1889 Michigan Wolverines football team

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.

1889 Michigan Wolverines football
Conference	Independent
Record	1–2
Head coach	None
Captain	Edgar W. McPherran
Home stadium	Ann Arbor Fairgrounds
Seasons ← 1888 1890 →

1889 Midwestern college football independents records

v t e	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
Miami (OH)			–					4	–	0	–	0
Butler			–					2	–	0	–	0
Washington University			–					2	–	0	–	0
Iowa College			–					1	–	0	–	0
Lake Forest			–					1	–	0	–	0
Notre Dame			–					1	–	0	–	0
South Dakota			–					1	–	0	–	1
Minnesota			–					3	–	1	–	0
Purdue			–					2	–	1	–	0
South Dakota Agricultural			–					0	–	0	–	1
Northwestern			–					2	–	2	–	0
Cincinnati			–					1	–	1	–	0
Wabash			–					1	–	1	–	0
Michigan			–					1	–	2	–	0
Indiana			–					0	–	1	–	1
Iowa			–					0	–	1	–	0
Wisconsin			–					0	–	2	–	0

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
November 9		Albion	Ann Arbor Fairgrounds Ann Arbor, MI	W 33–4
November 16	2:30 p.m.	vs. Cornell	Olympic Park Buffalo, NY	L 0–66	2,000	^[1]^[2]
November 28		at Chicago University Club	West Side Park Chicago, IL	L 0–20		^[3]
All times are in Eastern time

Players

Varsity letter winners

• Howard Abbott, Minneapolis, Minnesota - quarterback
• William D. Ball, Ann Arbor, Michigan - substitute
• Benjamin J. Boutwell,^[4] Hillsdale, Michigan - center
• James E. Duffy, Ann Arbor, Michigan - left halfback
• Stephen Clifton Glidden,^[5] Glanville, Illinois - right end
• George Malcolm Hull,^[6] Ypsilanti, Michigan - left guard
• Edgar Withrow McPherran,^[7] Marquette, Michigan - right halfback
• William C. Malley, Chicago, Illinois - right tackle
• Horace Prettyman, Bryan, Ohio - left tackle
• Horace Burton Strait, Jr.,^[8] Shakopee, Minnesota - left end
• John R. Sutton, Hillsdale, Michigan - substitute at left tackle
• David W. Trainer, Jr.,^[9] Thurlow, Pennsylvania - right guard
• James Van Inwagen, Chicago, Illinois - fullback

Others

• 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

Coaching staff

• Coach: no coach
• Captain: Edgar W. McPherran
• Manager: Thomas L. Wilkinson

References

1. "Wolverines Worsted.," The Cornell Daily Sun, November 18, 1889.
2. "Cornell vs. Michigan". Democrat and Chronicle. Rochester, New York. November 17, 1889. p. 1. Retrieved May 21, 2020 – via Newspapers.com  .
3. "Chicago Beats Michigan". The Courier-Journal. Louisville, KY. November 29, 1889. p. 5 – via Newspapers.com.
4. Benjamin J. Boutwell was born in Baraboo, Wisconsin, on September 19, 1861. He was engaged in mining in 1901 at Hillsdale, Michigan. At the time of the 1910 Census, he resided in Alameda County, California, and was identified as a miner in a quartz mine. By 1912, he was practicing law at Livermore, California. At the time of the 1920 Census, he lived in Alamaeda County, California, and was identified as a poultry farmer. As of 1921, he stated in a passport application that he lived in Los Angeles and was employed as a mining engineer. He died at San Bernardino, California, March 24, 1927.
5. Stephen Clifton Glidden was born February 6, 1870, in La Grange, Tennessee. In 1901, he was a surgeon practicing at St. Elizabeth Hospital in Danville, Illinois. He died at Danville, February 20, 1917.
6. George Malcolm Hull was born in 1865 in Ann Arbor, Michigan. He became a doctor. He died December 30, 1923, at Ypsilanti, Michigan.
7. Edgar Withrow MacPherran, born January 27, 1868, in Marquette, Michigan; died July 29, 1947, in St. Louis County, MN. After graduating from Michigan, he practiced law in Michigan Upper Peninsula and in Duluth, Minnesota. He married Alice "Mabel" Wilkinson, October 25, 1899.
8. Horace Burton Strait, Jr., was born in Shakopee, Minnesota, in approximately 1870. His father, Horace B. Strait, was a U.S. Congressman from Minnesota. He graduated from Michigan in 1891. He received a B.L. degree from Cornell in 1893. He became a banker and manufacturer in Minneapolis. He died August 3, 1934, in Hennepin County, Minnesota.
9. David W. Trainer was born January 16, 1866, in New York, New York. As of 1903, he was the general purchasing agent for the International Nickel Company in New York, New York.

External links

• 1889 Football Team -- Bentley Historical Library, University of Michigan Athletics History
• The Chronicle, 1889-1890
• The Michigan Argonaut, 1889-1890