[3] Although Jewett in 1890 became the first African American to play football for Michigan, no mention of his race is found in the pre-season coverage.

[6] The U. of M. Daily expressed concern when "only about a dozen men were out for foot-ball practice" on October 6, five days before the opening game.

A letter published in the U. of M. Daily reported that all of the association's officers were absent, though captain William C. Malley presided in a praiseworthy manner.

The letter's author expressed concern over the lack of spirit for the football team among the school's students: "Now, this is deplorable!

[10] Despite the lopsided score, The Chronicle-Argonaut was critical of the team's performance: "Last Saturday's game with Albion showed quite conclusively that our foot ball players are not yet in the best of form.

The men did not play with their heads, were very weak in blocking and did not follow the ball as they should have done, nor did they respond to signals readily enough.

A steady rain began to fall at 2:00 in the afternoon and continued intermittently throughout the game, which started at 3:50 p.m.[12] The first half was 45 minutes.

One published account of the game noted: "Jewett's play was a revelation to the Detroiters and his work was fully up to standard.

A detailed account of the game is unnecessary since it was simply a series of rushes, touchdowns and trials at goals by the U. of M., the latter generally unsuccessful by reason of the rain, which prevented any brilliant playing.

The visitors mopped the field with our fellows, and created in the minds of spectators a very unfavorable impression of the sport: for what is the use of playing a game, if, every time a man tries to do something meritorious, 1,600 pounds of Ann Arbor intellectuality tumbles on him like an avalanche and bores him into the earth in search of a vein of crude oil?

Shortly before the end of the first half, Albion scored on a long touchdown run by its halfback Anderson, but the referee ruled that the ball was not properly passed in.

In the second half, Jewett scored a touchdown on the longest run of the game and kicked the goal to extend the lead to 16–0.

At the end of a scrimmage, the umpire (Albion's manager) blew his whistle to disqualify Michigan's center Thomas L. Chadbourne for slugging.

At that time, Albion's quarterback Burnham emerged from the crowd and ran the distance of the field with the ball.

The referee (Van Nortwick, '93, of Michigan) ruled that time had been called before Burnham's run and ordered the ball brought back.

Near the end of the half, Purdue scored a touchdown and kicked goal to narrow Michigan's halftime lead to 14–6.

James E. Duffy, the famous halfback of the team of '88 and '89, played in the game, relieving Jewett, who was injured.

[17] On November 15, 1890, Michigan lost to Cornell by a 20–5 score before a crowd of at least 2,000 persons at Recreation Park in Detroit.

The U. of M. Daily called it the largest delegation ever to travel from Ann Arbor in support of a Michigan sporting team.

[20] Late in the game, Michigan scored five points on a drop-kicked field goal by James E. Duffy "from the sixty-yard mark.

"[22] Michigan's lineup against Cornell was Roger Sherman (left end), Horace Greely Prettyman (left tackle), David Trainer Jr. (left guard), Chadbourne (center), Clark J. Sutherland (right guard), Malley, William W. Harless, and William W. Pearson (right tackle), Thomas L. McKean (right end), George S. Holden (quarterback), Duffy and Malley (halfback), Lawrence C. Grosh (halfback), and Jewett and Duffy (fullback).