1918 Michigan Wolverines football team

NCAATeamFootballSeason
Year=1918
Team=Michigan Wolverines


Conference=Big Ten Conference
Division=
ShortConference=Big Ten
CoachRank=
APRank=
Record=5-0
ConfRecord=2-0
HeadCoach=Fielding Yost
OffCoach=
DefCoach=
OScheme=
DScheme=
StadiumArena=Ferry Field
Champion=National Champion (Billingsley)
BowlTourney=
BowlTourneyResult= The 1918 Michigan Wolverines football team represented the University of Michigan in the college football season of 1918. The team's head football coach was Fielding Yost. The Wolverines played their home games at Ferry Field.

Scheduled games with Camp Custer (10/12), Michigan State (10/19), Ohio State (10/26 at Columbus), Northwestern (11/02), Cornell (11/16), Syracuse (11/16 in place of Cornell) and Minnesota (11/23) were canceled in response to the influenza epidemic and war-related travel restrictions. Only the Michigan State and Ohio State games were rescheduled.

chedule

CFB Schedule Entry
date = 10/05/1918
time =
w/l = w
nonconf = yes
homecoming =
away =
neutral =
rank =
opponent = Case
opprank =
site_stadium = Ferry Field
site_cityst = Ann Arbor, MI
gamename =
tv =
score = 33-0
overtime =CFB Schedule Entry
date = 11/09/1918
time =
w/l = w
nonconf =
homecoming =
away = yes
neutral =
rank =
opponent = Chicago
opprank =
site_stadium =
site_cityst = Chicago, IL
gamename =
tv =
score = 13-0
overtime = CFB Schedule Entry
date = 11/16/1918
time =
w/l = w
nonconf = yes
homecoming =
away =
neutral =
rank =
opponent = Syracuse
opprank =
site_stadium = Ferry Field
site_cityst = Ann Arbor, MI
gamename =
tv =
score = 15-0
overtime =CFB Schedule Entry
date = 11/23/1918
time =
w/l = w
nonconf =
homecoming = yes
away =
neutral =
rank =
opponent = Michigan Agricultural
opprank =
site_stadium = Ferry Field
site_cityst = Ann Arbor, MI
gamename =
tv =
score = 21-6
overtime = CFB Schedule Entry
date = 11/30/1918
time =
w/l = w
nonconf =
homecoming =
away =
neutral =
rank =
opponent = Ohio State
opprank =
site_stadium = Ferry Field
site_cityst = Ann Arbor, MI
gamename =
tv =
score = 14-0
overtime =

tarting lineup

* Left End: Robert Dunne, Frederick Fletcher
* Left Tackle: Angus Goetz, C.C. Clash
* Left Guard: Theo Adams, Angus Goetz, William Fortune
* Center: Ernie Vick, Elmer Cress
* Right Guard: Paul Freeman
* Right Tackle: Chester Morrison, Albert J. Lent, William Fortune, Hugh Wilson, Frank Czysz
* Right End: Edwin Boville, Arthur Karpus, Robert Dunne, Chester Morrison
* Quarterback: Ken Knode, Stanley Carter
* Fullback: Frank Steketee, Edward Usher
* Left Halfback: Edward Perrin, Abe Cohn
* Right Halfback: Abe Cohn, John Perrin

Awards

* Captain: Elton Wieman
* All-Americans: Frank Steketee
* All-Conference: Ernie Vick, Angus Goetz

Coaching staff

Prentiss Douglass

External links

* [http://bentley.umich.edu/athdept/football/fbteam/1918fbt.htm 1918 Football Team -- Bentley Historical Library, University of Michigan Athletics History]