Michigan at Ohio State

Saturday, November 23, 1946

No. 8 Michigan beat Ohio State 58–⁠6. It was their 43rd meeting; after it, Michigan led the series 28–⁠12–⁠3 as played.

Away8Michigan6–⁠2–⁠1 in 1946
58
HomeOhio State4–⁠3–⁠2 in 1946
6

FinalHigh 41°F, low 20°FAttendance 78,634

In the newspapers

  • The Evening star's story

    Evening star, District of Columbia, November 25, 1946, page 21 (results column)

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    Art Dufelmeier and Buddy Young, Illinois -Duf felmeier raced 53 yards for second period touchdown; Young set up two scores in 200 win over Northwestern. Bob Chappuis, Michigan. -. Established new Western Confer ence ground : gaining record, throwing three touchdown passes and scoring once in rout of Ohio State, 58–⁠6. Pete Pihos, Indiana Ignored “game leg” to set scoring pace with three touchdowns in In diana’s 34–⁠20 edge over Purdue. Walt Slater, Tennessee. Raced 81 yards in last quarter for only score in TO victory over KEN lucky. Billy Bye, Minnesota. Sliced of tackle 10 yards for 60 nod over Wisconsin. Ferd Naherny, Yale.-Tallied twice In 27–⁠14 victory over Harward. Ernie Case. UCLA. Scored winning touchdown against

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. Michigan won as Elo’s underdog.

Officially, Michigan leads 62–⁠52–⁠6; as played, 62–⁠53–⁠6 in 121 meetings, counting the 78 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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