1908 Michigan Wolverines football team

Conference

Independent

1908 record

5–2–1

Head coach

Captain

Home stadium

Seasons

The 1908 Michigan Wolverines football team represented the University of Michigan in the 1908 college football season. The team's head coach was Fielding H. Yost. The Wolverines played their home games at Ferry Field.

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance
October 3, 1908	Case	Ferry Field • Ann Arbor, MI	W 16–6
October 10, 1908	at Michigan Agricultural	College Field • East Lansing, MI	T 0–0	6,000
October 17, 1908	Notre Dame	Ferry Field • Ann Arbor, MI	W 12–6
October 24, 1908	at Ohio State	University Park • Columbus, OH	W 10–6
October 31, 1908	Vanderbilt	Ferry Field • Ann Arbor, MI	W 24–6	4,000
November 7, 1908	Kentucky	Ferry Field • Ann Arbor, MI	W 62–0
November 14, 1908	Penn	Ferry Field • Ann Arbor, MI	L 29–0
November 21, 1908	at Syracuse	Archbold Stadium • Syracuse, NY	L 28–4
Homecoming. All times are in Eastern Time.

Dave Allerdice, Indianapolis, Indiana - started 7 games at right halfback
Albert Benbrook, Chicago, Illinois - started 5 games at left guard, 3 at right tackle
Hubert A. Brennan, L'Anse, Michigan - started 1 game at center
William Mallory Casey, Cedar Falls, Iowa - started 6 games at left tackle
Maurice E. Crumpacker, Valparaiso, Indiana - started 5 games at right tackle, 1 game at left guard
Ralph Culley, Avon, New York - started 1 game at left guard
Samuel J. Davison, Alpena, Michigan - started 6 games at fullback
Prentiss Douglass, Martinsville, Illinois - started 7 games at left halfback
William P. Edmunds - started 2 games at fullback
William John Embs, Escanaba, Michigan - started 7 games at left end
Donald W. Green, Saginaw, Michigan - started 2 games at right end, 1 game at left halfback
Allen Jeffery, Albion, Michigan - started 2 games at center
William Kuhr, Chinook, Montana - started 1 game at left guard
Frank Linthicum, Washington, D.C. - started 1 game at right end, 1 game at right halfback
Joseph Primeau, Marquette, Michigan - started 6 games at right guard
Leroy E. Ranney, Greenville, Michigan - started 5 games at right end, 1 game at left end
Thomas J. Riley, Escanaba, Michigan - started 2 games at right guard
Germany Schulz, Fort Wayne, Indiana - started 5 games at center
James K. Watkins - started 2 games at left tackle
William Wasmund, Detroit, MI - started 8 games at quarterback

Arthur E. Bertrand, Muskegon, Michigan
Stanley Borleske, Stanley, Spokane, Washington
Fay G. Clark, San Bernardino, California
John D. Clarkson, Tecumseh, Michigan
Wilbur Morrill Cunningham, Benton Harbor, Michigan
Donald D. Duncanson, Cass City, Michigan^[1]
Abraham B. Feldman, Eveleth, Minnesota^[2]
Charles C. Freeney, Ida Grove, Iowa
Hugh S. Gamble, Yankton, South Dakota
James M. Hill, Rockville, Indiana
Spencer D. Kelley, Mt. Clemens, Michigan
Fred Lawton, Detroit, MI
George M. Lawton, Detroit, MI
Harold Lillie, Grand Haven, Michigan
Leo C. Lillie, Grand Haven, MI
Fred L. Liskow, Saginaw, MI
Gregory Peck, Sr., San Diego, California (father of the film actor Gregory Peck)
Ernest A. Pedesron, Iron Mountain, Michigan
John Byron Rogers, Ozark, Michigan
Roe D. Watson, Alton, Illinois
Theodore A. Weager, Interlaken, New York
Stanfield Wells, Brewster, Michigan
Henry L. Wenner, Tiffin, Ohio

Captain: Germany Schulz
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)^[3]^[4]^[5]^[6]^[7]^[8]

^ Later served as head football coach at Dr. Holbrook School in Ossining, New York.
^ Feldman, known as "Abe" Feldman was born in Russian Poland on July 1, 1890. He returned to Minnesota as a lawyer, served as city attorney of Eveleth, and later practiced in Duluth.
^ ""Consensus" All-American Football Team of 1908". Philadelphia Inquirer. 1908-12-20.
^ "Anoter All-American. Tad Jones of Yale Picks Best Football Team". The Philadelphia Inquirer. 1908-12-05.
^ Franklin (1908-12-06). ""All American" Team Should Have Clever Placement Kicker: Thorpe Is Best Man". The Philadelphia Inquirer.
^ Franklin (1908-12-11). "Penn Best, Says Yost: But Puts Only Scarlet and Hollenback on All-American Team". Grand Forks Daily Herald.
^ Tom Thorpe (1908-11-30). "Thorpe Picks All American Eleven". The Evening Telegram (Salt Lake city).
^ "More All-American: The New York Globe Would Have Horr As Tackle". Syracuse Herald. 1908-12-04.

Michigan Wolverines football

Venues	Ann Arbor Fairgrounds (1883–1892) Regents Field (1893–1905) Ferry Field (1906–1926) Michigan Stadium (1927–present)

Bowls & rivalries	Bowl games Little Brown Jug (Minnesota) Notre Dame Ohio State Paul Bunyan Trophy (Michigan State)

Culture & lore	Biff, the Michigan Wolverine "The Victors" Michigan Marching Band Winged football helmet

People	Head coaches Trainers Players All-Americans Hall of Honor Statistical leaders

Seasons	1879 1880 1881 1882 1883 1884 1885 1886 1887 1888 1889 1890 1891 1892 1893 1894 1895 1896 1897 1898 1899 1900 1901 1902 1903 1904 1905 1906 1907 1908 1909 1910 1911 1912 1913 1914 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919 1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012

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