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1919 Michigan Wolverines football team

{{short description|American college football season}}

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{{Infobox college sports team season

| year = 1919

| team = Michigan Wolverines

| sport = football

| image = 1919 Michigan Wolverines football team.jpg

| image_size = 285

| conference = Big Ten Conference

| short_conf = Big Ten

| record = 3–4

| conf_record = 1–4

| head_coach = Fielding H. Yost

| hc_year = 19th

| captain = Angus Goetz

| stadium = Ferry Field

| uniform = 20smichiganuniform2.png

}}

{{1919 Big Ten Conference football standings}}

The 1919 Michigan Wolverines football team was an American football team that represented the University of Michigan in the Big Ten Conference during the 1919 college football season. In its 19th season under head coach Fielding H. Yost, the Wolverines compiled a 3–4 record – the only losing season in Yost's 30-year career as a head football coach. The team was outscored by a total of 102 to 93 and finished in a tie for seventh place in the Big Ten. After winning three of four games to start the season, a stretch that included the Wolverines' first ever loss in the Michigan–Ohio State football rivalry, the team lost its final three games against Chicago, Illinois, and Minnesota.{{cite web|title=1919 Football Team|publisher=University of Michigan, Bentley Historical Library|access-date=August 28, 2019|url=https://bentley.umich.edu/athdept/football/fbteam/1919fbt.htm}}

Left tackle Angus Goetz was the team captain. Other notable players included quarterback Cliff Sparks, center/fullback Ernie Vick, halfback Archie Weston, left end Robert J. Dunne. Murray Van Wagoner, who later served as Governor of Michigan in the early 1940s, also started one game at left guard.

Schedule

{{CFB schedule

|{{CFB schedule entry

| date = October 4

| w/l = w

| nonconf = y

| opponent = {{cfb link|year=1919|team=Case Scientists|title=Case}}

| site_stadium = Ferry Field

| site_cityst = Ann Arbor, MI

| score = 34–0

| attend = 8,138

| source = {{cite news|title=Yostmen Whip Case, 34-0, In Opening Game|newspaper=Detroit Free Press|date=October 5, 1919|page=21|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/35421312/yostmen_whip_case_340_in_opening_game/|via=Newspapers.com}}

}}

|{{CFB schedule entry

| date = October 18

| w/l = w

| nonconf = y

| opponent = Michigan Agricultural

| site_stadium = Ferry Field

| site_cityst = Ann Arbor, MI

| gamename = rivalry

| score = 26–0

| attend = 21,000

| source = {{cite news|title=Aggies Beaten By Yostmen In Game That Shows Little|newspaper=Detroit Free Press|author=Harry Bullion|date=October 19, 1919|page=21|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/35421357/aggies_beaten_by_yostmen_in_game_that/|via=Newspapers.com}}

}}

|{{CFB schedule entry

| date = October 25

| w/l = l

| opponent = Ohio State

| site_stadium = Ferry Field

| site_cityst = Ann Arbor, MI

| gamename = rivalry

| score = 3–13

| attend = 30,000

| source = {{cite news|title=Ohio State Beats Michigan and Now Is Favorite for the Conference Title|newspaper=Detroit Free Press|author=Harry Bullion|date=October 26, 1919|page=21|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/35421233/ohio_state_beats_michigan_and_now_is/|via=Newspapers.com}}

}}

|{{CFB schedule entry

| date = November 1

| w/l = w

| opponent = Northwestern

| site_stadium = Ferry Field

| site_cityst = Ann Arbor, MI

| gamename = rivalry

| score = 16–13

| attend = 12,000

| source = {{cite news|title=Michigan Turns Tide in Final Quarter, Beating Northwestern, 16-13|newspaper=Detroit Free Press|author=Harry Bullion|date=November 2, 1919|page=23|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/35421111/michigan_turns_tide_in_final_quarter/|via=Newspapers.com}}

}}

|{{CFB schedule entry

| date = November 8

| w/l = l

| away = y

| opponent = Chicago

| site_stadium = Stagg Field

| site_cityst = Chicago, IL

| gamename = rivalry

| score = 0–13

| attend = 24,000

| source = {{cite news|title=Maroons Defeat Michigan, 13 to 0|newspaper=Chicago Tribune|author=Harvey T. Woodruff|date=November 9, 1919|page=17|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/35420796/maroons_defeat_michigan_13_to_0/|via=Newspapers.com}}

}}

|{{CFB schedule entry

| date = November 15

| w/l = l

| away = y

| opponent = Illinois

| site_stadium = Illinois Field

| site_cityst = Champaign, IL

| gamename = rivalry

| score = 7–29

| attend = 9,622–14,000

| source = {{cite news|title=Illini Shows Strength In Winning Game|newspaper=Decatur Herald|date=November 16, 1919|page=9|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/35421438/illini_shows_strength_in_winning_game/|via=Newspapers.com}}

}}

|{{CFB schedule entry

| date = November 22

| w/l = l

| homecoming = y

| opponent = Minnesota

| site_stadium = Ferry Field

| site_cityst = Ann Arbor, MI

| gamename = Little Brown Jug

| score = 7–34

| attend = 30,000

| source = {{cite news|title=Michigan Team Takes the Count From Minnesota in Final Conference Battle|newspaper=Detroit Free Press|date=November 23, 1919|page=19|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/35420538/michigan_team_takes_the_count_from/|via=Newspapers.com}}

}}

}}

Players

=Letter winners=

  • John C. Cary - end (Grand Rapids, Michigan)
  • Elmer W. CressElmer Weirich Cress, born February 10, 1898, Michigan; died November 1969, Benton Harbor, Michigan. - end (Grand Rapids, Michigan)
  • William R. CruseWilliam Roy Cruse, born May 23, 1895. At the time of the 1930 Census, he was a civil engineer for the city of Jackson, Michigan. - started 2 games at left halfback, 2 games at right halfback, 2 games at fullback (Detroit, Michigan)
  • Frank Culver - started 3 games at center, 1 game at left guard (Detroit, Michigan)
  • Frank T. CzyszFrancis Thomas "Frank" Czysz, born January 19, 1899, Dunkirk, New York. Graduated U.M. Dental School, 1920. He lived and worked as a dentist at North Tonawanda, New York. Died September 1971, North Tonawanda. - started 1 game at right tackle (Dunkirk, New York)
  • Roland Glenn DunnRoland Glen Dunn, born August 22, 1892, St. Johns, Michigan. He became a lawyer in Muskegon Heights, Michigan. He ran as a Republican candidate for Congress in 1928. He also served as legal aid to Michigan Governor Frank Fitzgerald, assistant state attorney general, and chairman of the Michigan State Liquor Control Commission. His papers are kept at the Bentley Historical Library, University of Michigan. He died in April 1972 at Mason, Michigan. - started 3 games at right tackle, 1 game at right guard (Muskegon Heights, Michigan)
  • Robert J. Dunne - started 6 games at left end (Chicago, Illinois)
  • Donald A. FinkbeinerDonald Arthur Finkbeiner, born May 26, 1894, Perrysburg, Ohio. After graduating from Michigan, he returned to Perrysburg and began a law practice. Died April 30, 1973, Toledo, Ohio. - tackle (Perrysburg, Ohio)
  • William Fortune - started 3 games at left guard (Springfield, Illinois)
  • Gerald W. FroemkeGerald William Froemke, born July 6, 1897, Sheldon, North Dakota. He lived in Ladue, Missouri. He died July 22, 1970, while on vacation at Wequetonsing, Michigan. - started 1 game at right halfback (Sheldon, North Dakota)
  • Angus Goetz - started 7 games at left tackle (Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan)
  • J. Vinton HammelsJames Vinton Hammels, born July 21, 1894, Phoenix, Arizona. Died January 1984, Phoenix, Arizona. - tackle (Glendale, Arizona)
  • William P. Henderson - started 1 game at right end (Detroit, Michigan)
  • Roy W. Johnson - started 2 games at center, 1 game at left guard (Grand Rapids, Michigan)
  • Kenneth T. Knode - started 1 game at quarterback, 1 game at right halfback (Martinsburg, West Virginia)
  • Alvin Loucks - guard (Grand Rapids, Michigan)
  • Willard L. PeachWillard L. Peach (middle name listed as Levi in early records, later as Lawrence), born June 23, 1895, Fremont, Ohio. At the time of the 1930 Census, he was living in Detroit and working as an automobile salesman. He died March 30, 1975, Birmingham, Michigan. - started 2 games at right end, 1 game at left end, 1 game at right tackle (Fremont, Ohio)
  • Harold Rye - started 3 games at right end (Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan)
  • Cliff Sparks - started 6 games at quarterback, 1 game at right halfback (Jackson, Michigan)
  • Ernie Vick - started 4 games at fullback, 2 games at center (Toledo, Ohio)
  • Archie Weston - started 2 games at right halfback (Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan)
  • Hugh Wilson - started 4 games at right guard, 2 games at right tackle, 1 game at left guard (Grand Rapids, Michigan)

=Non-letter winners=

  • John M. Barnes - halfback (Washington, D.C.)
  • James V. Campbell - tackle (Ann Arbor, Michigan)
  • Charles Eades - started 1 game at fullback (Conneaut, Ohio)
  • Robert E. Hamilton - center (Erie, Pennsylvania)
  • Earle MagrathEarle Knight Magrath, born June 26, 1898, Illinois. Died February 4, 1972, Fort Pierce, Florida. - started 1 game at right end (Oak Park, Illinois)
  • Barry Stuart - fullback (Grand Rapids, Michigan)
  • Theodore TimchacTheodore Andrew Timchac, born November 11, 1897. - tackle (Saginaw, Michigan)
  • Murray Van Wagoner - started 1 game at left guard (Pontiac, Michigan)
  • Arthur A. WeadockArthur A. Weadock, born February 23, 1897. After graduating from Michigan, he returned to Saginaw, Michigan as an attorney. Died January 1981, Saginaw, Michigan. - quarterback (Saginaw, Michigan)
  • Charles O. Wilson - fullback (Muskegon, Michigan)

Awards and honors

File:1919 Michigan football players Lookout Ahead!.png

Coaching staff

References

{{Reflist}}

External links

  • [https://bentley.umich.edu/athdept/football/fbteam/1919fbt.htm 1919 Football Team -- Bentley Historical Library, University of Michigan Athletics History]
  • [https://books.google.com/books?id=8wwrAAAAYAAJ 1919-1920 Michigan Alumnus - includes accounts of each game]
  • [http://quod.lib.umich.edu/cgi/t/text/text-idx?c=moa;cc=moa;q1=michiganensian;rgn=full%20text;view=toc;idno=AAG4364.1920.001 1920 Michiganensian]

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