1914 Michigan Wolverines football team
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The 1914 Michigan Wolverines football team represented the University of Michigan
in the 1914 college football season
. The team's head coach was Fielding H. Yost. The Wolverines played their home games at Ferry Field
.
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 1914 college football season
1914 college football season
The 1914 college football season had no clear-cut champion, with the Official NCAA Division I Football Records Book listing Army, Illinois, and Texas as national champions. Only Illinois claims a national championship for the 1914 season....
. 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
Letter winners
| Player | Position | Games started |
Hometown | Height | Weight | Class |
| Clyde E. Bastian | Halfback | 3 | Williamsport, PA | 5-10 | 178 | |
| Leland H. Benton | End | 4 | Valparaiso, IN | 5-11 | 165 | |
| Thomas H. Bushnell | Halfback Quarterback |
1 1 |
East Cleveland, OH | |||
| James Bland Catlett | Halfback | Brookings, SD | ||||
| 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... |
Tackle | 9 | Houghton, MI | 5-8 | 224 | |
| Maurice F. Dunne | End | 1 | Springfield, IL | 6-0 | 164 | |
| 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 | 8 | Escanaba, MI | 5-8 | 146 | |
| Efton James Efton James Efton M. James was an American football player. He played end for Adrian College in 1911 and for the University of Michigan from 1912 to 1914. He was one of three former Michigan Wolverines football players to be killed in World War I.James was born in Cass County, Michigan in 1890, the son of... |
End | Vandalia, MI | ||||
| John J. Lyons | End Halfback |
5 2 |
Pittsburgh, PA | 6-0 | 180 | |
| John Maulbetsch John Maulbetsch John F. "Johnny" Maulbetsch was an All-American football halfback at Adrian College in 1911 and for the University of Michigan Wolverines from 1914 to 1916... |
Halfback | 9 | Ann Arbor, MI | 5-8 | 168 | |
| Frank M. McHale | Guard | 5 | Logansport, IN | 5-11 | 212 | |
| Walter Neimann | Tackle | 9 | Hermansville, MI | |||
| James Willard Raynsford | Center | 9 | Detroit, MI | 6-0 | 187 | |
| Lewis Reimann Lewis Reimann Lewis Charles Reimann was an American author, camp operator, politician and football player. A native of the Upper Peninsula of Michigan, Reimann played college football for the Michigan Wolverines in 1914 and 1915. He founded the University of Michigan Fresh Air Camp for underprivileged boys in... |
Tackle | Iron River, MI | 5-11 | 184 | ||
| Lawrence (or Lamar) L. Splawn | Fullback | 9 | Dallas, TX | 5-11 | 167 | |
| Karl S. Staatz | End | 7 | Tacoma, WA | 6-0 | 178 | |
| Robert W. Watson | Guard | Ludington, MI | 5-9 | 174 | ||
Reserves
- Frank MillardFrank MillardFrank Gurnee Millard was an American politician and football player.Millard was born in Corunna, Michigan in 1892, the son of Frank A. Millard and Emma Millard. He attended the public schools in Corunna. He subsequently attended the University of Michigan, receiving his bachelor's degree in 1914...
- started 1 game at right guard - Frank D. Quail - started 3 games at left guard
- Fred RehorFred RehorFrederick Lee "Fritz" Rehor was an American football player. He played college football for Fielding H. Yost's Michigan Wolverines football teams from 1914 to 1916. He also played professional football and was a member of the 1917 professional football champion Massillon Tigers, coached by Knute...
- started 1 game at left guard - Lawrence Roehm - started 3 games at right halfback
- William Watson - started 3 games at left guard and 3 games at right guard
- Jim Whalen - started 2 games at right guard, 1 game at right end
Awards and honors
- Captain: James W. Raynsford
- All-American1914 College Football All-America TeamThe 1914 College Football All-America team consists of American football players selected to the College Football All-America Teams selected by various organizations in 1914. The organizations that chose the teams included Collier's Weekly selected by Walter Camp...
s: John MaulbetschJohn MaulbetschJohn F. "Johnny" Maulbetsch was an All-American football halfback at Adrian College in 1911 and for the University of Michigan Wolverines from 1914 to 1916...
Coaching staff
- Head coach: Fielding H. Yost
- Assistant coaches: William Cole (Assistant Coach), Prentiss Douglass (All-Fresh Coach), Germany SchulzGermany SchulzAdolph 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...
(Assistant Coach) - Trainer: Stephen FarrellStephen 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: John S. Leonard