Army vs. Michigan

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

1. Army’s biggest win1950: Army 27, Michigan 6by 21 points
2. Michigan’s biggest win1956: Michigan 48, Army 14by 34 points
3. Ranked showdown1946: Army 20, Michigan 13No. 2 Army at No. 4 Michigan
4. Ranked showdown1949: Army 21, Michigan 7No. 7 Army at No. 1 Michigan
5. Ranked showdown1945: Army 28, Michigan 7No. 9 Michigan at No. 1 Army
6. Ranked showdown1950: Army 27, Michigan 6No. 18 Michigan at No. 1 Army

Head-coach pairings with three or more meetings on file, the series read from Army’s side (Blaik 3–⁠2 against Oosterbaan). A season split between coaches goes to the one credited with the game.

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.

Biggest days: the week’s best individual games by our big-days rule, from box scores (2004 on).

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  1945 · The Waterbury Democrat, Oct 19, 1945

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  1946 · Evening star, Oct 13, 1946

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  1949 · Evening star, Oct 9, 1949

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  1950 · Evening star, District of Columbia, Oct 15, 1950

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  1954 · Evening star, Oct 3, 1954

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.

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  The 2019 game

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  The 2019 game

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  The 2019 game

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  The 2019 game

From the rivalry’s and its games’ categories on Wikimedia Commons (free licenses only, each credited).

Every game is listed as played on the field.

• Army vs. Navy125 meetings, Army 55–⁠63–⁠7
• Army vs. Air Force60 meetings, Army 21–⁠38–⁠1
• Army vs. Notre Dame52 meetings, Army 8–⁠40–⁠4
• Army vs. Yale46 meetings, Army 16–⁠22–⁠8
• Michigan vs. Ohio State121 meetings, Michigan 62–⁠53–⁠6
• Michigan vs. Michigan State118 meetings, Michigan 75–⁠38–⁠5
• Michigan vs. Minnesota107 meetings, Michigan 78–⁠26–⁠3
• Michigan vs. Illinois98 meetings, Michigan 72–⁠24–⁠2