Michigan at Ohio State

Saturday, November 21, 1942

No. 5 Ohio State beat No. 4 Michigan 21–⁠7. It was their 39th meeting; after it, Michigan led the series 25–⁠11–⁠3 as played.

Away4Michigan7–⁠3 in 1942
7
Home5Ohio State9–⁠1 in 1942
21

FinalHigh 68°F, low 42°F, 0.44 in. of rainAttendance 71,691

In the newspapers

  • The Detroit evening times's story: Ohio State Defeats M 21-7, Wins Title

    Detroit evening times, Detroit, Mich, November 22, 1942, page 24

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    Ohio State Defeats M 21–⁠7, Wins Title and Horvath bounced through Tor first down on the Is. SarringhauS and Fekete battered TO the 9 and from that point Sarringhaus dropped back 10 his Toyard line on fourth down and missed a placement. But the Buckeyes were not 10 be denied long. Michigan started from the -2Q-yard line A pass, ChappuiS TO Ceithaml carried To the 81. and then White fumbled and Bob Jaddusch recovered for Ohio on Michigan’s 81 A long pass. Sarringhaus 70 Horvath, was good for the score. Fekete again kicked goal and Ohio State led 21–⁠7 Michigan started another drive with Don BOor as the Spearhead. First ne took a pass from Kuzma that carried from his own 3o-yard line to Ohio States A. Then he led a charge to Ohio States 23 Here SarringhauS intercepted a pass on his 10-yard line and returned 10 his p.

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 53% to win. Ohio State pulled the upset. Elo’s favorite won.

Officially, Michigan leads 62–⁠52–⁠6; as played, 62–⁠53–⁠6 in 121 meetings, counting the 82 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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