1968 Michigan Wolverines football team

The 1968 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 1968 college football season

1968 college football season

In the 1968 college football season, the system of "polls and bowls" changed. The Associated Press returned to its pre-1961 system of ranking the Top 20 rather than the Top 10, and voted on the national champion after the bowl games, rather than before. During the 20th Century, the NCAA had no...

. Bump Elliott

Bump Elliott

Chalmers W. "Bump" Elliott is a former American football player, coach, and college athletics administrator. He played halfback at Purdue University and the University of Michigan...

served as the team's head coach for his tenth and final season. The Wolverines played their home games at Michigan Stadium

Michigan Stadium

Michigan Stadium, nicknamed "The Big House," is the football stadium for the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor, Michigan. Michigan Stadium was built in 1927 at a cost of $950,000 and had an original capacity of 72,000. Before playing football at the stadium, the Wolverines played on Ferry Field...

Schedule

Rushing

Player	Attempts	Net yards	Yards per attempt	Touchdowns	Long
Ron Johnson	255	1391	5.5	19	53
Garvie Craw Garvie Craw Garvie Craw was an American football player.Craw played college football for the University of Michigan from 1967 to 1969. In October 1969, he scored four touchdowns in a 57-0 victory over Illinois...	81	307	3.8	1	14
Dennis Brown Dennis Brown (quarterback) Dennis M. Brown is a former American football player and coach. He played at the quarterback position for the University of Michigan from 1966 to 1968, the final two years of Bump Elliott's tenure as the school's head football coach. In his first start at quarterback, Brown broke two Big Ten...	115	215	1.9	1	5

Passing

Player	Attempts	Completions	Interceptions	Comp %	Yards	Yds/Comp	TD	Long
Dennis Brown Dennis Brown (quarterback) Dennis M. Brown is a former American football player and coach. He played at the quarterback position for the University of Michigan from 1966 to 1968, the final two years of Bump Elliott's tenure as the school's head football coach. In his first start at quarterback, Brown broke two Big Ten...	229	109	10	47.6	1562	14.3	12	33
Don Moorhead Don Moorhead Don Moorhead is a retired American football player. He was the starting quarterback for the Michigan Wolverines football team in 1969 and 1970 and for the BC Lions from 1971 to 1975...	25	10	2	40.0	122	12.2	1	10

Receiving

Player	Receptions	Yards	Yds/Recp	TD	Long
Jim Mandich Jim Mandich James Michael "Mad Dog" Mandich was a professional American football tight end with the Miami Dolphins. Mandich was an All-American at the University of Michigan. In 2004 he was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame. As color commentator for the Miami Dolphins , he was teamed with Jimmy...	42	565	13.4	3	12
Bill Harris	16	369	23.1	4	69
Jerry Imsland	19	269	14.2	1	33

Kickoff returns

Player	Returns	Yards	Yds/Return	TD	Long
George Hoey George Hoey George William Hoey is a former American football defensive back, punt returner and kickoff returner. He played college football for the University of Michigan Wolverines and professionally in the National Football League for the Arizona Cardinals , New England Patriots , San Diego Chargers ,...	12	221	18.4	0	39
Ron Johnson	9	147	16.3	0	24
Lance Scheffler	3	69	23.0	0	48

Punt returns

Player	Returns	Yards	Yds/Return	TD	Long
George Hoey George Hoey George William Hoey is a former American football defensive back, punt returner and kickoff returner. He played college football for the University of Michigan Wolverines and professionally in the National Football League for the Arizona Cardinals , New England Patriots , San Diego Chargers ,...	19	238	12.5	0	63
Tom Curtis Tom Curtis (American football) Thomas Newton Curtis is a former American football safety. He played college football for the University of Michigan from 1967 to 1969. He was selected as a consensus All-American in 1969. He also broke Michigan's records for interceptions in a game, season, and career -- none of which have been...	8	49	6.1	0	21

Awards and honors

Captain: Ron Johnson
All-Americans: Ron Johnson
All-Conference: Ron Johnson, Tom Stincic
Tom Stincic
Thomas D. Stincic is a former American football player. A native of Cleveland, Ohio, he attended John Marshall High School. He then enrolled at the University of Michigan where he played college football, principally as a linebacker, from 1966 to 1968. He was drafted by the Dallas Cowboys in...

, Jim Mandich
Jim Mandich
James Michael "Mad Dog" Mandich was a professional American football tight end with the Miami Dolphins. Mandich was an All-American at the University of Michigan. In 2004 he was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame. As color commentator for the Miami Dolphins , he was teamed with Jimmy...

, Dennis Brown
Dennis Brown (quarterback)
Dennis M. Brown is a former American football player and coach. He played at the quarterback position for the University of Michigan from 1966 to 1968, the final two years of Bump Elliott's tenure as the school's head football coach. In his first start at quarterback, Brown broke two Big Ten...

, Phil Seymour, Tom Goss, Tom Curtis
Tom Curtis (American football)
Thomas Newton Curtis is a former American football safety. He played college football for the University of Michigan from 1967 to 1969. He was selected as a consensus All-American in 1969. He also broke Michigan's records for interceptions in a game, season, and career -- none of which have been...
Most Valuable Player: Ron Johnson
Meyer Morton Award: Bob Baumgartner
John Maulbetsch Award: Marty Huff
Marty Huff
Ralph Martin Huff is a former American football linebacker. He played for the University of Michigan from 1968 to 1970. As a senior, he was selected as a first-team All-American by the American Football Coaches Association...
Frederick Matthei Award: Tom Curtis
Arthur Robinson Scholarship Award: John Denzin

Coaching staff

Head coach: Bump Elliott
Bump Elliott
Chalmers W. "Bump" Elliott is a former American football player, coach, and college athletics administrator. He played halfback at Purdue University and the University of Michigan...
Assistant coaches: William Dodd, Dennis Fitzgerald
Dennis Fitzgerald
Joseph Dennis Fitzgerald was an American Freestyle wrestler and football player and coach. Fitzgerald played college football as a halfback at the University of Michigan and was selected as named the most valuable player on the 1960 Michigan Wolverines football team...

, Henry Fonde
Henry Fonde
Henry Fonde was an American football player and coach. He played for the University of Michigan from 1945 to 1947 under head coach Fritz Crisler. In ten years as the head football coach at Ann Arbor Pioneer High School , he compiled a record of 69–6–4...

, Frank Maloney, George Mans
George Mans
George W. Mans is a former American football player and coach and politician. He was the captain of the 1961 Michigan Wolverines football team, an assistant football coach at the University of Michigan from 1966 to 1973, and the head coach of the Eastern Michigan Eagles football team from 1974 to...

, Tony Mason, Robert Shaw
Trainer: Lindsy McLean
Lindsy McLean
J. Lindsy McLean was an athletic trainer for college and professional American football teams for nearly 50 years.McLean began his career as a student athletic trainer at Vanderbilt University in 1956. In 1963, he was the head athletic trainer and director of physical therapy at the University of...
Manager: Rik Kohn

External links

1968 Football Team -- Bentley Historical Library, University of Michigan Athletics History

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