1900 Michigan Wolverines football team
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The 1900 Michigan Wolverines football team represented the University of Michigan
in the 1900 college football season
. The team's head coach was the four-time All-American
from Princeton
and future College Football Hall of Fame
inductee, Langdon Lea
. The team opened the season with six wins, but went 1–2–1 in the final four games for an overall record of 7–2–1. Outscored its opponents by a season total of 117 to 55, Michigan won its first three games against Western Conference
opponents, Purdue
(11–6), Illinois
(12–0), and Indiana
(12–0), but then lost its final two conference games to Iowa
(28–5) and Chicago
(15–6). After the 1900 season, Michigan replaced Lea with a new coach from the Stanford University
, Fielding H. Yost. Yost took over in 1901
and led the Wolverines to four consecutive undefeated seasons.
in Ann Arbor
. The team won the three games by a combined score of 64 to 6. The first game was a 29–0 win over Hillsdale College
. After the game, The New York Times
reported that "Hillsdale was on the defensive throughout the game," and Coach Lea "was pleased with the showing made by the team."
. On the opening kickoff, Everett Sweeley ran back the kickoff 105 yards for a touchdown behind the blocking of Neil Snow. Michigan's second touchdown was scored by Hugh White.
from Cleveland
. Case scored its only touchdown on a blocked kick that was recovered by a Case player in Michigan's endzone.
schedule on October 20, 1900, with an 11 to 6 win over Purdue
in Detroit.
on October 27, 1900 on Marshall Field
in Chicago
. Michigan won 12 to 0 on touchdowns by Hugh White and Woodard. The New York Times wrote of the game: "In a game replete with kicking and hard line bucking the University of Michigan football eleven defeated Illinois University on Marshall Field this afternoon by a score of 12 to 0. Both touch-downs were scored in the first half. The first resulted from constant hammering at the Illinois line, which carried the ball from the forty-five-yard line across the goal. The other came soon after, but in this the line bucking was relieved by a brilliant run of twenty-five yards byWoodard, who took Herrnstein's place and tore through Illinois left tackle for that distance."
Michigan won its third consecutive Western Conference game against Indiana
at Regents Field on November 3. The Wolverines won the game by a score of 12 to 0. The New York Times reported that "Indiana kept the score down by repeated punting when she had the ball."
on November 11 at Bennett Park in Detroit. Iowa beat the Wolverines 28 to 5, and The New York Times reported that the "men in the old gold sweaters from Iowa completely outplayed and outclassed the Michigan men." Michigan's only points came on a place kick (field goals were worth five points under 1900 rules) by Everett Sweeley
from the thirty-five yard line just before the end of the second half. Eby and Edson each scored two touchdowns for Iowa.
on November 17 at Regents Field in Ann Arbor by a score of 7 to 0. The Wolverines scored two points on a safety when Notre Dame's kicker missed the ball on an attempted punt from behind the goal line. Michigan scored its only touchdown on a series of "hard line bucks" after two minutes of play.
's kicking gave Michigan an advantage, and the play was entirely ln Ohio's territory." Michigan twice drove to Ohio State's 15-yard line by tandem plays and line-bucking, but the Ohio State defense rallied each time to stop the Wolverines. Sweeley and Neil Snow
were the stars of the game for Michigan.
Chicago Maroons
. The Wolverines lost by a score of 15 to 6. The great football player, Pudge Heffelfinger, served as referee at the game. Michigan scored first, recovering a fumble well into Chicago's territory and then using the "old Princeton tandem formation" to carry the ball straight down field. Michigan's touchdown was scored by tackle Hugh White. However, Perkins of Chicago responded with three touchdowns, and the Maroons won the game.
University of Michigan
The University of Michigan is a public research university located in Ann Arbor, Michigan in the United States. It is the state's oldest university and the flagship campus of the University of Michigan...
in the 1900 college football season
1900 college football season
The 1900 college football season had a clear-cut champion, with the Official NCAA Division I Football Records Book listing Yale as national champions....
. The team's head coach was the four-time All-American
College Football All-America Team
The College Football All-America Team is an honor given annually to the best American college football players at their respective positions. The original usage of the term All-America seems to have been to the 1889 College Football All-America Team selected by Casper Whitney and published in This...
from Princeton
Princeton Tigers football
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and future College Football Hall of Fame
College Football Hall of Fame
The College Football Hall of Fame is a hall of fame and museum devoted to college football. Located in South Bend, Indiana, it is connected to a convention center and situated in the city's renovated downtown district, two miles south of the University of Notre Dame campus. It is slated to move...
inductee, Langdon Lea
Langdon Lea
-See also:* 1893 College Football All-America Team* 1894 College Football All-America Team* 1895 College Football All-America Team*List of Michigan Wolverines head football coaches-External links:*...
. The team opened the season with six wins, but went 1–2–1 in the final four games for an overall record of 7–2–1. Outscored its opponents by a season total of 117 to 55, Michigan won its first three games against Western Conference
Big Ten Conference
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opponents, Purdue
Purdue Boilermakers football
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(11–6), Illinois
Illinois Fighting Illini football
The Illinois Fighting Illini are a major college football program, representing the University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign. They compete in NCAA Division I-A and the Big Ten Conference.-Current staff:-All-time win/loss/tie record:*563-513-51...
(12–0), and Indiana
Indiana Hoosiers football
The Indiana Hoosiers football program represents Indiana University Bloomington in NCAA Division I Football Bowl Subdivision college football and in the Big Ten Conference.-Bowl games:...
(12–0), but then lost its final two conference games to Iowa
Iowa Hawkeyes football
The Iowa Hawkeyes football team is the interscholastic football team at the University of Iowa in Iowa City, Iowa. The Hawkeyes have competed in the Big Ten Conference since 1900, and are currently a Division I Football Bowl Subdivision member of the National Collegiate Athletic Association...
(28–5) and Chicago
Chicago Maroons football
The Chicago Maroons are the college football team representing the University of Chicago. The Maroons play in NCAA Division III as a member of the University Athletic Association. From 1892 to 1939, the Maroons were a major college football power...
(15–6). After the 1900 season, Michigan replaced Lea with a new coach from the Stanford University
Stanford University
The Leland Stanford Junior University, commonly referred to as Stanford University or Stanford, is a private research university on an campus located near Palo Alto, California. It is situated in the northwestern Santa Clara Valley on the San Francisco Peninsula, approximately northwest of San...
, Fielding H. Yost. Yost took over in 1901
1901 Michigan Wolverines football team
The 1901 Michigan Wolverines football team represented the University of Michigan in the 1901 college football season. In their first year under new head coach Fielding H. Yost, Michigan finished the season undefeated with an 11–0 record, outscored their opponents by the unprecedented total of 550...
and led the Wolverines to four consecutive undefeated seasons.
Schedule
Michigan 29, Hillsdale 0
Michigan opened the 1900 season with three non-conference games, all played at Regents FieldRegents Field
Regents Field was the home field for the University of Michigan football team from 1893 to 1905. It was located along South State Street in Ann Arbor, Michigan, where Schembechler Hall stands today....
in Ann Arbor
Ann Arbor, Michigan
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. The team won the three games by a combined score of 64 to 6. The first game was a 29–0 win over Hillsdale College
Hillsdale College
Hillsdale College in Hillsdale, Michigan, United States, is a co-educational liberal arts college known for being the first American college to prohibit in its charter all discrimination based on race, religion, or sex; its refusal of government funding; and its monthly publication, Imprimis...
. After the game, The New York Times
The New York Times
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reported that "Hillsdale was on the defensive throughout the game," and Coach Lea "was pleased with the showing made by the team."
Michigan 11, Kalamazoo 0
The second game of the season was an 11–0 win over Kalamazoo CollegeKalamazoo College
Kalamazoo College, also known as K College or simply K, is a private liberal arts college in Kalamazoo, Michigan, United States. Founded in 1833, the college is among the 100 oldest in the country. Today, it produces more Peace Corps volunteers per capita than any other U.S...
. On the opening kickoff, Everett Sweeley ran back the kickoff 105 yards for a touchdown behind the blocking of Neil Snow. Michigan's second touchdown was scored by Hugh White.
| Player | Position | Starter | Touchdowns | Extra points | Field goals | Points |
| Sweeley | Right end | Yes | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| White | Right tackle | Yes | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| Webber | Right halfback | Yes | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Total | -- | |||||
| 2 | 1 | 0 | 11 | |||
Michigan 24, Case 6
Michigan's third game was a 24-6 win over Case Scientific SchoolCase Western Reserve University
Case Western Reserve University is a private research university located in Cleveland, Ohio, USA...
from Cleveland
Cleveland, Ohio
Cleveland is a city in the U.S. state of Ohio and is the county seat of Cuyahoga County, the most populous county in the state. The city is located in northeastern Ohio on the southern shore of Lake Erie, approximately west of the Pennsylvania border...
. Case scored its only touchdown on a blocked kick that was recovered by a Case player in Michigan's endzone.
| Player | Position | Starter | Touchdowns | Extra points | Field goals | Points |
| Webber | Left halfback | Yes | 1 | 2 | 0 | 7 |
| Marks | Right tackle | Yes | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| Boggs | Right tackle | No | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| Begle | Fullback | No | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| Snow | Right end | Yes | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Herrnstein | Right halfback | No | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Total | -- | |||||
| 4 | 4 | 0 | 24 | |||
Michigan 11, Purdue 6
Michigan opened its Western ConferenceBig Ten Conference
The Big Ten Conference is the United States' oldest Division I college athletic conference. Its twelve member institutions are located primarily in the Midwestern United States, stretching from Nebraska in the west to Pennsylvania in the east...
schedule on October 20, 1900, with an 11 to 6 win over Purdue
Purdue Boilermakers football
The Purdue Boilermakers football team is the intercollegiate football program of the Purdue University Boilermakers. The program is classified in the NCAA's Division I Bowl Subdivision, and the team competes in the Big Ten Conference. The Boilermakers have an all-time record of...
in Detroit.
| Player | Position | Starter | Touchdowns | Extra points | Field goals | Points |
| White | Left tackle | Yes | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| Woodard | Right halfback | No | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| Sweeley | Fulback | Yes | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Total | -- | |||||
| 2 | 1 | 0 | 11 | |||
Michigan 12, Illinois 0
Michigan won its second Western Conference game against IllinoisIllinois Fighting Illini football
The Illinois Fighting Illini are a major college football program, representing the University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign. They compete in NCAA Division I-A and the Big Ten Conference.-Current staff:-All-time win/loss/tie record:*563-513-51...
on October 27, 1900 on Marshall Field
Stagg Field
Amos Alonzo Stagg Field is the name of two different football fields for the University of Chicago. The earliest Stagg Field is probably best remembered for its role in a landmark scientific achievement by Enrico Fermi during the Manhattan Project. The site of the first nuclear reaction received...
in Chicago
Chicago
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. Michigan won 12 to 0 on touchdowns by Hugh White and Woodard. The New York Times wrote of the game: "In a game replete with kicking and hard line bucking the University of Michigan football eleven defeated Illinois University on Marshall Field this afternoon by a score of 12 to 0. Both touch-downs were scored in the first half. The first resulted from constant hammering at the Illinois line, which carried the ball from the forty-five-yard line across the goal. The other came soon after, but in this the line bucking was relieved by a brilliant run of twenty-five yards byWoodard, who took Herrnstein's place and tore through Illinois left tackle for that distance."
Michigan 12, Indiana 0
Indiana Hoosiers football
The Indiana Hoosiers football program represents Indiana University Bloomington in NCAA Division I Football Bowl Subdivision college football and in the Big Ten Conference.-Bowl games:...
at Regents Field on November 3. The Wolverines won the game by a score of 12 to 0. The New York Times reported that "Indiana kept the score down by repeated punting when she had the ball."
| Player | Position | Starter | Touchdowns | Extra points | Field goals | Points |
| Woodward | Right halfback | Yes | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| Redden | Left end | Yes | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| Sweeley | Fulback | Yes | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| Total | -- | |||||
| 2 | 2 | 0 | 12 | |||
Iowa 28, Michigan 5
Michigan faced IowaIowa Hawkeyes football
The Iowa Hawkeyes football team is the interscholastic football team at the University of Iowa in Iowa City, Iowa. The Hawkeyes have competed in the Big Ten Conference since 1900, and are currently a Division I Football Bowl Subdivision member of the National Collegiate Athletic Association...
on November 11 at Bennett Park in Detroit. Iowa beat the Wolverines 28 to 5, and The New York Times reported that the "men in the old gold sweaters from Iowa completely outplayed and outclassed the Michigan men." Michigan's only points came on a place kick (field goals were worth five points under 1900 rules) by Everett Sweeley
Everett Sweeley
Everett Marlin Sweeley was an American football player and coach. He played fullback, halfback and end for the University of Michigan from 1899 to 1902 and was a member of Fielding H. Yost's 1901 and 1902 "Point-a-Minute" teams...
from the thirty-five yard line just before the end of the second half. Eby and Edson each scored two touchdowns for Iowa.
| Player | Position | Starter | Touchdowns | Extra points | Field goals | Points |
| Sweeley | Fulback | Yes | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 |
| Total | -- | |||||
| 2 | 1 | 0 | 11 | |||
Michigan 7, Notre Dame 0
Michigan defeated Notre DameNotre Dame Fighting Irish football
Notre Dame Fighting Irish football team is the football team of the University of Notre Dame. The team is currently coached by Brian Kelly.Notre Dame competes as an Independent at the NCAA Football Bowl Subdivision level, and is a founding member of the Bowl Championship Series coalition. It is an...
on November 17 at Regents Field in Ann Arbor by a score of 7 to 0. The Wolverines scored two points on a safety when Notre Dame's kicker missed the ball on an attempted punt from behind the goal line. Michigan scored its only touchdown on a series of "hard line bucks" after two minutes of play.
| Player | Position | Starter | Touchdowns | Extra points | Field goals | Points |
| Redner | Left halfback | Yes | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| Total | -- | |||||
| 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | |||
Michigan 0, Ohio State 0
Michigan faced Ohio State on November 24 at Regents Field, and the teams played to a scoreless tie. According to a newspaper account of the game, the two teams "struggled for two twenty-five minute halves on a slippery field this afternoon and neither side could score." In the secondhalf, with the wind in Michigan's favor, "SweeleyEverett Sweeley
Everett Marlin Sweeley was an American football player and coach. He played fullback, halfback and end for the University of Michigan from 1899 to 1902 and was a member of Fielding H. Yost's 1901 and 1902 "Point-a-Minute" teams...
's kicking gave Michigan an advantage, and the play was entirely ln Ohio's territory." Michigan twice drove to Ohio State's 15-yard line by tandem plays and line-bucking, but the Ohio State defense rallied each time to stop the Wolverines. Sweeley and Neil Snow
Neil Snow
Neil Worthington Snow gained renown as an all-around athlete at the University of Michigan from 1898–1902, where he competed in American football, baseball, track and field, and tennis. He was an All-American player in 1901, and was the Most Valuable player in the 1902 Rose Bowl, where he...
were the stars of the game for Michigan.
Chicago 15, Michigan 6
Michigan concluded the 1900 season with its traditional Thanksgiving Day game in Chicago against theChicago Maroons
Chicago Maroons football
The Chicago Maroons are the college football team representing the University of Chicago. The Maroons play in NCAA Division III as a member of the University Athletic Association. From 1892 to 1939, the Maroons were a major college football power...
. The Wolverines lost by a score of 15 to 6. The great football player, Pudge Heffelfinger, served as referee at the game. Michigan scored first, recovering a fumble well into Chicago's territory and then using the "old Princeton tandem formation" to carry the ball straight down field. Michigan's touchdown was scored by tackle Hugh White. However, Perkins of Chicago responded with three touchdowns, and the Maroons won the game.
| Player | Position | Starter | Touchdowns | Extra points | Field goals | Points |
| White | Left tackle | Yes | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| Sweeley | Fulback | Yes | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Total | -- | |||||
| 1 | 1 | 0 | 6 | |||
Players
- Ends
- Neil SnowNeil SnowNeil Worthington Snow gained renown as an all-around athlete at the University of Michigan from 1898–1902, where he competed in American football, baseball, track and field, and tennis. He was an All-American player in 1901, and was the Most Valuable player in the 1902 Rose Bowl, where he...
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- Fullback
- Everett SweeleyEverett SweeleyEverett Marlin Sweeley was an American football player and coach. He played fullback, halfback and end for the University of Michigan from 1899 to 1902 and was a member of Fielding H. Yost's 1901 and 1902 "Point-a-Minute" teams...
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(reserve)
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(reserve) - Edward Everett Webber, Austin, Illinois (reserve)
- Albert E. HerrnsteinAlbert E. HerrnsteinAlbert Ernest Herrnstein was an American football player and coach. He played at the University of Michigan as a halfback and end from 1899–1902 and was the head football coach at the Haskell Indian School , Purdue University , and Ohio State University .-University of Michigan:A native of...
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(reserve) - Williams (reserve)
- Herbert Spencer Graver, Chicago, Illinois (reserve)
- Samuel J. Sackett, Ann Arbor, Michigan (reserve)
Coaching and training staff
- Coach: Langdon "Biff" LeaLangdon Lea-See also:* 1893 College Football All-America Team* 1894 College Football All-America Team* 1895 College Football All-America Team*List of Michigan Wolverines head football coaches-External links:*...
- Trainer: Keene FitzpatrickKeene FitzpatrickKeene Fitzpatrick was a track coach, athletic trainer, professor of physical training and gymnasium director for 42 years at Yale University , the University of Michigan , and Princeton University...
- Manager: Harry K. Crafts
External links
- 1900 Football Team – Bentley Historical Library, University of Michigan Athletics History
- Michigan Alumnus, 1900-1901 - includes accounts of each game
- 1901 Michiganensian - University of Michigan yearbook for the 1900-1901 academic year