1914 Michigan Wolverines football team

1914 Michigan Wolverines football

Conference	Independent
1914 record	6–3
Head coach	Fielding H. Yost (14th year)
MVP	Tommy Hughitt
Captain	James W. Raynsford
Home stadium	Ferry Field
Uniform

The 1914 Michigan Wolverines football team represented the University of Michigan in the 1914 college football season. In their 14th season under head coach Fielding H. Yost, the Wolverines won their first five games by a combined score of 180 to 10, including three shutouts. They then lost three of the final four games to finish with a 6–3 record.^[1]

Michigan halfback John Maulbetsch was a consensus first-team selection for the 1914 College Football All-America Team.^[2] Two other Michigan players, center James Raynsford and quarterback Tommy Hughitt, were named to Outing magazine's Football Roll of Honor.^[3] Raynsford was the team captain, and Hughitt was selected as the team's most valuable player.^[1]

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance
September 30	DePauw	Ferry Field • Ann Arbor, MI	W 58–0	5,113
October 3	Case	Ferry Field • Ann Arbor, MI	W 69–0	5,049
October 7	Mount Union	Ferry Field • Ann Arbor, MI	W 27–7	5,050
October 10	Vanderbilt	Ferry Field • Ann Arbor, MI	W 23–3	5,282
October 17	at Michigan Agricultural	College Field • East Lansing, MI (Rivalry)	W 3–0	8,934
October 24	at Syracuse	Archbold Stadium • Syracuse, NY	L 6–20	6,404
October 31	at Harvard	Harvard Stadium • Allston, MA	L 0–7	23,213
November 7	Penn	Ferry Field • Ann Arbor, MI	W 34–3	21,146
November 14	Cornell	Ferry Field • Ann Arbor, MI	L 13–28	16,315
Homecoming. All times are in Eastern Time.

Season summary

Week 1: DePauw

Week 1: DePauw at Michigan

	1	2	3	4	Total
DePauw	0	0	0	0	0
• Michigan	7	23	21	7	58

Date: September 30, 1914
Location: Ferry Field
Ann Arbor, MI
Referee: Kennedy (Chicago)

Michigan opened the 1914 season with a 58-0 victory over DePauw. Lawrence Splawn ran for two touchdowns, drop-kicked a field goal from the 27-yard line, and averaged 55 yards on three punts. Quarterback Tommy Hughitt threw touchdown pass to John Lyons, 20 yards in the air with Lyons running another 35 yards for the touchdown. In all, Michigan scored eight touchdowns, two each by Splawn, John Maulbetsch, and Hughitt, and one each by Lyons and Cohn.^[4]^[5]

Week 2: Case

Week 2: Case at Michigan

	1	2	3	4	Total
Case	0	0	0	0	0
• Michigan	21	20	21	7	69

Date: October 3, 1914
Location: Ferry Field
Ann Arbor, MI
Referee: Ralph Hoagland (Princeton)

On October 3, 1914, Michigan defeated Case by a 69 to 0 score. The game was played in 10-minute quarters at Ferry Field. Michigan's touchdowns were scored by Lawrence Roehm (2), John Maulbetsch (2), James Catlett (2), Tommy Hughitt (2), and Maurice Dunne. Hughitt also kicked nine points after touchdown.^[6]^[7]

Week 3: Mt. Union

Week 3: Mt. Union at Michigan

	1	2	3	4	Total
Mt. Union	0	0	0	7	7
• Michigan	10	10	7	0	27

Date: October 7, 1914
Location: Ferry Field
Ann Arbor, MI
Referee: Kennedy (Chicago)

On Wednesday, October 7, 1914, Michigan defeated Mt. Union 27 to 7. John Maulbetsch scored two touchdowns. Lawrence Splawn scored a touchdown and kicked two field goals.^[8]^[9]

Week 4: Vanderbilt

Week 4: Vanderbilt at Michigan

	1	2	3	4	Total
Vanderbilt	3	0	0	0	3
• Michigan	7	9	0	7	23

Date: October 10, 1914
Location: Ferry Field
Ann Arbor, MI
Referee: Bradley Walker

On October 10, 1914, Michigan defeated Vanderbilt 23 to 3 at Ferry Field. Michigan scored on two touchdowns by John Maulbetsch, a touchdown and points after touchdown by Tommy Hughitt, and a field goal by Lawrence Splawn.^[10]^[11]

Week 5: at M. A. C.

Week 5: Michigan at M. A. C.

	1	2	3	4	Total
• Michigan	0	0	0	3	3
M. A. C.	0	0	0	0	0

Date: October 17, 1914
Location: College Field
East Lansing, MI

On October 17, 1914, Michigan won a close game over Michigan Agricultural College by 3-0 score at College Field in East Lansing.^[12]^[13] Michigan quarterback Tommy Hughitt sustained a dislocated elbow and was believed at the time to be lost for the remainder of the season.^[14] He ended up missing the following week's game against Syracuse but returned for the Harvard game.^[15]

Week 6: at Syracuse

Week 6: Michigan at Syracuse

	1	2	3	4	Total
Michigan	0	0	6	0	6
• Syracuse	0	0	6	14	20

Date: October 24, 1914
Location: Archbold Stadium
Syracuse, NY
Referee: Thompson (Georgetown)

After winning its first five games, Michigan lost to Syracuse by a 20 to 6 score on October 24, 1914. After a scoreless first half, each team scored a touchdown in the third quarter, and the fourth quarter began with the score tied at 6 to 6. Syracuse scored two touchdowns in the fourth quarter to win the game. John Maulbetsch accounted for Michigan's scoring with a touchdown and goal from touchdown.^[16]^[17]

Week 7: at Harvard

Week 7: Michigan at Harvard

	1	2	3	4	Total
Michigan	0	0	0	0	0
• Harvard	0	7	0	0	7

Date: October 31, 1914
Location: Harvard Stadium
Allston, MA
Referee: W. S. Langford

On October 31, 1914, Michigan lost to the undefeated 1914 Harvard Crimson football team by a 7 to 0 score at Harvard Stadium. Harvard's All-American halfback Huntington Hardwick scored the game's only touchdown on a six-yard run in the second quarter.^[18]

Week 8: Penn

Week 8: Penn at Michigan

	1	2	3	4	Total
Penn	3	0	0	0	3
• Michigan	0	23	11	0	34

Date: November 7, 1914
Location: Ferry Field
Ann Arbor, MI
Referee: Walter Eckersall

On November 7, 1914, Michigan defeated Penn 34 to 3 at Ferry Field. Michigan's five touchdowns were scored by John Maulbetsch (2), Tommy Hughitt, James Catlett, and Leland Benton. Hughitt also kicked four points after touchdown.^[19]^[20]

Week 9: Cornell

Week 9: Cornell at Michigan

	1	2	3	4	Total
• Cornell	0	6	13	9	28
Michigan	6	7	0	0	13

Date: November 14, 1914
Location: Ferry Field
Ann Arbor, MI
Referee: Jos. Pendleton (Bowdoin)

On November 14, 1914, Michigan ended its season at home with a loss to Cornell by a 28 to 13 score. Michigan took the lead in the first quarter on a pass from Lawrence Splawn to Karl Staatz. Michigan extended its lead to 13 to 0 in the second quarter on a short touchdown run by John Maulbetsch who also kicked the goal from touchdown. From that point forward, Michigan was unable to score while Cornell scored 28 points. Fullback Carl Phillipi scored three touchdowns for Cornell.^[21]

Roster

Letter winners

Player	Position	Games started	Hometown	Height	Weight	Class
Clyde E. Bastian	Halfback	3	Williamsport, PA	5-10	178
Leland H. Benton	End	4	Valparaiso, IN	5-11	165
Thomas H. Bushnell	Halfback Quarterback	1 1	East Cleveland, OH
James Bland Catlett^[22]	Halfback		Brookings, SD
William D. Cochran	Tackle	9	Houghton, MI	5-8	224
Maurice F. Dunne	End	1	Springfield, IL	6-0	164
Ernest Hughitt	Quarterback	8	Escanaba, MI	5-8	146
Efton James	End		Vandalia, MI
John J. Lyons	End Halfback	5 2	Pittsburgh, PA	6-0	180
John Maulbetsch	Halfback	9	Ann Arbor, MI	5-8	168
Frank M. McHale	Guard	5	Logansport, IN	5-11	212
Walter Neimann	Tackle	9	Hermansville, MI
James Raynsford	Center	9	Detroit, MI	6-0	187
Lewis Reimann	Tackle		Iron River, MI	5-11	184
Lawrence Lamar Splawn	Fullback	9	Dallas, TX	5-11	167
Karl S. Staatz	End	7	Tacoma, WA	6-0	178
Robert W. Watson	Guard		Ludington, MI	5-9	174

Reserves

Fielding H. Yost from the 1915 Michiganensian

Frank Millard - started 1 game at right guard
Frank D. Quail - started 3 games at left guard
Fred Rehor - started 1 game at left guard
Lawrence Roehm - started 3 games at right halfback
William Watson - started 3 games at left guard and 3 games at right guard
Jim Whalen - started 2 games at right guard, 1 game at right end

Awards and honors

Captain: James W. Raynsford
All-Americans: John Maulbetsch
Heston-Schulz Trophy (team MVP): Tommy Hughitt

Coaching staff

Head coach: Fielding H. Yost
Assistant coaches: William Cole (Assistant Coach), Prentiss Douglass (All-Fresh Coach), Germany Schulz (Assistant Coach)
Trainer: Stephen Farrell
Manager: John S. Leonard

Gallery

Crowd sending off football team for Harvard game, October 1914
Harvard-Michigan game, October 31, 1914
Crowd at Ferry Field in "Block M" display, Nov. 7, 1914
Germany Schulz and Fielding H. Yost, 1914
Michigan's lone All-American in 1914, John Maulbetsch

References

1 2 "1914 Football Team". University of Michigan, Bentley Historical Library. Retrieved November 3, 2015.
↑ "2014 NCAA Football Records: Consensus All-America Selections" (PDF). National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA). 2014. p. 4. Retrieved August 16, 2014.
↑ "Football Roll of Honor: The Men Whom the Best Coaches of the Country Have Named as the Stars of the Gridiron in 1914" (PDF). Outing. 1915. p. 498.
↑ "Michigan Downs Depauw 58 to 0: Wolverines Score More Than a Point a Minute in Game with Indiana Eleven -- Yost Shows Battering Offense". The Indianapolis Star. October 1, 1914. p. 7.
↑ E. A. Batchelor (October 1, 1914). "Michigan Whips Depauw Easily in Opening Battle". Detroit Free Press. p. 8.
↑ E. A. Batchelor (October 4, 1914). "Michigan Finds Case Easy Mark, part 1". Detroit Free Press. p. 17.
↑ E. A. Batchelor (October 4, 1914). "Michigan Finds Case Easy Mark, part 2". Detroit Free Press. p. 22.
↑ "Yost's Wolverines Beat Mount Union, But Are Scored On, part 1". Detroit Free Press. October 8, 1914. p. 8.
↑ "Yost's Wolverines Beat Mount Union, But Are Scored On, part 2". Detroit Free Press. October 8, 1914. p. 9.
↑ T. Hawley Tapping (October 11, 1914). "Wolverines Romp Over Vanderbilt on Slippery Field, part 1". Detroit Free Press. p. 17.
↑ T. Hawley Tapping (October 11, 1914). "Wolverines Romp Over Vanderbilt on Slippery Field, part 2". Detroit Free Press. p. 21.
↑ E. A. Batchelor (October 18, 1914). "Michigan Beats M.A.C. in Final Quarter of Fierce Game: Splawn Boots Ball Over the Bar from Twenty-Yard Line, part 1". Detroit Free Press. p. 17.
↑ E. A. Batchelor (October 18, 1914). "Splawn Boots Ball Over the Bar from Twenty-Yard Line, part 2". Detroit Free Press. p. 17.
↑ "Tommy Hughitt Dislocates His Elbow; Out of Game for Season". Detroit Free Press. October 18, 1914. p. 17.
↑ "Hughitt Back in Game". The Washington Times. October 27, 1914. p. 10.
↑ E. A. Batchelor (October 25, 1914). "Syracuse Runs Over Michigan's Eleven In Disappointing Game, part 1". Detroit Free Press. p. 17.
↑ E. A. Batchelor (October 25, 1914). "Syracuse Runs Over Michigan's Eleven In Disappointing Game, part 2". Detroit Free Press. p. 19.
↑ "Play-by-Play Report of Harvard's Victory Over the Maize and Blue". Detroit Free Press. November 1, 1914. p. 20.
↑ "Michigan Team Completely Outclasses Pennsylvania". Detroit Free Press. November 8, 1914. p. 17.
↑ "Penn game coverage". Detroit Free Press. November 8, 1914. p. 21.
↑ T. H. Tapping (November 15, 1914). "Detailed Story of How Cornell Beat Michigan". Detroit Free Press. p. 20.
↑ James Bland Catlett, born February 21, 1893, Estelline, South Dakota. Died September 22, 1986, San Antonio, Texas.

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