Michigan at Northwestern
Saturday, October 6, 1945 Share
Michigan beat Northwestern 20–7. It was their 20th meeting; after it, Michigan led the series 13–6–1.
FinalHigh 66°F, low 49°FAttendance 32,772
In the newspapers

Detroit evening times, Michigan, October 7, 1945, page 15
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Michigan Rallies, Trips Northwestern, 20 to 7 Spot Wildcats A Touchdown Once Started. Crisler Boys Battle Rivals EVANSTON, Ill, Oct. g. NorthweStern. using the T-formaton the first time against Michigan, scored a touchdown on their third play of today’s game to give the favored Michigan team a scare. before 10000 fans at Dyche Stadium. The young Wolverines rallied and from that point and had the ball game under control 10 win 10 Z, their third victory in four Is this fall. II was Michigan’s last game before their toughest assignment OF the veay, - an ,enge9eroeY3s n YANKEE Stsdi tim next SATURDAY against the great Army eleven. The Wolverine coaches saw much 10 encourage them in today’s bat tie. The tackling was better and the blocking the best of the season
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 66% to win. Elo’s favorite won.
The series
Every Michigan–Northwestern gameMichigan leads 61–15–2 in 78 meetings, counting the 58 since this game.
Around this game
Michigan
- Next gameat ArmyOct. 13, 1945
- SeasonMichigan in 1945
- ProgramMichigan history and records
Northwestern
- Next gameat MinnesotaOct. 20, 1945
- SeasonNorthwestern in 1945
- ProgramNorthwestern history and records

