Ohio State at Michigan
Saturday, November 25, 1939 Share
Michigan beat No. 6 Ohio State 21–14. It was their 36th meeting; after it, Michigan led the series 24–10–2 as played.
FinalHigh 38°F, low 28°FAttendance 78,815
In the newspapers
The Daily Alaska empire, Alaska, November 27, 1939, page 3
Read the text
OHIO STATE WINS TITLE FREAK RACE loses fo Michigan But Iowa, Northwestern Tie Helps Out s ANN ARBOR, Mlch., Nov. 27. Y Ohio State won the Western Con- ference Football Championship last Saturday in much the same manner that Max Schmeling won the worlds heavyweight title-flat on it’s back before more than 8O,O00 spectators. Iowa, needing a victory to tie Ohio State for the title, lost the chance by playing to deadlock with Northwestern and Michigan wrecked the Buckeye hopes by spot tng Ohio two first period touch downs then roared back to win 21 to IA.
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 50% to win. Michigan pulled the upset.
The series
Every Ohio State–Michigan gameOfficially, Michigan leads 62–52–6; as played, 62–53–6 in 121 meetings, counting the 85 since this game.
| 2025 | Ohio State 27, Michigan 9 | |
| 2024 | Michigan 13, Ohio State 10 | |
| 2023 | Michigan 30, Ohio State 24 | |
| 2022 | Michigan 45, Ohio State 23 | |
| 2021 | Michigan 42, Ohio State 27 | |
| 2019 | Ohio State 56, Michigan 27 |
Around this game
Ohio State
- Next gamevs. PittsburghSept. 28, 1940
- SeasonOhio State in 1939
- ProgramOhio State history and records
Michigan
- Next gameat CaliforniaSept. 28, 1940
- SeasonMichigan in 1939
- ProgramMichigan history and records