During the 1928 season, Pommerening became the first player in the history of the Big Ten Conference to play every minute of every game for his team.

One wire service report noted that he set the endurance record despite having suffered a severe head injury early in the season.

The paper wrote that Pommerening "ripped wide holes in the Iowa line as Michigan started their winning drive.

[10] Pommerening also finished fourth in the voting for the Chicago Tribune Silver Football trophy, awarded to the most valuable player in the Big Ten Conference.

[14] On May 8, 1932, Pommerening married Laura Mercer, a graduate nurse of Henry Ford Hospital in Detroit.

[15] In the fall of 1933, Pommerening played professional football and served as an assistant coach with the Detroit Indians.