Ohio State at Michigan
Saturday, November 24, 1951 Share
Michigan beat Ohio State 7–0. It was their 48th meeting; after it, Michigan led the series 32–12–4 as played.
FinalHigh 34°F, low 22°FAttendance 95,000
In the newspapers

Evening star, District of Columbia, November 25, 1951, page 52
Read the text
Michigan Beats Ohio State, 20, 5000 See TeIevised Game afternoon. Putich called the play three times in the drive, twice to Topor and once to Don Zanfagna sub quarterback. Peterson and Halfback Tom Witherspoon filled in with short runs and Peterson smashed of tackle and slanted into the enc zone for the only touchdown OF the day. Russ Rescorla converted Despite pre-game Ohio State favoritism, Michigan maintained the sanctity of its home grounds which have not been the scene of an Ohio State victory since 8 21–0 affair in 1887. Michigan, closing the year with a As record, poorest in Is years had control all the way, moving inside the Buckeye 10 three times The near Sellout crowd brought the season attendance total al Ann Arbor games to 401 ,839, { drop from last years total o1 492.867
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 53% to win. Elo’s favorite won.
The series
Every Ohio State–Michigan gameOfficially, Michigan leads 62–52–6; as played, 62–53–6 in 121 meetings, counting the 73 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
Ohio State
- Next gamevs. IndianaSept. 27, 1952
- SeasonOhio State in 1951
- ProgramOhio State history and records
Michigan
- Next gamevs. Michigan StateSept. 27, 1952
- SeasonMichigan in 1951
- ProgramMichigan history and records

