Michigan at Northwestern

Saturday, October 2, 1943

Michigan beat Northwestern 21–⁠7. It was their 18th meeting; after it, Michigan led the series 11–⁠6–⁠1.

AwayMichigan8–⁠1 in 1943
21
HomeNorthwestern6–⁠2 in 1943
7

FinalAttendance 32,077

In the newspapers

  • The Evening star's story: Wolverine Attack Led by Daley Overthrows Wildcats, 21-7 Ex-Gopher Averages 81 Yards in His 26 Drives, Scores Twice; Hirsch Goes Over

    Evening star, October 3, 1943, page 25

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    Wolverine Attack Led by Daley Overthrows Wildcats, 21–⁠7 Ex-Gopher Averages 81 Yards in His 26 Drives, Scores Twice; Hirsch Goes Over Daley WeaVed 81 yards for a touch down on the first play of the game then rocketed 64 yards into the end zone in the last period, Just 30 sec ondS after Otto Graham had lunged II yards behind Herman Frickev’s excellent blocking for Northwest ern’s only tally. Crazy legs HirSch who averaged 27 yards along the turf in the IL times he lugged the ball, accounted for the Wolverines other touchdown IN the opening canto after Daley had set it up with successive drives OF 20 and yards. HirSch scooted over from the 3 to get the first conference touchdown of his career. MerV Pregulman added the 3 extra points, running his record for the year to u conversions out of l3 attempts In piling up 226 rushing yards to Northwestern III, Michigan now has accumulated 753 Yards on the ground against three opponents. Dalev’s average has been rs in So carries. 1t was Freshman Vic Schwau, a fullback, who finally kindled fire in the Wildcats. Schwall shredded the Michigan line to the before being stopped in the third quarter. Bob Wlese then punted out of bounds on Mlchigan’s 33. From there SchWall again sparkled a drive which went to the IL Graham logged over at the outset of the louFIh quarter. SchWall added the extra point on placement

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 63% to win. Elo’s favorite won.

Michigan leads 61–⁠15–⁠2 in 78 meetings, counting the 60 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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