The 1916 Michigan Wolverines football team represented the University of Michigan in the 1916 college football season. In his 16th year as head coach, Fielding H. Yost led Michigan to a 7–2 record, as
1916 Michigan Wolverines football team
Team captain and left halfback John Maulbetsch led the team in scoring with 89 points.
Michigan battling Case
Coach Yost called the unplanned drop-kick field goal by Cliff Sparks (pictured) "the greatest individual play ever seen in my whole career".