1889 Michigan Wolverines football team

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Conference Independent Head coach no coach Home stadium Ann Arbor Fairgrounds		1889 record 1–2 Captain Edgar W. McPherran

The 1889 Michigan Wolverines football team represented the University of Michigan in the 1889 college football season. The Wolverines played their home games at Ann Arbor Fairgrounds.

Varsity letter winners

Howard Abbott, Minneapolis, Minnesota - quarterback

William D. Ball, Ann Arbor, Michigan - substitute

Benjamin J. Boutwell, Hillsdale, Michigan - center

James E. Duffy, Ann Arbor, Michigan - left halfback

Stephen Clifton Glidden, Glanville, Illinois - right end

George Malcolm Hull, Ypsilanti, Michigan - left guard

Edgar Withrow McPherran, Marquette, Michigan - right halfback

William C. Malley, Chicago, Illinois - right tackle

Horace Prettyman, Bryan, Ohio - left tackle

Horace Burton Strait, Jr., Shakopee, Minnesota - left end

John R. Sutton, Hillsdale, Michigan - substitute at left tackle

David W. Trainer, Jr., Thurlow, Pennsylvania - right guard

James Van Inwagen, Chicago, Illinois - fullback

Archibald Warren Diack

Frank Burton Graves

Harry Samuel Haines

William W. Harless, Chicago, Illinois - rusher

Metcalfe Bradley Hatch

Harry Dwight Smith - quarterback

Clark J. Sutherland, Oxford, Michigan

Horace T. Van Deventer, Knoxville, Tennessee - substitute

Coach: no coach

Captain: Edgar W. McPherran

Manager: Thomas L. Wilkinson

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