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The Football Office sub-group contains three series: Football Scouting Reports/Playbooks, 1938-1963, Miscellaneous Publications and Schembechler Topical Files. The Scouting Reports/Playbooks cover the coaching careers of Fritz Crisler, Bennie Oosterbaan and the early years of Chalmers "Bump" Elliott. They are arranged chronologically and include an analysis of each UM opponent and diagrams of Michigan plays and notes on game strategy. Miscellaneous Publications includes football rules books, 1894-1940 and two volumes of lectures by Fielding Yost and Elton (Tad) Weiman for a coaches course they taught. The Schembechler Files mainly concern administrative matters and social activities.

The Athletic Director's Office sub-group includes office files of Athletic Directors Jack Weidenbach and Joe Roberson, files relating to the Board in Control of Intercollegiate Athletics, of which the Athletic Director was a member, and material concerning the NCAA and Big Ten. The records are organized in six series: Jack Weidenbach Files, Joe Roberson Files, Investigations, University of Michigan Certification Steering Committee, and Board in Control of Intercollegiate Athletics.

Administrative records of the Athletic Director's Office had previously been accessioned as part of the Board in Control of Intercollegiate Athletics records or as part of the personal papers of Fielding Yost, Fritz Crisler and Don Canham.

The Athletic Directors records consist of topical files, correspondence, and reports dealing with both policy issues and day-to-day management of the department and the department's relations with and the director's participation in the affairs of the NCAA and Big Ten. Also included are records of NCAA and Big Ten investigations of U of M athletic programs including baseball, 1989-1990 and basketball 1994-1997.