Kalamazoo vs. Michigan

Kalamazoo and Michigan have 5 meetings on file, the first in 1899; Michigan leads the series 5–⁠0 in the games on file. Over the last 5 meetings it’s Michigan 5–⁠0, and Michigan has won the last 5.

Kalamazoo wins
0
Michigan wins
5
Ties
0
Earliest on file
1899
Longest streak
5 Michigan
Current streak
5 Michigan
Last 10 meetings
Michigan 5–⁠0
Most recent
1917

The series at a glance

Every meeting by decade, colored by the winner
’0’1’2’3’4’5’6’7’8’9W–L
1890s0–⁠1
1900s0–⁠3
1910s0–⁠1
Average margin
45.4 points; 0 decided by one score (8 or fewer)
At Michigan
5–⁠0 Michigan’s record at home
Shutouts
4

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

Games that tell the story

  1. Michigan’s biggest win1904: Michigan 95, Kalamazoo 0by 95 points

Both programs through the years

End-of-season Elo ratings of Kalamazoo and Michigan, 1899 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 1904 game: MIOHIGAN'S BIG SCORE Kalamazoo Offered No Resistance to the Wolverines.

    1904 · The Minneapolis journal, Minneapolis, Minn., Oct 10, 1904

  • The Rock Island Argus's story of the 1917 game: MICHIGAN SWAMPS -- KALAMAZOO BY 600

    1917 · Rock Island Argus, Rock Island, Ill., Nov 5, 1917

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

Nov 3, 1917Michigan 62, Kalamazoo 0at Michigan
Oct 4, 1905Michigan 44, Kalamazoo 0at Michigan
Oct 8, 1904Michigan 95, Kalamazoo 0at Michigan
Oct 6, 1900Michigan 11, Kalamazoo 0at Michigan
Nov 25, 1899Michigan 24, Kalamazoo 9at Michigan

Every game is listed as played on the field.