1942 Michigan vs Great Lakes Navy Ticket-Low Attendance of 17,031! Bruce Smith

Description: Vintage 1942 ticket for the game between the Michigan Wolverines and the Great Lakes Navy Bluejackets played on 9/26/1942 at Michigan Stadium in Ann Arbor. The Wolverines defeated Great Lakes Navy 9-0 in front of a tiny crowd of 17,031 in the Big House making this a hard to come by ticket! Michigan was led by head coach Fritz Crisler in his 5th season. They would finish 7-3 and #9 in the final AP poll. The 1942 team compiled a record of 7–3 and was ranked No. 9 in the final Associated Press poll. The team's line that included Albert Wistert, Merv Pregulman, Julius Franks (U-M's first African-American All-American), Elmer Madar, Robert Kolesar, Bill Pritula and Philip Sharpe and was known as the "Seven Oak Posts." Great Lakes Naval Training Station was led by head coach Tony Hinkle in his first season. They would finish the season 8-3-1 and ranked by the AP as the #1 among the service teams. They played a brutal schedule including all 9 teams in the Big 9 (Big 10 now) as well as Notre Dame Pitt, Michigan St., and Missouri. The team was made up of college and professional football players who were serving in the Navy and stationed at Great Lakes NTS. The team was led on offense by Bruce Smith, who won the Heisman Trophy in 1941 while playing for Minnesota. Other players included: Rudy Mucha, a consensus All-American center in 1940 who spent the 1941 season in the NFL, Bob Sweiger (fullback, Minnesota), Pete Kmetovic (halfback, Stanford), Vic Marino (All-Big Ten guard from Ohio State) Bill Radovich (guard, USC/Detroit Lions), Carl Mulleneaux (end, Utah State), and Steve Belichick, father of Bill Belichick who played for the Detroit Lions in 1941. On September 26, 1942, Michigan opened the season against the Great Lakes Navy Bluejackets football team. The Great Lakes team was an all-star team of players serving in the Navy. It included 13 players who had been named All-Americans (Urban Odson and Pete Kmetovic) and some who had been playing in the NFL (Carl Mulleneaux, Rudy Mucha, and Gust Zarnas) before the war. The Ann Arbor News reported that Great Lakes was favored by 35 points. Only 17,087 fans attended the game, making it the smallest crowd at Michigan Stadium since 1931. The game marked the debut of Bob Chappuis, who led the team on a 92-yard touchdown drive in the second quarter. The touchdown came on a pass from Chappuis to Paul White. Michigan added a field goal by Jim Brieske in the third quarter. Michigan shut out the heavily favored Great Lakes team, 9-0. Michigan's starting lineup against Great Lakes was Madar (left end), Wistert (left tackle), Kolesar (right guard), Pregulman (center), Franks (right guard), Pritula (right tackle), Sharpe (right end), Ceithaml (quarterback), Wise (left halfback), White (right halfback), and Wiese (fullback). This ticket is in VG-EX condition with just minor wear. Please see the photos for details. I have and will be listing a bunch of football memorabilia including Michigan tickets, programs, and magazines. I will combine shipping buy note that USPS shipping costs have significantly increased in the past month or so. If you buy multiple items, don't pay for them right away. After you have committed to by all of them, I will send you an invoice with reduced shipping. I will send you an invoice with actual shipping charges as quoted through eBay. I can probably reasonably estimate shipping if contact me with what items you want. For multiple tickets, I will ship them all for the shipping price of $4.99 just let me send you an invoice before you pay for any! Please contact me with any questions

Price: 89.99 USD

Location: Redondo Beach, California

End Time: 2024-12-14T20:42:17.000Z

Shipping Cost: 4.99 USD