Michigan vs. Mount Union

Michigan and Mount Union first met in 1913 and have played 7 times; Michigan leads the series 7–⁠0. Over the last 7 meetings it’s Michigan 7–⁠0, and Michigan has won the last 7.

Michigan wins
7
Mount Union wins
0
Ties
0
First meeting
1913
Longest streak
7 Michigan
Current streak
7 Michigan
Last 10 meetings
Michigan 7–⁠0
Most recent
1929

The series at a glance

Every meeting by decade, colored by the winner
’0’1’2’3’4’5’6’7’8’9W–L
1910s5–⁠0
1920s2–⁠0
Average margin
31.1 points; 0 decided by one score (8 or fewer)
At Michigan
7–⁠0 Michigan’s record at home
Shutouts
5

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

Games that tell the story

  1. Michigan’s biggest win1917: Michigan 69, Mount Union 0by 69 points

Both programs through the years

End-of-season Elo ratings of Michigan and Mount Union, 1913 on1300150017001900192019401960198020002020

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 Norwich bulletin's story of the 1914 game: Mount Union Scored on Michigan.

    1914 · Norwich bulletin, Connecticut, Oct 8, 1914

  • The Evening star's story of the 1915 game: WOLVERINES ON TOP. Mount Union Eleven Fights Stub bornly. But Is Defeated, IS to O.

    1915 · Evening star, Washington, D.C., Oct 10, 1915

  • The The Topeka state journal's story of the 1916 game: SATURDAY FOOTBALL SCORES

    1916 · The Topeka state journal, Topeka, Kansas, Oct 16, 1916

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

Sep 28, 1929Michigan 16, Mount Union 6at Michigan
Oct 1, 1921Michigan 44, Mount Union 0at Michigan
Oct 13, 1917Michigan 69, Mount Union 0at Michigan
Oct 14, 1916Michigan 26, Mount Union 0at Michigan
Oct 9, 1915Michigan 35, Mount Union 0at Michigan
Oct 7, 1914Michigan 27, Mount Union 7at Michigan
Oct 11, 1913Michigan 14, Mount Union 0at Michigan

Every game is listed as played on the field.