 1904. Archived from <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/chicagotribune/access/404937111.html?dids=404937111:404937111&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:AI&type=historic&date=Jan+06%2C+1904&author=&pub=Chicago+Tribune&desc=FOOTBALL+STAR+DIES+OF+TYPHOID&pqatl=google">the original</a> on November 6, 2012<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">July 5,</span> 2017</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=Chicago+Daily+Tribune&rft.atitle=FOOTBALL+STAR+DIES+OF+TYPHOID%3A+Cecil+Gooding%2C+Michigan%27s+Right+guard%2C+Succumbs+to+Disease+at+Ann+Arbor%3B+Death+Is+a+Surprise%3B+Player+Took+Cold+Here+Thanksgiving+Day--Minnesota+Men+Deny+Rough+Usage%3B+Attribute+Death+to+Chicago+Water%3B+Minnesota+Players+Incensed&rft.date=1904-01-06&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fpqasb.pqarchiver.com%2Fchicagotribune%2Faccess%2F404937111.html%3Fdids%3D404937111%3A404937111%26FMT%3DABS%26FMTS%3DABS%3AAI%26type%3Dhistoric%26date%3DJan%2B06%252C%2B1904%26author%3D%26pub%3DChicago%2BTribune%26desc%3DFOOTBALL%2BSTAR%2BDIES%2BOF%2BTYPHOID%26pqatl%3Dgoogle&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3A1903+Michigan+Wolverines+football+team" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-53"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-53">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation news cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://books.google.com/books?id=yBziAAAAMAAJ">"Cecil Gooding"</a>. <i>The Michigan Alumnus</i>. 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href="/wiki/Chicago%E2%80%93Michigan_football_rivalry" title="Chicago–Michigan football rivalry">Chicago</a> (defunct)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Illinois%E2%80%93Michigan_football_rivalry" title="Illinois–Michigan football rivalry">Illinois</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Michigan%E2%80%93Michigan_State_football_rivalry" title="Michigan–Michigan State football rivalry">Michigan State</a></li> <li>Minnesota: <a href="/wiki/Little_Brown_Jug_(college_football_trophy)" title="Little Brown Jug (college football trophy)">Little Brown Jug</a></li> <li>Northwestern: <a href="/wiki/George_Jewett_Trophy" title="George Jewett Trophy">George Jewett Trophy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Michigan%E2%80%93Notre_Dame_football_rivalry" title="Michigan–Notre Dame football rivalry">Notre Dame</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Michigan%E2%80%93Ohio_State_football_rivalry" title="Michigan–Ohio State football rivalry">Ohio State</a> (<a href="/wiki/The_Ten_Year_War" title="The Ten Year War">The Ten Year War</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Michigan%E2%80%93Penn_State_football_rivalry" title="Michigan–Penn State football rivalry">Penn State</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background-color:#00274C;color:white;box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #FFCB05, inset -2px -2px 0 #FFCB05;;width:1%">Culture & lore</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/History_of_Michigan_Wolverines_football_in_the_early_years" title="History of Michigan Wolverines football in the early years">Early years</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/History_of_Michigan_Wolverines_football_in_the_Yost_era" title="History of Michigan Wolverines football in the Yost era">Yost era</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/History_of_Michigan_Wolverines_football_in_the_Kipke_years" title="History of Michigan Wolverines football in the Kipke years">Kipke years</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/History_of_Michigan_Wolverines_football_in_the_Crisler_years" title="History of Michigan Wolverines football in the Crisler years">Crisler years</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/History_of_Michigan_Wolverines_football_in_the_Oosterbaan_years" title="History of Michigan Wolverines football in the Oosterbaan years">Oosterbaan years</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/History_of_Michigan_Wolverines_football_in_the_Elliott_years" title="History of Michigan Wolverines football in the Elliott years">Elliott years</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/The_Ten_Year_War" title="The Ten Year War">The Ten Year War</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Snow_Bowl_(1950)" title="Snow Bowl (1950)">Snow Bowl</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1969_Ohio_State_vs._Michigan_football_game" title="1969 Ohio State vs. Michigan football game">1969 Ohio State game</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1973_Ohio_State_vs._Michigan_football_game" title="1973 Ohio State vs. Michigan football game">1973 Ohio State game</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Miracle_at_Michigan" title="Miracle at Michigan">Miracle at Michigan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2001_Michigan_vs._Michigan_State_football_game" title="2001 Michigan vs. Michigan State football game">2001 Michigan State game</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2006_Michigan_vs._Ohio_State_football_game" title="2006 Michigan vs. Ohio State football game">2006 Ohio State game</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2007_Appalachian_State_vs._Michigan_football_game" title="2007 Appalachian State vs. Michigan football game">2007 Appalachian State game</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2015_Michigan_State_vs._Michigan_football_game" title="2015 Michigan State vs. Michigan football game">2015 Michigan State game</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/University_of_Michigan_football_sign-stealing_scandal" title="University of Michigan football sign-stealing scandal">Sign-stealing scandal</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Biff,_the_Michigan_Wolverine" title="Biff, the Michigan Wolverine">Biff</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/M_Club_banner" title="M Club banner">M Club banner</a></li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/The_Victors" title="The Victors">The Victors</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Varsity_(fight_song)" title="Varsity (fight song)">Varsity</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/We_Don%27t_Give_a_Damn" title="We Don't Give a Damn">We Don't Give a Damn</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Mr._Brightside#Use_in_sporting_events" title="Mr. Brightside">Mr. Brightside</a>"</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Michigan_Marching_Band" title="Michigan Marching Band">Marching band</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background-color:#00274C;color:white;box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #FFCB05, inset -2px -2px 0 #FFCB05;;width:1%">People</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Michigan_Wolverines_head_football_coaches" title="List of Michigan Wolverines head football coaches">Head coaches</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Michigan_Wolverines_football_trainers" title="List of Michigan Wolverines football trainers">Trainers</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Michigan_Wolverines_football_players" title="List of Michigan Wolverines football players">Players</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Michigan_Wolverines_football_All-Americans" title="List of Michigan Wolverines football All-Americans">All-Americans</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Michigan_Wolverines_in_the_NFL_draft" title="List of Michigan Wolverines in the NFL draft">NFL draftees</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Michigan_Wolverines_football_statistical_leaders" title="Michigan Wolverines football statistical leaders">Statistical leaders</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background-color:#00274C;color:white;box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #FFCB05, inset -2px -2px 0 #FFCB05;;width:1%"><a href="/wiki/List_of_Michigan_Wolverines_football_seasons" title="List of Michigan Wolverines football seasons"><span style="color:white">Seasons</span></a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/1879_Michigan_Wolverines_football_team" title="1879 Michigan Wolverines football team">1879</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1880_Michigan_Wolverines_football_team" title="1880 Michigan Wolverines football team">1880</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1881_Michigan_Wolverines_football_team" title="1881 Michigan Wolverines football team">1881</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1882_Michigan_Wolverines_football_team" title="1882 Michigan Wolverines football team">1882</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1883_Michigan_Wolverines_football_team" title="1883 Michigan Wolverines football team">1883</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1884_Michigan_Wolverines_football_team" title="1884 Michigan Wolverines football team">1884</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1885_Michigan_Wolverines_football_team" title="1885 Michigan Wolverines football team">1885</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1886_Michigan_Wolverines_football_team" title="1886 Michigan Wolverines football team">1886</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1887_Michigan_Wolverines_football_team" title="1887 Michigan Wolverines football team">1887</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1888_Michigan_Wolverines_football_team" title="1888 Michigan Wolverines football team">1888</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1889_Michigan_Wolverines_football_team" title="1889 Michigan Wolverines football team">1889</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1890_Michigan_Wolverines_football_team" title="1890 Michigan Wolverines football team">1890</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1891_Michigan_Wolverines_football_team" title="1891 Michigan Wolverines football team">1891</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1892_Michigan_Wolverines_football_team" title="1892 Michigan Wolverines football team">1892</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1893_Michigan_Wolverines_football_team" title="1893 Michigan Wolverines football team">1893</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1894_Michigan_Wolverines_football_team" title="1894 Michigan Wolverines football team">1894</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1895_Michigan_Wolverines_football_team" title="1895 Michigan Wolverines football team">1895</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1896_Michigan_Wolverines_football_team" title="1896 Michigan Wolverines football team">1896</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1897_Michigan_Wolverines_football_team" title="1897 Michigan Wolverines football team">1897</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1898_Michigan_Wolverines_football_team" title="1898 Michigan Wolverines football team">1898</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1899_Michigan_Wolverines_football_team" title="1899 Michigan Wolverines football team">1899</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1900_Michigan_Wolverines_football_team" title="1900 Michigan Wolverines football team">1900</a></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/1901_Michigan_Wolverines_football_team" title="1901 Michigan Wolverines football team">1901</a></b></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/1902_Michigan_Wolverines_football_team" title="1902 Michigan Wolverines football team">1902</a></b></li> <li><b><a class="mw-selflink selflink">1903</a></b></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/1904_Michigan_Wolverines_football_team" title="1904 Michigan Wolverines football team">1904</a></b></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1905_Michigan_Wolverines_football_team" title="1905 Michigan Wolverines football team">1905</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1906_Michigan_Wolverines_football_team" title="1906 Michigan Wolverines football team">1906</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1907_Michigan_Wolverines_football_team" title="1907 Michigan Wolverines football team">1907</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1908_Michigan_Wolverines_football_team" title="1908 Michigan Wolverines football team">1908</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1909_Michigan_Wolverines_football_team" title="1909 Michigan Wolverines football team">1909</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1910_Michigan_Wolverines_football_team" title="1910 Michigan Wolverines football team">1910</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1911_Michigan_Wolverines_football_team" title="1911 Michigan Wolverines football team">1911</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1912_Michigan_Wolverines_football_team" title="1912 Michigan Wolverines football team">1912</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1913_Michigan_Wolverines_football_team" title="1913 Michigan Wolverines football team">1913</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1914_Michigan_Wolverines_football_team" title="1914 Michigan Wolverines football team">1914</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1915_Michigan_Wolverines_football_team" title="1915 Michigan Wolverines football team">1915</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1916_Michigan_Wolverines_football_team" title="1916 Michigan Wolverines football team">1916</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1917_Michigan_Wolverines_football_team" title="1917 Michigan Wolverines football team">1917</a></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/1918_Michigan_Wolverines_football_team" title="1918 Michigan Wolverines football team">1918</a></b></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1919_Michigan_Wolverines_football_team" title="1919 Michigan Wolverines football team">1919</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1920_Michigan_Wolverines_football_team" title="1920 Michigan Wolverines football team">1920</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1921_Michigan_Wolverines_football_team" title="1921 Michigan Wolverines football team">1921</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1922_Michigan_Wolverines_football_team" title="1922 Michigan Wolverines football team">1922</a></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/1923_Michigan_Wolverines_football_team" title="1923 Michigan Wolverines football team">1923</a></b></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1924_Michigan_Wolverines_football_team" title="1924 Michigan Wolverines football team">1924</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1925_Michigan_Wolverines_football_team" title="1925 Michigan Wolverines football team">1925</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1926_Michigan_Wolverines_football_team" title="1926 Michigan Wolverines football team">1926</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1927_Michigan_Wolverines_football_team" title="1927 Michigan Wolverines football team">1927</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1928_Michigan_Wolverines_football_team" title="1928 Michigan Wolverines football team">1928</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1929_Michigan_Wolverines_football_team" title="1929 Michigan Wolverines football team">1929</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1930_Michigan_Wolverines_football_team" title="1930 Michigan Wolverines football team">1930</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1931_Michigan_Wolverines_football_team" title="1931 Michigan Wolverines football team">1931</a></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/1932_Michigan_Wolverines_football_team" title="1932 Michigan Wolverines football team">1932</a></b></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/1933_Michigan_Wolverines_football_team" title="1933 Michigan Wolverines football team">1933</a></b></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1934_Michigan_Wolverines_football_team" title="1934 Michigan Wolverines football team">1934</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1935_Michigan_Wolverines_football_team" title="1935 Michigan Wolverines football team">1935</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1936_Michigan_Wolverines_football_team" title="1936 Michigan Wolverines football team">1936</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1937_Michigan_Wolverines_football_team" title="1937 Michigan Wolverines football team">1937</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1938_Michigan_Wolverines_football_team" title="1938 Michigan Wolverines football team">1938</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1939_Michigan_Wolverines_football_team" title="1939 Michigan Wolverines football team">1939</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1940_Michigan_Wolverines_football_team" title="1940 Michigan Wolverines football team">1940</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1941_Michigan_Wolverines_football_team" title="1941 Michigan Wolverines football team">1941</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1942_Michigan_Wolverines_football_team" title="1942 Michigan Wolverines football team">1942</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1943_Michigan_Wolverines_football_team" title="1943 Michigan Wolverines football team">1943</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1944_Michigan_Wolverines_football_team" title="1944 Michigan Wolverines football team">1944</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1945_Michigan_Wolverines_football_team" title="1945 Michigan Wolverines football team">1945</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1946_Michigan_Wolverines_football_team" title="1946 Michigan Wolverines football team">1946</a></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/1947_Michigan_Wolverines_football_team" title="1947 Michigan Wolverines football team">1947</a></b></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/1948_Michigan_Wolverines_football_team" title="1948 Michigan Wolverines football team">1948</a></b></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1949_Michigan_Wolverines_football_team" title="1949 Michigan Wolverines football team">1949</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1950_Michigan_Wolverines_football_team" title="1950 Michigan Wolverines football team">1950</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1951_Michigan_Wolverines_football_team" title="1951 Michigan Wolverines football team">1951</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1952_Michigan_Wolverines_football_team" title="1952 Michigan Wolverines football team">1952</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1953_Michigan_Wolverines_football_team" title="1953 Michigan Wolverines football team">1953</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1954_Michigan_Wolverines_football_team" title="1954 Michigan Wolverines football team">1954</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1955_Michigan_Wolverines_football_team" title="1955 Michigan Wolverines football team">1955</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1956_Michigan_Wolverines_football_team" title="1956 Michigan Wolverines football team">1956</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1957_Michigan_Wolverines_football_team" title="1957 Michigan Wolverines football team">1957</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1958_Michigan_Wolverines_football_team" title="1958 Michigan Wolverines football team">1958</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1959_Michigan_Wolverines_football_team" title="1959 Michigan Wolverines football team">1959</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1960_Michigan_Wolverines_football_team" title="1960 Michigan Wolverines football team">1960</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1961_Michigan_Wolverines_football_team" title="1961 Michigan Wolverines football team">1961</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1962_Michigan_Wolverines_football_team" title="1962 Michigan Wolverines football team">1962</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1963_Michigan_Wolverines_football_team" title="1963 Michigan Wolverines football team">1963</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1964_Michigan_Wolverines_football_team" title="1964 Michigan Wolverines football team">1964</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1965_Michigan_Wolverines_football_team" title="1965 Michigan Wolverines football team">1965</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1966_Michigan_Wolverines_football_team" title="1966 Michigan Wolverines football team">1966</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1967_Michigan_Wolverines_football_team" title="1967 Michigan Wolverines football team">1967</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1968_Michigan_Wolverines_football_team" title="1968 Michigan Wolverines football team">1968</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1969_Michigan_Wolverines_football_team" title="1969 Michigan Wolverines football team">1969</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1970_Michigan_Wolverines_football_team" title="1970 Michigan Wolverines football team">1970</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1971_Michigan_Wolverines_football_team" title="1971 Michigan Wolverines football team">1971</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1972_Michigan_Wolverines_football_team" title="1972 Michigan Wolverines football team">1972</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1973_Michigan_Wolverines_football_team" title="1973 Michigan Wolverines football team">1973</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1974_Michigan_Wolverines_football_team" title="1974 Michigan Wolverines football team">1974</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1975_Michigan_Wolverines_football_team" title="1975 Michigan Wolverines football team">1975</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1976_Michigan_Wolverines_football_team" title="1976 Michigan Wolverines football team">1976</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1977_Michigan_Wolverines_football_team" title="1977 Michigan Wolverines football team">1977</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1978_Michigan_Wolverines_football_team" title="1978 Michigan Wolverines football team">1978</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1979_Michigan_Wolverines_football_team" title="1979 Michigan Wolverines football team">1979</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1980_Michigan_Wolverines_football_team" title="1980 Michigan Wolverines football team">1980</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1981_Michigan_Wolverines_football_team" title="1981 Michigan Wolverines football team">1981</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1982_Michigan_Wolverines_football_team" title="1982 Michigan Wolverines football team">1982</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1983_Michigan_Wolverines_football_team" title="1983 Michigan Wolverines football team">1983</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1984_Michigan_Wolverines_football_team" title="1984 Michigan Wolverines football team">1984</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1985_Michigan_Wolverines_football_team" title="1985 Michigan Wolverines football team">1985</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1986_Michigan_Wolverines_football_team" title="1986 Michigan Wolverines football team">1986</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1987_Michigan_Wolverines_football_team" title="1987 Michigan Wolverines football team">1987</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1988_Michigan_Wolverines_football_team" title="1988 Michigan Wolverines football team">1988</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1989_Michigan_Wolverines_football_team" title="1989 Michigan Wolverines football team">1989</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1990_Michigan_Wolverines_football_team" title="1990 Michigan Wolverines football team">1990</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1991_Michigan_Wolverines_football_team" title="1991 Michigan Wolverines football team">1991</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1992_Michigan_Wolverines_football_team" title="1992 Michigan Wolverines football team">1992</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1993_Michigan_Wolverines_football_team" title="1993 Michigan Wolverines football team">1993</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1994_Michigan_Wolverines_football_team" title="1994 Michigan Wolverines football team">1994</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1995_Michigan_Wolverines_football_team" title="1995 Michigan Wolverines football team">1995</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1996_Michigan_Wolverines_football_team" title="1996 Michigan Wolverines football team">1996</a></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/1997_Michigan_Wolverines_football_team" title="1997 Michigan Wolverines football team">1997</a></b></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1998_Michigan_Wolverines_football_team" title="1998 Michigan Wolverines football team">1998</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1999_Michigan_Wolverines_football_team" title="1999 Michigan Wolverines football team">1999</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2000_Michigan_Wolverines_football_team" title="2000 Michigan Wolverines football team">2000</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2001_Michigan_Wolverines_football_team" title="2001 Michigan Wolverines football team">2001</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2002_Michigan_Wolverines_football_team" title="2002 Michigan Wolverines football team">2002</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2003_Michigan_Wolverines_football_team" title="2003 Michigan Wolverines football team">2003</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2004_Michigan_Wolverines_football_team" title="2004 Michigan Wolverines football team">2004</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2005_Michigan_Wolverines_football_team" title="2005 Michigan Wolverines football team">2005</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2006_Michigan_Wolverines_football_team" title="2006 Michigan Wolverines football team">2006</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2007_Michigan_Wolverines_football_team" title="2007 Michigan Wolverines football team">2007</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2008_Michigan_Wolverines_football_team" title="2008 Michigan Wolverines football team">2008</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2009_Michigan_Wolverines_football_team" title="2009 Michigan Wolverines football team">2009</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2010_Michigan_Wolverines_football_team" title="2010 Michigan Wolverines football team">2010</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2011_Michigan_Wolverines_football_team" title="2011 Michigan Wolverines football team">2011</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2012_Michigan_Wolverines_football_team" title="2012 Michigan Wolverines football team">2012</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2013_Michigan_Wolverines_football_team" title="2013 Michigan Wolverines football team">2013</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2014_Michigan_Wolverines_football_team" title="2014 Michigan Wolverines football team">2014</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2015_Michigan_Wolverines_football_team" title="2015 Michigan Wolverines football team">2015</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2016_Michigan_Wolverines_football_team" title="2016 Michigan Wolverines football team">2016</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2017_Michigan_Wolverines_football_team" title="2017 Michigan Wolverines football team">2017</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2018_Michigan_Wolverines_football_team" title="2018 Michigan Wolverines football team">2018</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2019_Michigan_Wolverines_football_team" title="2019 Michigan Wolverines football team">2019</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2020_Michigan_Wolverines_football_team" title="2020 Michigan Wolverines football team">2020</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2021_Michigan_Wolverines_football_team" title="2021 Michigan Wolverines football team">2021</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2022_Michigan_Wolverines_football_team" title="2022 Michigan Wolverines football team">2022</a></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/2023_Michigan_Wolverines_football_team" title="2023 Michigan Wolverines football team">2023</a></b></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2024_Michigan_Wolverines_football_team" title="2024 Michigan Wolverines football team">2024</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><td class="navbox-abovebelow" colspan="2" style="background-color:#00274C;color:white;box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #FFCB05, inset -2px -2px 0 #FFCB05;"><div>National championship seasons in bold</div></td></tr></tbody></table></div> <div class="navbox-styles"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236075235"></div><div role="navigation" class="navbox" aria-labelledby="College_football_national_champions_(pre-AP_Poll)" style="padding:3px"><table class="nowraplinks mw-collapsible autocollapse navbox-inner" style="border-spacing:0;background:transparent;color:inherit"><tbody><tr><th scope="col" class="navbox-title" 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id="College_football_national_champions_(pre-AP_Poll)" style="font-size:114%;margin:0 4em"><a href="/wiki/College_football_national_championships_in_NCAA_Division_I_FBS" title="College football national championships in NCAA Division I FBS">College football national champions (pre-AP Poll)</a></div></th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">1869–1879</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><span class="nowrap"><b><span style="font-size:85%;">1869</span></b>: <a href="/wiki/1869_Princeton_Tigers_football_team" title="1869 Princeton Tigers football team">Princeton</a> / <a href="/wiki/1869_Rutgers_Queensmen_football_team" title="1869 Rutgers Queensmen football team">Rutgers</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><b><span style="font-size:85%;">1870</span></b>: <a href="/wiki/1870_Princeton_Tigers_football_team" title="1870 Princeton Tigers football team">Princeton</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><b><span style="font-size:85%;">1871</span></b>: <i>None</i></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><b><span style="font-size:85%;">1872</span></b>: <a href="/wiki/1872_Princeton_Tigers_football_team" title="1872 Princeton Tigers football team">Princeton</a> / <a href="/wiki/1872_Yale_Bulldogs_football_team" title="1872 Yale Bulldogs football team">Yale</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><b><span style="font-size:85%;">1873</span></b>: <a href="/wiki/1873_Princeton_Tigers_football_team" title="1873 Princeton Tigers football team">Princeton</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><b><span style="font-size:85%;">1874</span></b>: <a href="/wiki/1874%E2%80%9375_Harvard_Crimson_football_team" title="1874–75 Harvard Crimson football team">Harvard</a> / <a href="/wiki/1874_Princeton_Tigers_football_team" title="1874 Princeton Tigers football team">Princeton</a> / <a href="/wiki/1874_Yale_Bulldogs_football_team" title="1874 Yale Bulldogs football team">Yale</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><b><span style="font-size:85%;">1875</span></b>: <a href="/wiki/1875_Columbia_football_team" title="1875 Columbia football team">Columbia</a> / <a href="/wiki/1875_Harvard_Crimson_football_team" class="mw-redirect" title="1875 Harvard Crimson football team">Harvard</a> / <a href="/wiki/1875_Princeton_Tigers_football_team" title="1875 Princeton Tigers football team">Princeton</a> </span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><b><span style="font-size:85%;">1876</span></b>: <a href="/wiki/1876_Yale_Bulldogs_football_team" title="1876 Yale Bulldogs football team">Yale</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><b><span style="font-size:85%;">1877</span></b>: <a href="/wiki/1877_Princeton_Tigers_football_team" title="1877 Princeton Tigers football team">Princeton</a> / <a href="/wiki/1877_Yale_Bulldogs_football_team" title="1877 Yale Bulldogs football team">Yale</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><b><span style="font-size:85%;">1878</span></b>: <a href="/wiki/1878_Princeton_Tigers_football_team" title="1878 Princeton Tigers football team">Princeton</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><b><span style="font-size:85%;">1879</span></b>: <a href="/wiki/1879_Princeton_Tigers_football_team" title="1879 Princeton Tigers football team">Princeton</a></span></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">1880s</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><span class="nowrap"><b><span style="font-size:85%;">1880</span></b>: <a href="/wiki/1880_Princeton_Tigers_football_team" title="1880 Princeton Tigers football team">Princeton</a> / <a href="/wiki/1880_Yale_Bulldogs_football_team" title="1880 Yale Bulldogs football team">Yale</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><b><span style="font-size:85%;">1881</span></b>: <a href="/wiki/1881_Princeton_Tigers_football_team" title="1881 Princeton Tigers football team">Princeton</a> / <a href="/wiki/1881_Yale_Bulldogs_football_team" title="1881 Yale Bulldogs football team">Yale</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><b><span style="font-size:85%;">1882</span></b>: <a href="/wiki/1882_Yale_Bulldogs_football_team" title="1882 Yale Bulldogs football team">Yale</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><b><span style="font-size:85%;">1883</span></b>: <a href="/wiki/1883_Yale_Bulldogs_football_team" title="1883 Yale Bulldogs football team">Yale</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><b><span style="font-size:85%;">1884</span></b>: <a href="/wiki/1884_Princeton_Tigers_football_team" title="1884 Princeton Tigers football team">Princeton</a> / <a href="/wiki/1884_Yale_Bulldogs_football_team" title="1884 Yale Bulldogs football team">Yale</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><b><span style="font-size:85%;">1885</span></b>: <a href="/wiki/1885_Princeton_Tigers_football_team" title="1885 Princeton Tigers football team">Princeton</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><b><span style="font-size:85%;">1886</span></b>: <a href="/wiki/1886_Princeton_Tigers_football_team" title="1886 Princeton Tigers football team">Princeton</a> / <a href="/wiki/1886_Yale_Bulldogs_football_team" title="1886 Yale Bulldogs football team">Yale</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><b><span style="font-size:85%;">1887</span></b>: <a href="/wiki/1887_Yale_Bulldogs_football_team" title="1887 Yale Bulldogs football team">Yale</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><b><span style="font-size:85%;">1888</span></b>: <a href="/wiki/1888_Yale_Bulldogs_football_team" title="1888 Yale Bulldogs football team">Yale</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><b><span style="font-size:85%;">1889</span></b>: <a href="/wiki/1889_Princeton_Tigers_football_team" title="1889 Princeton Tigers football team">Princeton</a></span></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">1890s</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><span class="nowrap"><b><span style="font-size:85%;">1890</span></b>: <a href="/wiki/1890_Harvard_Crimson_football_team" title="1890 Harvard Crimson football team">Harvard</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><b><span style="font-size:85%;">1891</span></b>: <a href="/wiki/1891_Yale_Bulldogs_football_team" title="1891 Yale Bulldogs football team">Yale</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><b><span style="font-size:85%;">1892</span></b>: <a href="/wiki/1892_Yale_Bulldogs_football_team" title="1892 Yale Bulldogs football team">Yale</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><b><span style="font-size:85%;">1893</span></b>: <a href="/wiki/1893_Princeton_Tigers_football_team" title="1893 Princeton Tigers football team">Princeton</a> / <a href="/wiki/1893_Yale_Bulldogs_football_team" title="1893 Yale Bulldogs football team">Yale</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><b><span style="font-size:85%;">1894</span></b>: <a href="/wiki/1894_Penn_Quakers_football_team" title="1894 Penn Quakers football team">Penn</a> / <a href="/wiki/1894_Princeton_Tigers_football_team" title="1894 Princeton Tigers football team">Princeton</a> / <a href="/wiki/1894_Yale_Bulldogs_football_team" title="1894 Yale Bulldogs football team">Yale</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><b><span style="font-size:85%;">1895</span></b>: <a href="/wiki/1895_Penn_Quakers_football_team" title="1895 Penn Quakers football team">Penn</a> / <a href="/wiki/1895_Yale_Bulldogs_football_team" title="1895 Yale Bulldogs football team">Yale</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><b><span style="font-size:85%;">1896</span></b>: <a href="/wiki/1896_Lafayette_football_team" title="1896 Lafayette football team">Lafayette</a> / <a href="/wiki/1896_Princeton_Tigers_football_team" title="1896 Princeton Tigers football team">Princeton</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><b><span style="font-size:85%;">1897</span></b>: <a href="/wiki/1897_Penn_Quakers_football_team" title="1897 Penn Quakers football team">Penn</a> / <a href="/wiki/1897_Yale_Bulldogs_football_team" title="1897 Yale Bulldogs football team">Yale</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><b><span style="font-size:85%;">1898</span></b>: <a href="/wiki/1898_Harvard_Crimson_football_team" title="1898 Harvard Crimson football team">Harvard</a> / <a href="/wiki/1898_Princeton_Tigers_football_team" title="1898 Princeton Tigers football team">Princeton</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><b><span style="font-size:85%;">1899</span></b>: <a href="/wiki/1899_Harvard_Crimson_football_team" title="1899 Harvard Crimson football team">Harvard</a> / <a href="/wiki/1899_Princeton_Tigers_football_team" title="1899 Princeton Tigers football team">Princeton</a></span></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">1900s</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><span class="nowrap"><b><span style="font-size:85%;">1900</span></b>: <a href="/wiki/1900_Yale_Bulldogs_football_team" title="1900 Yale Bulldogs football team">Yale</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><b><span style="font-size:85%;">1901</span></b>: <a href="/wiki/1901_Harvard_Crimson_football_team" title="1901 Harvard Crimson football team">Harvard</a> / <a href="/wiki/1901_Michigan_Wolverines_football_team" title="1901 Michigan Wolverines football team">Michigan</a> / <a href="/wiki/1901_Yale_Bulldogs_football_team" title="1901 Yale Bulldogs football team">Yale</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><b><span style="font-size:85%;">1902</span></b>: <a href="/wiki/1902_Michigan_Wolverines_football_team" title="1902 Michigan Wolverines football team">Michigan</a> / <a href="/wiki/1902_Yale_Bulldogs_football_team" title="1902 Yale Bulldogs football team">Yale</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><b><span style="font-size:85%;">1903</span></b>: <a class="mw-selflink selflink">Michigan</a> / <a href="/wiki/1903_Princeton_Tigers_football_team" title="1903 Princeton Tigers football team">Princeton</a> </span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><b><span style="font-size:85%;">1904</span></b>: <a href="/wiki/1904_Michigan_Wolverines_football_team" title="1904 Michigan Wolverines football team">Michigan</a> / <a href="/wiki/1904_Minnesota_Golden_Gophers_football_team" title="1904 Minnesota Golden Gophers football team">Minnesota</a> / <a href="/wiki/1904_Penn_Quakers_football_team" title="1904 Penn Quakers football team">Penn</a> </span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><b><span style="font-size:85%;">1905</span></b>: <a href="/wiki/1905_Chicago_Maroons_football_team" title="1905 Chicago Maroons football team">Chicago</a> / <a href="/wiki/1905_Yale_Bulldogs_football_team" title="1905 Yale Bulldogs football team">Yale</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><b><span style="font-size:85%;">1906</span></b>: <a href="/wiki/1906_Princeton_Tigers_football_team" title="1906 Princeton Tigers football team">Princeton</a> / <a href="/wiki/1906_Yale_Bulldogs_football_team" title="1906 Yale Bulldogs football team">Yale</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><b><span style="font-size:85%;">1907</span></b>: <a href="/wiki/1907_Yale_Bulldogs_football_team" title="1907 Yale Bulldogs football team">Yale</a> </span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><b><span style="font-size:85%;">1908</span></b>: <a href="/wiki/1908_Harvard_Crimson_football_team" title="1908 Harvard Crimson football team">Harvard</a> / <a href="/wiki/1908_LSU_Tigers_football_team" title="1908 LSU Tigers football team">LSU</a> / <a href="/wiki/1908_Penn_Quakers_football_team" title="1908 Penn Quakers football team">Penn</a> </span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><b><span style="font-size:85%;">1909</span></b>: <a href="/wiki/1909_Yale_Bulldogs_football_team" title="1909 Yale Bulldogs football team">Yale</a></span></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">1910s</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><span class="nowrap"><b><span style="font-size:85%;">1910</span></b>: <a href="/wiki/1910_Harvard_Crimson_football_team" title="1910 Harvard Crimson football team">Harvard</a> / <a href="/wiki/1910_Pittsburgh_Panthers_football_team" title="1910 Pittsburgh Panthers football team">Pittsburgh</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><b><span style="font-size:85%;">1911</span></b>: <a href="/wiki/1911_Penn_State_Nittany_Lions_football_team" title="1911 Penn State Nittany Lions football team">Penn State</a> / <a href="/wiki/1911_Princeton_Tigers_football_team" title="1911 Princeton Tigers football team">Princeton</a> </span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><b><span style="font-size:85%;">1912</span></b>: <a href="/wiki/1912_Harvard_Crimson_football_team" title="1912 Harvard Crimson football team">Harvard</a> / <a href="/wiki/1912_Penn_State_Nittany_Lions_football_team" title="1912 Penn State Nittany Lions football team">Penn State</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><b><span style="font-size:85%;">1913</span></b>: <a href="/wiki/1913_Auburn_Tigers_football_team" title="1913 Auburn Tigers football team">Auburn</a> / <a href="/wiki/1913_Chicago_Maroons_football_team" title="1913 Chicago Maroons football team">Chicago</a> / <a href="/wiki/1913_Harvard_Crimson_football_team" title="1913 Harvard Crimson football team">Harvard</a> </span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><b><span style="font-size:85%;">1914</span></b>: <a href="/wiki/1914_Army_Cadets_football_team" title="1914 Army Cadets football team">Army</a> / <a href="/wiki/1914_Illinois_Fighting_Illini_football_team" title="1914 Illinois Fighting Illini football team">Illinois</a> / <a href="/wiki/1914_Texas_Longhorns_football_team" title="1914 Texas Longhorns football team">Texas</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><b><span style="font-size:85%;">1915</span></b>: <a href="/wiki/1915_Cornell_Big_Red_football_team" title="1915 Cornell Big Red football team">Cornell</a> / <a href="/wiki/1915_Minnesota_Golden_Gophers_football_team" title="1915 Minnesota Golden Gophers football team">Minnesota</a> / <a href="/wiki/1915_Oklahoma_Sooners_football_team" title="1915 Oklahoma Sooners football team">Oklahoma</a> / <a href="/wiki/1915_Pittsburgh_Panthers_football_team" title="1915 Pittsburgh Panthers football team">Pittsburgh</a> </span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><b><span style="font-size:85%;">1916</span></b>: <a href="/wiki/1916_Army_Cadets_football_team" title="1916 Army Cadets football team">Army</a> / <a href="/wiki/1916_Georgia_Tech_Yellow_Jackets_football_team" title="1916 Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets football team">Georgia Tech</a> / <a href="/wiki/1916_Pittsburgh_Panthers_football_team" title="1916 Pittsburgh Panthers football team">Pittsburgh</a> </span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><b><span style="font-size:85%;">1917</span></b>: <a href="/wiki/1917_Georgia_Tech_Golden_Tornado_football_team" title="1917 Georgia Tech Golden Tornado football team">Georgia Tech</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><b><span style="font-size:85%;">1918</span></b>: <a href="/wiki/1918_Michigan_Wolverines_football_team" title="1918 Michigan Wolverines football team">Michigan</a> / <a href="/wiki/1918_Pittsburgh_Panthers_football_team" title="1918 Pittsburgh Panthers football team">Pittsburgh</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><b><span style="font-size:85%;">1919</span></b>: <a href="/wiki/1919_Centre_Praying_Colonels_football_team" title="1919 Centre Praying Colonels football team">Centre</a> / <a href="/wiki/1919_Harvard_Crimson_football_team" title="1919 Harvard Crimson football team">Harvard</a> / <a href="/wiki/1919_Illinois_Fighting_Illini_football_team" title="1919 Illinois Fighting Illini football team">Illinois</a> / <a href="/wiki/1919_Notre_Dame_Fighting_Irish_football_team" title="1919 Notre Dame Fighting Irish football team">Notre Dame</a> / <a href="/wiki/1919_Texas_A%26M_Aggies_football_team" title="1919 Texas A&M Aggies football team">Texas A&M</a></span></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">1920s</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><span class="nowrap"><b><span style="font-size:85%;">1920</span></b>: <a href="/wiki/1920_California_Golden_Bears_football_team" title="1920 California Golden Bears football team">California</a> / <a href="/wiki/1920_Georgia_Bulldogs_football_team" title="1920 Georgia Bulldogs football team">Georgia</a> / <a href="/wiki/1920_Harvard_Crimson_football_team" title="1920 Harvard Crimson football team">Harvard</a> / <a href="/wiki/1920_Notre_Dame_Fighting_Irish_football_team" title="1920 Notre Dame Fighting Irish football team">Notre Dame</a> / <a href="/wiki/1920_Princeton_Tigers_football_team" title="1920 Princeton Tigers football team">Princeton</a> </span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><b><span style="font-size:85%;">1921</span></b>: <a href="/wiki/1921_California_Golden_Bears_football_team" title="1921 California Golden Bears football team">California</a> / <a href="/wiki/1921_Cornell_Big_Red_football_team" title="1921 Cornell Big Red football team">Cornell</a> / <a href="/wiki/1921_Iowa_Hawkeyes_football_team" title="1921 Iowa Hawkeyes football team">Iowa</a> / <a href="/wiki/1921_Lafayette_football_team" title="1921 Lafayette football team">Lafayette</a> / <a href="/wiki/1921_Washington_%26_Jefferson_Presidents_football_team" title="1921 Washington & Jefferson Presidents football team">Washington & Jefferson</a> / <a href="/wiki/1921_Vanderbilt_Commodores_football_team" title="1921 Vanderbilt Commodores football team">Vanderbilt</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><b><span style="font-size:85%;">1922</span></b>: <a href="/wiki/1922_California_Golden_Bears_football_team" title="1922 California Golden Bears football team">California</a> / <a href="/wiki/1922_Cornell_Big_Red_football_team" title="1922 Cornell Big Red football team">Cornell</a> / <a href="/wiki/1922_Princeton_Tigers_football_team" title="1922 Princeton Tigers football team">Princeton</a> / <a href="/wiki/1922_Vanderbilt_Commodores_football_team" title="1922 Vanderbilt Commodores football team">Vanderbilt</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><b><span style="font-size:85%;">1923</span></b>: <a href="/wiki/1923_California_Golden_Bears_football_team" title="1923 California Golden Bears football team">California</a> / <a href="/wiki/1923_Cornell_Big_Red_football_team" title="1923 Cornell Big Red football team">Cornell</a> / <a href="/wiki/1923_Illinois_Fighting_Illini_football_team" title="1923 Illinois Fighting Illini football team">Illinois</a> / <a href="/wiki/1923_Michigan_Wolverines_football_team" title="1923 Michigan Wolverines football team">Michigan</a> / <a href="/wiki/1923_Yale_Bulldogs_football_team" title="1923 Yale Bulldogs football team">Yale</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><b><span style="font-size:85%;">1924</span></b>: <a href="/wiki/1924_Notre_Dame_Fighting_Irish_football_team" title="1924 Notre Dame Fighting Irish football team">Notre Dame</a> / <a href="/wiki/1924_Penn_Quakers_football_team" title="1924 Penn Quakers football team">Penn</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><b><span style="font-size:85%;">1925</span></b>: <a href="/wiki/1925_Alabama_Crimson_Tide_football_team" title="1925 Alabama Crimson Tide football team">Alabama</a> / <a href="/wiki/1925_Dartmouth_Indians_football_team" title="1925 Dartmouth Indians football team">Dartmouth</a> / <a href="/wiki/1925_Michigan_Wolverines_football_team" title="1925 Michigan Wolverines football team">Michigan</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><b><span style="font-size:85%;">1926</span></b>: <a href="/wiki/1926_Alabama_Crimson_Tide_football_team" title="1926 Alabama Crimson Tide football team">Alabama</a> / <a href="/wiki/1926_Lafayette_Leopards_football_team" title="1926 Lafayette Leopards football team">Lafayette</a> / <a href="/wiki/1926_Michigan_Wolverines_football_team" title="1926 Michigan Wolverines football team">Michigan</a> / <a href="/wiki/1926_Navy_Midshipmen_football_team" title="1926 Navy Midshipmen football team">Navy</a> / <a href="/wiki/1926_Stanford_football_team" title="1926 Stanford football team">Stanford</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><b><span style="font-size:85%;">1927</span></b>: <a href="/wiki/1927_Georgia_Bulldogs_football_team" title="1927 Georgia Bulldogs football team">Georgia</a> / <a href="/wiki/1927_Illinois_Fighting_Illini_football_team" title="1927 Illinois Fighting Illini football team">Illinois</a> / <a href="/wiki/1927_Notre_Dame_Fighting_Irish_football_team" title="1927 Notre Dame Fighting Irish football team">Notre Dame</a> / <a href="/wiki/1927_Texas_A%26M_Aggies_football_team" title="1927 Texas A&M Aggies football team">Texas A&M</a> / <a href="/wiki/1927_Yale_Bulldogs_football_team" title="1927 Yale Bulldogs football team">Yale</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><b><span style="font-size:85%;">1928</span></b>: <a href="/wiki/1928_Detroit_Titans_football_team" title="1928 Detroit Titans football team">Detroit</a> / <a href="/wiki/1928_Georgia_Tech_Golden_Tornado_football_team" title="1928 Georgia Tech Golden Tornado football team">Georgia Tech</a> / <a href="/wiki/1928_USC_Trojans_football_team" title="1928 USC Trojans football team">USC</a> </span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><b><span style="font-size:85%;">1929</span></b>: <a href="/wiki/1929_Notre_Dame_Fighting_Irish_football_team" title="1929 Notre Dame Fighting Irish football team">Notre Dame</a> / <a href="/wiki/1929_Pittsburgh_Panthers_football_team" title="1929 Pittsburgh Panthers football team">Pittsburgh</a> / <a href="/wiki/1929_USC_Trojans_football_team" title="1929 USC Trojans football team">USC</a></span></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">1930s</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><span class="nowrap"><b><span style="font-size:85%;">1930</span></b>: <a href="/wiki/1930_Alabama_Crimson_Tide_football_team" title="1930 Alabama Crimson Tide football team">Alabama</a> / <a href="/wiki/1930_Notre_Dame_Fighting_Irish_football_team" title="1930 Notre Dame Fighting Irish football team">Notre Dame</a> </span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><b><span style="font-size:85%;">1931</span></b>: <a href="/wiki/1931_Pittsburgh_Panthers_football_team" title="1931 Pittsburgh Panthers football team">Pittsburgh</a> / <a href="/wiki/1931_Purdue_Boilermakers_football_team" title="1931 Purdue Boilermakers football team">Purdue</a> / <a href="/wiki/1931_USC_Trojans_football_team" title="1931 USC Trojans football team">USC</a> </span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><b><span style="font-size:85%;">1932</span></b>: <a href="/wiki/1932_Colgate_Red_Raiders_football_team" title="1932 Colgate Red Raiders football team">Colgate</a> / <a href="/wiki/1932_Michigan_Wolverines_football_team" title="1932 Michigan Wolverines football team">Michigan</a> / <a href="/wiki/1932_USC_Trojans_football_team" title="1932 USC Trojans football team">USC</a> </span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><b><span style="font-size:85%;">1933</span></b>: <a href="/wiki/1933_Michigan_Wolverines_football_team" title="1933 Michigan Wolverines football team">Michigan</a> / <a href="/wiki/1933_Ohio_State_Buckeyes_football_team" title="1933 Ohio State Buckeyes football team">Ohio State</a> / <a href="/wiki/1933_Princeton_Tigers_football_team" title="1933 Princeton Tigers football team">Princeton</a> / <a href="/wiki/1933_USC_Trojans_football_team" title="1933 USC Trojans football team">USC</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><b><span style="font-size:85%;">1934</span></b>: <a href="/wiki/1934_Alabama_Crimson_Tide_football_team" title="1934 Alabama Crimson Tide football team">Alabama</a> / <a href="/wiki/1934_Minnesota_Golden_Gophers_football_team" title="1934 Minnesota Golden Gophers football team">Minnesota</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><b><span style="font-size:85%;">1935</span></b>: <a href="/wiki/1935_LSU_Tigers_football_team" title="1935 LSU Tigers football team">LSU</a> / <a href="/wiki/1935_Minnesota_Golden_Gophers_football_team" title="1935 Minnesota Golden Gophers football team">Minnesota</a> / <a href="/wiki/1935_Princeton_Tigers_football_team" title="1935 Princeton Tigers football team">Princeton</a> / <a href="/wiki/1935_SMU_Mustangs_football_team" title="1935 SMU Mustangs football team">SMU</a> / <a href="/wiki/1935_TCU_Horned_Frogs_football_team" title="1935 TCU Horned Frogs football team">TCU</a></span></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table></div> <div class="navbox-styles"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236075235"></div><div role="navigation" class="navbox" aria-labelledby="Big_Ten_Conference_football_champions" style="padding:3px"><table class="nowraplinks mw-collapsible autocollapse navbox-inner" style="border-spacing:0;background:transparent;color:inherit"><tbody><tr><th scope="col" class="navbox-title" colspan="2" style="background-color:#0088CE;color:white;box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #000000, inset -2px -2px 0 #000000;"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1239400231"><div class="navbar plainlinks hlist navbar-mini"><ul><li class="nv-view"><a 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style="background-color:#0088CE;color:white;box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #000000, inset -2px -2px 0 #000000;;width:1%">Western Conference</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1896_Wisconsin_Badgers_football_team" title="1896 Wisconsin Badgers football team">Wisconsin</a> (1896)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1897_Wisconsin_Badgers_football_team" title="1897 Wisconsin Badgers football team">Wisconsin</a> (1897)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1898_Michigan_Wolverines_football_team" title="1898 Michigan Wolverines football team">Michigan</a> (1898)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1899_Chicago_Maroons_football_team" title="1899 Chicago Maroons football team">Chicago</a> (1899)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1900_Iowa_Hawkeyes_football_team" title="1900 Iowa Hawkeyes football team">Iowa</a> & <a href="/wiki/1900_Minnesota_Golden_Gophers_football_team" title="1900 Minnesota Golden Gophers football team">Minnesota</a> (1900)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><b><a href="/wiki/1901_Michigan_Wolverines_football_team" title="1901 Michigan Wolverines football team">Michigan</a></b> & <a href="/wiki/1901_Wisconsin_Badgers_football_team" title="1901 Wisconsin Badgers football team">Wisconsin</a> (1901)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><b><a href="/wiki/1902_Michigan_Wolverines_football_team" title="1902 Michigan Wolverines football team">Michigan</a></b> (1902)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><b><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Michigan</a></b>, <a href="/wiki/1903_Minnesota_Golden_Gophers_football_team" title="1903 Minnesota Golden Gophers football team">Minnesota</a>, & <a href="/wiki/1903_Northwestern_Purple_football_team" title="1903 Northwestern Purple football team">Northwestern</a> (1903)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><b><a href="/wiki/1904_Michigan_Wolverines_football_team" title="1904 Michigan Wolverines football team">Michigan</a></b> & <b><a href="/wiki/1904_Minnesota_Golden_Gophers_football_team" title="1904 Minnesota Golden Gophers football team">Minnesota</a></b> (1904)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><b><a href="/wiki/1905_Chicago_Maroons_football_team" title="1905 Chicago Maroons football team">Chicago</a></b> (1905)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1906_Michigan_Wolverines_football_team" title="1906 Michigan Wolverines football team">Michigan</a>, <a href="/wiki/1906_Minnesota_Golden_Gophers_football_team" title="1906 Minnesota Golden Gophers football team">Minnesota</a>, & <a href="/wiki/1906_Wisconsin_Badgers_football_team" title="1906 Wisconsin Badgers football team">Wisconsin</a> (1906)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1907_Chicago_Maroons_football_team" title="1907 Chicago Maroons football team">Chicago</a> (1907)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1908_Chicago_Maroons_football_team" title="1908 Chicago Maroons football team">Chicago</a> (1908)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1909_Minnesota_Golden_Gophers_football_team" title="1909 Minnesota Golden Gophers football team">Minnesota</a> (1909)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1910_Illinois_Fighting_Illini_football_team" title="1910 Illinois Fighting Illini football team">Illinois</a> & <a href="/wiki/1910_Minnesota_Golden_Gophers_football_team" title="1910 Minnesota Golden Gophers football team">Minnesota</a> (1910)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1911_Minnesota_Golden_Gophers_football_team" title="1911 Minnesota Golden Gophers football team">Minnesota</a> (1911)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1912_Wisconsin_Badgers_football_team" title="1912 Wisconsin Badgers football team">Wisconsin</a> (1912)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><b><a href="/wiki/1913_Chicago_Maroons_football_team" title="1913 Chicago Maroons football team">Chicago</a></b> (1913)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><b><a href="/wiki/1914_Illinois_Fighting_Illini_football_team" title="1914 Illinois Fighting Illini football team">Illinois</a></b> (1914)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1915_Illinois_Fighting_Illini_football_team" title="1915 Illinois Fighting Illini football team">Illinois</a> & <a href="/wiki/1915_Minnesota_Golden_Gophers_football_team" title="1915 Minnesota Golden Gophers football team">Minnesota</a> (1915)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1916_Ohio_State_Buckeyes_football_team" title="1916 Ohio State Buckeyes football team">Ohio State</a> (1916)</span></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background-color:#0088CE;color:white;box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #000000, inset -2px -2px 0 #000000;;width:1%">Big Ten</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1917_Ohio_State_Buckeyes_football_team" title="1917 Ohio State Buckeyes football team">Ohio State</a> (1917)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1918_Illinois_Fighting_Illini_football_team" title="1918 Illinois Fighting Illini football team">Illinois</a>, <b><a href="/wiki/1918_Michigan_Wolverines_football_team" title="1918 Michigan Wolverines football team">Michigan</a></b>, & <a href="/wiki/1918_Purdue_Boilermakers_football_team" title="1918 Purdue Boilermakers football team">Purdue</a> (1918)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><b><a href="/wiki/1919_Illinois_Fighting_Illini_football_team" title="1919 Illinois Fighting Illini football team">Illinois</a></b> (1919)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1920_Ohio_State_Buckeyes_football_team" title="1920 Ohio State Buckeyes football team">Ohio State</a> (1920)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><b><a href="/wiki/1921_Iowa_Hawkeyes_football_team" title="1921 Iowa Hawkeyes football team">Iowa</a></b> (1921)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1922_Chicago_Maroons_football_team" title="1922 Chicago Maroons football team">Chicago</a>, <a href="/wiki/1922_Iowa_Hawkeyes_football_team" title="1922 Iowa Hawkeyes football team">Iowa</a>, & <a href="/wiki/1922_Michigan_Wolverines_football_team" title="1922 Michigan Wolverines football team">Michigan</a> (1922)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><b><a href="/wiki/1923_Illinois_Fighting_Illini_football_team" title="1923 Illinois Fighting Illini football team">Illinois</a></b> & <b><a href="/wiki/1923_Michigan_Wolverines_football_team" title="1923 Michigan Wolverines football team">Michigan</a></b> (1923)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1924_Chicago_Maroons_football_team" title="1924 Chicago Maroons football team">Chicago</a> (1924)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1925_Michigan_Wolverines_football_team" title="1925 Michigan Wolverines football team">Michigan</a> (1925)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1926_Michigan_Wolverines_football_team" title="1926 Michigan Wolverines football team">Michigan</a> & <a href="/wiki/1926_Northwestern_Wildcats_football_team" title="1926 Northwestern Wildcats football team">Northwestern</a> (1926)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><b><a href="/wiki/1927_Illinois_Fighting_Illini_football_team" title="1927 Illinois Fighting Illini football team">Illinois</a></b> & <a href="/wiki/1927_Minnesota_Golden_Gophers_football_team" title="1927 Minnesota Golden Gophers football team">Minnesota</a> (1927)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1928_Illinois_Fighting_Illini_football_team" title="1928 Illinois Fighting Illini football team">Illinois</a> (1928)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1929_Purdue_Boilermakers_football_team" title="1929 Purdue Boilermakers football team">Purdue</a> (1929)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1930_Michigan_Wolverines_football_team" title="1930 Michigan Wolverines football team">Michigan</a> & <a href="/wiki/1930_Northwestern_Wildcats_football_team" title="1930 Northwestern Wildcats football team">Northwestern</a> (1930)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1931_Purdue_Boilermakers_football_team" title="1931 Purdue Boilermakers football team">Purdue</a>, <a href="/wiki/1931_Michigan_Wolverines_football_team" title="1931 Michigan Wolverines football team">Michigan</a> & <a href="/wiki/1931_Northwestern_Wildcats_football_team" title="1931 Northwestern Wildcats football team">Northwestern</a> (1931)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><b><a href="/wiki/1932_Michigan_Wolverines_football_team" title="1932 Michigan Wolverines football team">Michigan</a></b> & <a href="/wiki/1932_Purdue_Boilermakers_football_team" title="1932 Purdue Boilermakers football team">Purdue</a> (1932)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><b><a href="/wiki/1933_Michigan_Wolverines_football_team" title="1933 Michigan Wolverines football team">Michigan</a></b> & <a href="/wiki/1933_Minnesota_Golden_Gophers_football_team" title="1933 Minnesota Golden Gophers football team">Minnesota</a> (1933)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><b><a href="/wiki/1934_Minnesota_Golden_Gophers_football_team" title="1934 Minnesota Golden Gophers football team">Minnesota</a></b> (1934)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><b><a href="/wiki/1935_Minnesota_Golden_Gophers_football_team" title="1935 Minnesota Golden Gophers football team">Minnesota</a></b> & <a href="/wiki/1935_Ohio_State_Buckeyes_football_team" title="1935 Ohio State Buckeyes football team">Ohio State</a> (1935)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1936_Northwestern_Wildcats_football_team" title="1936 Northwestern Wildcats football team">Northwestern</a> (1936)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1937_Minnesota_Golden_Gophers_football_team" title="1937 Minnesota Golden Gophers football team">Minnesota</a> (1937)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1938_Minnesota_Golden_Gophers_football_team" title="1938 Minnesota Golden Gophers football team">Minnesota</a> (1938)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1939_Ohio_State_Buckeyes_football_team" title="1939 Ohio State Buckeyes football team">Ohio State</a> (1939)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><b><a href="/wiki/1940_Minnesota_Golden_Gophers_football_team" title="1940 Minnesota Golden Gophers football team">Minnesota</a></b> (1940)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><b><a href="/wiki/1941_Minnesota_Golden_Gophers_football_team" title="1941 Minnesota Golden Gophers football team">Minnesota</a></b> (1941)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><b><a href="/wiki/1942_Ohio_State_Buckeyes_football_team" title="1942 Ohio State Buckeyes football team">Ohio State</a></b> (1942)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1943_Michigan_Wolverines_football_team" title="1943 Michigan Wolverines football team">Michigan</a> & <a href="/wiki/1943_Purdue_Boilermakers_football_team" title="1943 Purdue Boilermakers football team">Purdue</a> (1943)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1944_Ohio_State_Buckeyes_football_team" title="1944 Ohio State Buckeyes football team">Ohio State</a> (1944)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1945_Indiana_Hoosiers_football_team" title="1945 Indiana Hoosiers football team">Indiana</a> (1945)</span></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background-color:#0088CE;color:white;box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #000000, inset -2px -2px 0 #000000;;width:1%">Big Nine</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1946_Illinois_Fighting_Illini_football_team" title="1946 Illinois Fighting Illini football team">Illinois</a> (1946)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><b><a href="/wiki/1947_Michigan_Wolverines_football_team" title="1947 Michigan Wolverines football team">Michigan</a></b> (1947)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><b><a href="/wiki/1948_Michigan_Wolverines_football_team" title="1948 Michigan Wolverines football team">Michigan</a></b> (1948)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1949_Michigan_Wolverines_football_team" title="1949 Michigan Wolverines football team">Michigan</a> & <a href="/wiki/1949_Ohio_State_Buckeyes_football_team" title="1949 Ohio State Buckeyes football team">Ohio State</a> (1949)</span></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background-color:#0088CE;color:white;box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #000000, inset -2px -2px 0 #000000;;width:1%">Big Ten</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1950_Michigan_Wolverines_football_team" title="1950 Michigan Wolverines football team">Michigan</a> (1950)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1951_Illinois_Fighting_Illini_football_team" title="1951 Illinois Fighting Illini football team">Illinois</a> (1951)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1952_Purdue_Boilermakers_football_team" title="1952 Purdue Boilermakers football team">Purdue</a> & <a href="/wiki/1952_Wisconsin_Badgers_football_team" title="1952 Wisconsin Badgers football team">Wisconsin</a> (1952)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1953_Illinois_Fighting_Illini_football_team" title="1953 Illinois Fighting Illini football team">Illinois</a> & <a href="/wiki/1953_Michigan_State_Spartans_football_team" title="1953 Michigan State Spartans football team">Michigan State</a> (1953)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><b><a href="/wiki/1954_Ohio_State_Buckeyes_football_team" title="1954 Ohio State Buckeyes football team">Ohio State</a></b> (1954)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1955_Ohio_State_Buckeyes_football_team" title="1955 Ohio State Buckeyes football team">Ohio State</a> (1955)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1956_Iowa_Hawkeyes_football_team" title="1956 Iowa Hawkeyes football team">Iowa</a> (1956)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><b><a href="/wiki/1957_Ohio_State_Buckeyes_football_team" title="1957 Ohio State Buckeyes football team">Ohio State</a></b> (1957)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><b><a href="/wiki/1958_Iowa_Hawkeyes_football_team" title="1958 Iowa Hawkeyes football team">Iowa</a></b> (1958)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1959_Wisconsin_Badgers_football_team" title="1959 Wisconsin Badgers football team">Wisconsin</a> (1959)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><b><a href="/wiki/1960_Minnesota_Golden_Gophers_football_team" title="1960 Minnesota Golden Gophers football team">Minnesota</a></b> & <a href="/wiki/1960_Iowa_Hawkeyes_football_team" title="1960 Iowa Hawkeyes football team">Iowa</a> (1960)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><b><a href="/wiki/1961_Ohio_State_Buckeyes_football_team" title="1961 Ohio State Buckeyes football team">Ohio State</a></b> (1961)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1962_Wisconsin_Badgers_football_team" title="1962 Wisconsin Badgers football team">Wisconsin</a> (1962)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1963_Illinois_Fighting_Illini_football_team" title="1963 Illinois Fighting Illini football team">Illinois</a> (1963)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1964_Michigan_Wolverines_football_team" title="1964 Michigan Wolverines football team">Michigan</a> (1964)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><b><a href="/wiki/1965_Michigan_State_Spartans_football_team" title="1965 Michigan State Spartans football team">Michigan State</a></b> (1965)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><b><a href="/wiki/1966_Michigan_State_Spartans_football_team" title="1966 Michigan State Spartans football team">Michigan State</a></b> (1966)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1967_Indiana_Hoosiers_football_team" title="1967 Indiana Hoosiers football team">Indiana</a>, <a href="/wiki/1967_Minnesota_Golden_Gophers_football_team" title="1967 Minnesota Golden Gophers football team">Minnesota</a>, <a href="/wiki/1967_Purdue_Boilermakers_football_team" title="1967 Purdue Boilermakers football team">Purdue</a> (1967)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><b><a href="/wiki/1968_Ohio_State_Buckeyes_football_team" title="1968 Ohio State Buckeyes football team">Ohio State</a></b> (1968)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1969_Michigan_Wolverines_football_team" title="1969 Michigan Wolverines football team">Michigan</a> & <a href="/wiki/1969_Ohio_State_Buckeyes_football_team" title="1969 Ohio State Buckeyes football team">Ohio State</a> (1969)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><b><a href="/wiki/1970_Ohio_State_Buckeyes_football_team" title="1970 Ohio State Buckeyes football team">Ohio State</a></b> (1970)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1971_Michigan_Wolverines_football_team" title="1971 Michigan Wolverines football team">Michigan</a> (1971)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1972_Michigan_Wolverines_football_team" title="1972 Michigan Wolverines football team">Michigan</a> & <a href="/wiki/1972_Ohio_State_Buckeyes_football_team" title="1972 Ohio State Buckeyes football team">Ohio State</a> (1972)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1973_Michigan_Wolverines_football_team" title="1973 Michigan Wolverines football team">Michigan</a> & <a href="/wiki/1973_Ohio_State_Buckeyes_football_team" title="1973 Ohio State Buckeyes football team">Ohio State</a> (1973)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1974_Michigan_Wolverines_football_team" title="1974 Michigan Wolverines football team">Michigan</a> & <a href="/wiki/1974_Ohio_State_Buckeyes_football_team" title="1974 Ohio State Buckeyes football team">Ohio State</a> (1974)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1975_Ohio_State_Buckeyes_football_team" title="1975 Ohio State Buckeyes football team">Ohio State</a> (1975)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1976_Michigan_Wolverines_football_team" title="1976 Michigan Wolverines football team">Michigan</a> & <a href="/wiki/1976_Ohio_State_Buckeyes_football_team" title="1976 Ohio State Buckeyes football team">Ohio State</a> (1976)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1977_Michigan_Wolverines_football_team" title="1977 Michigan Wolverines football team">Michigan</a> & <a href="/wiki/1977_Ohio_State_Buckeyes_football_team" title="1977 Ohio State Buckeyes football team">Ohio State</a> (1977)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1978_Michigan_Wolverines_football_team" title="1978 Michigan Wolverines football team">Michigan</a> & <a href="/wiki/1978_Michigan_State_Spartans_football_team" title="1978 Michigan State Spartans football team">Michigan State</a> (1978)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1979_Ohio_State_Buckeyes_football_team" title="1979 Ohio State Buckeyes football team">Ohio State</a> (1979)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1980_Michigan_Wolverines_football_team" title="1980 Michigan Wolverines football team">Michigan</a> (1980)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1981_Iowa_Hawkeyes_football_team" title="1981 Iowa Hawkeyes football team">Iowa</a> & <a href="/wiki/1981_Ohio_State_Buckeyes_football_team" title="1981 Ohio State Buckeyes football team">Ohio State</a> (1981)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1982_Michigan_Wolverines_football_team" title="1982 Michigan Wolverines football team">Michigan</a> (1982)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1983_Illinois_Fighting_Illini_football_team" title="1983 Illinois Fighting Illini football team">Illinois</a> (1983)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1984_Ohio_State_Buckeyes_football_team" title="1984 Ohio State Buckeyes football team">Ohio State</a> (1984)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1985_Iowa_Hawkeyes_football_team" title="1985 Iowa Hawkeyes football team">Iowa</a> (1985)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1986_Michigan_Wolverines_football_team" title="1986 Michigan Wolverines football team">Michigan</a> & <a href="/wiki/1986_Ohio_State_Buckeyes_football_team" title="1986 Ohio State Buckeyes football team">Ohio State</a> (1986)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1987_Michigan_State_Spartans_football_team" title="1987 Michigan State Spartans football team">Michigan State</a> (1987)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1988_Michigan_Wolverines_football_team" title="1988 Michigan Wolverines football team">Michigan</a> (1988)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1989_Michigan_Wolverines_football_team" title="1989 Michigan Wolverines football team">Michigan</a> (1989)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1990_Illinois_Fighting_Illini_football_team" title="1990 Illinois Fighting Illini football team">Illinois</a>, <a href="/wiki/1990_Iowa_Hawkeyes_football_team" title="1990 Iowa Hawkeyes football team">Iowa</a>, <a href="/wiki/1990_Michigan_Wolverines_football_team" title="1990 Michigan Wolverines football team">Michigan</a>, & <a href="/wiki/1990_Michigan_State_Spartans_football_team" title="1990 Michigan State Spartans football team">Michigan State</a> (1990)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1991_Michigan_Wolverines_football_team" title="1991 Michigan Wolverines football team">Michigan</a> (1991)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1992_Michigan_Wolverines_football_team" title="1992 Michigan Wolverines football team">Michigan</a> (1992)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1993_Ohio_State_Buckeyes_football_team" title="1993 Ohio State Buckeyes football team">Ohio State</a> & <a href="/wiki/1993_Wisconsin_Badgers_football_team" title="1993 Wisconsin Badgers football team">Wisconsin</a> (1993)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1994_Penn_State_Nittany_Lions_football_team" title="1994 Penn State Nittany Lions football team">Penn State</a> (1994)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1995_Northwestern_Wildcats_football_team" title="1995 Northwestern Wildcats football team">Northwestern</a> (1995)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1996_Ohio_State_Buckeyes_football_team" title="1996 Ohio State Buckeyes football team">Ohio State</a> & <a href="/wiki/1996_Northwestern_Wildcats_football_team" title="1996 Northwestern Wildcats football team">Northwestern</a> (1996)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><b><a href="/wiki/1997_Michigan_Wolverines_football_team" title="1997 Michigan Wolverines football team">Michigan</a></b> (1997)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1998_Michigan_Wolverines_football_team" title="1998 Michigan Wolverines football team">Michigan</a>, <a href="/wiki/1998_Ohio_State_Buckeyes_football_team" title="1998 Ohio State Buckeyes football team">Ohio State</a>, & <a href="/wiki/1998_Wisconsin_Badgers_football_team" title="1998 Wisconsin Badgers football team">Wisconsin</a> (1998)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1999_Wisconsin_Badgers_football_team" title="1999 Wisconsin Badgers football team">Wisconsin</a> (1999)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/2000_Michigan_Wolverines_football_team" title="2000 Michigan Wolverines football team">Michigan</a>, <a href="/wiki/2000_Northwestern_Wildcats_football_team" title="2000 Northwestern Wildcats football team">Northwestern</a>, & <a href="/wiki/2000_Purdue_Boilermakers_football_team" title="2000 Purdue Boilermakers football team">Purdue</a> (2000)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/2001_Illinois_Fighting_Illini_football_team" title="2001 Illinois Fighting Illini football team">Illinois</a> (2001)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><b><a href="/wiki/2002_Ohio_State_Buckeyes_football_team" title="2002 Ohio State Buckeyes football team">Ohio State</a></b> & <a href="/wiki/2002_Iowa_Hawkeyes_football_team" title="2002 Iowa Hawkeyes football team">Iowa</a> (2002)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/2003_Michigan_Wolverines_football_team" title="2003 Michigan Wolverines football team">Michigan</a> (2003)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/2004_Iowa_Hawkeyes_football_team" title="2004 Iowa Hawkeyes football team">Iowa</a> & <a href="/wiki/2004_Michigan_Wolverines_football_team" title="2004 Michigan Wolverines football team">Michigan</a> (2004)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/2005_Ohio_State_Buckeyes_football_team" title="2005 Ohio State Buckeyes football team">Ohio State</a> & <a href="/wiki/2005_Penn_State_Nittany_Lions_football_team" title="2005 Penn State Nittany Lions football team">Penn State</a> (2005)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/2006_Ohio_State_Buckeyes_football_team" title="2006 Ohio State Buckeyes football team">Ohio State</a> (2006)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/2007_Ohio_State_Buckeyes_football_team" title="2007 Ohio State Buckeyes football team">Ohio State</a> (2007)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/2008_Ohio_State_Buckeyes_football_team" title="2008 Ohio State Buckeyes football team">Ohio State</a> & <a href="/wiki/2008_Penn_State_Nittany_Lions_football_team" title="2008 Penn State Nittany Lions football team">Penn State</a> (2008)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/2009_Ohio_State_Buckeyes_football_team" title="2009 Ohio State Buckeyes football team">Ohio State</a> (2009)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/2010_Michigan_State_Spartans_football_team" title="2010 Michigan State Spartans football team">Michigan State</a> & <a href="/wiki/2010_Wisconsin_Badgers_football_team" title="2010 Wisconsin Badgers football team">Wisconsin</a> (2010)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/2011_Wisconsin_Badgers_football_team" title="2011 Wisconsin Badgers football team">Wisconsin</a> (2011)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/2012_Wisconsin_Badgers_football_team" title="2012 Wisconsin Badgers football team">Wisconsin</a> (2012)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/2013_Michigan_State_Spartans_football_team" title="2013 Michigan State Spartans football team">Michigan State</a> (2013)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><b><a href="/wiki/2014_Ohio_State_Buckeyes_football_team" title="2014 Ohio State Buckeyes football team">Ohio State</a></b> (2014)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/2015_Michigan_State_Spartans_football_team" title="2015 Michigan State Spartans football team">Michigan State</a> (2015)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/2016_Penn_State_Nittany_Lions_football_team" title="2016 Penn State Nittany Lions football team">Penn State</a> (2016)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/2017_Ohio_State_Buckeyes_football_team" title="2017 Ohio State Buckeyes football team">Ohio State</a> (2017)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/2018_Ohio_State_Buckeyes_football_team" title="2018 Ohio State Buckeyes football team">Ohio State</a> (2018)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/2019_Ohio_State_Buckeyes_football_team" title="2019 Ohio State Buckeyes football team">Ohio State</a> (2019)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/2020_Ohio_State_Buckeyes_football_team" title="2020 Ohio 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