Michigan and Northwestern have 78 meetings on file, the first in 1892; Michigan leads the series 61–15–2 in the games on file. Over the last 10 meetings it’s Michigan 9–1, and Michigan has won the last 9. The winner takes home the George Jewitt Trophy, played for since about 2021. Michigan has held it since the 2021 game. Share
Who holds it comes from the games on file: the winner of the latest regular-season meeting since about 2021 (bowl rematches aren’t played for it); a tie leaves it with the holder (the usual rule; the article doesn’t say). The rivalry’s article counts the games for it: Michigan, 3–0. From Wikipedia’s list of rivalry games and the rivalry’s article (CC BY-SA). More on the George Jewitt Trophy.
Head-coach pairings with three or more meetings on file, the series read from Michigan’s side (Kipke 2–1 against Hanley). A season split between coaches goes to the one credited with the game.
Both programs through the years
Michigan NorthwesternTicks 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
1898 · The Saint Paul globe, St. Paul, Minn., Nov 6, 1898
1924 · Evening star, District of Columbia, Nov 9, 1924
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.
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