Michigan vs. Wittenberg

Michigan and Wittenberg have 2 meetings on file, the first in 1896; Michigan leads the series 2–⁠0 in the games on file. Over the last 2 meetings it’s Michigan 2–⁠0, and Michigan has won the last 2.

Michigan wins
2
Wittenberg wins
0
Ties
0
Earliest on file
1896
Longest streak
2 Michigan
Current streak
2 Michigan
Last 10 meetings
Michigan 2–⁠0
Most recent
1897

Both programs through the years

End-of-season Elo ratings of Michigan and Wittenberg, 1896 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 The Saint Paul globe's story of the 1897 game: WITTENBERG WEAK. Shut Out by the University of Mich igen.

    1897 · The Saint Paul globe, St. Paul, Minn., Nov 21, 1897

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

Nov 20, 1897Michigan 32, Wittenberg 0at Michigan
Nov 21, 1896Michigan 28, Wittenberg 0at Michigan

Every game is listed as played on the field.