The Snow Bowl
Michigan at Ohio State
Saturday, November 25, 1950 Share
Michigan beat No. 8 Ohio State 9–3.
Michigan beat Ohio State 9–3 in Columbus in a blizzard, without a first down; the teams punted 45 times between them, often on first down, and Michigan went to the Rose Bowl.
FinalHigh 19°F, low 6°F, 12.01 in. of snow, 12.01 in. on the groundAttendance 50,503
In the newspapers

Evening star, District of Columbia, November 27, 1950, page 18 (results column)
Read the text
Saturdays |GridStors CHUCK ORTMANN, Michigan His punting helped bottle up Ohio State as Michigan edged Buckeyes, 9–3. in the snow to win Western Conference cham pionship and probable Rose Bowl bid. ..... GENE MILLER, Northwestern Sprinted IA yards in last period for clinching touchdown in Northwesterns 14–7 upset over Illinois. CLAUDE ARNOLD, Oklahoma Scored twice and chucked one touchdown pass to lead Okla homa to a 1895 triumph over Nebraska. PHIL SABA, Fordham – Scored both touchdowns as Rams BANKED NYU. 1870, in the rain and mud at the polo grounds. HANK LAURICELLA, Tennessee -Chucked 27-yard scoring pass to Bert Rechichar to give Ten nessee q TO victory over pre- viously unbeaten Kentucky. DICK KAZMAIER, Princeton Scored once and set up game winning touchdown as Prince ton defeated Dartmouth, 1877, to finish season unbeaten and united. TED NARLESKI, UCLA-Romped to three touchdowns to lead UCLA to a 800 decision over Southern California. MILFORD (WHIZZER) WHITE, Arizona State – Scored five touchdowns and passed to two others as Arizona State swamped Idaho, 1921. ..-- HENRY DICKERSON, Baylor Booted field goal from 20-yard line with less than minutes of play remaining to give Baylor 80 victory over SMU. SAM BAKER, Oregon State / Scored both touchdowns in Ore gon States 1872 victory over i Oregon. DON HEINRICH AND HUGH McELHENNY, Washington i Heinrich completed II passes ), including two for touchdowns and McElhenny scored five times to pace Washington to q 1921 victory over Washington / State.
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.
Photos from the game

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Before kickoff
Our ratings going in
Our ratings (scores only)
Ohio State 65% to win. Michigan pulled the upset.
The series
Every Michigan–Ohio State gameOfficially, Michigan leads 62–52–6; as played, 62–53–6 in 121 meetings, counting the 74 since this game.
| 2025 | Ohio State 27, Michigan 9 | |
| 2024 | Michigan 13, Ohio State 10 | |
| 2023 | Michigan 30, Ohio State 24 | |
| 2022 | Michigan 45, Ohio State 23 | |
| 2021 | Michigan 42, Ohio State 27 | |
| 2019 | Ohio State 56, Michigan 27 |
Around this game
Michigan
- Next gamevs. CaliforniaJan. 1, 1951, Rose Bowl
- SeasonMichigan in 1950
- ProgramMichigan history and records
Ohio State
- Next gamevs. SMUSept. 29, 1951
- SeasonOhio State in 1950
- ProgramOhio State history and records

