Schedule

Starting lineup

• Ray Baer, Louisville, Kentucky
  Louisville, Kentucky
  Louisville is the largest city in the U.S. state of Kentucky, and the county seat of Jefferson County. Since 2003, the city's borders have been coterminous with those of the county because of a city-county merger. The city's population at the 2010 census was 741,096...
  
   - 6 games at left tackle
• Richard Sidney "Syd" Dewey, Monroe, Michigan
  Monroe, Michigan
  Monroe is a city in the U.S. state of Michigan. The population was 20,733 at the 2010 census. It is the largest city and county seat of Monroe County. The city is bordered on the south by Monroe Charter Township, but both are politically independent. The city is located approximately 14 miles ...
  
   - 6 games at left guard, 1 game at right guard
• William Flora, Muskegon, Michigan
  Muskegon, Michigan
  Muskegon is a city in the U.S. state of Michigan. As of the 2010 census, the city population was 38,401. The city is the county seat of Muskegon County...
  
   - 7 games at right end
• Benny Friedman
  Benny Friedman
  Benjamin "Benny" Friedman was an American football quarterback who played for the University of Michigan , Cleveland Bulldogs , Detroit Wolverines , New York Giants , and Brooklyn Dodgers .He is generally considered the first great passer in professional football...
  
  , Cleveland, Ohio
  Cleveland, Ohio
  Cleveland is a city in the U.S. state of Ohio and is the county seat of Cuyahoga County, the most populous county in the state. The city is located in northeastern Ohio on the southern shore of Lake Erie, approximately west of the Pennsylvania border...
  
   - 7 games at quarterback
• Norman Gabel, Detroit, Michigan
  Detroit, Michigan
  Detroit is the major city among the primary cultural, financial, and transportation centers in the Metro Detroit area, a region of 5.2 million people. As the seat of Wayne County, the city of Detroit is the largest city in the U.S. state of Michigan and serves as a major port on the Detroit River...
  
   - 6 games at right tackle
• Louis Gilbert
  Louis Gilbert
  Louis Matthew Gilbert was an American football player. He played at the halfback position for the Michigan Wolverines football teams from 1925 to 1927. He was selected as a first-team All-Big Ten Conference player in 1927 and was selected by Fielding H...
  
  , Kalamazoo, Michigan
  Kalamazoo, Michigan
  The area on which the modern city stands was once home to Native Americans of the Hopewell culture, who migrated into the area sometime before the first millennium. Evidence of their early residency remains in the form of a small mound in downtown's Bronson Park. The Hopewell civilization began to...
  
   - 5 games at left halfback
• Harold T. Greenwald, Chicago, Illinois - 1 game at right halfback
• John H. Lovette, Saginaw, Michigan
  Saginaw, Michigan
  Saginaw is a city in the U.S. state of Michigan and the seat of Saginaw County. The city of Saginaw was once a thriving lumber town and manufacturing center. Saginaw and Saginaw County lie in the Flint/Tri-Cities region of Michigan...
  
   - 5 games at right guard
• James F. Miller, Jr., Adrian, Michigan
  Adrian, Michigan
  As of the 2010 census Adrian had a population of 21,133. The racial and ethnic makeup of the population was 84.1% white, 4.4% black or African American, 0.6% Native American, 0.9% Asian, 5.9% from some other race and 4.0% from two or more races...
  
   - 2 games at left halfback
• John Molenda
  Bo Molenda
  John Joseph "Bo" Molenda was an American football player, primarily a fullback, who played for the University of Michigan and nine seasons in the NFL...
  
  , Detroit, Michigan - 4 games at fullback, 3 games at right halfback
• Bennie Oosterbaan
  Bennie Oosterbaan
  Benjamin Gaylord "Bennie" Oosterbaan was a three-time first team All-American football end for the Michigan Wolverines football team, two-time All-American basketball player for the basketball team and an All-Big Ten Conference baseball player for the baseball team...
  
  , Muskegon, Michigan
  Muskegon, Michigan
  Muskegon is a city in the U.S. state of Michigan. As of the 2010 census, the city population was 38,401. The city is the county seat of Muskegon County...
  
   - 7 games at left end
• John M. Palmaroli, Highland Park, Michigan
  Highland Park, Michigan
  - Geography :According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of , all land.- Demographics :As of the census of 2000, there were 16,746 people, 6,199 households, and 3,521 families residing in the city. The population density was 5,622.9 per square mile . There were 7,249...
  
   - 1 game at left guard
• Otto Pommerening
  Otto Pommerening
  Otto P. Pommerening was an All-American football player for the University of Michigan Wolverines from 1927-1928. He was a native of Ann Arbor, Michigan....
  
  , 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...
  
   - 1 game at left tackle
• George E. Rich, Lakewood, Ohio
  Lakewood, Ohio
  Lakewood is a city in Cuyahoga County, Ohio, United States. It is part of the Greater Cleveland Metropolitan Area, and borders the city of Cleveland. The population was 52,131 at the 2010 making it the third largest city in Cuyahoga County, behind Cleveland and Parma .Lakewood, one of Cleveland's...
  
   - 3 games at right halfback
• John B. Schoenfeld, Bartlesville, Oklahoma
  Bartlesville, Oklahoma
  Bartlesville is a city in Osage and Washington counties in the U.S. state of Oklahoma. The population was 43,070 at the 2010 census. Bartlesville is located forty-seven miles north of Tulsa and very close to Oklahoma's northern border with Kansas. It is the county seat of Washington County, in...
  
   - 2 games at center
• George G. Squires (or Squier), South Haven, Michigan
  South Haven, Michigan
  South Haven is a city in the U.S. state of Michigan. Most of the city is in Van Buren County, although a small portion extends into Allegan County. The population was 5,021 at the 2000 census....
  
   - 1 game at right guard, 1 game at right tackle
• Joseph R. Truskowski, Detroit, Michigan - 5 games at center
• Wally Weber
  Wally Weber
  Walter J. Weber was an American football player and coach at the University of Michigan. He played halfback and fullback for the Wolverines in 1925 and 1926 on the same teams as Benny Friedman and Bennie Oosterbaan. He later became an assistant football coach at Michigan for 28 years from 1931 to...
  
  , Mt. Clemens, Michigan - 3 games at fullback

Awards and honors

• All-Americans: Benny Friedman
  Benny Friedman
  Benjamin "Benny" Friedman was an American football quarterback who played for the University of Michigan , Cleveland Bulldogs , Detroit Wolverines , New York Giants , and Brooklyn Dodgers .He is generally considered the first great passer in professional football...
  
  , Bennie Oosterbaan
  Bennie Oosterbaan
  Benjamin Gaylord "Bennie" Oosterbaan was a three-time first team All-American football end for the Michigan Wolverines football team, two-time All-American basketball player for the basketball team and an All-Big Ten Conference baseball player for the baseball team...
  
  
• All-Conference: Bennie Oosterbaan, Benny Friedman, William Flora
• Most Valuable Player: Benny Friedman
• Meyer Morton Award: George Rich

Coaching staff

• Head coach: Fielding H. Yost
• Assistant coaches: Jack Blott
  Jack Blott
  Jack Leonard Blott was an All-American football center and place kicker for the University of Michigan Wolverines from 1922–1923. He was also a baseball catcher for the Wolverines from 1922–1924. After a two-game Major League Baseball career with the Cincinnati Reds in 1924, he worked as...
  
  , Harvey Emery, Ray Fisher
  Ray Fisher
  Ray Lyle Fisher was an American professional baseball pitcher. He pitched all or part of ten seasons in Major League Baseball. His debut game took place on July 2, 1910. His final game took place on October 2, 1920...
  
  , Judson Hyames
  Judson Hyames
  Judson A. Hyames was the head baseball coach at Western Michigan University from 1922 to 1936. In his 15 years at WMU, he posted a 166–62–2 record. In his honor, WMU's baseball stadium—Hyames Field—was named after him. He also played for the WMU baseball team in 1915...
  
  , Cliff Keen
  Cliff Keen
  Clifford Patrick Keen was an American coach who served as the head coach of the University of Michigan collegiate wrestling team from 1925 to 1970. He led the Michigan Wolverines to 13 Big Ten Conference championships, and coached 68 All-American wrestlers...
  
  , Harry Kipke, William Louisell, Edwin Mather, George F. Veenker
  George F. Veenker
  George Frederick Veenker was an American football and basketball coach. He was the head basketball coach at the University of Michigan from 1928 to 1931 and also served as an assistant football coach at Michigan from 1926 to 1929. From 1931 to 1936, he was the head football coach at Iowa State...
  
  , Elton Wieman
  Elton Wieman
  Elton Ewart "Tad" Wieman was an American football player and coach and college athletic director. He played football for the University of Michigan from 1915 to 1917 and 1920 under head coach Fielding H. Yost. He was a coach and administrator at Michigan from 1921 to 1929, including two years as...
  
  
• Trainer: Charles B. Hoyt
  Charles B. Hoyt
  -Champion sprinter:A native of Greenfield, Iowa, Hoyt won three straight 100 and 220 yard dashes in the Iowa state meet from 1911–1913 and won seven career gold medals. As a high school student in 1912, Hoyt was offered a place on the U.S. Olympic team but turned down the chance...
  
  
• Manager: John S. Denton, James V. Hughey (assistant), Ray C. Humphrey (assistant), Leonard A. Spooner (assistant), Frank L. Wachter (assistant)

External links

• 1926 Football Team -- Bentley Historical Library, University of Michigan Athletics History