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Ohio State at Michigan

Saturday, November 19, 1955

Ohio State beat Michigan 17–⁠0. It was their 52nd meeting; after it, Michigan led the series 33–⁠15–⁠4 as played.

AwayOhio State7–⁠2 in 1955
17
HomeMichigan7–⁠2 in 1955
0

FinalHigh 35°F, low 27°F, 2.99 in. of snow, 2.99 in. on the groundAttendance 97,369

In the newspapers

  • The Evening star's story: Terps Beat GW> Stay Unbeaten Ohio State Crushes Michigan 1910 Victory 4th Shutout For Maryland

    Evening star, November 20, 1955, page 68

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    Terps Beat GW> Stay Unbeaten Ohio State Crushes Michigan 1910 Victory 4th Shutout For Maryland = =. Maryland wrapped up its third perfect football season in the last five years yesterday with Ia rather routine 1870 victory over George Washington before IT, 600 heavily-bundled spectators in Byrd Stadium. The Terps thus swept their 1855 schedule and extended their winning streak to Is straight over two seasons, record that will add luster to their Orange Bowl meeting with Oklahoma January 2 in Miami. Maryland scored its three touchdowns in the first half. and

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

  • OHIO STATE–MICHIGANThe upset of the week as Ohio State's Buckeyes derail Michigan's "Rose Bowl Express," in a hard-fought, action-filled grid thriller.Universal Newsreel, November 21, 1955. 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)

Ohio State 50% to win. Elo’s favorite won.

The series

Every Ohio State–Michigan game

Officially, Michigan leads 62–⁠52–⁠6; as played, 62–⁠53–⁠6 in 121 meetings, counting the 69 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

Around this game

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Michigan