1915 Michigan Wolverines football team

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| date = October 6

| w/l = w

| opponent = {{cfb link|year=1915|team=Lawrence Vikings|title=Lawrence (WI)}}

| site_stadium = Ferry Field

| site_cityst = Ann Arbor, MI

| score = 39–0

| attend =

| source = {{cite news|title=Wolverines Have Good Work Out|newspaper=Detroit Free Press|date=October 7, 1915|page=12|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/35415302/wolverines_have_good_work_out/|via=Newspapers.com}}

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|{{CFB schedule entry

| date = October 9

| w/l = w

| opponent = {{cfb link|year=1915|team=Mount Union Purple|title=Mount Union}}

| site_stadium = Ferry Field

| site_cityst = Ann Arbor, MI

| score = 35–0

| attend =

| source = {{cite news|title=Mt. Union Suffers Decisive Defeat At Wolverines' Hands|newspaper=Detroit Free Press|author=T. Hawley Tapping|date=October 10, 1915|page=19|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/35415721/mt_union_suffers_decisive_defeat_at/|via=Newspapers.com}}

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|{{CFB schedule entry

| date = October 13

| w/l = w

| opponent = {{cfb link|year=1915|team=Marietta Pioneers|title=Marietta}}

| site_stadium = Ferry Field

| site_cityst = Ann Arbor, MI

| score = 28–6

| attend =

| source = {{cite news|title=Marietta Crosses Wolverines' Goal|newspaper=Detroit Free Press|author=T. Hawley Tapping|date=October 14, 1915|page=10|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/35415469/marietta_crosses_wolverines_goal/|via=Newspapers.com}}

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|{{CFB schedule entry

| date = October 16

| w/l = w

| opponent = {{cfb link|year=1915|team=Case|title=Case}}

| site_stadium = Ferry Field

| site_cityst = Ann Arbor, MI

| score = 14–3

| attend =

| source = {{cite news|title=Michigan Conquers Case In Wretched Football Contest|newspaper=Detroit Free Press|date=October 17, 1915|pages=19, 22|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/35415597/michigan_conquers_case_in_wretched/|via=Newspapers.com}}

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|{{CFB schedule entry

| date = October 23

| w/l = l

| opponent = Michigan Agricultural

| site_stadium = Ferry Field

| site_cityst = Ann Arbor, MI

| gamename = rivalry

| score = 0–24

| attend = 21,000

| source = {{cite news|title=M. A. C. Smothers Michigan Under a Score of 24 to 0|newspaper=Detroit Free Press|author=E.A. Batchelor|date=October 24, 1915|page=19|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/35409081/m_a_c_smothers_michigan_under_a/|via=Newspapers.com}}

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|{{CFB schedule entry

| date = October 30

| w/l = l

| opponent = Syracuse

| site_stadium = Ferry Field

| site_cityst = Ann Arbor, MI

| score = 7–14

| attend =

| source = {{cite news|title=Syracuse Eleven Too Powerful for Yost's Aggregation|newspaper=Detroit Free Press|author=E.A. Batchelor|date=October 31, 1915|page=17|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/35415184/syracuse_eleven_too_powerful_for_yosts/|via=Newspapers.com}}

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|{{CFB schedule entry

| date = November 6

| w/l = l

| homecoming = y

| opponent = Cornell

| site_stadium = Ferry Field

| site_cityst = Ann Arbor, MI

| score = 7–34

| attend = 22,000

| source = {{cite news|title=Gruesome Details of Ferry Field Tragedy|newspaper=Detroit Free Press|date=November 7, 1915|page=21|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/35415095/gruesome_details_of_ferry_field_tragedy/|via=Newspapers.com}}

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|{{CFB schedule entry

| date = November 13

| w/l = t

| away = y

| opponent = Penn

| site_stadium = Franklin Field

| site_cityst = Philadelphia, PA

| score = 0–0

| attend =

| source = {{cite news|title=Penn and Michigan Battle To Scoreless Tie in Exciting Contest|newspaper=The Philadelphia Inquirer|author=Jim Nasium|date=November 14, 1915|page=18|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/35414749/penn_and_michigan_battle_to_scoreless/|via=Newspapers.com}}

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• Leland Benton, Valparaiso, IN, started 3 games at end, 4 games at halfback
• Alan W. Boyd,Alan W. Boyd, born March 11, 1897, Indianapolis, Indiana. He was awarded the medal for being Michigan's best athlete and student for the year 1917–1918. He became a lawyer practicing in Indiana. He died in May 1987 in Indianapolis. Indianapolis, IN, started 1 game at guard
• Harry L. Calvin, Jr., Detroit, MI, quarterback
• Otto Eberwein,Otto Eberwein was born July 22, 1893, died October 1968. Ann Arbor, MI, started 2 games at halfback
• Egmont Goetz Hildner,Hildner was born December 29, 1894, died January 1966. Ann Arbor, MI, started 2 games at end
• Hepburn Ingham, Des Moines, IA, started 1 game at end
• Hoyne Howe, Oak Park, IL, started 3 games center
• Philip T. Raymond,Philip Titus Raymond, born July 29, 1894, Dundee, Michigan. He served as an ensign in the engineering branch of the U.S. Navy during World War I. He was the superintendent of a construction company in Saginaw, Michigan, in 1921. In 1930, he was living in Miami, Florida, working as an engineer in building construction. He died January 16, 1966, El Cajon, California. Saginaw, MI, started 2 games at fullback
• Lewis Reimann, Iron River, MI, started 1 game at tackle
• James H. Sharpe,James Harrison Sharpe, born October 26, 1896, Sault Ste Marie, Michigan. He served in the U.S. Field Artillery Service in France from October to December 1918. He worked as a mechanical engineer in Sault Ste. Marie. He died at Lakewood, Ohio, June 30, 1957. Sault Ste. Marie, MI, halfback
• Harold M. Zeigler,Harold Morris Zeiger, born December 8, 1895, in Colorado. He served in the U.S. Navy during World War I. At the time of the 1920 Census, he lived in Long Beach, California, and working as a salesman of auto supplies. In 1930, he was living in Long Beach, working as a petroleum inspector. He died October 12, 1984, Rialto, California. Pueblo, CO, started 1 game at quarterback

• Captain: William D. Cochran
• All-Americans: John Maulbetsch (Walter Eckersall, 2nd team; Monty, 2nd team; Tommy Clark, 1st team){{cite news|title=Eck Puts Him On All-American|publisher=La Crosse Tribune|date=1915-12-06}}{{cite news|title=Monty Picks All-Star Team: Maulbetsch of Michigan Lands on Second Eleven; He is Only 'Westerner' to Be Honored by the Writer|publisher=Fort Wayne News|date=1915-12-04}}{{cite news|author=Tommy Clark|title=The All American Eleven for Season of 1915|publisher=The Lexington Herald|date=1915-12-05}}
• Heston-Schulz Trophy (team MVP): John Maulbetsch

• Head coach: Fielding H. Yost
• Assistant coaches: Ernest Allmendinger (Second Assistant Coach), Prentiss Douglass, Ralph A. McGinnis (Third Assistant Coach), James Raynsford, Germany Schulz (First Assistant Coach)
• Trainer: Stephen Farrell
• Manager: Boyd M. Compton

{{Reflist}}

• [https://bentley.umich.edu/athdept/football/fbteam/1915fbt.htm 1915 Football Team -- Bentley Historical Library, University of Michigan Athletics History]
• [https://books.google.com/books?id=RxPiAAAAMAAJ 1915–1916 Michigan Alumnus]
• [http://quod.lib.umich.edu/cgi/t/text/text-idx?c=moa;cc=moa;q1=michiganensian;rgn=full%20text;view=toc;idno=AAG4364.1916.001 1916 Michiganensian - University of Michigan yearbook for the 1915–1916 academic year]

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