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1923 Michigan

8–⁠0 (4–⁠0 Western Conference), coached by Fielding Yost.

Michigan, 1923
Photo: Photographer not named, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

Schedule and results

Michigan in 1923, game by game: won vs. Case 36–0; won vs. Vanderbilt 3–0; won vs. Ohio State 23–0; won vs. Michigan State 37–0; won at Iowa 9–3; won vs. Quantico Marines 26–6; won at Wisconsin 6–3; won vs. Minnesota 10–0+37Won 36–0 vs. Case+36CaseWon 3–0 vs. Vanderbilt+3VanderbiltWon 23–0 vs. Ohio State+23Ohio StateWon 37–0 vs. Michigan State+37Michigan StateWon 9–3 at Iowa+6IowaWon 26–6 vs. Quantico Marines+20Quantico MarinesWon 6–3 at Wisconsin+3WisconsinWon 10–0 vs. Minnesota+10Minnesota
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.
DateOpponentResultElo
Oct 6vsCaseW 36–⁠094%
Oct 13vsVanderbiltW 3–⁠053%
Oct 20vsOhio StateW 23–⁠072%
Oct 27vsMichigan StateW 37–⁠084%
Nov 3atIowaW 9–⁠343%
Nov 10vsQuantico MarinesW 26–⁠695%
Nov 17atWisconsinW 6–⁠356%
Nov 24vsMinnesotaW 10–⁠076%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Beat Minnesota 10–⁠0; Western Conference champions.

In program history: The 49th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 140 on file).

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 1923.

National championsa title the school claims

Western Conference champions4–⁠0 in the conference, shared with Illinois

Consensus All-AmericanJack Blott, C

Unbeaten at 8–⁠0, with a defense that gave up 12 points all year.

Record
8–⁠0
Conference
4–⁠0 shared first in Western Conference
AP poll
Began in 1936
Points
150–⁠12
Coach
Fielding Yost
Elo
1696 +91 this season
SP+ rating
—
SRS
19.8 No. 5 of 109 major-college teams
Recruiting class
—
Captain
Harry Kipke
Offense
Short punt

All-Big Ten

3 first team, 1 second team

First team

Second team

  • Irwin UteritzQBNB-2

From Wikipedia’s 1923 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).

1923 Western Conference standings

TeamConf.OverallAP final
Illinois5–⁠08–⁠0
Michigan4–⁠08–⁠0
Chicago5–⁠17–⁠1
Minnesota2–⁠1–⁠15–⁠1–⁠1
Iowa3–⁠35–⁠3
Indiana2–⁠23–⁠4
Wisconsin1–⁠3–⁠13–⁠3–⁠1
Ohio State1–⁠43–⁠4–⁠1
Purdue1–⁠42–⁠5–⁠1
Northwestern0–⁠62–⁠6

Ordered by conference winning percentage, then conference wins. Division splits and tiebreakers aren’t applied.