1954 Michigan Wolverines football team
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Ranking | |
Coaches | No. 15 |
AP | No. 15 |
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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 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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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*
W 14–0 35,076 October 2, 1954Army*
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
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
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
- 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