1911 Michigan Wolverines football team
Week 1: Case at Michigan
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1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
Total |
| Case |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| • Michigan
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6 |
6 |
0 |
12 |
24 |
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Week 2: Michigan at Michigan Agricultural
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Date: October 14, 1911
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Location: College Field
East Lansing, MI
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Game start: 2:30 p.m.
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Game attendance: 5,000
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Referee: Lt. Horatio B. Hackett (Army)
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Week 3: Ohio State at Michigan
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1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
Total |
| Ohio State |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| • Michigan
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0 |
5 |
9 |
5 |
19 |
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Date: October 21, 1911
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Location: Ferry Field
Ann Arbor, MI
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Game start: 2:45 p.m.
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Game attendance: 5,000
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Referee: Thompson (Georgetown)
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Week 4: Vanderbilt at Michigan
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1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
Total |
| Vanderbilt |
0 |
0 |
3 |
5 |
8 |
| • Michigan
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0 |
0 |
3 |
6 |
9 |
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Week 5: Syracuse at Michigan
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1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
Total |
| Syracuse |
0 |
0 |
0 |
6 |
6 |
| Michigan |
6 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
6 |
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Week 6: Michigan at Cornell
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1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
Total |
| Michigan |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| • Cornell
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0 |
0 |
6 |
0 |
6 |
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Date: November 11, 1911
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Location: Percy Field
Ithaca, NY
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Game attendance: 10,000
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Referee: Dave Fultz (Brown)
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Week 7: Penn at Michigan
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1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
Total |
| Penn |
0 |
0 |
6 |
3 |
9 |
| • Michigan
|
0 |
5 |
0 |
6 |
11 |
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Week 8: Michigan at Nebraska
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1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
Total |
| Michigan |
0 |
0 |
6 |
0 |
6 |
| Nebraska |
0 |
0 |
6 |
0 |
6 |
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The 1911 Michigan Wolverines football team represented the University of Michigan in the 1911 college football season. The team's head coach was Fielding H. Yost in his 11th season at Michigan. The Wolverines compiled a record of 5–1–2 and outscored their opponents 90 to 38.
After beginning the season with four consecutive wins, the team was stricken with multiple injuries and won only one of its final four games, an 11–9 victory over Penn in the annual rivalry game with the Quakers. The team's sole loss was to Cornell in a game in which halfback Jimmy Craig, quarterback Shorty McMillan, and lineman Miller Pontius were all sidelined with injuries. As the injuries mounted, the Detroit Free Press quipped in late November 1911 that Michigan could claim the world championship of injuries, having had more injuries in 1911 than ever before in the program's history.
Only one Michigan player received All-American honors in 1911. Stanfield Wells, who played three games at right end and three at right halfback, was selected as a first-team All-American by the The New York Globe and Henry L. Williams. Two other players on the 1911 team, Pontius and Craig received All-American honors in 1912 or 1913.
Four Michigan players were recognized as first-team All-Western players. They were Wells, team captain Frederick L. Conklin, fullback and punter George "Bottles" Thomson, and Craig. Thomson was also the team's high scorer with seven touchdowns in seven games for a total of 35 points.
The 1911 team featured several players who had been starters on the undefeated 1910 Michigan Wolverines football team, including team captain Frederick L. Conklin, Thomas A. Bogle, Jr., Stanfield Wells, Shorty McMillan, and George C. Thomson. The team also included a promising group of sophomores who had played on the freshman team in 1910, including Jimmy Craig, Miller Pontius, and George C. Paterson. However, with games against Ohio State, Vanderbilt, Cornell, Penn, and Nebraska, the team faced "one of the hardest schedules ever arranged for the Wolverines."
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