The new coach undeniably had good material to work with in his first
team. Most of the men comprising it had been well trained in the finer
points of the game by his predecessor and included such exceptional
players as Captain Hugh White, '02_l_, tackle; Curtis Redden, '03_l_,
end; Neil Snow, '02, full-back; Harrison S. ("Boss") Weeks, '02_l_,
quarter; and Everett Sweeley, '03, half-back; while to this list were
added that year Martin Heston, '04_l_, one of the greatest backs in the
history of the game; the center, George Gregory, '04_l_; and the old
reliable guard Dan McGugin, '04_l_. This team under Yost's astute and
resourceful direction proved invincible, and became one of the greatest
elevens in the history of football. Whether it could have dealt
successfully with the Eastern champions will always be a question, but
it certainly found little effective opposition in the West; for the
final record showed an uninterrupted succession of victories with not a
point scored against the team. The total tells the story, 550 points to
0; with the University of Buffalo beaten by the extraordinary score of
128 to 0. The final game of the season was played with Stanford at
Pasadena, California, on New Year's Day, 1902. The quality of the team
was shown by the fact that they won by a score of 49 to 0 in spite of
the fact that they had been in training for four months, and left
Michigan in zero weather to play in what was to them a summer heat. Snow
was given a place that year on Caspar Whitney's All-American Team, while
Walter Camp selected Snow, Weeks, Heston, and Bruce Shorts, '01_l_
(tackle), for the All-Western team.
Except for the fact that the eleven was scored upon twice, once by Case
and once by Minnesota, the record in 1902 was much the same as in 1901,
644 points to their opponents' 12.
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