California vs. Michigan

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

1. California’s biggest win1968: California 21, Michigan 7by 14 points
2. Michigan’s biggest win1940: Michigan 41, California 0by 41 points

Head-coach pairings with three or more meetings on file, the series read from California’s side (Willsey 2–⁠2 against Elliott). 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.

Most valuable: as the games’ Wikipedia articles name them (CC BY-SA).

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  1940 · The Ypsilanti daily press, Ypsilanti, Mich., Sep 30, 1940

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  1950 · Evening star, District of Columbia, Jan 7, 1951

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 is listed as played on the field.

• California vs. USC108 meetings, California 31–⁠72–⁠5
• California vs. Stanford105 meetings, California 45–⁠54–⁠6
• California vs. Washington99 meetings, California 41–⁠55–⁠3
• California vs. UCLA95 meetings, California 35–⁠59–⁠1
• 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