"[5] The Michigan Alumnus wrote that the touchdown by Case "caused consternation among coach, team, and students" as "it had been their fondest hope that the goal line should remain uncrossed another year.

[6] Right halfback Albert Herrnstein ran back a kickoff the length of the field and scored seven touchdowns in the game.

Willie Heston and Everett Sweeley did not play in the game, and the Detroit Free Press noted: "The opinion is quite general that if Heston and Sweeley had been in the game the Buffalo record would have been beaten, but, as it was, Michigan was simply fagged out running down the field for touchdowns.

After the game, The Newark Advocate wrote:"Michigan has undoubtedly the fastest scoring team in the world, and the Ann Arbor boys play Yosts' 'hurry up' formations like clock work.

It requires a fast team to take the ball, line up and score 119 points, even if they have no opponents in two 20 minute halves.

The Michigan Alumnus wrote that Lawrence "was called upon repeatedly to take the ball and would always advance it eight or ten yards" with big holes being opened by guards Carter and McGugin.

[10] The Alumnus gave particular praise to the defense: "Only once was Indiana able to make an impression on her impregnable wall and that on a very short run by Clevenger.

"[10] At the invitation of Michigan's graduate manager Charles A. Baird, more than 2,000 school children accompanied by their teachers attended the game.

[10] After four home games to open the season, Michigan played Notre Dame at a neutral site in Toledo, Ohio on October 18, 1902.

[12] Although Notre Dame did not score on Michigan, its captain, Louis J. Salmon, demonstrated why he had earned "the reputation of being the hardest line bucker in the west.

On offense, the Detroit Free Press wrote that the Wolverines "simply ran the Ohio team off their feet.

"[13] Willie Heston reportedly returned to "his 1901 form," scoring the game's first points with a 20-yard end run after three minutes of play.

"[13] The Free Press noted that, despite the coaching of former Yale fullback Perry Hale, the Ohio State players lacked "the first rudiments of tackling" and "failed to hold a man when they got their arms around him.

[15] In the middle of the first half, a temporary bleacher at the northeast corner of the field collapsed, "carrying with it a mass of struggling people.

The immense crowd about the gridiron took advantage of the confusion to break down the wire fence surrounding it, and hundreds swarmed onto the field.

"[18] When the Michigan team returned to Ann Arbor late in the evening, they were met by a big delegation that marched behind the bus singing.

Before the game started, the Michigan fans in attendance released toy red balloons marked "Chicago" into the "somewhat murky and frosty atmosphere."

One Michigan fan, described as "a long-haired collegian wearing a yellow and blue streamer, told a reporter, "That is the way we will toss Chicago up in the air.

Despite the successive defeats, Stagg was credited with developing a "magnificent defense to hold Yost's 'hurry up' offense to 21 points in 70 minutes of play.

"[23] Only once did Michigan run one of its renowned trick plays, a double pass to Everett Sweeley that was good for 15 yards.

Cornell had defeated Oberlin 57–0 earlier in the year, and the Detroit Free Press suggested that Michigan's victory by a greater margin "may give the easterners an eye-opener.

The Detroit Free Press reported that, during the opening drive, "the Minnesota line was hurled back, again and again, like that of a minor college eleven.

"[25] On its next drive, Michigan was stopped at Minnesota's 25-yard line, and Sweeley kicked a field goal for five points to give the Wolverines a 17–6 lead.

"[30]Several players received postseason honors:Joseph Maddock, Willie Heston, and captain Boss Weeks were selected All-America by the Newark Advocate.

Maddock, Heston, Weeks, Everett Sweeley Paul J. Jones, Curtis Redden, and Dan McGugin all made All-Western.

The special issue featured a photograph of Yost on the cover and included all manner of facts and figures on the popular team.

"[25]The following chart provides a visual depiction of Michigan's lineup during the 1902 season with games started at the position reflected in parentheses.

The following 14 players received varsity "M" letters for their participation on the 1902 football team:[32] Fielding Yost earned a reputation as an innovator of the sport.

The unprecedented performance of these teams created a demand for Yost's players, known as the "Yost-men", to serve as head coaches at other schools.

Dan McGugin, who played left guard for the 1902 team, was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame for his accomplishments as head coach at Vanderbilt from 1904 to 1934.