1935 Michigan Wolverines football team

1935 Michigan Wolverines football
ConferenceBig Ten Conference
Record4–4 (2–3 Big Ten)
Head coach
MVPWilliam Renner
CaptainWilliam Renner
Home stadiumMichigan Stadium
Seasons
← 1934
1936 →
1935 Big Ten Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
No. 1 Minnesota + 5 0 0 8 0 0
No. 5 Ohio State + 5 0 0 7 1 0
Purdue 3 3 0 4 4 0
Indiana 2 2 1 4 3 1
No. 16 Northwestern 2 3 1 4 3 1
No. 18 Iowa 1 2 2 4 2 2
Chicago 2 3 0 4 4 0
Michigan 2 3 0 4 4 0
Illinois 1 4 0 3 5 0
Wisconsin 1 4 0 1 7 0
  • + – Conference co-champions
Rankings from United Press

The 1935 Michigan Wolverines football team represented the University of Michigan in the 1935 college football season. In their seventh season under head coach Harry Kipke, the Wolverines compiled a 4–4 record (2–3 against Big Ten Conference opponents, finished in a tie for seventh place in the Big Ten), and were outscored by opponents by a combined total of 131 to 68. The team had a 4–1 record after five games, but was shut out in its final three games. Michigan's 40–0 loss to 1935 consensus national champion Minnesota in the annual Little Brown Jug game was the worst defeat suffered by a Michigan Wolverines football team since 1892.

All eight opponents faced by the Wolverines during the 1935 season were led by head coaches who were later inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame. Quarterback William Renner was the team captain and also received the team's most valuable player award. End Matt Patanelli was the only Michigan player selected as a first-team player on the 1935 All-Big Ten Conference football team. Halfback Chris Everhardus was the team's leading scorer with 13 points.