1899 Michigan Wolverines football team
The 1899 Michigan Wolverines football team was an American football team that represented the University of Michigan in the 1899 Western Conference football season. In their third and final season under head coach Gustave Ferbert, the team compiled an 8–2 record, tied for third in the Western Conference, and outscored opponents by a total of 176 to 43.
1899 Michigan Wolverines football team
All-American halfback John McLean also won a silver medal as a hurdler in the 1900 Summer Olympics.
All-American center William Cunningham faced Penn's Pete Overfield in 1899.
End Neil Snow scored five touchdowns in the first Rose Bowl game.
Gustave Herman Ferbert, nicknamed "Dutch", was an American college football player and coach. He was first a player from 1893 to 1896 and then the head football coach from 1897 to 1899 at the University of Michigan. His 1898 Michigan team went 10–0 and won the first Western Conference championship in the school's history. Ferbert compiled a record of 24–11–3 as head coach of the Michigan Wolverines football team. He was also co-head football coach with Joseph R. Hudelson at Indiana University for one season, in 1894, while still a student at Michigan.
Gustave Ferbert
Gustave Ferbert