The Newspapers.com Football History Headline of the Day comes from the Lawrence Daily Journal on May 8, 1900. “President Jordan of Leland Stanford Gives his Opinion of the Coach.” The article explains that the first person to publicly offer an opinion of the hiring of Coach Yost was none other than Stanford’s President of the day Dr. Jordan. Jordan explained that the hiring was a bit of a surprise to him as well as the Cardinal fans because he came from what was described in the article as a secondary school of Kansas University. Please remember that is a full year before Yost was hired as the Michigan Wolverines head coach where he really made his mark in American Football History. Yost compiled a college football career record of 198–35–12. During his 25 seasons as the head football coach at Ann Arbor, Yost's Michigan Wolverines won six national championships, captured ten Big Ten Conference titles, and amassed a record of 165–29–10. From 1901 to 1905, his "Point-a-Minute" squads had a record of 55–1–1, outscoring their opponents by a margin of 2,821 to 42. The 1901 team beat Stanford, 49–0, in the 1902 Rose Bowl, the first college football bowl game.
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FIELDING YOST
College Football and Fielding Yost
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Fielding Yost the Later Years
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Fielding Yost and His Hurry Up
Fielding Yost and great early years in coaching and developing a style with biographer Dr. John Behee
Fielding Yost Early Years
Fielding Yost the early years of his football journey with biographer Dr. John Behee
The Yost Affair
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