1915 Michigan Wolverines football team
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The 1915 Michigan Wolverines football team represented the University of Michigan
in the 1915 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 1915 college football season
1915 college football season
The 1915 college football season had no clear-cut champion, with the Official NCAA Division I Football Records Book listing Cornell, Oklahoma, and Pittsburgh as national champions. Only Pittsburgh and Cornell claim national championships for the 1915 season.-Conference standings:The following is an...
. 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 | Age |
| Clyde E. Bastian | Halfback Fullback |
0 1 |
Williamsport, PA | 5-8 | 168 | 22 |
| James Bland Catlett | Halfback | 3 | 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... |
Guard | 8 | Houghton, MI | 5-8 | 235 | |
| Maurice F. Dunne | End | 3 | Springfield, IL | 6-0 | 164 | |
| 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 | 7 | Ann Arbor, MI | 5-8 | 168 | |
| Frank Millard Frank Millard Frank 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... |
Guard | 3 | Ann Arbor, MI | 5-7 | 212 | |
| Walter Neimann | Center End |
3 1 |
Hermansville, MI | 5-11 | 165 | 21 |
| John K. Norton | Tackle Center Guard |
3 2 1 |
Ontonagon, MI | |||
| Fred Rehor Fred Rehor Frederick 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... |
Guard | 2 | Hastings, MI | 6-0 | 262 | 21 |
| Lawrence Roehm Lawrence Roehm Lawrence Stevens "Rummy" Roehm was an American football and baseball player and businessman from Detroit, Michigan. He played college football for the University of Michigan from 1913 to 1915 and college baseball in 1916. He was the starting quarterback of the 1915 Michigan Wolverines football... |
Quarterback | 7 | Detroit, MI | 5-8½ | 168 | 22 |
| Cedric C. Smith Cedric C. Smith Cedric Crawford "Pat" Smith was an American football fullback who played for the University of Michigan , the Great Lakes Naval Training Station, and the Buffalo All-Americans... |
Fullback | 5 | Bay City, MI | 6-0 | 190 | 20 |
| Karl S. Staatz | End | 5 | Tacoma, WA | 5-10 | 168 | 22 |
| Robert W. Watson | Tackle | 8 | Ludington, MI | 5-9 | 174 | |
| Richard F. "Dick" Weske | Guard Tackle |
0 2 |
New London, CT | 6-0 | 190 | |
| James L. Whalen | Tackle Guard End |
2 1 1 |
Savannah, NY | 5-10 | 188 | |
Reserves
- Leland Benton, Valparaiso, IN, started 3 games at end, 4 games at halfback
- Alan W. Boyd, Indianapolis, IN, started 1 game at guard
- Harry L. Calvin, Jr., Detroit, MI, quarterback
- Otto Eberwein, Ann Arbor, MI, started 2 games at halfback
- Egmont Goetz Hildner, Ann Arbor, MI, started 2 games at end
- Hepburn Ingham, Des Moines, IA, started 1 game at end
- Hoyne Howe, Oak Park, IL, started 3 games center
- Philip T. Raymond, Saginaw, MI, started 2 games at fullback
- Lewis ReimannLewis ReimannLewis 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...
, Iron River, MI, started 1 game at tackle - James H. Sharpe, Sault Ste. Marie, MI, halfback
- Harold M. Zeigler, Pueblo, CO, started 1 game at quarterback
Awards and honors
- Captain: William D. CochranWilliam D. CochranWilliam 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...
- All-American1915 College Football All-America TeamThe 1915 College Football All-America team consists of American football players selected to the College Football All-America Teams selected by various organizations in 1915. The organizations that chose the teams included Collier's Weekly selected by Walter Camp.-Key:*WC = Collier's Weekly as...
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...
(Walter Eckersall, 2nd team; Monty, 2nd team; Tommy Clark, 1st team)
Coaching staff
- Head coach: Fielding H. Yost
- Assistant coaches: Ernest AllmendingerErnest AllmendingerErnest "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...
(Second Assistant Coach), Prentiss Douglass, Ralph A. McGinnis (Third Assistant Coach), James Raynsford, 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...
(First 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: Boyd M. Compton