Perhaps the most dramatic shot, however, was captured by a fan in the end zone stands at the 1979 Indiana game. The 1982 Indiana cover featured Rick Engel's photograph of Anthony Carter's last second, game winning catch; a play deemed by many to be the most exciting moment in Michigan Stadium history. (Listen to Bob Ufer's call of the play if you have any doubts.)

The program covers for 1992 used a collage of historical photographs, many from the Bentley Historical Library, to mark the university's 175th anniversary.

Bob Bauer and the firm of Bauer Dunham & Barr began designing the program covers in the mid-1980s. In the 1990s the role of the designer became more significant as computer graphics permitted the creation of elaborate photo collages incorporating the work of a number of photographers.