Northwestern at Michigan

Saturday, November 8, 1924

Michigan beat Northwestern 27–⁠0. It was their seventh meeting; after it, Michigan led the series 5–⁠2.

AwayNorthwestern4–⁠4 in 1924
0
HomeMichigan6–⁠2 in 1924
27

FinalHigh 60°F, low 30°FAttendance 30,000

In the newspapers

  • The Evening star's story: MICHIGAN PASSES RoUT NORTHWESTERN, 27 TO O

    Evening star, District of Columbia, November 9, 1924, page 72

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    MICHIGAN PASSES RoUT NORTHWESTERN, 27 TO O ANN ARBOR, Mich, November g. Ben Friedman, former Cleveland High School Star. who, at’the start of the season, was not regarded as of varsity caliber, forward-pa passed Mich igan to 27-to-0 victory over North western today. Three of the Wolverines four touchdowns were the direct results Of his passes. Questionable judgment by North western in the use of passes smoothed the path to two Michigan touchdowns.

  • The Imperial Valley press's story: Today's Results Football Finals:

    Imperial Valley press, November 8, 1924, page 6 (results column)

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    Today’s Results Football Finals: Football Finals: williams 43; Wesleyan 0. Princeton “a; Harvard 0. Penn 3; Georgetown 0. Cornell 81; Susquehanna 0. Syracuse 3; w. Virginia Wesley an Z. Illinois 81; Chicago q. Johns Hopkins 26; st. Johns Col lege 0. Greensburg 6; Harrisburg Tech O.. Ohio Northern O.; Denison II. Indiana y; Ohio T. Case z; Wooster 3. Michigan 27; Northwestern 0. Rutgers 43; Lafayette Z. Navy So; Vermont 0. West Virginia 34; Colgate 2. Yale At; Maryland 0. Army IA; Florida Z. Boston College “a; Marquette Z. Pittsburgh 13; Geneva 0. - Navy So; Vermont e.

Public-domain newspapers from the Library of Congress’s Chronicling America, found through the American Stories dataset (Dell and Harvard, CC BY 4.0). The text is the machine reading of the page, mistakes and all.

Before kickoff

Our ratings going in

Our ratings (scores only)

Michigan 83% to win. Elo’s favorite won.

Michigan leads 61–⁠15–⁠2 in 78 meetings, counting the 71 since this game.

Recent meetings
2025Michigan 24, Northwestern 22
2024Michigan 50, Northwestern 6
2021Michigan 33, Northwestern 7
2018Michigan 20, Northwestern 17
2015Michigan 38, Northwestern 0
2014Michigan 10, Northwestern 9

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