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1949 Michigan Wolverines football team

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Conference
  
Big Ten Conference

1949 record
  
6–2–1 (4–1–1 Big Ten)

Captain
  
Alvin Wistert

AP
  
No. 7

MVP
  
Dick Kempthorn

Head coach
  
Bennie Oosterbaan (2nd year)

The 1949 Michigan Wolverines football team represented the University of Michigan in the 1949 Big Nine Conference football season. The team's head coach was Bennie Oosterbaan. The Wolverines played their home games at Michigan Stadium. The 3rd game of the season against Army was the first loss in 25 games.

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Players

  • Harry Allis, Flint, Michigan - started 9 games at left end; also placekicker and punter
  • James L. Atchison, Cleveland, Ohio - started 3 games at right tackle
  • Oswald V. Clark, Montclair, New Jersey - started 2 games at right end
  • Don Dufek, Evanston, Illinois - started 2 games at fullback, 1 game at right halfback
  • Robert F. Erben, Akron, Ohio - started 6 games at center
  • John Ghindia, Ecorse, Michigan - started 7 games at quarterback
  • Lloyd A. Heneveld, Holland, Michigan - started 3 games at left guard, 1 game at right guard
  • Allen M. Jackson, Dearborn, Michigan - started 4 games at left guard; later, wrote a watershed article for the Atlantic Monthly, "Too Much Football", decrying overemphasis of football in universities.
  • Thomas Johnson, Muskegon Heights, Michigan - started 3 games at left tackle
  • Dick Kempthorn, Canton, Ohio - started 7 games at fullback
  • Leo Koceski, Canonsburg, Pennsylvania - started 5 games at right halfback
  • Donald B. McClelland, Calumet, Michigan - started 8 games at right guard, 1 game at left guard
  • Tony Momsen - started 3 games at center
  • Chuck Ortmann, Milwaukee, Wisconsin - started 7 games at left halfback
  • Wally Teninga, Chicago, Illinois - started 3 games at right halfback
  • Robert Wahl, Oak Park, Illinois - started 4 games at right tackle
  • Irv Wisniewski, Lambertville, Michigan - started 7 games at right end, 2 games at right tackle
  • Alvin Wistert, Chicago, Illinois - started 6 games at left tackle

    • Awards and honors

  • Captain: Alvin Wistert
  • All-Americans: Alvin Wistert, Robert Wahl
  • All-Conference: Alvin Wistert, Lloyd Heneveld, Chuck Ortmann
  • Most Valuable Player: Dick Kempthorn
  • Meyer Morton Award: Don Dufek

    • Coaching staff

  • Head coach: Bennie Oosterbaan
  • Assistant coaches: Jack Blott, George Ceithaml, Cliff Keen, Ernest McCoy, Bill Orwig, Don Robinson, Walter Weber, J. T. White
  • Trainer: Jim Hunt
  • Manager: Howard Cooper

    • References

    1949 Michigan Wolverines football team Wikipedia
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