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Ohio State at Michigan

Saturday, October 16, 1897

Michigan beat Ohio State 36–⁠0. It was their first meeting; after it, Michigan led the series 1–⁠0 as played.

AwayOhio State1–⁠7–⁠1 in 1897
0
HomeMichigan6–⁠1–⁠1 in 1897
36

FinalHigh 81°F, low 33°F

Wikipedia’s season articles for both teams give Michigan 34–⁠0 (1897 Ohio State Buckeyes, 1897 Michigan Wolverines).

In the newspapers

  • The The Saint Paul globe's story: VICTORY FOR MICHIGAN. Ohio State University Shut Out at Ann ArbOr.

    The Saint Paul globe, October 17, 1897, page 14

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    VICTORY FOR MICHIGAN. Ohio State University Shut Out at Ann ArbOr. ANN ARBoR, Oct. 16.-The University of Michigan eleven defeated Ohio state university by a score of “a to O. oberlin. O., Oct. 16.-Football: Oberlin college Il, Ohio Wesleyan university 5. Providence, R. l., Oct. 16.-Brown defeated Wesleyan this afternoon by score of “a to II. Albany, N V, Oct 16.-Lehigh won today’s game Lehigh 5, Williams 0. New Haven, Oct 16.-Yale freshmen Il, Worcester high school 0.

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 69% to win. Elo’s favorite won.

The series

Every Ohio State–Michigan game

Officially, Michigan leads 62–⁠52–⁠6; as played, 62–⁠53–⁠6 in 121 meetings, counting the 120 since this game.

Recent meetings
2025Ohio State 27, Michigan 9
2024Michigan 13, Ohio State 10
2023Michigan 30, Ohio State 24
2022Michigan 45, Ohio State 23
2021Michigan 42, Ohio State 27
2019Ohio State 56, Michigan 27

Around this game

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