1954 Michigan Wolverines football team

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Ranking
Coaches	No. 15
AP	No. 15

1954 Big Ten Conference football standings

	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
No. 1 Ohio State $	7	–	0	–	0			10	–	0	–	0
No. 9 Wisconsin	5	–	2	–	0			7	–	2	–	0
No. 15 Michigan	5	–	2	–	0			6	–	3	–	0
Minnesota	4	–	2	–	0			7	–	2	–	0
Iowa	4	–	3	–	0			5	–	4	–	0
Purdue	3	–	3	–	0			5	–	3	–	1
Indiana	2	–	4	–	0			3	–	6	–	0
Michigan State	1	–	5	–	0			3	–	6	–	0
Northwestern	1	–	5	–	0			2	–	7	–	0
Illinois	0	–	6	–	0			1	–	8	–	0
$ – Conference champion Rankings from AP Poll

The 1954 Michigan Wolverines football team represented the University of Michigan in the 1954 college football season. The team's head coach was Bennie Oosterbaan. The Wolverines played their home games at Michigan Stadium.

Schedule

September 25, 1954at Washington*

• Husky Stadium
• Seattle, WA

W 14–0 35,076 October 2, 1954Army*

• Michigan Stadium
• Ann Arbor, MI

L 7–26 69,161 October 9, 1954No. 4/5 Iowa

• Michigan Stadium
• Ann Arbor, MI

W 14–13 64,283 October 16, 1954at Northwestern

• Dyche Stadium
• Evanston, IL

W 7–0 32,972 October 23, 1954No. 8/6 Minnesota

• Michigan Stadium
• Ann Arbor, MI

W 34–0 70,740 October 30, 1954IndianaNo. 11/11

• Michigan Stadium
• Ann Arbor, MI

L 9–13 49,817 November 6, 1954Illinois

• Michigan Stadium
• Ann Arbor, MI

W 14–7 58,777 November 13, 1954Michigan StateNo. NR/20

• Michigan Stadium
• Ann Arbor, MI

W 33–7 97,239 November 20, 1954at No. 1/2 Ohio StateNo. 12/11

• Ohio Stadium
• Columbus, OH

L 7–21 78,447

Statistical leaders

Rushing

Player	Attempts	Net yards	Yards per attempt	Touchdowns
Fred Baer	107	439	4.1	3
Dan Cline	97	340	3.5	3
Ed Hickey	45	169	3.8	0
Lou Baldacci	46	152	3.3	4
Ed Shannon	37	95	2.6	1
Dave Hill	37	92	2.5	1
Tony Branoff	20	69	3.5	1
Jim Maddock	22	37	1.7	0
Terry Barr	13	21	1.6	0
George Corey	9	21	2.3	0
Ron Kramer	4	17	4.3	0
Stan Knickerbocker	2	5	2.5	0
Peri Gagalis	1	4	4.0	0
Tom Hendricks	3	1	0.3	0
Duncan McDonald	8	-48	-6.0	0

Passing

Player	Attempts	Completions	Interceptions	Comp %	Yards	Yds/Comp	TD	Long
Jim Maddock	35	16	5	45.7	293	18.3	1	33
Dan Cline	43	15	4	34.9	281	18.7	3	63
Duncan McDonald	36	15	6	41.7	237	15.8	1	32
Lou Baldacci	14	7	1	50.0	71	10.1	0	19
Dave Hill	2	1	0	50.0	7	7.0	0	7
Terry Barr	3	0	0	0.0	0		0	0
Tony Branoff	1	0	1	0.0	0		0	0
John Greenwood	1	0	1	0.0	0		0	0
Fred Baer	1	0	0	0.0	0		0	0

Receiving

Player	Receptions	Yards	Yds/Recp	TD	Long
Ron Kramer	23	303	13.2	2	29
Lou Baldacci	8	211	26.4	1	63
Dan Cline	6	61	10.2	0	33
Tom Hendricks	1	53	53.0	0	53
George Corey	2	50	25.0	0	29
Ed Hickey	1	50	50.0	1	50
Tony Branoff	3	47	15.7	0	32
Gerry Williams	2	24	12.0	0	13
Jim Maddock	1	21	21.0	1	21
Terry Barr	2	18	9.0	0	12
Mike Rotunno	1	17	17.0	0	17
John Veselenak	1	13	13.0	0	13
Ed Shannon	1	10	10.0	0	10
Tom Maentz	1	7	7.0	0	7
Fred Baer	1	4	4.0	0	6

Kickoff returns

Player	Returns	Yards	Yds/Return	TD	Long
Dan Cline	8	164	20.5	0	34
Ed Hickey	2	32	16.0	0	24
Ed Shannon	1	32	32.0	0	32
Lou Baldacci	2	27	13.5	0	15
Ron Kramer	1	25	25.0	0	25
Duncan McDonald	1	19	19.0	0	19
Dave Hill	1	13	13.0	0	13
Gerry Williams	2	12	6.0	0
Fred Baer	1	12	12.0	0	12
George Corey	1	10	10.0	0	10
Tom Hendricks	1	10	10.0	0	10
Mike Rotunno	1	4	4.0	0	4
Tom Maentz	1	0	0.0	0	0

Punt returns

Player	Returns	Yards	Yds/Return	TD	Long
Dan Cline	13	113	8.7	0	22
Tom Hendricks	1	67	67.0	1	67
Terry Barr	4	56	14.0	0	25
Ron Kramer	3	43	14.3	0	26
Tony Branoff	1	18	18.0	0	18
Lou Baldacci	1	16	16.0	0	16
Ed Shannon	1	12	12.0	0	12
Tom Maentz	1	7	7.0	0	7
George Corey	1	3	3.0	0	3
Ed Hickey	1	0	0.0	0	0

Scoring

Player	TD (rush)	TD (rec.)	TD (oth.)	Other type	PAT att	PAT made	Points
Ron Kramer	0	2	1	Blk Punt	14	13	31
Lou Baldacci	4	1	0		1	1	31
Fred Baer	3	0	0		0	0	18
Dan Cline	3	0	0		0	0	18
Tony Branoff	1	0	0		0	0	6
Dave Hill	1	0	0		0	0	6
Ed Shannon	1	0	0		0	0	6
Ed Hickey	0	1	0		0	0	6
Jim Maddock	0	1	0		1	0	6
Tom Hendricks	0	0	1	Punt Ret.	0	0	6
Duncan McDonald	0	0	0		4	3	3
- team -	0	0	0	Safety	0	0	2

Players

Team captain Ted Cachey

• Fred Baer - started 6 games at fullback
• Lou Baldacci - started 5 games at quarterback, 1 game at fullback
• James Bates - started 4 games at center
• Tony Branoff - started 2 games at right halfback
• Ted Cachey - started 9 games at left guard
• Daniel Cline - started 9 games at left halfback
• Ronald Geyer - started 6 games at right tackle
• Edward Hickey - started 1 game at right halfback
• Dave Hill - started 2 games at fullback
• Ron Kramer - started 9 games at left end
• Jim Maddock - started 1 game at quarterback
• Duncan McDonald - started 3 games at quarterback
• Tom Maentz - started 5 games at right end
• Ed Meads - started 9 games at right guard
• John Morrow - started 3 games at right tackle
• John Peckham - started 2 games at center
• Ed Shannon - started 6 games at right halfback
• Gene Snider - started 3 games at center
• Art Walker - started 9 games at left tackle
• Jerry Williams - started 4 games at right end

Awards and honors

• Captain: Ted Cachey
• All-Americans: Art Walker
• All-Conference: Art Walker, Ron Kramer
• Most Valuable Player: Fred Baer
• Meyer Morton Award: Don Dugger

Coaching staff

• Head coach: Bennie Oosterbaan
• Assistant coaches: Jack Blott, Don Dufek, Robert Hollway, Cliff Keen, Pete Kinyon, Matt Patanelli, Don Robinson, Walter Weber, J. T. White
• Trainer: Jim Hunt
• Manager: Glenn Bearss

External links

• 1954 Football Team -- Bentley Historical Library, University of Michigan Athletics History