Michigan vs. Ohio Wesleyan
Michigan and Ohio Wesleyan have 4 meetings on file, the first in 1897; Michigan leads the series 2–1–1 in the games on file. Over the last 4 meetings it’s Michigan 2–1. Share
- Michigan wins
- 2
- Ohio Wesleyan wins
- 1
- Ties
- 1
- Earliest on file
- 1897
- Longest streak
- 2 Michigan
- Current streak
- 1 Ohio Wesleyan
- Last 10 meetings
- Michigan 2–1
- Most recent
- 1928
The series at a glance
- Average margin
- 27 points; 0 decided by one score (8 or fewer)
- At Michigan
- 2–1–1 Michigan’s record at home
- Shutouts
- 2
Every meeting on file, as played. Ranks are the AP poll’s going in.
Both programs through the years
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

1905 · New-York tribune, New York [N.Y.], Oct 1, 1905

1927 · The Bismarck tribune. (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, North Dakota, Oct 1, 1927

1928 · The Indianapolis times, Indianapolis [Ind.], Oct 8, 1928
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 6, 1928 | Ohio Wesleyan 17, Michigan 7 | at Michigan | ||
| Oct 1, 1927 | Michigan 33, Ohio Wesleyan 0 | at Michigan | ||
| Sep 30, 1905 | Michigan 65, Ohio Wesleyan 0 | at Michigan | ||
| Oct 9, 1897 | Michigan 0, Ohio Wesleyan 0 | at Michigan |
Every game is listed as played on the field.