Michigan Wolverines football
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Michigan Wolverines football | |||
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First season | 1879 | ||
Head coach | 3rd season, 13–17 (.433) | ||
Stadium | Michigan Stadium (capacity: 109,901) | ||
Field surface | FieldTurf | ||
Location | Ann Arbor, Michigan | ||
All-time record | 882–303–36 (.737) | ||
Bowl record | 19–20 (.487) | ||
Claimed national titles | 11 | ||
Conference titles | 42 | ||
Heisman winners | 3 | ||
Consensus All-Americans | 78[1] | ||
Current uniform | |||
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Colors | Maize and Blue | ||
Fight song | "The Victors" | ||
Marching band | Michigan Marching Band | ||
Outfitter | Adidas | ||
Rivals | Ohio State Buckeyes Michigan State Spartans Notre Dame Fighting Irish Minnesota Golden Gophers | ||
Website | MGoBlue.com |
The Michigan Wolverines football program represents the University of Michigan in college football at the NCAA Division I Football Bowl Subdivision (formerly Division I-A) level. Michigan has the most all-time wins and the highest winning percentage of all-time.[2] The team is also known for its distinctive winged helmet, its fight song, its record-breaking attendance figures, and its many rivalries, particularly its annual season-ending game against Ohio State, once voted as ESPN's best sports rivalry.[3]
Michigan began competing in intercollegiate football in 1879. The Wolverines are members of the Big Ten Conference and have won or shared 42 league titles, more than any other football program in any conference. Since the inception of the AP Poll in 1936, Michigan has finished in the top 10 a record 37 times. Their current head coach is Rich Rodriguez.
Program records and achievements
Wins and championships
- Highest all-time winning percentage in NCAA Division I-A/FBS history (.737)
- Most all-time wins in NCAA Division I-A/FBS history (882)
- The most winning seasons (110)
- The most undefeated seasons of teams currently competing in Division I-A/FBS (23)
- One of only three schools with a winning record against every Division I-A/FBS conference
Attendance and television
- The largest crowd to ever attend an NCAA football game: 113,090 on September 4, 2010 at Michigan Stadium vs. Connecticut
- The longest streak in home game attendance of over 100,000 (228 games; since November 8, 1975 vs. Purdue)
- The most televised school in college football history: 412 televised games
Current streaks
- The longest current streak of games in Division I-A/FBS since last being shut out: 329 games; Michigan was last shut out on October 20, 1984, at Iowa; this is the second longest scoring streak in Division I-A/FBS history trailing BYU's 361-game streak from 1975 to 2003[4]
Honored pageantry
- The number one sports rivalry: Michigan – Ohio State, according to ESPN's "10 Greatest Sports Rivalries"[5]
- "The Victors" is one of the few fight songs in the Hall of Fame
- Suffered the greatest upset in college football history, becoming the first (and, to date, only) ranked FBS school to lose to an FCS school. Appalachian State defeated the University of Michigan on 9/1/2007.
National championships
The following is a list of Michigan's 11 claimed national championships:
Other undefeated seasonsMichigan was also undefeated in 12 other seasons: 1879, 1880, 1884, 1885, 1886, 1887, 1898, 1910, 1922, 1930, 1973, and 1992 Important gamesBowl gamesMichigan has played in 39 bowl games in its history, compiling a record of 19–20. Before missing a bowl game in 2008, Michigan had made a bowl game 33 years in a row and had had a winning season for 40 straight years. From 1918–1945, the Big Ten Conference did not allow its teams to participate in bowls. From 1946–1974, only a conference champion, or a surrogate representative, was allowed to attend a bowl, the Rose Bowl, and no team could go two years in a row, with one exception.
Michigan – Notre Dame rivalryMichigan – Ohio State rivalryRivalry trophy gamesMichigan plays two rivalry trophy games. Michigan plays Minnesota for the Little Brown Jug, with their record in games played for the Jug, which dates to 1909, being 65–22–3. The Wolverines currently hold the trophy having won the 2008 contest. Michigan also competes against Michigan State for the Paul Bunyan Trophy, which was introduced in 1953 by the then governor of Michigan, G. Mennen Williams. Michigan State currently holds the trophy for three years running. The overall series record for the Michigan-Michigan State rivalry is 67–31–5 in Michigan's favor. Head coaching history
Note: Michigan did not play any outside games in 1882. Individual award winnersNational award winners - players
National award winners - coaches
Heisman Trophy votingThere have been 25 Heisman Trophy candidates who have played at Michigan, three of which won the award:
All-AmericansTeam and conference MVPsMichigan Most Valuable Player Award (1926-1994), officially renamed the Bo Schembechler Award (1995-present); winners of the Chicago Tribune Silver Football as the Big Ten's MVP also noted:[8] Big Ten Conference honors
Hall of FameCollegeInductees to the College Football Hall of Fame include:[9] ProfessionalMichigan alumni inductees to the Pro Football Hall of Fame include:[10]
Individual school recordsRushing records
Passing records
Receiving records
Kickoff return records
Punt return records
Current squadAlumni currently in the NFLRelated books
References
External linksWikimedia Commons has media related to Michigan Wolverines football. Official sites
Media sites
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