Northwestern at Michigan

Saturday, October 19, 1901

Michigan beat Northwestern 29–⁠0. It was their fourth meeting; after it, Michigan led the series 3–⁠1.

AwayNorthwestern8–⁠2–⁠1 in 1901
0
HomeMichigan11–⁠0 in 1901
29

FinalHigh 63°F, low 41°F

In the newspapers

  • The New-York tribune's story: ran twenty yards down the field The game ended 4 afr lineup: MICHIGAN. %; NORTHWESTERN. O..

    New-York tribune, New York, October 20, 1901, page 10

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    ran twenty yards down the field The game ended 4 afr lineup: MICHIGAN. %; NORTHWESTERN. O.. Ann Arbor Mich. Oct. 19--N1chigan defea1eu Northwestern on Regents Field this afternoon by score of % to before the largest crowd tha’ has attended a football game here in many years Michigan kept the ball in Northwesterns terri tory throughout almost the entire game, ana nc quently held the Chicago men for downs Nor,nwestern was also outpunted by many yards on each exchange of kicks. The ends OF both teams played spIenddly, and few gains were MADE Sy elmer side around the ends. Several uTasS – Michigan men broke through Northwestern L LI’ and blocked punts Heston, OF Michigan. and john SON. OF Northwestern. played especially well Lns field in fine condition and the weather Wa

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 74 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

Around this game

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