1888 Michigan Wolverines football team
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The 1888 Michigan Wolverines football team represented the University of Michigan
in the 1888 college football season
. The team compiled a 2–1 record and outscored its opponents by a combined score of 94 to 36. The captain of the 1888 team was James E. Duffy.
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 1888 college football season
1888 college football season
The 1888 college football season had a clear-cut champion, with the Official NCAA Division I Football Records Book listing Yale as national champions....
. The team compiled a 2–1 record and outscored its opponents by a combined score of 94 to 36. The captain of the 1888 team was James E. Duffy.
Schedule
Varsity letter winners
- William D. Ball, Ann Arbor, Michigan - fullback
- Raymond Walter Beach, from Atwood, Michigan - left guard
- S.L. Bradley - right tackle
- James E. DuffyJames E. Duffy (American football)James Eugene Duffy was an American football player and lawyer. He played halfback for the University of Michigan football team for seven years from 1885 to 1891 and was captain of the 1888 team. In 1886, he set the world record by drop kicking a football 168 feet, 7½ inches...
, Ann Arbor, Michigan - left halfback - Anson Elisha Hagle, Evanston, IllinoisEvanston, IllinoisEvanston is a suburban municipality in Cook County, Illinois 12 miles north of downtown Chicago, bordering Chicago to the south, Skokie to the west, and Wilmette to the north, with an estimated population of 74,360 as of 2003. It is one of the North Shore communities that adjoin Lake Michigan...
- left tackle - Lincoln MacMillan, Ann Arbor, MichiganAnn Arbor, MichiganAnn Arbor is a city in the U.S. state of Michigan and the county seat of Washtenaw County. The 2010 census places the population at 113,934, making it the sixth largest city in Michigan. The Ann Arbor Metropolitan Statistical Area had a population of 344,791 as of 2010...
- left end - Edgar W. MacPherran, Marquette, MichiganMarquette, MichiganMarquette is a city in the U.S. state of Michigan and the county seat of Marquette County. The population was 21,355 at the 2010 census, making it the most populated city of the Upper Peninsula. Marquette is a major port on Lake Superior, primarily for shipping iron ore and is the home of Northern...
- right halfback - William C. MalleyWilliam C. MalleyWilliam Charles Malley was an American football player and coach in the United States. He played college football for the University of Michigan from 1888 to 1890 and served as the had football coach to Wabash College in 1892....
, Chicago, Illinois - right guard - Horace Prettyman, Bryan, OhioBryan, OhioAs of the census of 2000, there were 8,333 people, 3,528 households, and 2,155 families residing in the city. The population density was 1,821.7 people per square mile . There were 3,733 housing units at an average density of 816.1 per square mile...
- center - Frederic L. SmithFrederic L. SmithFrederic Latta Smith was an American football player and pioneer of the automobile business. He played college football team at the University of Michigan and was the quarterback of the 1888 Michigan Wolverines football team. He later became a pioneer in the automobile business in Michigan...
, Detroit, MichiganDetroit, MichiganDetroit is the major city among the primary cultural, financial, and transportation centers in the Metro Detroit area, a region of 5.2 million people. As the seat of Wayne County, the city of Detroit is the largest city in the U.S. state of Michigan and serves as a major port on the Detroit River...
- quarterback - James Van InwagenJames Van InwagenJames W. Van Inwagen, Jr. was an American businessman and a member of the Tiffany family. He played college football for the University of Michigan from 1888 to 1891 and was captain of the 1891 Michigan Wolverines football team...
, Chicago, Illinois - right end
Others
- Edwin Truman Coman, Kankakee, IllinoisKankakee, IllinoisKankakee is a city in Kankakee County, Illinois, USA. As of the 2000 census, the city population was 25,561, and 26,840 as of a 2009 estimate. It is the county seat of Kankakee County...
- substitute - Edward P. DePont, Ann Arbor, Michigan - substitute
- Royal T. FarrandRoyal T. FarrandRoyal Twombly Farand was an American football player and medical doctor.Farrand was born in 1867 in Detroit, Michigan, the son of David Osburn Farrand, a surgeon, and Elizabeth Twombley. He graduated from high school in Detroit in 1886 and enrolled at the University of Michigan...
, Detroit, Michigan - quarterback - George Northcroft, London, England - left tackle
- William Mason Payne, Hillsdale, Michigan - substitute