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Case vs. Michigan

Case and Michigan have 27 meetings on file, the first in 1894; Michigan leads the series 26–⁠0–⁠1 in the games on file. Over the last 10 meetings it’s Michigan 10–⁠0, and Michigan has won the last 13.

Case wins
0
Michigan wins
26
Ties
1
Earliest on file
1894
Longest streak
13 Michigan
Current streak
13 Michigan
Last 10 meetings
Michigan 10–⁠0
Most recent
1923

The series at a glance

’0’1’2’3’4’5’6’7’8’9W–L
1890s0–⁠3
1900s0–⁠10
1910s0–⁠9–⁠1
1920s0–⁠4
Average margin
30 points; 1 decided by one score (8 or fewer)
At Case
0–⁠1 Case’s record at home
At Michigan
25–⁠0–⁠1 Michigan’s record at home
Shutouts
18

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

Games that tell the story

  1. Michigan’s biggest win1914: Michigan 69, Case 0by 69 points

Both programs through the years

End-of-season Elo ratings of Case and Michigan, 1894 on13001500170019001910192019301940

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 morning Astorian's story of the 1904 game: FOOTBALL SCORES.

    1904 · The morning Astorian, Astoria, Oregon, Oct 2, 1904

  • The The Minneapolis journal's story of the 1905 game: CASE SCIENTIFIC WAS SMOTHERED BY MICHIGAN Journal Special Service.

    1905 · The Minneapolis journal, Minneapolis, Minn., Oct 8, 1905

  • The The Minneapolis journal's story of the 1906 game: MICHIGAN TOO BIC FOR THE CASE TEAM Cleveland Eleven Defeated in First Game at Ann Arbor. =. ~ zz ( s.. +:

    1906 · The Minneapolis journal, Minneapolis, Minn., Oct 7, 1906

  • The The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram's story of the 1907 game: Sporting Writer Believes Pres byterians Have a Chance To Hold Michigan. COMPARED WITH EARLHAM. DOPE ON THIS AND THE INDIANA DEPAUW GAME is OF THE MOST INTEREST JUST AT THE PRESENT TIME.

    1907 · The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram, Richmond, Ind., Oct 7, 1907

  • The Omaha daily bee's story of the 1908 game: MINDEN. HASTINGS CASE SCORES ON MICHIGAN Cleveland Scientists Make Good show. ing at Ann ArbOr,

    1908 · Omaha daily bee, Nebraska, Oct 5, 1908

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

Oct 6, 1923Michigan 36, Case 0at Michigan
Oct 7, 1922Michigan 48, Case 0at Michigan
Oct 8, 1921Michigan 65, Case 0at Michigan
Oct 9, 1920Michigan 35, Case 0at Michigan
Oct 4, 1919Michigan 34, Case 0at Michigan
Oct 5, 1918Michigan 33, Case 0at Michigan
Oct 6, 1917Michigan 41, Case 0at Michigan
Oct 7, 1916Michigan 19, Case 3at Michigan
Oct 16, 1915Michigan 14, Case 3at Michigan
Oct 3, 1914Michigan 69, Case 0at Michigan
Oct 4, 1913Michigan 48, Case 0at Michigan
Oct 5, 1912Michigan 34, Case 0at Michigan
Oct 7, 1911Michigan 24, Case 0at Michigan
Oct 8, 1910Michigan 3, Case 3at Michigan
Oct 9, 1909Michigan 3, Case 0at Michigan
Oct 3, 1908Michigan 16, Case 6at Michigan
Oct 5, 1907Michigan 9, Case 0at Michigan
Oct 6, 1906Michigan 28, Case 0at Michigan
Oct 7, 1905Michigan 36, Case 0at Michigan
Oct 1, 1904Michigan 33, Case 0at Michigan
Oct 3, 1903Michigan 31, Case 0at Michigan
Oct 4, 1902Michigan 48, Case 6at Michigan
Oct 5, 1901Michigan 57, Case 0at Michigan
Oct 13, 1900Michigan 24, Case 6at Michigan
Nov 18, 1899Michigan 28, Case 6at Michigan
Oct 19, 1898Michigan 23, Case 5at Michigan
Oct 28, 1894Michigan 18, Case 8at Case

Every game is listed as played on the field.