ran 20 yards for the touchdown. Quarterback Bob Wiese was the star of the game for Michigan, rushing for 138 yards and two touchdowns on 30 carries. Elroy Hirsch appeared in the game only to attempt extra point kicks, converting on only one of three attempts. Rex Wells converted two extra point kicks. Michigan dominated Ohio State on the ground, totaling 436 rushing yards to only 112 for Ohio State. The Wolverines also limited Ohio State to three pass completions for 27 yards and intercepted three Ohio State passes. Michigan's starting lineup against Ohio State was Rudy Smeja (left end), Bob Hanzlik (left tackle), John Gallagher (left guard), Fred Negus (center), Rex Wells (right guard), Robert Derleth (right tackle), Art Renner (right end), Bob Wiese (quarterback), Bob Nussbaumer (left halfback), Wally Dreyer (right halfback), and Don Lund (fullback). Players appearing in the game as substitutes for Michigan were Hank Olshanski, Farnham Johnson, Vincent Mroz, Bob Rennebohm, Fenwick Crane, Thomas Cooke, Bruce Hilkene (ends); John Greene, Fred Bryan, and Robert Kennedy (tackles); George Kraeger, Clifton Myll, William Sigler, Ray Sturges, and Jack Trump (guards); Frank Kern (center); and Earl Maves, Elroy Hirsch, Howard Wikel, Jerome Powers, Jack Wink, Joe Ponsetto, and Jim Aliber (backs). Postseason The 1943 Michigan football team tied with Purdue for the Western Conference championship, the Wolverines' first conference championship since the undefeated 1933 Michigan team won both the conference and national championships. It was also the first time since 1932 that Michigan had gone undefeated and untied against conference opponents. In the final AP Poll, Notre Dame was selected as the #1 team in the country followed by Iowa Pre-Flight at #2 and Michigan at #3. Two other Western Conference teams finished in the top ten: Purdue at #5 and Northwestern at #9. On November 24, 1943, the team chose Bob Wiese, a junior from Jamestown, North Dakota, as the squad's most valuable player. They also elected him as the team captain of the 1944 team. Wiese also finished in a tie for second place (behind Otto Graham) in the voting for the Chicago Tribune Silver Football trophy, awarded each year to the most valuable player in the Western Conference. Despite missing the final three games, fullback Bill Daley finished seventh in the voting for the 1943 Heisman Trophy with 71 points. He was also recognized as a consensus All-American, receiving first-team honors from the Associated Press,