1919 Michigan Wolverines football team

1919 Michigan Wolverines football
ConferenceBig Ten Conference
Record3–4 (1–4 Big Ten)
Head coach
CaptainAngus Goetz
Home stadiumFerry Field
Uniform
1919 Big Ten Conference football standings
Conf.Overall
TeamW L TW L T
Illinois $ 6 1 06 1 0
Ohio State 3 1 06 1 0
Chicago 4 2 05 2 0
Wisconsin 3 2 05 2 0
Minnesota 3 2 04 2 1
Iowa 2 2 05 2 0
Michigan 1 4 03 4 0
Northwestern 1 4 02 5 0
Indiana 0 2 03 4 0
Purdue 0 3 02 4 1
  • $ Conference champion

The 1919 Michigan Wolverines football team was an American football team that represented the University of Michigan in the Big Ten Conference during the 1919 college football season. In its 19th season under head coach Fielding H. Yost, the Wolverines compiled a 3–4 record – the only losing season in Yost's 30-year career as a head football coach. The team was outscored by a total of 102 to 93 and finished in a tie for seventh place in the Big Ten. After winning three of four games to start the season, a stretch that included the Wolverines' first ever loss in the Michigan–Ohio State football rivalry, the team lost its final three games against Chicago, Illinois, and Minnesota.

Left tackle Angus Goetz was the team captain. Other notable players included quarterback Cliff Sparks, center/fullback Ernie Vick, halfback Archie Weston, left end Robert J. Dunne. Murray Van Wagoner, who later served as Governor of Michigan in the early 1940s, also started one game at left guard.