Michigan at Northwestern

Saturday, October 6, 1945

Michigan beat Northwestern 20–⁠7. It was their 20th meeting; after it, Michigan led the series 13–⁠6–⁠1.

AwayMichigan7–⁠3 in 1945
20
HomeNorthwestern4–⁠4–⁠1 in 1945
7

FinalHigh 66°F, low 49°FAttendance 32,772

In the newspapers

  • The Detroit evening times's story: Michigan Rallies, Trips Northwestern, 20 to 7 Spot Wildcats A Touchdown Once Started. Crisler Boys Battle Rivals

    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.

Michigan leads 61–⁠15–⁠2 in 78 meetings, counting the 58 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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