1913 Michigan Wolverines football team

The 1913 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 1913 college football season

1913 college football season

The 1913 college football season had no clear-cut champion, with the Official NCAA Division I Football Records Book listing Auburn, Chicago, and Harvard as national champions. Only Harvard and Chicago claim national championships for the 1913 season....

. The team's head football 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

Letter winners

Player	Position	Games started	Hometown	Height	Weight	Class	Prior experience
Ernest Allmendinger Ernest Allmendinger Ernest "Aqua" Allmendinger was an All-American college football player.-Early years:A native of Ann Arbor, Michigan, Allmendinger played right guard and right tackle at Ann Arbor High School, for teams that lost one game in three seasons...	Guard	6
Thomas H. Bushnell, Jr.
James Bland Catlett	Halfback	3	Brookings, South Dakota Brookings, South Dakota Brookings is a city in Brookings County, South Dakota, United States. Brookings is the fourth largest city in South Dakota, with a population of 22,056 at the 2010 census. It is the county seat of Brookings County, and home to South Dakota State University, the largest institution of higher...
William D. Cochran William D. Cochran William Duscharme "Pink Cheeks" Cochran was an American football player. He played guard and tackle for the University of Michigan from 1913 to 1915. He was a first-team All-Western lineman and the captain of Michigan's 1915 football team. He later operated a freight trucking line based in the...	Guard	2
James B. Craig James B. Craig James B. "Jimmy" Craig was an All American football halfback and quarterback who played with the University of Michigan Wolverines from 1911 to 1913. He was named an All-American in 1913...	Halfback	3
Martin H. Galt	Halfback	6	Shenandoah, Iowa Shenandoah, Iowa Shenandoah is a city in Fremont and Page Counties in the U.S. state of Iowa. The population was 5,546 at the 2000 census.Once referred to as the "seed and nursery center of the world," Shenandoah is the home to Earl May Seed Company and the radio station KMA, founded by Earl May...
Ernest Hughitt Tommy Hughitt Ernest Fredrick Hughitt , was a National Football League utility player and coach. He was also an All-American quarterback for the University of Michigan in 1913....	Quarterback	7
Efton M. James
Henry W. Lichtner	End, Guard	3
John J. Lyons	End	7
Frank McHale
James Musser	Tackle	6
George "Bubbles" Paterson George C. Paterson George Cornell "Bubbles" Paterson was an American football player and engineer. He played center for the University of Michigan Wolverines football teams coached by Fielding H. Yost from 1911 to 1913. He was selected as an All-American in 1913.-Early years:Paterson was born in Austin,...	Center	7
Miller Pontius Miller Pontius Miller Hall Pontius was an All-American football tackle and end for the Michigan Wolverines from 1911 to 1913. He also played baseball with coach Branch Rickey and pitcher George Sisler while a student at the University of Michigan. He later served as an assistant football coach at Michigan and...	Tackle Fullback	6 1
Cyril Quinn	Fullback	1
James W. Raynsford	Tackle End	2 1
S. Spencer Scott
Roy Torbet Roy Torbet Roy Herman "Squib" Torbet was an American football player. He played at the end and fullback positions for the Michigan Wolverines football teams from 1910 to 1913...	End Fullback	4 2
Royce A. Traphagen	Guard	5

Varsity substitutes

Clyde Bastian - 1 game at left halfback
Everett L. Bentley - 1 game at fullback, 1 game at right halfback
Leland Benton - 2 games at fullback

Awards and honors

Captain: George "Bubbles" Paterson
George C. Paterson
George Cornell "Bubbles" Paterson was an American football player and engineer. He played center for the University of Michigan Wolverines football teams coached by Fielding H. Yost from 1911 to 1913. He was selected as an All-American in 1913.-Early years:Paterson was born in Austin,...
All-American
1913 College Football All-America Team
The 1913 College Football All-America team consists of American football players selected to the College Football All-America Teams selected by various organizations in 1913...

s: Miller Pontius
Miller Pontius
Miller Hall Pontius was an All-American football tackle and end for the Michigan Wolverines from 1911 to 1913. He also played baseball with coach Branch Rickey and pitcher George Sisler while a student at the University of Michigan. He later served as an assistant football coach at Michigan and...

(FM-1; MFP-2; FY-1; PHD-1; TT-1; GR-1), James B. Craig
James B. Craig
James B. "Jimmy" Craig was an All American football halfback and quarterback who played with the University of Michigan Wolverines from 1911 to 1913. He was named an All-American in 1913...

(WC–1; HW-1; FM-1; MFP-1; FY-1; TT-1; TET-1; GR-1), George "Bubbles" Paterson
George C. Paterson
George Cornell "Bubbles" Paterson was an American football player and engineer. He played center for the University of Michigan Wolverines football teams coached by Fielding H. Yost from 1911 to 1913. He was selected as an All-American in 1913.-Early years:Paterson was born in Austin,...

(WC–3; MFP-1), Ernest Hughitt
Tommy Hughitt
Ernest Fredrick Hughitt , was a National Football League utility player and coach. He was also an All-American quarterback for the University of Michigan in 1913....

(MFP-2; FY-1), Ernest Allmendinger
Ernest Allmendinger
Ernest "Aqua" Allmendinger was an All-American college football player.-Early years:A native of Ann Arbor, Michigan, Allmendinger played right guard and right tackle at Ann Arbor High School, for teams that lost one game in three seasons...

(GR-1)

Coaching staff

Head coach: Fielding H. Yost
Assistant coaches: William Cole, Prentiss Douglass, 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...
Trainer: Stephen Farrell
Stephen Farrell (track and field)
Stephen J. Farrell was professional track athlete, circus performer and track coach.Farrell was a professional foot-racer in the 1880s and 1890s, beginning as a competitor in the hook, hose and ladder teams of New England. He was the first American to win England's Sheffield Cup on two occasions...
Manager: Morris A. Milligan

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