Michigan and Pennsylvania have 21 meetings on file, the first in 1899; Michigan leads the series 11–8–2 in the games on file. Over the last 10 meetings it’s Michigan 7–3, and Michigan has won the last 6. Share
Head-coach pairings with three or more meetings on file, the series read from Michigan’s side (Yost 2–0–1 against Brooke). A season split between coaches goes to the one credited with the game.
Both programs through the years
Michigan PennsylvaniaTicks 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
1899 · The Saint Paul globe, St. Paul, Minn., Nov 12, 1899
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.
From the rivalry’s and its games’ categories on Wikimedia Commons (free licenses only, each credited), and the Library of Congress’s Prints & Photographs Division (no known restrictions on publication).
