CollegeFootballDigestfrom CooperSearch

1914 Michigan

6–⁠3, coached by Fielding Yost.

Michigan, 1914
Photo: Unknown author, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

Schedule and results

Michigan in 1914, game by game: won vs. DePauw 58–0; won vs. Case 69–0; won vs. Mount Union 27–7; won vs. Vanderbilt 23–3; won at Michigan State 3–0; lost at Syracuse 6–20; lost at Harvard 0–7; won vs. Pennsylvania 34–3; lost vs. Cornell 13–28+69−15Won 58–0 vs. DePauw+58DePauwWon 69–0 vs. Case+69CaseWon 27–7 vs. Mount Union+20Mount UnionWon 23–3 vs. Vanderbilt+20VanderbiltWon 3–0 at Michigan State+3Michigan StateLost 6–20 at Syracuse-14SyracuseLost 0–7 at Harvard-7HarvardWon 34–3 vs. Pennsylvania+31PennsylvaniaLost 13–28 vs. Cornell-15Cornell
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 30vsDePauwW 58–⁠094%
Oct 3vsCaseW 69–⁠094%
Oct 7vsMount UnionW 27–⁠793%
Oct 10vsVanderbiltW 23–⁠362%
Oct 17atMichigan StateW 3–⁠063%
Oct 24atSyracuseL 6–⁠2061%
Oct 31atHarvardL 0–⁠733%
Nov 7vsPennsylvaniaW 34–⁠366%
Nov 14vsCornellL 13–⁠2863%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Lost to Cornell 28–⁠13.

In program history: The 112th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 140 on file).

Photographs from 1914

Photographs from the Library of Congress’s Prints & Photographs Division, with no known restrictions on publication. Captions as each collection catalogues them.

Players on this team

Before 2004 our records hold honors and the draft; these are the players whose college years here, from their Wikipedia articles or their honors, include 1914.

Consensus All-AmericanJohnny Maulbetsch, RB

Record
6–⁠3
Conference
—
AP poll
Began in 1936
Points
233–⁠68
Coach
Fielding Yost
Elo
1566 −17 this season
SP+ rating
—
SRS
14.4 No. 20 of 83 major-college teams
Recruiting class
—
Captain
James W. Raynsford
Most valuable player
Tommy Hughitt