Michigan at Stanford

Saturday, October 1, 1949

Michigan beat Stanford 27–⁠7. It was their third meeting; after it, Michigan led the series 3–⁠0.

AwayMichigan6–⁠2–⁠1 in 1949
27
HomeStanford7–⁠3–⁠1 in 1949
7

FinalHigh 88°F, low 51°FAttendance 87,123

In the newspapers

  • The The Daily Alaska empire's story: ARMY, MICHIGAN TO MEET ON SATURDAY.; WEEKEND ROUNDUP

    The Daily Alaska empire, October 3, 1949, page 6 (results column)

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    ARMY, MICHIGAN TO MEET ON SATURDAY.; WEEKEND ROUNDUP (By Ufle ASSOCldJeQ FTeSSJ Army and Michigan, two of the nations college football titans, clash i, in an old time Donnybrook Satur- day at Ann Arbor. Although this probably will rate as the No. l fracas of the day several other tilts are calculated to hoist the tlood pressure. For in- stance: Texas and Oklahoma. Ohio State and Southern Califor- mia at Los Angeles. And down in Baltimore, re- juvenated Navy eleven tackles Duke. There are plenty of others on top, too. West Points new team, showing no signs of weakness through gradu- ation, plastered Penn State last week, APT. Michigan carved out a 27–⁠7 verdict over Stanford Ohio State continued its high scoring antics by submerging In- diana, 46–⁠7, and Southern Cali fornia had no trouble downing Washington State, 35–⁠7. For the second week in row, Duke came through flying, pasting Tennessee 21–⁠7. Navy’s young Mid shipmen overpowered Princeton, 28–⁠7. Notre Dame polished off Wash ington 27–⁠7. Minnesota entertains North western in one of the mid-west’s major frays. Minnesota sank Ne braska, 28–⁠6, last week, while Pittsburgh scored the days major upset by knocking off Northwest ern’s Rose Bowl champs, l6–⁠7 In the deep South, Tulane rolled over Georgia Tech, 18–⁠0. North Carolina took a 21–⁠14 ver- dict over Georgia. In the Southwest, Southern Methodist remained among the un- beaten by outlasting Missouri, 28–⁠27 FROM CHICAGO William D. Burke of Chicago is registered at the Baranof Hotel.

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.

On the newsreel

  • MICHIGAN DEFEATS STANFORDMichigan's mighty Wolverines rack up their 25th straight victory--a 27-to-7 triumph over the Stanford Indians before 80,000 fans at Stanford StadiumUniversal Newsreel, October 3, 1949. Catalog record at the National Archives

Universal Newsreel, National Archives (catalog record). Story titles and words as Universal’s release sheet gives them; the films themselves may still be under copyright, so we link to the record rather than show them.

Before kickoff

Our ratings going in

Our ratings (scores only)

Michigan 71% to win. Elo’s favorite won.

Michigan leads 6–⁠3–⁠1 in 10 meetings, counting the seven since this game.

Recent meetings
1976Michigan 51, Stanford 0
1975Stanford 19, Michigan 19
1974Michigan 27, Stanford 16
1973Michigan 47, Stanford 10
1971Stanford 13, Michigan 12Rose Bowl
1952Stanford 14, Michigan 7

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