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The '''1910 Michigan Wolverines football team''' represented the [[University of Michigan]] in the [[1910 college football season]]. The team's head coach was [[Fielding H. Yost]] in his 10th season at Michigan. While playing a schedule that included some of the best teams in the country, Michigan compiled an undefeated 3–0–3 record and outscored opponents 29 to 9. Early in the season, the Wolverines defeated a [[1910 Michigan Agricultural Aggies football team|Michigan Agricultural Aggies team]] that compiled a record of 6–0 and outscored opponents other than Michigan 165 to 2 (including a 17–0 victory over [[1910 Notre Dame Fighting Irish football team|Notre Dame]]). The Wolverines tied a [[1910 Penn Quakers football team|Penn]] team that compiled a 9–1–1 record in 1910 while outscoring opponents 184 to 19. They also tied an [[Ohio State Buckeyes football|Ohio State]] team that finished the season with a 6–1–3 record and outscored opponents 182 to 27 and a [[1910 Case football team|Case]] team that handed Ohio State its only defeat.<ref>{{cite web|title=Pennsylvania Yearly Results|publisher=College Football Data Warehouse|url=http://cfbdatawarehouse.com/data/div_iaa/ivyleague/pennsylvania/yearly_results.php?year=1910|access-date=2012-04-22|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111126223724/http://www.cfbdatawarehouse.com/data/div_iaa/ivyleague/pennsylvania/yearly_results.php?year=1910|archive-date=2011-11-26|dead-url=yes|df=}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Ohio State Yearly Results|publisher=College Football Data Warehouse|url=http://cfbdatawarehouse.com/data/div_ia/bigten/ohio_state/yearly_results.php?year=1910|access-date=2012-04-22|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111114205028/http://www.cfbdatawarehouse.com/data/div_ia/bigten/ohio_state/yearly_results.php?year=1910|archive-date=2011-11-14|dead-url=yes|df=}}</ref> In the final game of the season, Michigan shut out an undefeated [[Minnesota Golden Gophers football|Minnesota]] team that had outscored its previous opponents 179 to 0.
On defense, the 1910 Wolverines did not give up a touchdown all season, shut out the final three opponents, and gave up an average of 1.5 points per game. At the end of the season, the team was recognized as the champions of the west.
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Michigan opened its 1910 season at [[Ferry Field]] in a 3–3 tie with the team from Cleveland's Case Scientific School. The game was the 14th meeting between the two programs, and Michigan had won all 13 of the prior games by a combined score of 354 to 37.<ref>{{cite web|title=Michigan vs Case Institute of Technology (OH)|publisher=College Football Data Warehouse|url=http://cfbdatawarehouse.com/data/div_ia/bigten/michigan/opponents_records.php?teamid=582|access-date=2012-04-16|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111023105320/http://cfbdatawarehouse.com/data/div_ia/bigten/michigan/opponents_records.php?teamid=582|archive-date=2011-10-23|dead-url=yes|df=}}</ref> On the eve of the 1910 season opener against Case, Coach Yost expressed satisfaction with his team: "These boys are playing fine football. They are the best we have sent against Case in the past five years."<ref>{{cite news|title="Best Team Sent Against Case in Last Five Years": That Is Statement Given Out by Coach Yost on Eve of Battle With Husky Boys From the Cleveland Scientific School|newspaper=Detroit Free Press|date=October 8, 1910|page=9|url=https://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/freep/access/1748441942.html?FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:AI&type=historic&date=Oct+8%2C+1910&author=Special+to+The+Free+Press&pub=Detroit+Free+Press+(1858-1922)&edition=&startpage=9&desc=%22BEST+TEAM+SENT+AGAINST+CASE+IN+LAST+FIVE+YEARS%22}}</ref> The game was played in good weather before the largest opening day crowd in Michigan history.<ref name=DFPC/>
In the first quarter, Michigan received excellent field position after a Case punt from behind the goal line traveled only 31 yards. After advancing to the seven-yard line, right guard [[George M. Lawton]] place-kicked a field goal from the 20-yard line. In the second quarter, Case received excellent field position when Lawton punted from behind Michigan's goal line. Case's quarterback Goss made a fair catch at the 33-yard line. Heller kicked a field goal to tie the score.<ref name=DFPC/><ref name=MAC/>
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[[File:1910 Michigan football team.jpg|thumb|right|300px|Team portrait taken on Ferry Field, c. October 1910]]
In the third week of the 1910 season, Michigan played Ohio State to a 3–3 tie at [[Columbus, Ohio]]. The game was the 12th meeting in the [[Michigan–Ohio State football rivalry]], with Michigan having won ten of the prior meetings and tied once.<ref>{{cite web|title=Michigan vs Ohio St.|publisher=College Football Data Warehouse|url=http://cfbdatawarehouse.com/data/div_ia/bigten/michigan/opponents_records.php?teamid=2380|access-date=2012-04-16|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120406214758/http://cfbdatawarehouse.com/data/div_ia/bigten/michigan/opponents_records.php?teamid=2380|archive-date=2012-04-06|dead-url=yes|df=}}</ref> The 1910 Ohio State team was coached by former Yale coach, [[Howard Jones (American football coach)|Howard Jones]], who was later inducted into the [[College Football Hall of Fame]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Howard Jones |publisher=College Football Hall of Fame |url=http://www.collegefootball.org/famer_selected.php?id=30080 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100723165121/http://www.collegefootball.org/famer_selected.php?id=30080 |dead-url=yes |archive-date=2010-07-23 }}</ref>
The only scoring in the game consisted of an exchange of field goals in the second quarter. A forward pass from [[Shorty McMillan]] to [[Stanfield Wells]] took the ball to the Ohio State five-yard line. After an offside penalty and no gain on a fake kick, [[Frederick L. Conklin]] kicked a field goal from the 15-yard line to give Michigan a 3–0 lead. Ohio State tied the score with a field goal by its left halfback, Wells, later in the second quarter. Neither team scored in the second half.<ref name=DFPOSU/><ref name=MAOSU/>
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In the fourth week of the 1910 season, Michigan shut out [[1910 Syracuse Orangemen football team|Syracuse]], 11 to 0, before a crowd of 11,500 persons at [[Archbold Stadium]] in [[Syracuse, New York]]. The game was the third played between the schools, with each team having won one game.<ref>{{cite web|title=Michigan vs Syracuse (NY)|publisher=College Football Data Warehouse|url=http://cfbdatawarehouse.com/data/div_ia/bigten/michigan/opponents_records.php?teamid=3150|access-date=2012-04-16|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111023104003/http://cfbdatawarehouse.com/data/div_ia/bigten/michigan/opponents_records.php?teamid=3150|archive-date=2011-10-23|dead-url=yes|df=}}</ref>
[[Joe Magidsohn]] scored two touchdowns for Michigan. ''The New York Times'' wrote of Magidsohn: "The work of this sturdy warrior was most brilliant from start to finish of the spectacular struggle. Both on the offensive and on the defensive he was a whirlwind . . ."<ref name=NYTS/>
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[[File:Michigan - Minnesota, 1910, George Lawton running.png|thumb|right|300px|[[George M. Lawton]] running with the ball against Minnesota, November 1910]]
[[File:Block M formed by yellow and blue pennants, Ferry Field (1910).png|thumb|right|200px|"The Block M Formed by Yellow and Blue Pennants" at the Minnesota game]]
After three consecutive road games, Michigan concluded its 1910 season at [[Ferry Field]] with a 6–0 victory over [[1910 Minnesota Golden Gophers football team|Minnesota]] in front of a crowd of more than 20,000 persons.<ref>{{cite news|title=Fine Weather and Banner Game Attract Big Crowd: Over 20,000 Persons Witness Struggle on Ferry Field—Rival Cheer Leaders Get Much Noise From Their Respective Cohorts—Pretty Girls Out in Force—Mob is Well Handled|newspaper=Detroit Free Press|date=November 20, 1910|page=23|url=https://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/freep/access/1749208942.html?FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:AI&type=historic&date=Nov+20%2C+1910&author=F+BATCHELOR&pub=Detroit+Free+Press+(1858-1922)&edition=&startpage=23&desc=FINE+WEATHER+AND+BANNER+GAME+ATTRACT+BIG+CROWD}}</ref> The game was the ninth meeting between the two football programs, and the second game in which the teams competed for possession of the [[Little Brown Jug (college football trophy)|Little Brown Jug]], the oldest rivalry trophy in American college football.<ref name=ESPN110808>[http://sports.espn.go.com/ncf/recap?gameId=283130135 Michigan drops Minnesota for 12th straight win in Metrodome], Associated Press, November 8, 2008, Accessed November 24, 2008.</ref> Both teams came into the game undefeated and were considered the best teams in the west. Minnesota had a 6–0 record and had outscored its opponents 179 to 0. In the four weeks before the game, Minnesota had defeated Iowa State 49–0, Nebraska 27–0, Chicago 24–0, and Wisconsin 28–0.<ref>{{cite web|title=Minnesota Yearly Results|publisher=College Football Data Warehouse|url=http://cfbdatawarehouse.com/data/div_ia/bigten/minnesota/yearly_results.php?year=1910|access-date=2012-04-21|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120510033742/http://www.cfbdatawarehouse.com/data/div_ia/bigten/minnesota/yearly_results.php?year=1910|archive-date=2012-05-10|dead-url=yes|df=}}</ref> The game was expected to decide the western championship, and Minnesota fans sent the Gophers off with a parade in their honor.<ref>{{cite news|title=Banking on New Plays: Followers Say the Gopher Eleven Will Uncover Method That is Wonderful to Behold in Game Against Wolverines; Minnesota Has Call on Season's Record|newspaper=Detroit Free Press|date=November 15, 1910|page=9|url=https://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/freep/access/1749199072.html?FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:AI&type=historic&date=Nov+15%2C+1910&author=Special+to+The+Free+Press&pub=Detroit+Free+Press+(1858–1922)&edition=&startpage=9&desc=BANKING+ON+NEW+PLAYS}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Gophers Are On the Way: Greatest Sendoff Ever Accorded a Minnesota Eleven is Given Boys on Their Departure for Ann Arbor; Students Parade the Streets with Lanterns; All Expect They Will Down Wolverines Saturday—Thompson Not to Be Protested by Williams's Associates|newspaper=Detroit Free Press|date=November 17, 1910|page=9|url=https://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/freep/access/1749202712.html?FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:AI&type=historic&date=Nov+17%2C+1910&author=Special+to+The+Free+Press&pub=Detroit+Free+Press+(1858-1922)&edition=&startpage=9&desc=GOPHERS+ARE+ON+THE+WAY}}</ref> Some even opined that the contest would decide the national championship.<ref>{{cite news|title=Men Michigan Meets for National Championship: Fine Battle of Giant Linemen Is Predicted; Struggle Between Michigan and Minnesota Forwards on Saturday Is Likely to Decide Result of the Big Gridiron Contest|newspaper=Detroit Free Press|author=E. A. Batchelor|date=November 16, 1910|page=9|url=https://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/freep/access/1749200792.html?FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:AI&type=historic&date=Nov+16%2C+1910&author=E+BATCHELOR&pub=Detroit+Free+Press+(1858-1922)&edition=&startpage=9&desc=MEN+MICHIGAN+MEETS+FOR+NATIONAL+CHAMPIONSHIP.}}</ref>
In the days leading up to the game, Minnesota officials reportedly challenged the eligibility of [[George C. Thomson]] to play against the Gophers.<ref name=TNB>{{cite news|title=Fullback Thompson, Michigan Star Is Barred by Gophers|newspaper=The Toledo News-Bee|date=November 16, 1910|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=ZWFYAAAAIBAJ&sjid=xkUNAAAAIBAJ&pg=2671,2102831&dq=thompson+michigan+fullback&hl=en}}</ref> The dean of Michigan's literary department was deputized to investigate. The investigation concluded that Thomson's entrance credits were "equivalent to the requirements of the literary department, though not corresponding to the precise subjects enumerated in the university calendar."<ref>{{cite news|title=Thompson May Play With Michigan|newspaper=The New York Times|date=November 19, 1910|url=https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1910/11/19/104954427.pdf}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Thompson To Play on Michigan Team: Faculty Decides to Let Ann Arbor's Full Back Take Part in Big Game|newspaper=Spokane Daily Chronicle|date=November 18, 1910|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=lbpXAAAAIBAJ&sjid=CfQDAAAAIBAJ&pg=4683,6244317&dq=thompson+michigan+fullback&hl=en}}</ref> Nevertheless, Thomson did not play in the Minnesota game.
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