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1982 Michigan

8–⁠4 (8–⁠1 Big Ten), coached by Bo Schembechler.

Schedule and results

Michigan in 1982, game by game: won vs. Wisconsin 20–9; lost at No. 20 Notre Dame 17–23; lost vs. No. 12 UCLA 27–31; won vs. Indiana 24–10; won vs. Michigan State 31–17; won at Iowa 29–7; won at Northwestern 49–14; won vs. Minnesota 52–14; won at Illinois 16–10; won vs. Purdue 52–21; lost at Ohio State 14–24; lost vs. No. 5 UCLA 14–24+38−10Won 20–9 vs. Wisconsin+11WisconsinLost 17–23 at No. 20 Notre Dame-6No. 20 Notre DameLost 27–31 vs. No. 12 UCLA-4No. 12 UCLAWon 24–10 vs. Indiana+14IndianaWon 31–17 vs. Michigan State+14Michigan StateWon 29–7 at Iowa+22IowaWon 49–14 at Northwestern+35NorthwesternWon 52–14 vs. Minnesota+38MinnesotaWon 16–10 at Illinois+6IllinoisWon 52–21 vs. Purdue+31PurdueLost 14–24 at Ohio State-10Ohio StateLost 14–24 vs. No. 5 UCLA-10No. 5 UCLA
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 11vsWisconsinW 20–⁠977%
Sep 18at20Notre DameL 17–⁠2356%
Sep 25vs12UCLAL 27–⁠3159%
Oct 2vsIndianaW 24–⁠1080%
Oct 9vsMichigan StateW 31–⁠1782%
Oct 16atIowaW 29–⁠758%
Oct 23atNorthwesternW 49–⁠1486%
Oct 30vsMinnesotaW 52–⁠1486%
Nov 6atIllinoisW 16–⁠1059%
Nov 13vsPurdueW 52–⁠2186%
Nov 20atOhio StateL 14–⁠2453%
Jan 1Bowls & playoffvs5UCLARose BowlL 14–⁠2449%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Lost to UCLA 24–⁠14 in the Rose Bowl; unranked in the final AP poll; Big Ten champions.

In program history: The 69th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 140 on file).

AP poll, week by week

  1. Wk 1: 12
  2. Wk 2: 12
  3. Wk 3: 10
  4. Wk 4: 20
  5. Wk 9: 20
  6. Wk 10: 15
  7. Wk 11: 14
  8. Wk 12: 13
  9. Wk 13: 20
  10. Wk 14: 20
  11. Wk 15: 19

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 1982.

Big Ten champions8–⁠1 in the conference

Heisman voteAnthony Carter, fourth

Consensus All-AmericanAnthony Carter, WR

Record
8–⁠4
Conference
8–⁠1 first in Big Ten
AP final
Unranked peak No. 10
Points
345–⁠204
Coach
Bo Schembechler
Elo
1667 +7 this season
SP+ rating
19.3 No. 14 of 109; offense No. 13, defense No. 25
SRS
18.6 No. 12 of 113 in Division I-A
Recruiting class
—
Defensive coordinator
Gary Moeller
Captains
Anthony Carter, Paul Girgash and Robert Thompson
Most valuable player
Anthony Carter

Drafted in 1983

The 1983 draft
Rd 2Rich Strenger OTDetroit Lions
Rd 2Keith Bostic DBHouston Oilers

All-Big Ten

8 first team, 4 second team

First team

Second team

  • Steve SmithQBAP-2
  • Winfred CarrawayDLUPI-2
  • Mike BorenLBAP-2; UPI-2
  • Ali Haji-SheikhKAP-2; UPI-2

From Wikipedia’s 1982 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).

1982 Big Ten standings

Conference page
TeamConf.OverallAP final
Michigan8–⁠18–⁠4
Ohio State7–⁠19–⁠312
Iowa6–⁠28–⁠4
Illinois6–⁠37–⁠5
Wisconsin5–⁠47–⁠5
Indiana4–⁠55–⁠6
Purdue3–⁠63–⁠8
Northwestern2–⁠73–⁠8
Michigan State2–⁠72–⁠9
Minnesota1–⁠83–⁠8

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