Michigan at Ohio State

Saturday, November 21, 1936

No. 18 Ohio State beat Michigan 21–⁠0. It was their 33rd meeting; after it, Michigan led the series 22–⁠9–⁠2 as played.

AwayMichigan1–⁠7 in 1936
0
Home18Ohio State5–⁠3 in 1936
21

FinalHigh 52°F, low 39°FAttendance 56,277

In the newspapers

  • The The Nome daily nugget's story: Scores Of Football Games Saturday

    The Nome daily nugget, November 21, 1936, page 4 (results column)

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    Scores Of Football Games Saturday Georgia ‘ Fordham 2 tie. Harvard 13 Yale IA Marquette 0 Duquesne 13 Iowa 25 Temple 0 Arizona 0 Michigan State 2 Colgate 13 Syracuse 0 Dartmouth 13 Princeton 13 tie Hobart ‘ Army 51 Michigan 0 Ohio State 21 City College N. Y. 2 N Y U 25 Lehigh IS Lafayette 0 Bucknell 0 Penn State IA Northwestern 6 Notre Dame 26

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)

Ohio State 84% to win. Elo’s favorite won.

Officially, Michigan leads 62–⁠52–⁠6; as played, 62–⁠53–⁠6 in 121 meetings, counting the 88 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

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