1893 Michigan Wolverines football team

1893 Michigan Wolverines football
ConferenceIntercollegiate Athletic Association of the Northwest
Record7–3 (1–2 IAANW)
Head coach
CaptainGeorge Dygert
Home stadiumRegents Field
Seasons
← 1892
1894 →
1893 Intercollegiate Athletic Association of the Northwest football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Minnesota $ 3 0 0 6 0 0
Wisconsin 1 1 0 4 2 0
Michigan 1 2 0 7 3 0
Northwestern 0 2 0 2 5 3
  • $ – Conference champion

The 1893 Michigan Wolverines football team was an American football that represented the University of Michigan as a member of the Intercollegiate Athletic Association of the Northwest during the 1893 college football season. In its second season under head coach Frank Barbour, the team compiled a 7–3 record and outscored its opponents by a combined score of 278 to 102.[1]

The Wolverines lost three games in the middle of the season to Amos Alonzo Stagg's Chicago Maroons, Minnesota, and Wisconsin, then closed the season with five consecutive victories, including victories over Purdue (46–8), Northwestern (72–6), and Kansas (22–0), and a Thanksgiving Day victory (28–10) in a rematch with Chicago.[1]

  1. ^ a b "1893 Football Team". University of Michigan, Bentley Historical Library. Retrieved July 11, 2018.