Albion at Michigan

Wednesday, October 25, 1905

Michigan beat Albion 70–⁠0. It was their seventh meeting; after it, Michigan led the series 7–⁠0.

AwayAlbion0–⁠1 in 1905
0
HomeMichigan12–⁠1 in 1905
70

FinalHigh 45°F, low 28°F

In the newspapers

  • The The Minneapolis journal's story: WOLVERINES ROLL UP A SCORE OF SEVENTY Journal Special Service.

    The Minneapolis journal, Minneapolis, Minn., October 26, 1905, page 8

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    WOLVERINES ROLL UP A SCORE OF SEVENTY Journal Special Service. JourHa1 special DEVICE. Il. Ann Arbor, Mich, Oct 26.-Michigan put it all over the Albion college yesterday, the final score being 70 to 0. IS The most important feature Of the game for the wolverines was the fact that Norcross, captain and quarter, was put out Of business by a wrenched knee. Norcross did not 20 into the game until towards the close Of the second half, when he took a tackle position. u He was given the ball and, breaking thru the bunch of Albion men, started down the field for touchdown. Bliss, the big captain Of the Meth odtsts, hot-footed after him and after brief sprint nailed him. In the nix-up Norcross wrenched his knee and will be out Of the game for three or four weeks. Embs, who played fullback, made the principal long gains for Michigan. Albion could do moth ing against the wolverines and did not once gain. The lineup: -zT

  • The The daily morning journal and courier's story: NAVAL CADETS WIN. Defeat Agricultural College of Mary land 1S to o.

    The daily morning journal and courier, October 26, 1905, page 1

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    NAVAL CADETS WIN. Defeat Agricultural College of Mary land 1S to o. Annapolis, Md, Oct. 25.-The Naval academy football team won by a score of 17 to 0 against the light team of the Maryland Agricultural college here this afternoon. Halves of fifteen and ten minutes were played and the visitors were outclassed. The midshipmen changed their team to one of suhsti- tutes in the second half. This was the last of the mid-weeki games. Swarth- more will be played on Saturday and is expected to furnish the hardest game of the season. x Ann Arbor, Mich, Oct. .25.-In thirty- nine and one-flalf minutes of actual play the University of Michigan de- feated Albion college to-day at foot ball by score of 70 to 0. Other Games. At Exeter-Phillips- Exeter, 26; liar yard Second, 0. At Swarthmore--Swarthmore, 12; Villa Nova, 5.

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 97% to win. Elo’s favorite won.

Michigan leads 8–⁠0 in eight meetings, counting the one since this game.

Recent meetings
1929Michigan 39, Albion 0
1905Michigan 70, Albion 0
1903Michigan 76, Albion 0
1902Michigan 88, Albion 0
1901Michigan 50, Albion 0
1899Michigan 26, Albion 0

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