Fallout From Minnesota Stories of the game’s brutality circled with the Detroit Free Press reporting that “several assert they heard ‘Podge’ Heffelfinger, who has assisted in coaching Minnesota, cry out from the…
Month: March 2022
1903: Michigan Faces Foes on and Off the Field in Tumultuous Season (Part 1)
1903 Begins with Controversy Turmoil and frustration soured the off-season of 1903. The Wolverines were coming off their second national championship season and were the second of Yost’s “Point-a-minute” teams. The dominating…
1902: Michigan Continues Dominating Under Yost
Despite only returning three starters on the offensive line, Michigan’s offensive fire power would prove once again to be pivotal to the enduring success of…
Ira Tubbs: Head Coach Iowa Hawkeyes (1937-1938)
1887, Feb 12: Born 1910s: Quarterback and End for William Jewell College in Liberty, Missouri 1923–1925: Head Coach, Superior State Teachers College (Now known as University of Wisconsin-Superior) 1928–1929: Head Coach, Superior…
Oscar Solem: Head Coach Iowa Hawkeyes (1932-1936)
Solem signed a three-year contract with the Hawkeye’s, replacing coach Burt Ingwersen as the programs 13th head coach. During his first year, the Iowa athletic department was suffering heavily from the Great…
Burt Ingwersen: Head Coach Iowa Hawkeyes (1924-1931)
Ingwersen received a scholarship to play football at the University of Illinois. He played under Robert Zuppke from 1917 to 1919. During his time at Illinois, the Illini won two Western Conference…
Howard Jones: Head Coach Iowa Hawkeyes (1916-1923)
Howard Jones coached football for a variety of schools compiling an overall record of 194-64-21 and 5 National Championships. During his time at Yale, he played for a team that won 28…
Jesse Hawley: Head Coach Iowa Hawkeyes (1910-1915)
Iowa finished the 1910 season 5-2, including a loss to Missouri. Before traveling for the game, Hawley was warned to leave talented tail back Archie Alexander (a black player) at home due…
John G. Griffith: Head Coach Iowa Hawkeyes (1909)
Griffith was a star player for some of the greatest Hawkeye teams ever. In 1899, he returned a punt 85 yards for a score in a 58-0 win against Illinois. A run…
Mark Catlin Sr.: Head Coach Iowa Hawkeyes (1906-1908)
Catlin played football at the University of Chicago where, in 1905, he accounted for the only score in their victory against Michigan by tackling a Wolverine in their own endzone for a…