Michigan Wolverine
Football The Questions 1) What team has won more games than any one else in the history of football? 2) What team has been ranked more often in the wire service polls than any other? 3) What current NCAA Division-IA team won the first game against another team currently in NCAA Division-IA? 4) What is the only team outside of the ivy league to have played against Harvard, Yale, and Princeton in the same year (let alone ever!)? 5) What team has played in front of more fans than any other has? 6) Which team's games has been televised more than any other has?  The Answers 1) The Michigan wolverines with 786. (note the Chicago bears are 1st in the NFL with 650) 2) The Michigan wolverines with 57 "top 10's" (33 - "AP" and 24 - "UPI/CNN"), and 82 "top 25's" (46 - "AP" and 36 - "UPI/CNN"). 3) The Michigan wolverines beat Notre dame 8-0 in 1887 4) The Michigan wolverines in 1881. 5) The Michigan wolverines have been playing in front of at least 80,000 fans per home game since 1927, and at least 102,000 since 1975 for a total of about 53,900,000 fans (with an "all time" record of 32,940,891 of them in the "big house"). 6) The Michigan wolverines with 270. (USC is in second with 246, Texas is third with 245, and Notre dame comes in 4th with 239. Unless any of these teams get put on probation, all of their games will be on TV and none of them will ever catch Michigan.  Miscellaneous Information  Michigan has won more games than any team in
the history of football! (Including any team in the NFL!)
Michigan has produced more "top 10"
and "top 25" poll finishes that anyone else! Michigan began winning Division-IA games
before anyone else! Michigan has played in front of more people
than anyone else has! (Including any team in the NFL!) Michigan has played more games on television
than anyone else! |