Michigan at Northwestern

Saturday, October 9, 1937

Northwestern beat Michigan 7–⁠0. It was their 13th meeting; after it, Michigan led the series 7–⁠6.

AwayMichigan4–⁠4 in 1937
0
HomeNorthwestern4–⁠4 in 1937
7

FinalAttendance 23,837

On the newsreel

  • NEW STARS RISE IN GRID SKYNorthwestern hands Michigan its second defeat of the young season, beating the Kipke aggregation by the score of 7 to 0Universal Newsreel, October 11, 1937. Catalog record at the National Archives

Universal Newsreel, National Archives (catalog record). Story titles and words as Universal’s release sheet gives them; the films themselves may still be under copyright, so we link to the record rather than show them.

Before kickoff

Our ratings going in

Our ratings (scores only)

Northwestern 77% to win. Elo’s favorite won.

Michigan leads 61–⁠15–⁠2 in 78 meetings, counting the 65 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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