Captain Conley and the 1964 Wolverines | Starting From Nothing (Part I)

Conley’s 1964 Charm. How he earned it? Read below. Howgot it in his hands? click here.

[Ed. This Saturday the 1964 B1G and Rose Bowl championship team celebrates their 55th anniversary. Back in 2014 I spent a few hours with the great captain on that squad, Jim Conley. The full version of this story also appeared in mgoblog’s wonderful annual Hail To The Victors mag. Go Blue!]

“You’ve got to remember, we were a bunch of losers.”

That’s how 1964 Michigan team captain Jim Conley labeled his team before summer training camp. But somehow this group of losers, who won just 5 games in 1962 and 1963 combined, captured Michigan’s first Big Ten title since 1950 then pummeled Oregon State 34-7 in the…