Chicago at Michigan
Saturday, November 6, 1937 Share
Michigan beat Chicago 13–12. It was their 24th meeting; after it, Michigan led the series 17–7.
FinalHigh 52°F, low 33°FAttendance 23,394
In the newspapers

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 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.
The series
Every Chicago–Michigan gameMichigan leads 19–7 in 26 meetings, counting the two since this game.
| 1939 | Michigan 85, Chicago 0 | |
| 1938 | Michigan 45, Chicago 7 | |
| 1937 | Michigan 13, Chicago 12 | |
| 1934 | Chicago 27, Michigan 0 | |
| 1933 | Michigan 28, Chicago 0 | |
| 1932 | Michigan 12, Chicago 0 |
Around this game
Chicago
- Next gamevs. BeloitNov. 13, 1937
- SeasonChicago in 1937
- ProgramChicago history and records
Michigan
- Next gameat PennsylvaniaNov. 13, 1937
- SeasonMichigan in 1937
- ProgramMichigan history and records
