Albion vs. Michigan

Albion and Michigan have 8 meetings on file, the first in 1892; Michigan leads the series 8–⁠0 in the games on file. Over the last 8 meetings it’s Michigan 8–⁠0, and Michigan has won the last 8.

Albion wins
0
Michigan wins
8
Ties
0
Earliest on file
1892
Longest streak
8 Michigan
Current streak
8 Michigan
Last 10 meetings
Michigan 8–⁠0
Most recent
1929

The series at a glance

Every meeting by decade, colored by the winner
’0’1’2’3’4’5’6’7’8’9W–L
1890s0–⁠3
1900s0–⁠4
1920s0–⁠1
Average margin
52.1 points; 0 decided by one score (8 or fewer)
At Michigan
8–⁠0 Michigan’s record at home
Shutouts
6

Every meeting on file, as played. Ranks are the AP poll’s going in.

Games that tell the story

  1. Michigan’s biggest win1902: Michigan 88, Albion 0by 88 points

Both programs through the years

End-of-season Elo ratings of Albion and Michigan, 1892 on13001500170019001900192019401960198020002020

Our Elo rating at the end of each season, a measure of how strong a team was, not a forecast; 1500 is an average FBS team.

From the newspapers

  • The The Minneapolis journal's story of the 1905 game: WOLVERINES ROLL UP A SCORE OF SEVENTY Journal Special Service.

    1905 · The Minneapolis journal, Minneapolis, Minn., Oct 26, 1905

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 earliest meetings with a story on file; each game’s page has the full text.

Every game

Sep 27, 1929Michigan 39, Albion 0at Michigan
Oct 25, 1905Michigan 70, Albion 0at Michigan
Oct 8, 1903Michigan 76, Albion 0at Michigan
Sep 27, 1902Michigan 88, Albion 0at Michigan
Sep 28, 1901Michigan 50, Albion 0at Michigan
Oct 7, 1899Michigan 26, Albion 0at Michigan
Oct 13, 1894Michigan 26, Albion 10at Michigan
Nov 5, 1892Michigan 60, Albion 8at Michigan

Every game is listed as played on the field.