Chicago and Michigan have 26 meetings on file, the first in 1892; Michigan leads the series 19–7 in the games on file. Over the last 10 meetings it’s Michigan 9–1, and Michigan has won the last 3. Share
Head-coach pairings with three or more meetings on file, the series read from Chicago’s side (Stagg 1–2 against Barbour). A season split between coaches goes to the one credited with the game.
Both programs through the years
Chicago MichiganTicks under the axis: each meeting, in the winner’s color
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
1892 · Grand Rapids herald, Grand Rapids, Mich., Nov 13, 1892
1893 · The Indianapolis journal, Indianapolis [Ind.], Dec 1, 1893
1894 · The morning call, San Francisco [Calif.], Nov 30, 1894
1895 · St. Paul daily globe, Minnesota, Nov 29, 1895
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.
From the rivalry’s and its games’ categories on Wikimedia Commons (free licenses only, each credited), and the Library of Congress’s Prints & Photographs Division (no known restrictions on publication).
