1969 Michigan Wolverines football team

1969 Michigan Wolverines football
Big Ten co-champion
Rose Bowl, L 10–3 vs. USC
Conference	Big Ten Conference
Ranking
Coaches	No. 8
AP	No. 9
1969 record	8–3 (6–1 Big Ten)
Head coach	Bo Schembechler (1st year)
Defensive coordinator	Jim Young (1st year)
MVP	Jim Mandich
Captain	Jim Mandich
Home stadium	Michigan Stadium
Seasons ← 1968 1970 →

1969 Big Ten football standings
	Conf					Overall
Team	W		L		T	W		L		T
#4 Ohio State +	6	–	1	–	0	8	–	1	–	0
#9 Michigan +	6	–	1	–	0	8	–	3	–	0
#18 Purdue	5	–	2	–	0	8	–	2	–	0
Minnesota	4	–	3	–	0	4	–	5	–	1
Iowa	3	–	4	–	0	5	–	5	–	0
Indiana	3	–	4	–	0	4	–	6	–	0
Northwestern	3	–	4	–	0	3	–	7	–	0
Wisconsin	3	–	4	–	0	3	–	7	–	0
Michigan State	2	–	5	–	0	4	–	6	–	0
Illinois	0	–	7	–	0	0	–	10	–	0

+ – Conference co-champions Rankings from AP Poll

	1	2	3	4	Total
Washington	0	0	7	0	7
• Michigan	6	6	12	21	45

Date: September 27
Location: Michigan Stadium, Ann Arbor, Michigan
Game attendance: 49,684

Scoring summary

Q1	MICH	Mandich 9 yard pass from Moorhead (kick failed)	MICH 6–0

Q2	MICH	Moorhead 5 yard run (run failed)	MICH 12–0

Q3	MICH	Moorhead 1 yard run (run failed)	MICH 18–0

Q3	MICH	Moorhead 9 yard run (run failed)	MICH 24–0

Q3	WASH	Kennamer 7 yard pass from Hanzlik (Volbrecht kick)	MICH 24–7

Q4	MICH	Doughty 19 yard run (Titas kick)	MICH 31–7

Q4	MICH	Craw 1 yard run (Killian kick)	MICH 38–7

Q4	MICH	Harris 59 yard pass from Betts (Killian kick)	MICH 45–7

Scoring summary

Q1	MICH	Mandich 9 yard pass from Moorhead (kick failed)	MICH 6–0

Q2	MICH	Moorhead 5 yard run (run failed)	MICH 12–0

Q3	MICH	Moorhead 1 yard run (run failed)	MICH 18–0

Q3	MICH	Moorhead 9 yard run (run failed)	MICH 24–0

Q3	WASH	Kennamer 7 yard pass from Hanzlik (Volbrecht kick)	MICH 24–7

Q4	MICH	Doughty 19 yard run (Titas kick)	MICH 31–7

Q4	MICH	Craw 1 yard run (Killian kick)	MICH 38–7

Q4	MICH	Harris 59 yard pass from Betts (Killian kick)	MICH 45–7

	1	2	3	4	Total
Ohio State	6	6	0	0	12
• Michigan	7	17	0	0	24

Date: November 22
Location: Michigan Stadium, Ann Arbor, MI
Television network: ABC

Scoring summary

1	OSU	Otis 1-yard run (kick failed)	OSU 6–0

1	MICH	Craw 3-yard run (Titas kick)	MICH 7–6

2	OSU	White 22-yard pass from Kern (run failed)	OSU 12–7

2	MICH	Craw 1-yard run (Titas kick)	MICH 14–12

2	MICH	Moorhead 2-yard run (Titas kick)	MICH 21–12

2	MICH	Killian 25-yard field goal	MICH 24–12

Scoring summary

1	OSU	Otis 1-yard run (kick failed)	OSU 6–0

1	MICH	Craw 3-yard run (Titas kick)	MICH 7–6

2	OSU	White 22-yard pass from Kern (run failed)	OSU 12–7

2	MICH	Craw 1-yard run (Titas kick)	MICH 14–12

2	MICH	Moorhead 2-yard run (Titas kick)	MICH 21–12

2	MICH	Killian 25-yard field goal	MICH 24–12

The 1969 Michigan Wolverines football team represented the University of Michigan in the 1969 Big Ten Conference football season. In their first year under head coach Bo Schembechler, the Wolverines compiled an 8–3 record (6–1 Big Ten), played in the 1970 Rose Bowl, and finished the season ranked #9 in the final AP poll and #8 in the final UPI poll.

The 1969 Michigan vs. Ohio State football game was considered one of the biggest upsets in college football history, as Ohio State came into the game with an 8–0 record, a 22-game winning streak and the #1 ranking in the polls. Michigan defeated Ohio State 24–12 in front of a crowd of 103,588 at Michigan Stadium to win the Big Ten Conference's berth in the Rose Bowl. The game was also the first in a series that came to be known as "The Ten-Year War," a 10-year span during which Michigan under Bo Schembechler battled Ohio State under Woody Hayes, under whom Schembechler had served as both a player at Miami University and an assistant coach at Ohio State. Four times between 1970 and 1975, Ohio State and Michigan were both ranked in the top five of the AP Poll before their matchup.

Bo Schembechler suffered a heart attack the night before the 1970 Rose Bowl game against an undefeated USC team. The Wolverines lost the Rose Bowl in a defensive struggle by a score of 10–3.

Team captain and tight end Jim Mandich was selected as the 1969 team's most valuable player and as a first-team All-American. Defensive back Tom Curtis was also selected as a first-team All-American, and seven members of the team, including Dan Dierdorf, received first-team All-Big Ten honors. Sophomore tailback Billy Taylor was the team's leading rusher and an All-Big Ten honoree. Thirteen members of the 1969 team went on to play professional football, and four players (Mandich, Curtis, Dierdorf and offensive guard Reggie McKenzie) were inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame.

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