Wing-Footed Elephants at Michigan & Trumbull (1900)

Iowa vs. Michigan 1900

Of the Michigan football fans that give a damn about the history of the program, these are typically broken into two groups: those that cherish the program as they know it during their lifetime or thereabouts, often starting with the Bo era in 1969. And then there’s those who go deep, usually back to Yost’s first season in Ann Arbor in 1901. You’ll notice there are only a few pre-Yost posts on these pages.

Looking at Iowa, one thing that’s kind of curious is that despite their long history of playing Michigan (starting in 1900) and their involvement in our league (they joined the Western Conference in that same year), we’re really not stacked with a bevy of major…