1917 Michigan
8–2 (0–1 Western Conference), coached by Fielding Yost. Share
Schedule and results
- Biggest winBeat Mount Union 69–0Oct 13
By 69 points, its widest win.
| Date | Opponent | Result | Elo |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 6 | vsCase | W 41–0 | 91% |
| Oct 10 | vs Western Michigan | W 17–13 | 94% |
| Oct 13 | vsMount Union | W 69–0 | 90% |
| Oct 17 | vsDetroit Mercy | W 14–3 | 90% |
| Oct 20 | at Michigan State | W 27–0 | 49% |
| Oct 27 | vs Nebraska | W 20–0 | 48% |
| Nov 3 | vsKalamazoo | W 62–0 | 93% |
| Nov 10 | vs Cornell | W 42–0 | 73% |
| Nov 17 | at Pennsylvania | L 0–16 | 53% |
| Nov 24 | at Northwestern | L 12–21 | 52% |
Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.
How it ended: Lost to Northwestern 21–12; tied for 8th in the Western Conference.
In program history: The 109th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 140 on file).
- Record
- 8–2
- Conference
- 0–1 tied for 8th in Western Conference
- AP poll
- Began in 1936
- Points
- 304–53
- Coach
- Fielding Yost
- Elo
- 1569 +54 this season
- SP+ rating
- —
- SRS
- 18.9 No. 18 of 88 major-college teams
- Recruiting class
- —
- Captain
- Cedric C. Smith
All-Big Ten
5 first teamFirst team
Frank CulverOG- Oscar LambertC
- Archie WestonQB
- Cliff SparksRB
- Tad WiemanRB
From Wikipedia’s 1917 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).
1917 Western Conference standings
| Team | Conf. | Overall | AP final |
|---|---|---|---|
 Ohio State | 4–0 | 8–0–1 | |
 Minnesota | 3–1 | 4–1 | |
| Northwestern | 3–2 | 5–2 | |
 Wisconsin | 3–2 | 4–2–1 | |
 Illinois | 2–2–1 | 5–2–1 | |
| Chicago | 2–2–1 | 3–2–1 | |
 Indiana | 1–2 | 5–2 | |
| Michigan | 0–1 | 8–2 | |
 Purdue | 0–4 | 3–4 | |
 Iowa | 0–2 | 3–5 |
Ordered by conference winning percentage, then conference wins. Division splits and tiebreakers aren’t applied.