Duke of Data Blog: Appalachian State at #5 Michigan

Saturday, September 01, 2007

Appalachian State at #5 Michigan

Saturday, Sept. 1 • Noon EDT
Michigan Stadium • Ann Arbor, Mich.
Big Ten Network

Michigan (0-0); Appalachian St. (0-0)
Series Record: First meeting
Series Streak: First meeting

Game Notes
2007 Schedule
Michigan Football / Appalachian St.
Live Stats / U-M Football Live Audio (Free)
Press Conference: Lloyd Carr / Players
Michigan Football History

Michigan Notes:

Lloyd Carr will coach his 150th games in the opener (113-36)

U-M has won 13 consecutive season openers at the Big House. It's last loss was against Notre Dame in 1987

The Wolverines are 106-16-2 in home openers

AP: Appalachian St. vs. #5 Michigan
ESPN: Appalachian St.-Michigan Preview

ESPN: Michigan Clubhouse
Yahoo!: Michigan Team Page
Detroit Free-Press: Michigan Team Page
Detroit News: Michigan Clubhouse
Sports Illustrated: Michigan Wolverines
Big Ten Network: Michigan Wolverines

Michigan Stats

Michigan is #5 in the AP Poll, #5 in the USA Today Coaches' Poll, #5 in the ESPN Power Rankings
Michigan has more wins that any football program in NCAA history, 860.
Michigan has the highest winning percentage of any team in NCAA history 860-282-36 (.7459643).
Michigan will play its 367th game (271-85-10) when ranked in the Top 10 in the AP Poll.
Michigan ranks #1 all-time in composite AP final football polls (1936-2005)
Michigan has 42 Big 10 titles which is the most conference titles of any NCAA school and is 456-164-18 (.73x) in Big 10 play.
Michigan has the most weekly appearances in the AP poll, appearing 741 times since 1936. They have finished in the top 25 54 times and Top 10 37 times since its inception in 1936
Michigan has led the nation in attendance 32 of the last 33 years
Michigan has had 200 consecutive crowds of 100,000+ fan at "The Big House" - a streak started Nov. 8, 1975
Michigan has compiled a 368-106-15 record (.768) at "The Big House"
Michigan has appeared in 32 straight bowls, the longest current streak in NCAA history.
369 Michigan football games have been televised (248-113-8).
The Michigan football program is the only Big 10 team in any sport to win a conference title in each decade. It is the winningest overall athletic program in Big 10 Conference history
Michigan has appeared in more Rose Bowls (20) than any other Big 10 Conference school
Michigan has 11 national championships (5th all-time) to OSU's 7
Michigan's five current NFL quarterback's are more than any other school in the country.

Lloyd Carr Stats

Head coach Lloyd Carr has a career winning percentage of .758 (113-36), ranking him sixth among active Division I coaches.
He is 41-7 (.841) against Big 10 foes at Michigan Stadium and 34-14 on the road. He has the best winning percentage (69-9 .885) of any U-M coach at Michigan Stadium.
Coach Carr is 47-19 while ranked in the Top 10.
Michigan has a 39-22 overall record against nationally ranked teams under Carr. They are 16-7 against Top 10 opponents; 8-3 against teams in the Top 5; 4-1 against No. 2 ranked teams; and 0-2 against opponents ranked #1. He is 4-4 against OSU teams ranked in the Top 10 and 1-3 against OSU at Ohio Stadium when U-M is ranked in the Top 10.
He leads active Big 10 coaches with 75 conference wins, 75-21 (.781), a mark he grabbed in 2003.
Carr is 6-6 against OSU and 2-4 in Columbus.
He is the 8th coach in conference history to claim five or more Big 10 championships.
He is 35-8 against regular season non-conference foes, including 4-0 in 2006.