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Factoid 338 - Which team in the FBS division of college football has over 900 wins?

Date: 12/17/14

The University of Michigan has won more games than any other college football program. They presently have 915 wins, 328 losses, and 36 ties. Their first season was in 1879; they went 1-0-1 that year, beating Racine but tying Toronto.


University of Michigan’s 1879 Football Team
(Image courtesy of http://bentley.umich.edu/athdept/football/fbteam/1879fbt.htm)


There was no coach for this game. Coaches came later to the game of football. The Racine game was in the spring, and the Toronto game was in the fall. Here are the accounts of these games:

Michigan Chronicle account of the Racine game (pdf)
Racine Advocate account of the Racine game (html)
Chicago Tribune account of the Racine game (html)

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