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1932 Michigan Wolverines football team

1932 Michigan Wolverines football
1932 Michigan Wolverines football team (large).jpg
National champion (Dickinson)
Co-national champion (Davis, Sagarin)
Big Ten co-champion
Conference Big Ten Conference
1932 record 8–0 (6–0 Big Ten)
Head coach Harry Kipke (4th year)
MVP Harry Newman
Captain Ivan Williamson
Home stadium Michigan Stadium
Uniform
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Seasons
← 1931
1933 →
1932 Big Ten football standings
Conf     Overall
Team W   L   T     W   L   T
#1 Michigan + 6 0 0     8 0 0
#4 Purdue + 5 0 1     7 0 1
#11 Wisconsin 4 1 1     6 1 1
#6 Ohio State 2 1 2     4 1 3
Northwestern 2 3 1     3 4 1
Minnesota 2 3 0     5 3 0
Illinois 2 4 0     5 4 0
Indiana 1 4 1     3 4 1
Chicago 1 4 0     3 4 1
Iowa 0 5 0     1 7 0
  • + – Conference co-champions
Rankings from Dickinson System
Week 1: Michigan State at Michigan
1 2 3 4 Total
Michigan St. 0 0 0 0 0
Michigan 7 7 6 6 26
Week 2: Northwestern at Michigan
1 2 3 4 Total
Northwestern 6 0 0 0 6
Michigan 6 6 3 0 15
Week 3: Michigan at Ohio State
1 2 3 4 Total
Michigan 7 7 0 0 14
Ohio State 0 0 0 0 0
Week 4: Illinois at Michigan
1 2 3 4 Total
Illinois 0 0 0 0 0
Michigan 13 7 12 0 32
Week 5: Princeton at Michigan
1 2 3 4 Total
Princeton 0 7 0 0 7
Michigan 0 2 6 6 14
Week 6: Michigan at Indiana
1 2 3 4 Total
Michigan 0 0 7 0 7
Indiana 0 0 0 0 0
Week 7: Chicago at Michigan
1 2 3 4 Total
Chicago 0 7 0 0 7
Michigan 6 0 0 6 12
Week 8: Michigan at Minnesota
1 2 3 4 Total
Michigan 0 3 0 0 3
Minnesota 0 0 0 0 0

The 1932 Michigan Wolverines football team represented the University of Michigan in the 1932 Big Ten Conference football season. Under fourth-year head coach Harry Kipke, Michigan compiled a perfect 8–0 record, outscored opponents 123–12, and won both the Big Ten Conference and national championships. The defense shut out six of its eight opponents and gave up an average of only 1.6 points per game. Although there was no AP Poll to determine a national champion in 1932, the Knute K. Rockne Trophy was presented at the end of the season to the team deemed to be the national champion using the Dickinson System, a rating system developed by Frank G. Dickinson, a professor of economics of the University of Illinois. Michigan won the Rockne Trophy, edging Southern California in the Dickinson rating system.

On offense, quarterback Harry Newman was selected as the consensus first-team quarterback on the 1932 College Football All-America Team. He also won the Chicago Tribune Trophy as the Most Valuable Player in the Big Ten Conference, the Douglas Fairbanks Trophy as Outstanding College Player of the Year (predecessor of the Heisman Trophy), and the Helms Athletic Foundation Player of the Year Award. Newman scored all 22 points for Michigan in the last three games of the season. The Associated Press wrote, "Without Newman providing the winning spark, the Michigan team might have been just another football club."

Center Chuck Bernard and end Ted Petoskey were also selected as first-team All-Americans by some selectors. The team captain, Ivy Williamson, was selected as a second-team All-American in the Central Press Association's captains poll.Gerald Ford, who later became the 38th President of the United States, was the back-up center on the team and won the Meyer Morton Award as the most improved player in spring practice.


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