1917 Michigan Wolverines football team

The 1917 Michigan Wolverines football team represented the University of Michigan in the 1917 college football season. The team's head football coach was Fielding H. Yost. The Wolverines played their home games at Ferry Field.

Varsity letter winners

 * Alan Boyd - started 5 games at left guard, 3 games at right end, 1 game at left tackle
 * Oscar Cartwright - started 6 games at right end
 * Abe Cohn - started 5 games at left halfback, 2 games at fullback, 1 game at right halfback
 * William R. Cruse - halfback
 * Frank Culver - started 4 games at left guard, 3 games at left tackle, 1 game at right guard
 * William Fortune - started 5 games at right guard
 * Gerald Froemke - started 3 games at left halfback, 1 game at quarterback
 * Lowell Genebach - started 1 game at quarterback, 1 game at right halfback
 * Angus Goetz - started 9 games at left end
 * John Goodsell - started 5 games at left tackle, 3 games at right guard, 2 games at center
 * Joseph Hanish - started 7 games at right halfback, 1 game at right end
 * Oscar Lambert - started 6 games at center
 * Chester C. Morrison - started 1 game at right guard
 * Harold Rye - started 1 game at left halfback, 1 game at right halfback
 * Cliff Sparks - started 2 games at quarterback, 1 game at left halfback
 * Richard F. "Dick" Weske - started 10 games at right tackle
 * Archie Weston - started 6 games at quarterback
 * Elton Wieman - started 8 games at fullback, 1 game at left tackle

aMa letter winners

 * Charles Beath - started 2 games at center
 * Lee Bonar - end
 * Harold M. Cherry - center
 * John H. Emery - end
 * Thomas C. Garrett - fullback
 * Fred Hendershott - end
 * L.O. Lindstrom - guard

Others

 * Elmer Cress - started 1 game at left end (designated as reserve)
 * Julius St. Clair - started 1 game at left guard

Awards and honors

 * Captain: Cedric C. Smith
 * All-Americans: Ernest Allmendinger, Cedric C. Smith, Frank Culver
 * All-Conference: Ernie Vick, Angus Goetz

Coaching staff

 * Head coach: Fielding H. Yost
 * Assistant coaches: Prentiss Douglass, Robert Watson
 * Trainer: Harry Tuthill
 * Manager: Charles F. Boos