Chicago at Michigan

Saturday, November 6, 1937

Michigan beat Chicago 13–⁠12. It was their 24th meeting; after it, Michigan led the series 17–⁠7.

AwayChicago1–⁠6 in 1937
12
HomeMichigan4–⁠4 in 1937
13

FinalHigh 52°F, low 33°FAttendance 23,394

In the newspapers

  • The Evening star's story: TWO QUICK SCORES SAVE WOLVERINES. TouchdoWns in Final Four Minutes Gain Decision Over Chicago, 1912.

    Evening star, District of Columbia, November 7, 1937, page 28

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    TWO QUICK SCORES SAVE WOLVERINES. TouchdoWns in Final Four Minutes Gain Decision Over Chicago, 1912. A nm ARBOR, Mich, Nov. g. ~ Michigan’s Wolverines rallied ~ in the final four minutes to- = day to score two touchdowns and defeat Chicago, 13 to IL. Stark Ritche snatched the Wolverine fortunes from the brink Of a humiliating defeat. On the first play, after he entered the game, he swept his left end for Al yards and a touchdown. With the $4,000 spectators still on their feet, he climaxed the fiction fin ish by plunging yards for the second touchdown with only seconds to play Danny Smick’s toe provided the one point victory margin after the first touchdown.

  • The The Daily Alaska empire's story: FOOT BAIL @ lA{5SW{5 IFS Nl

    The Daily Alaska empire, Alaska, November 8, 1937, page 3 (results column)

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    FOOT BAIL @ lA{5SW{5 IFS Nl The following are final scores oi principal football games played las Saturday afternoon: Kansas 13; Nebraska 13, tie. Minnesota 35; Iowa 10. Stanford 2; Southern California 6 University of Washington 0; Cali fornia 0. Washington State 6; Oregon 10. Washington State Freshmen O. University of Washington Freshmen 13. Brown o; Yale 19 Alabama 9; Tulane 6. Gonzaga O; Montana 23. Willamette O; Oregon State 20. Duquesne 0; Carnegie Tech 6. Chicago 12; Michigan 13. Purdue 3; Fordham 21. Dartmouth 33; Princeton 9 Penn State T; Penn 0. Michigan State 13; Temple 0. Army ‘; Harvard 6. Illinois 6; Northwestern o. p Pittsburgh 21; Notre Dame 6. Navy 13; Columbia 6.

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 70% to win. Elo’s favorite won.

Michigan leads 19–⁠7 in 26 meetings, counting the two since this game.

Recent meetings
1939Michigan 85, Chicago 0
1938Michigan 45, Chicago 7
1937Michigan 13, Chicago 12
1934Chicago 27, Michigan 0
1933Michigan 28, Chicago 0
1932Michigan 12, Chicago 0

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