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.

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

Every meeting by decade, colored by the winner
’0’1’2’3’4’5’6’7’8’9W–L
1890s0–⁠0–⁠1
1900s1–⁠0
1920s1–⁠1
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

End-of-season Elo ratings of Michigan and Ohio Wesleyan, 1897 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 New-York tribune's story of the 1905 game: COLLEGE FOOTBALL ON MANY FIELDS.

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

  • The The Bismarck tribune. (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current's story of the 1927 game: Football Results BIG TEN

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

  • The The Indianapolis times's story of the 1928 game

    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, 1928Ohio Wesleyan 17, Michigan 7at Michigan
Oct 1, 1927Michigan 33, Ohio Wesleyan 0at Michigan
Sep 30, 1905Michigan 65, Ohio Wesleyan 0at Michigan
Oct 9, 1897Michigan 0, Ohio Wesleyan 0at Michigan

Every game is listed as played on the field.