Case at Michigan

Saturday, October 7, 1916

Michigan beat Case 19–⁠3. It was their 20th meeting; after it, Michigan led the series 19–⁠0–⁠1.

AwayCase0–⁠3 in 1916
3
HomeMichigan7–⁠2 in 1916
19

FinalHigh 76°F, low 45°FAttendance 2,906

In the newspapers

  • The The sun's story: WOLVERINES DOWN CASE. NichiaRn Defeats Ri>nIs for Nine- teenth Timc-scorc. 10 10 u.

    The sun, New York, October 8, 1916, page 18

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    WOLVERINES DOWN CASE. NichiaRn Defeats Ri>nIs for Nine- teenth Timc-scorc. 10 10 u. ANN ARuoE. Mich. oct Case COL lcgc tried to-day for the nineteenth ‘inc 10 defeat the University ~ Michigtu football eleven and failed – to o. “ arm wcathsr told “n the PLAYERS and the crushing power of Michigau’s offens!ve was too much for the lighter eleven from onto. Case started N” scoring with n placement goal M the first pciiod. Mie eiEan. res rtlug – straight football most of the time. battered the Case line effectively th”reaf-e sparks ard MtuhrtSch starred for Mich’Gan Ashhaurh PLAYED Well for Case

  • The New-York tribune's story: Michigan Humbles Case

    New-York tribune, New York [N.Y.], October 8, 1916, page 1

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    Michigan Humbles Case Ann Afbor, Mich. Oct Case school tried to-day. for the nineteenth time, 10 defeat the University Of Michigan football eleven. and failed. The score was 10 to 3. Warm weather told on the players, and the crushing power of Michigan’s offensive was too much for the lighter eleven from Ohio.

  • The Arizona republican's story: FOOTBALL FINALS

    Arizona republican, October 8, 1916, page 10 (results column)

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    FOOTBALL FINALS l Princeton, 29; North Carolina, 0. Yale, 6l; Virginia. g. Nebraska, B; Drake, 0. ! tSub) Montana, II; South Da- kOta. c. Wisconsin, 70; Lawrence Col l lege, 0. Michigan 19: Case. 3. Navy, 13; Georgetown, |. Trft. 7: Harvard, 3. University of Colorado, 16, Wy 0ming. 1o 1 At Tucson. Ariz.-DOuglas Y. M. c. A., 0; University of Ari- IZona, 1G.

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 89% to win. Elo’s favorite won.

Michigan leads 26–⁠0–⁠1 in 27 meetings, counting the seven since this game.

Recent meetings
1923Michigan 36, Case 0
1922Michigan 48, Case 0
1921Michigan 65, Case 0
1920Michigan 35, Case 0
1919Michigan 34, Case 0
1918Michigan 33, Case 0

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