1908 Michigan Wolverines football team
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The 1908 Michigan Wolverines football team represented the University of Michigan
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 1908 college football season
1908 college football season
The 1908 college football season ran from Saturday, September 19, until November 28 . The Quakers of the University of Pennsylvania and the Crimson of Harvard University finished the season unbeaten, though each had been tied once during the season. The Tigers of Louisiana State University went...

. The team's head coach was Fielding H. Yost. The Wolverines played their home games at Ferry Field
Ferry Field
Ferry Field is a multi-purpose stadium in Ann Arbor, Michigan. It opened in 1906 and was home to the Michigan Wolverines football team prior to the Michigan Stadium opening in 1927. It had a capacity of 46,000....

.

Schedule

Starters

  • Dave Allerdice
    Dave Allerdice
    David Way Allerdice was an American football player and coach in the United States. He played football for the University of Michigan from 1907 to 1909 and coached football at Butler University and the University of Texas at Austin .-Early life and playing career:Allerdice was born in...

    , Indianapolis, Indiana
    Indianapolis, Indiana
    Indianapolis is the capital of the U.S. state of Indiana, and the county seat of Marion County, Indiana. As of the 2010 United States Census, the city's population is 839,489. It is by far Indiana's largest city and, as of the 2010 U.S...

     - started 7 games at right halfback
    Halfback (American football)
    A halfback, sometimes referred to as a tailback, is an offensive position in American football, which lines up in the backfield and generally is responsible for carrying the ball on run plays. Historically, from the 1870s through the 1950s, the halfback position was both an offensive and defensive...

  • Albert Benbrook
    Albert Benbrook
    Albert "Benny" Benbrook was an American football guard who played for the University of Michigan Wolverines from 1908-1910. He was chosen by Walter Camp as an All-American in 1909 and 1910 and was the team’s captain in 1910...

    , Chicago, Illinois - started 5 games at left guard, 3 at right tackle
  • Hubert A. Brennan, L'Anse, Michigan
    L'Anse, Michigan
    L'Anse is a village in the U.S. state of Michigan and the county seat of Baraga County. The population was 2,107 at the 2000 census. The village is located within L'Anse Township....

     - started 1 game at center
  • William Mallory Casey, Cedar Falls, Iowa
    Cedar Falls, Iowa
    Cedar Falls is a city in Black Hawk County, Iowa, United States, and it is home to one of Iowa's three public universities, the University of Northern Iowa. The population was 39,260 in the 2010 census, an increase from the 36,145 population in the 2000 census...

     - started 6 games at left tackle
  • Maurice E. Crumpacker
    Maurice E. Crumpacker
    Maurice Edgar Crumpacker was a Republican U.S. congressman from Oregon.-Early life:Crumpacker was born in Valparaiso, Indiana in 1886, where he attended the public schools until his father, Edgar D. Crumpacker, was elected to the United States House of Representatives when Maurice was 10 years...

    , Valparaiso, Indiana
    Valparaiso, Indiana
    Valparaiso is a city in and the county seat of Porter County, Indiana, United States. The population was 31,730 at the 2010 census, making it the 2nd largest city in Porter County.-History:...

     - started 5 games at right tackle, 1 game at left guard
  • Ralph Culley, Avon, New York
    Avon, New York
    Avon, New York is the name of two places located in Livingston County in the State of New York in the United States of America.*Avon , New York*Avon , New York...

     - started 1 game at left guard
  • Samuel J. Davison, Alpena, Michigan
    Alpena, Michigan
    Alpena is a city in the U.S. state of Michigan and the county seat of Alpena County. It is considered to be part of Northern Michigan. The Thunder Bay National Marine Sanctuary is located in the city. The population was 10,483 at the 2010 census...

     - started 6 games at fullback
    Fullback (American football)
    A fullback is a position in the offensive backfield in American and Canadian football, and is one of the two running back positions along with the halfback...

  • Prentiss Douglass, Martinsville, Illinois
    Martinsville, Illinois
    Martinsville is a city in Clark County, Illinois, United States. The population was 1,225 at the 2000 census.-Geography:Martinsville is located at ....

     - started 7 games at left halfback
    Halfback (American football)
    A halfback, sometimes referred to as a tailback, is an offensive position in American football, which lines up in the backfield and generally is responsible for carrying the ball on run plays. Historically, from the 1870s through the 1950s, the halfback position was both an offensive and defensive...

  • William P. Edmunds - started 2 games at fullback
  • William John Embs, Escanaba, Michigan
    Escanaba, Michigan
    Escanaba is a city in the U.S. state of Michigan, located in the banana belt on the state's Upper Peninsula. As of the 2000 census, the city population was 13,140, making it the third-largest city in the Upper Peninsula after Marquette and Sault Ste. Marie...

     - started 7 games at left end
  • Donald W. Green, Saginaw, Michigan
    Saginaw, Michigan
    Saginaw is a city in the U.S. state of Michigan and the seat of Saginaw County. The city of Saginaw was once a thriving lumber town and manufacturing center. Saginaw and Saginaw County lie in the Flint/Tri-Cities region of Michigan...

     - started 2 games at right end, 1 game at left halfback
  • Allen Jeffery, Albion, Michigan
    Albion, Michigan
    Albion is a city in Calhoun County in the south central region of the Lower Peninsula of the US state of Michigan. The population was 9,144 at the 2000 census and is part of the Battle Creek Metropolitan Statistical Area...

     - started 2 games at center
  • William Kuhr, Chinook, Montana
    Chinook, Montana
    Chinook is a city in and the county seat of Blaine County, Montana, United States. The population was 1,386 at the 2000 census. Points of interest are the Bear Paw Battlefield Museum located in the small town's center and the Bear Paw Battlefield, located just twenty miles south of...

     - started 1 game at left guard
  • Frank Linthicum, Washington, D.C.
    Washington, D.C.
    Washington, D.C., formally the District of Columbia and commonly referred to as Washington, "the District", or simply D.C., is the capital of the United States. On July 16, 1790, the United States Congress approved the creation of a permanent national capital as permitted by the U.S. Constitution....

     - started 1 game at right end, 1 game at right halfback
  • Joseph Primeau, Marquette, Michigan
    Marquette, Michigan
    Marquette is a city in the U.S. state of Michigan and the county seat of Marquette County. The population was 21,355 at the 2010 census, making it the most populated city of the Upper Peninsula. Marquette is a major port on Lake Superior, primarily for shipping iron ore and is the home of Northern...

     - started 6 games at right guard
    Guard (American football)
    In American and Canadian football, a guard is a player that lines up between the center and the tackles on the offensive line of a football team....

  • Leroy E. Ranney, Greenville, Michigan
    Greenville, Michigan
    Greenville is a city in Montcalm County of the U.S. state of Michigan. Portions of the county are associated with the Western region while others are more closely associated with the Central Michigan region. The population was 8,481 at the 2010 census...

     - started 5 games at right end, 1 game at left end
  • Thomas J. Riley, Escanaba, Michigan
    Escanaba, Michigan
    Escanaba is a city in the U.S. state of Michigan, located in the banana belt on the state's Upper Peninsula. As of the 2000 census, the city population was 13,140, making it the third-largest city in the Upper Peninsula after Marquette and Sault Ste. Marie...

     - started 2 games at right guard
  • Germany Schulz
    Germany Schulz
    Adolph George "Germany" Schulz was an All-American American football center for the University of Michigan Wolverines from 1904 to 1905 and from 1907 to 1908. While playing at Michigan, Schulz is credited with having invented the spiral snap and with developing the practice of standing behind the...

    , Fort Wayne, Indiana
    Fort Wayne, Indiana
    Fort Wayne is a city in the US state of Indiana and the county seat of Allen County. The population was 253,691 at the 2010 Census making it the 74th largest city in the United States and the second largest in Indiana...

     - started 5 games at center
    Center (American football)
    Center is a position in American football and Canadian football . The center is the innermost lineman of the offensive line on a football team's offense...

  • James K. Watkins
    James K. Watkins
    James Keir Watkins was an American attorney and police commissioner. He played college football for the University of Michigan from 1905 to 1909. He later became a leading attorney in Detroit and served as commissioner of the Detroit Police Department in the early 1930s...

     - started 2 games at left tackle
  • William Wasmund, Detroit, MI - started 8 games at quarterback
    Quarterback
    Quarterback is a position in American and Canadian football. Quarterbacks are members of the offensive team and line up directly behind the offensive line...


Reserves

  • Arthur E. Bertrand, Muskegon, Michigan
    Muskegon, Michigan
    Muskegon is a city in the U.S. state of Michigan. As of the 2010 census, the city population was 38,401. The city is the county seat of Muskegon County...

  • Stanley Borleske
    Stanley Borleske
    -External links:...

    , Stanley, Spokane, Washington
    Spokane, Washington
    Spokane is a city located in the Northwestern United States in the state of Washington. It is the largest city of Spokane County of which it is also the county seat, and the metropolitan center of the Inland Northwest region...

  • Fay G. Clark, San Bernardino, California
    San Bernardino, California
    San Bernardino is a city located in the Riverside-San Bernardino metropolitan area , and serves as the county seat of San Bernardino County, California, United States...

  • John D. Clarkson, Tecumseh, Michigan
    Tecumseh, Michigan
    Tecumseh is a small city in Lenawee County of the U.S. state of Michigan. It is situated where M-50 crosses the River Raisin, a few miles east of M-52. Tecumseh is about SW of Detroit, south of Ann Arbor and north of Toledo, OH....

  • Wilbur Morrill Cunningham, Benton Harbor, Michigan
    Benton Harbor, Michigan
    Benton Harbor is a city in Berrien County in the U.S. state of Michigan which is located west of Kalamazoo. The population was 10,038 at the 2010 census. It is the lesser populated of the two principal cities included in the Niles-Benton Harbor, Michigan Metropolitan Statistical Area, which has a...

  • Donald D. Duncanson, Cass City, Michigan
    Cass City, Michigan
    Cass City is a village in Tuscola County in the Flint/Tri-Cities area of the U.S. state of Michigan. The population was 2,428 at the 2010 U.S. Census and 2,643 at the 2000 U.S. Census . It is located along the M-81 state trunkline approximately 4 miles west of that highway's intersection with M-53...

  • Abraham B. Feldman, Eveleth, Minnesota
    Eveleth, Minnesota
    As of the census of 2000, there were 3,865 people, 1,717 households, and 971 families residing in the city. The population density was 611.0 people per square mile . There were 1,965 housing units at an average density of 310.6 per square mile...

  • Charles C. Freeney, Ida Grove, Iowa
    Ida Grove, Iowa
    Ida Grove is a city in Ida County, Iowa, United States. The population was 2,350 at the 2000 census. It is the county seat of Ida County.-Geography:Ida Grove is located at...

  • Hugh S. Gamble, Yankton, South Dakota
    Yankton, South Dakota
    Yankton is a city in, and the county seat of, Yankton County, South Dakota, United States. The population was 14,454 at the 2010 census. Yankton was the original capital of Dakota Territory. It is named for the Yankton tribe of Nakota Native Americans...

  • James M. Hill, Rockville, Indiana
    Rockville, Indiana
    Rockville is a town in Adams Township, Parke County, Indiana, United States. The population was 2,607 at the 2010 census. The town is the county seat of Parke County. It is known as "The Covered Bridge Capital of the World".-Geography:...

  • Spencer D. Kelley, Mt. Clemens, Michigan
  • Fred Lawton, Detroit, MI
  • George Lawton, Detroit, MI
  • Harold Lillie, Grand Haven, Michigan
    Grand Haven, Michigan
    Grand Haven is a city in the U.S. state of Michigan and is the county seat of Ottawa County. Grand Haven is located on the eastern shore of Lake Michigan at the mouth of the Grand River, for which it is named. As of the 2010 census, Grand Haven had a population of 10,412. It is part of the...

  • Leo C. Lillie, Grand Haven, MI
  • Fred L. Liskow, Saginaw, MI
  • Gregory Peck, Sr., San Diego, California
    San Diego, California
    San Diego is the eighth-largest city in the United States and second-largest city in California. The city is located on the coast of the Pacific Ocean in Southern California, immediately adjacent to the Mexican border. The birthplace of California, San Diego is known for its mild year-round...

     (father of the film actor Gregory Peck
    Gregory Peck
    Eldred Gregory Peck was an American actor.One of 20th Century Fox's most popular film stars from the 1940s to the 1960s, Peck continued to play important roles well into the 1980s. His notable performances include that of Atticus Finch in the 1962 film To Kill a Mockingbird, for which he won an...

    )
  • Ernest A. Pedesron, Iron Mountain, Michigan
    Iron Mountain, Michigan
    Iron Mountain is a city in the U.S. state of Michigan. As of the 2000 census, the city population was 8,154. It is the county seat of Dickinson County, in the state's Upper Peninsula....

  • John Byron Rogers, Ozark, Michigan
  • Roe D. Watson, Alton, Illinois
    Alton, Illinois
    Alton is a city on the Mississippi River in Madison County, Illinois, United States, about north of St. Louis, Missouri. The population was 27,865 at the 2010 census. It is a part of the Metro-East region of the Greater St. Louis metropolitan area in Southern Illinois...

  • Theodore A. Weager, Interlaken, New York
    Interlaken, New York
    Interlaken is a village in Seneca County, New York, United States. The population was 674 at the 2000 census. The name is related to the village's position between two lakes....

  • Stanfield Wells
    Stanfield Wells
    Stanfield Wells was an All-American football player for the University of Michigan Wolverines football team from 1909-1911. He was the first in a long line of All-Americans to come out of Massillon Washington High School, and was one of the pioneers of the forward pass...

    , Brewster, Michigan
  • Henry L. Wenner, Tiffin, Ohio
    Tiffin, Ohio
    Tiffin is a city in and the county seat of Seneca County, Ohio, United States. The population was 18,135 at the 2000 census. The National Arbor Day Foundation has designated Tiffin as a Tree City USA....


Awards and honors

  • Captain: Germany Schulz
    Germany Schulz
    Adolph George "Germany" Schulz was an All-American American football center for the University of Michigan Wolverines from 1904 to 1905 and from 1907 to 1908. While playing at Michigan, Schulz is credited with having invented the spiral snap and with developing the practice of standing behind the...

  • All-Americans: Germany Schulz (Consensus, 2nd team; New York World, 1st team; Philadelphia Inquirer, 1st team; Fielding H. Yost, 1st team; Tom Thorpe, 1st team; Philadelphia Times, 1st team)

Coaching staff

  • Head coach: Fielding H. Yost
  • Trainer: Keene Fitzpatrick
    Keene Fitzpatrick
    Keene 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...

  • Assistant coaches: Curtis Redden
    Curtis Redden
    Curtis Gerald "Cap" Redden was an American football player. He was the starting left end for the University of Michigan's football team from 1901–1904. He played for Michigan's "Point-a-Minute" teams and was unanimously selected as an All-Western player in 1903. Redden died of pneumonia...

    , 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...

    , Clayton Teetzel
    Clayton Teetzel
    Clayton Tryon Teetzel was an American athlete and athletic coach. He played American football and competed in track for the University of Michigan from 1897 to 1899 and later coached football, basketball and track at Michigan State Normal College , Benton Harbor High School, Brigham Young...

  • Manager: Thomas Clancy

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