1879 Michigan Wolverines football team
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The 1879 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 1879 college football season
1879 college football season
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. The team was the first intercollegiate football squad to represent the University of Michigan. They played two games, winning one and tying the other. In its first intercollegiate football game, Michigan defeated a team from Racine College
Racine College
Racine College was an Episcopal college in Racine, Wisconsin, founded in 1852. The collegiate department closed in 1887, but the college continued to be used as a grammar school and a military school until it closed in 1933....

. Irving Kane Pond
Irving Kane Pond
Irving Kane Pond was an American architect, college athlete, and author.Born in Ann Arbor, Michigan, Pond attended the University of Michigan and received a degree in civil engineering in 1879...

 scored the first touchdown, and team captain David DeTar scored the first field goal.

Schedule

Varsity letter winners

The following players were awarded varsity letters.
  • Frank Gates Allen
    Frank Gates Allen
    Frank Gates Allen was an American football player and businessman. He played for the first college football team at the University of Michigan and was a forward on the 1879 and 1880 Michigan Wolverines football teams.After graduating from Michigan, Allen moved to Moline, Illinois, where he became...

    , forward, Aurora, Illinois
    Aurora, Illinois
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  • Edmond H. Barmore
    Edmond H. Barmore
    Edmond Herbert Barmore was an American football player and businessman. He played for the first college football team at the University of Michigan in 1879 and was the first Michigan Wolverines football player to play at the quarterback position...

    , halfback, Jeffersonville, Indiana
    Jeffersonville, Indiana
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  • Charles H. Campbell, halfback, Detroit, Michigan
    Detroit, Michigan
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  • John Chase
    John Chase (doctor and soldier)
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    , rusher, Ann Arbor, MI
  • Richard Guy DePuy, rusher, Jamestown, North Dakota
    Jamestown, North Dakota
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  • David Noble De Tar, rusher, Boone, Iowa
    Boone, Iowa
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  • Thomas R. Edwards, rusher, Ann Arbor, MI
  • Jack A. Green, rusher, Austin, Texas
    Austin, Texas
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  • William W. Hannan
    William W. Hannan
    William Washington Hannan was a real estate developer and the first president of the National Association of Real Estate Exchanges .-Early years:...

    , rusher, Dowagiac, Michigan
    Dowagiac, Michigan
    Dowagiac is a city in Cass County in the U.S. state of Michigan. The population was 6,147 at the 2000 census. It is part of the South Bend–Mishawaka, IN-MI, Metropolitan Statistical Area....

  • Collins H. Johnston
    Collins H. Johnston
    Collins Hickey Johnston was an American football player, medical doctor, surgeon, and civic leader in Grand Rapids, Michigan...

    , halfback, Grand Rapids, Michigan
    Grand Rapids, Michigan
    Grand Rapids is a city in the U.S. state of Michigan. The city is located on the Grand River about 40 miles east of Lake Michigan. As of the 2010 census, the city population was 188,040. In 2010, the Grand Rapids metropolitan area had a population of 774,160 and a combined statistical area, Grand...

  • Charles S. Mitchell
    Charles S. Mitchell
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    , goalkeeper, Alexandria, Minnesota
    Alexandria, Minnesota
    As of the census of 2000, there were 8,820 people, however the most recent count suggests a population upwards of 10,000, which is displayed on Alexandria's city limits signs. The census lists 4,047 households, and 2,011 families residing in the city. The population density was 992.5 people per...

  • Irving Kane Pond
    Irving Kane Pond
    Irving Kane Pond was an American architect, college athlete, and author.Born in Ann Arbor, Michigan, Pond attended the University of Michigan and received a degree in civil engineering in 1879...

    , rusher, Ann Arbor, MI
  • Frank Reed, rusher, Ann Arbor, MI

Others

  • William B. Calvert, substitute, Ann Arbor, Michigan
    Ann Arbor, Michigan
    Ann Arbor is a city in the U.S. state of Michigan and the county seat of Washtenaw County. The 2010 census places the population at 113,934, making it the sixth largest city in Michigan. The Ann Arbor Metropolitan Statistical Area had a population of 344,791 as of 2010...

  • Albert Samuel Pettit, Ann Arbor, MI

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