1892 Michigan Wolverines football team
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The 1892 Michigan Wolverines football team represented the University of Michigan
in the 1892 college football season
. The team, with Frank Barbour
as head coach, compiled a 7–5 record and outscored its opponents by a combined score of 298 to 170. With 298 points scored, the team held the record for the most points scored in a single season by a Michigan football team until 1901.
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 1892 college football season
1892 college football season
The 1892 college football season had a clear-cut champion, with the Official NCAA Division I Football Records Book listing Yale as national champions....
. The team, with Frank Barbour
Frank Barbour
Francis Edward "Frank" Barbour was an American football player, coach, and businessman. He played quarterback for the Yale University football team in 1890 and 1891 and helped lead the 1891 Yale team to a perfect 13–0 record and a national championship...
as head coach, compiled a 7–5 record and outscored its opponents by a combined score of 298 to 170. With 298 points scored, the team held the record for the most points scored in a single season by a Michigan football team until 1901.
Schedule
Starting lineup
The following players were listed as the starters for Michigan's 1892 football team in "The Palladium," the University of Michigan yearbook for the 1892-1893 academic year.- Frank Decke: left tackle
- George DygertGeorge DygertGeorge Burlingame "Dygie" Dygert was an American football player and lawyer. Dygert played college football for the University of Michigan for five years from 1890 to 1894 and was captain of the 1892 and 1893 teams...
: fullback - Charles T. Griffin: center
- Willard Wilmer Griffin: right tackle
- Lawrence C. Grosh: left halfback
- Ralph W.E. Hayes: right end
- George JewettGeorge JewettGeorge Henry Jewett II was an American athlete who became the first African American football player at both the University of Michigan and Northwestern University, and in the Big Ten Conference...
: right halfback - Edmond Lindsay Sanderson: quarterback
- Charles L. Thomas: left guard
- Virgil TupperVirgil TupperVirgil Langstaff Tupper was an American physician and surgeon. He was born in Pennsylvania in 1869. He was the son of Benjamin and Selena Tupper. As a child, Tupper was sent to live with his uncle, Dr. Horace Tupper , in Bay City, Michigan...
: right guard - Paul Woodworth: left end