Michigan vs. Ohio Northern

Michigan and Ohio Northern have 3 meetings on file, the first in 1903; Michigan leads the series 3–⁠0 in the games on file. Over the last 3 meetings it’s Michigan 3–⁠0, and Michigan has won the last 3.

Michigan wins
3
Ohio Northern wins
0
Ties
0
Earliest on file
1903
Longest streak
3 Michigan
Current streak
3 Michigan
Last 10 meetings
Michigan 3–⁠0
Most recent
1905

The series at a glance

Every meeting by decade, colored by the winner
’0’1’2’3’4’5’6’7’8’9W–L
1900s3–⁠0
Average margin
45.3 points; 0 decided by one score (8 or fewer)
At Michigan
3–⁠0 Michigan’s record at home
Shutouts
3

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

Both programs through the years

End-of-season Elo ratings of Michigan and Ohio Northern, 1903 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 The Birmingham age-herald's story of the 1905 game: MichIoan 2s. Ohio Northern 0.

    1905 · The Birmingham age-herald, Alabama, Oct 12, 1905

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 11, 1905Michigan 23, Ohio Northern 0at Michigan
Oct 5, 1904Michigan 48, Ohio Northern 0at Michigan
Oct 14, 1903Michigan 65, Ohio Northern 0at Michigan

Every game is listed as played on the field.