1902 Michigan Wolverines football team

1902 Michigan Wolverines football

Consensus national champion (Billingsley, Helms, Houlgate, NCF) Co-national champion (Davis) Western Conference champion
Conference	Western Conference
1902 record	11–0 (5–0 Western)
Head coach	Fielding H. Yost (2nd year)
Offensive scheme	Short punt
Captain	Boss Weeks
Home stadium	Regents Field
Seasons ← 1901 1903 →

1902 Western Conference football standings
	Conf					Overall
Team	W		L		T	W		L		T
Michigan $	5	–	0	–	0	11	–	0	–	0
Chicago	5	–	1	–	0	11	–	1	–	0
Minnesota	3	–	1	–	0	9	–	2	–	1
Illinois	4	–	2	–	0	10	–	2	–	1
Purdue	2	–	2	–	0	7	–	2	–	1
Wisconsin	1	–	3	–	0	6	–	3	–	0
Iowa	0	–	3	–	0	5	–	4	–	0
Northwestern	0	–	4	–	0	6	–	6	–	0
Indiana	0	–	4	–	0	3	–	5	–	1

$ – Conference champion

Albion at Michigan

	1	2	Total
Albion	0	0	0
• Michigan	45	43	88

Date: September 27
Location: Regents Field • Ann Arbor, MI
Game attendance: 2,000

Case at Michigan

	1	2	Total
Case	6	0	6
• Michigan	30	18	48

Date: October 4
Location: Regents Field • Ann Arbor, MI

Michigan Agricultural at Michigan

	1	2	Total
Michigan Aggies	0	0	0
• Michigan	71	48	119

Date: October 8
Location: Regents Field • Ann Arbor, MI

Michigan vs Notre Dame

	1	2	Total
• Michigan	5	18	23
Notre Dame	0	0	0

Date: October 18
Location: Armory Park • Toledo, OH

Ohio State at Michigan

	1	2	Total
Ohio St.	0	0	0
• Michigan	45	41	86

Date: October 25
Location: Regents Field • Ann Arbor, MI

Michigan vs Wisconsin

	1	2	Total
• Michigan	6	0	6
Wisconsin	0	0	0

Date: November 1
Location: Marshall Field • Chicago, IL
Game start: 2:40 p. m.
Game attendance: 22,000

Iowa at Michigan

	1	2	Total
Iowa	0	0	0
• Michigan	65	42	107

Date: November 8
Location: Regents Field • Ann Arbor, MI

Michigan at Chicago

	1	2	Total
• Michigan	10	11	21
Chicago	0	0	0

Date: November 15
Location: Marshall Field • Chicago, IL
Game start: 2:15 p. m.
Game attendance: 14,000
Referee: Joseph Beacham

The 1902 Michigan Wolverines football team represented the University of Michigan in the 1902 Western Conference football season. In their second year under head coach Fielding H. Yost, Michigan finished the season undefeated with an 11–0 record, outscored their opponents by a combined score of 644 to 12, and became known as the second of Yost's famed "Point-a-Minute" teams. With a conference record of 5–0, Michigan won the Big Nine Conference championship. The 1902 Michigan Wolverines have also been recognized as the national champions by the Billingsley Report, Helms Athletic Foundation, Houlgate System, and National Championship Foundation, and as co-national champions by Parke H. Davis.

Quarterback Boss Weeks was the team's captain and the leader of the Wolverines' offense that twice scored more than 100 points against opponents and averaged 58.6 points per game. Right halfback Albert E. Herrnstein was the team's leading scorer with 135 points on 27 touchdowns (valued at five points under 1902 rules). Fullback James E. Lawrence was the second-leading scorer with 113 points on 12 touchdowns and 53 extra point kicks (then known as "goals from touchdown"). Willie Heston, Joe Maddock and Paul J. Jones added 15, 12 and 11 touchdowns, respectively.

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