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282:South Florida
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210:Championships
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124:unless noted)
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27:
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16:
1803:Craig Rundle
1795:Pete Schmidt
1763:Del Anderson
1746:
1738:
1730:
1671:Otto Carpell
1631:Julius Nufer
1577:
1506:
1505:
1491:Harry Bailey
1403:John Darnton
1386:
1362:
1355:B. M. Allman
1346:
1330:
1307:Frank Coombs
1280:
1264:
1256:
1248:
1240:
1232:
1224:
1208:
1200:
1151:Find a Grave
1126:. Retrieved
1122:the original
1112:
1107:
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1095:
1055:
1041:
985:World War II
964:World War II
792:
787:
773:
639:
634:
489:
484:
441:Kansas State
347:Louis Black
299:
286:Canton, Ohio
267:
241:
240:
54:(1963-11-11)
15:
1847:1963 deaths
1842:1898 births
1813:(2019–2022)
1805:(1997–2018)
1797:(1983–1996)
1789:(1973–1982)
1781:(1969–1972)
1773:(1954–1968)
1765:(1948–1953)
1749:(1945–1946)
1741:(1943–1944)
1733:(1936–1942)
1725:(1927–1935)
1717:(1924–1926)
1709:(1921–1923)
1693:(1918–1919)
1681:(1915–1917)
1657:(1908–1912)
1649:(1906–1907)
1641:(1904–1905)
1625:(1899–1902)
1615:Carl Jacobs
1593:(1894–1895)
1580:(1887–1892)
1572:(1885–1886)
1485:(2011–2023)
1477:(1990–2010)
1469:(1982–1989)
1467:Ron Labadie
1461:(1973–1981)
1453:(1968–1972)
1445:(1962–1967)
1437:(1959–1961)
1435:Les Leggett
1429:(1956–1958)
1421:(1953–1955)
1413:(1951–1952)
1397:(1946–1949)
1389:(1942–1945)
1381:(1938–1941)
1373:(1936–1937)
1365:(1923–1935)
1357:(1921–1922)
1325:(1916–1917)
1323:Perry Grimm
1296:(1911–1912)
1275:(1903–1904)
1267:(1901–1902)
1227:(1895–1896)
1217:Frank Ewing
800:(1936–1946)
647:(1930–1935)
493:(1923–1929)
227:(1939–1940)
221:(1930–1935)
110:Mount Union
95:Mount Union
80:Mount Union
1836:Categories
1315:Bill Dague
1273:E. E. Tarr
1128:August 10,
1087:References
473:Conference
443:(1949–86)
401:(1964–89)
372:(1970–84)
264:Early life
154:Basketball
86:Basketball
35:1898-08-04
1499:Joe Palka
1483:Jim Deere
1475:Jim Lyall
1294:Tom Leith
476:Standing
174:1924–1929
159:1923–1936
144:1936–1946
134:1923–1935
1821:(2023– )
1578:No coach
1501:(2024– )
1493:# (2023)
1060:91–85–12
983:No team—
962:No team—
470:Overall
455:Football
385:Michigan
254:Michigan
215:Football
169:Baseball
129:Football
101:Baseball
71:Football
1739:No team
1387:No team
1347:No team
1331:No team
1281:No team
1265:No team
1257:Unknown
1249:No team
1241:Unknown
1233:No team
1225:Unknown
1209:No team
1201:Unknown
1046:36–33–4
1042:Albion:
1004:Albion
941:Albion
874:Albion
853:Albion
832:Albion
811:Albion
778:55–52–8
774:Adrian:
758:Adrian
738:Adrian
718:Adrian
698:Adrian
678:Adrian
658:Adrian
620:Adrian
601:Adrian
582:Adrian
563:Adrian
523:Adrian
504:Adrian
193:Overall
106:c. 1920
91:c. 1920
76:c. 1920
1757:(1947)
1701:(1920)
1689:&
1673:(1914)
1665:(1913)
1633:(1903)
1617:(1898)
1609:(1897)
1601:(1896)
1564:(1884)
1405:(1950)
1349:(1920)
1341:(1919)
1333:(1918)
1317:(1915)
1309:(1914)
1283:(1905)
1259:(1900)
1251:(1899)
1243:(1898)
1235:(1897)
1219:(1894)
1211:(1893)
1203:(1892)
1118:"1989"
1056:Total:
1024:Albion
919:Albion
896:Albion
543:Adrian
178:Adrian
163:Adrian
148:Albion
138:Adrian
61:, U.S.
44:, U.S.
1034:T–4th
950:T–2nd
926:3–1–1
923:3–4–1
859:2–1–1
856:5–2–1
841:T–4th
817:2–4–2
814:2–5–2
741:3–5–1
726:T–1st
721:5–3–1
706:T–1st
701:2–6–1
623:1–7–1
585:2–5–1
566:4–4–1
526:6–1–2
467:Team
464:Year
336:Name
1130:2008
1019:1946
1000:1945
979:1944
958:1943
937:1942
914:1941
891:1940
870:1939
849:1938
828:1937
807:1936
754:1935
734:1934
714:1933
694:1932
674:1931
654:1930
616:1929
597:1928
578:1927
559:1926
538:1925
519:1924
500:1923
318:MIAA
280:and
248:and
225:MIAA
49:Died
29:Born
1149:at
1031:2–3
1028:3–5
1007:1–7
947:2–2
944:4–4
929:2nd
906:1st
903:5–0
900:7–1
883:1st
880:6–0
877:7–1
862:2nd
838:1–3
835:4–4
820:4th
766:1st
761:7–3
746:1st
686:1st
681:5–4
666:1st
661:5–4
604:5–3
547:6–3
507:4–4
417:CDC
355:NBL
304:in
252:in
1838::
357:)
292:.
223:2
217:6
122:HC
1540:e
1533:t
1526:v
1179:e
1172:t
1165:v
1132:.
797:)
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