60 - 51- 6*

Michigan dominated the early years of the rivalry, compiling a 12-0-2 record in non-conference match-ups, 1897-1912. (Ohio State joined the Western Conference in 1912, but Michigan left the conference between 1907 and 1917.) Fielding Yost's 1901-1905 "point a minute" teams outscored the Buckeyes 214-6.

1902 OSU game at Regents Field
Michigan captain "Boss" Weeks about to stop Ohio for a loss.
1902 game at Regents Field, Ann Arbor

Michigan won the first conference game between the schools in 1918, but Ohio State then ran off three consecutive wins as Coach Wilce took the measure of Fielding Yost. Michigan responded with a five game winning streak before Ohio State closed the twenties with two victories. Michigan had a 7-5 advantage in the first 12 years of conference play.

Michigan held the edge at the beginning and end of the thirties, but Ohio State thoroughly dominated the middle years. Michigan was 3-1 against Ohio State enroute to claiming four conference titles and two national championships from 1930 to 1933. Ohio State then reeled off four consecutive shutouts, outscoring the Wolverines 112-0. Tom Harmon and Forrest Evashevski led a revived Michigan program to victories in 1938 and 1939. Harmon closed his career with a brilliant performance - rushing for 2 touchdowns, throwing for two, returning an interception for a score and converting 4 extra-points - in Michigan's 40-0 victory at Columbus in 1940.

Ohio State's 1942 national champions defeated Michigan 21-7, but the Buckeyes managed only one more series win during the forties as UM compiled a 6-2-2 advantage. Michigan opened the 1950s with an upset victory in the "Snow Bowl" and defeated Woody Hayes' in his first UM-OSU game in 1951. Over the next eighteen years, teams led by Hayes posted a 12-6 record in the big game. "Bo" and Woody were close to even over the next ten years and then Earl Bruce posted a 5-4 record against Schembechler to complete a 20-year stretch in which only once was a team able to win three games in a row. (UM, 1976-1978). Beginning with Bo's last season, Michigan entered a period of dominance, posting a 9-2-1 record for 1989-2000.  Jim Tressel revived the Buckeye's fortunes with wins in 2001 and 2002, becoming the second Ohio State coach to go 2-0 against the Wolverines.  With his win in 2009 Tressel became the first coach to win six in a row since Fielding Yost won nine from 1901-1909. The last time a team won six games in succession was Michigan's streak of six wins, 1922-1927 under coaches Yost, Little and Wieman. With the 2009 loss, Rich Rodriguez became the first Michigan coach to go 0-2 against the Buckeyes.

In a matchup of a first year coaches in 2011, Brady Hoke and the surprising Wolverines defeated interim coach Luke Fickell's Buckeyes 40-34. The following year started a new Ohio State streak, with Urban Meyer winning six in a row, including a 42-13 win in Jim Harbaugh's series debut in 2015.

In the first overtime game in series history, Meyer extended his streak in 2016 with a 30-27 double overtime win. He joined Fielding Yost as the only coaches to win their first five rivalry games. Meyer continued his mastery over the Wolverines with a 31-20 victory enroute to an undisputed division title and conference championship. Both teams brought 10-1 records to the 2018 showdown for the Eastern Division title. The 4th ranked Wolverines were undefeated in conference play while the #10 Buckeyes had one loss. Redshirt sophomore quarterback Dwayne Haskins led the Buckeyes to a dominant 62-39 win, extending Meyer's unbeaten streak to seven games. Ryan Day succeeded Urban Meyer as head coach in 2019 and kept the OSU streak going, leading the #2 ranked Buckeyes to a 56-27 victory at Michigan Stadium. The 2020 game fell vicitm to the Covid epidemic when Michigan was forced to cancel its final three games.

After stumbling to a 2-4 record in the shortened 2020 season, Michigan was unranked entering 2021, while the Buckeyes were expected to compete for the national title. The Eastern Division title was at stake when the #6 ranked Wolverines (7-1 on conference play) met #2 Ohio State (8-0) in Ann Arbor. Michigan thoroughly dominated the game enroute to a 42-27 win, with Hassan Haksins scoring a series record five touchdowns. The Wolverines defeated Iowa in the Conference title game to claim their first Big Ten crown since 2004. It was #2 vs #3 in Columbus,a with the Bukeyes a slight favorite. Michigan road second-half TD runs of 75 and 85-yards by Donavan Edwards to a convincing 45-23 win, giving the Wolveirne's their first back-to-back victories since 1997. It was once again #2 vs. #3 in 2023. Assistant coach Sherrone Moore led Michigan as coach Jim Harbaugh completed a three-game suspension. Blake Corum set the Michign season rushing TD record with 1 and 22-yard runs. Marvin Harris (5 catches for 118 yards) scored on a 14-yard pass midway throighthe 4th quarter to bring Ohio within three. James Turner's third field goal gave the Wolverines a six point lead with a minute left in the game. Ohio was marching down the field when Rod Moore's interceptionon Michigan's 21-yard line sealed the win.

Chic Harley, 1919 game
Ohio State All-American halfback Chic Harley scored on a 40-yard run in OSU's first series victory in 1919.

The Michigan yearbook's caption for the photo read:
"This is the play that gave Ohio the victory. Harley is making up his mind whether to pass to Stinchcomb or to plunge through Michigan's bewildered line."

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* Ohio win total does not include 2010 win vacated as a result of NCAA violations.


All-Time UM-OSU Results

Date Site Ranking Results Big 10 Finish Attendance
UM OSU W UM OSU UM OSU
10/16/1897 Ann Arbor     UM 36 0 3rd *  
11/24/1900 Ann Arbor     T 0 0 5th *  
11/9/1901 Columbus     UM 21 0 1st *  
10/25/1902 Ann Arbor     UM 86 0 1st *  
11/7/1903 Ann Arbor     UM 36 0 1st * 5,000
10/15/1904 Columbus     UM 31 6 1st * 8,000
11/11/1905 Ann Arbor     UM 40 0 2nd (T) * 8,000
10/20/1906 Columbus     UM 6 0 1st (T) * 6,000
10/26/1907 Ann Arbor     UM 22 0 * * 7,000
10/24/1908 Columbus     UM 10 6 * *  
10/16/1909 Ann Arbor     UM 33 6 * *  
10/22/1910 Columbus     T 3 3 * *  
10/21/1911 Ann Arbor     UM 19 0 * * 5,000
10/19/1912 Columbus     UM 14 0 * * 10,000
11/30/1918 Columbus     UM 14 0 1st (T) 9th 7,000
10/25/1919 Ann Arbor     OSU 3 13 7th 2nd 25,000
Date Site Ranking Results Big 10 Finish Attendance
UM OSU W UM OSU UM OSU
11/6/1920 Columbus     OSU 7 14 6th (T) 1st  
10/22/1921 Ann Arbor (HC)     OSU 0 14 5th (T) 2nd (T) 45,000
10/21/1922 Columbus     UM 19 0 1st (T) 8th 71,000
10/20/1923 Ann Arbor     UM 23 0 1st (T) 8th 50,000
11/15/1924 Columbus     UM 16 6 4th 7th (T) 70,000
11/14/1925 Ann Arbor     UM 10 0 1st 8th 47,000
11/13/1926 Columbus     UM 17 16 1st (T) 3rd 90,411
10/22/1927 Ann Arbor     UM 21 0 3rd 6th 84,401
10/20/1928 Columbus     OSU 7 19 7th 4th (T) 72,439
10/19/1929 Ann Arbor     OSU 0 7 8th 5th (T) 85,088
Date Site Ranking Results Big 10 Finish Attendance
UM OSU W UM OSU UM OSU
10/18/1930 Columbus     UM 13 0 1st (T) 4th (T) 68,459
10/17/1931 Ann Arbor     OSU 7 20 1st (T) 4th 85,026
10/15/1932 Columbus     UM 14 0 1st (T) 4th 40,700
10/21/1933 Ann Arbor (HC)     UM 13 0 1st (T) 3rd 82,606
11/17/1934 Columbus     OSU 0 34 10th 2nd 62,893
11/23/1935 Ann Arbor     OSU 0 38 5th (T) 1st (T) 53,322
11/21/1936 Columbus   18 OSU 0 21 8th (T) 2nd (T) 56,277
11/20/1937 Ann Arbor   19 OSU 0 21 4th (T) 2nd 56,766
11/19/1938 Columbus 17   UM 18 0 2nd (T) 5th 64,413
11/25/1939 Ann Arbor   6 UM 21 14 4th (T) 1st 78,815
Date Site Ranking Results Big 10 Finish Attendance
UM OSU W UM OSU UM OSU
11/23/1940 Columbus 7   UM 40 0 2nd 4th (T) 73,480
11/22/1941 Ann Arbor 5 14 T 20 20 2nd (T) 2nd (T) 84,581
11/21/1942 Columbus 4 5 OSU 7 21 3rd (T) 1st 71,691
11/20/1943 Ann Arbor 4   UM 45 7 1st (T) 8th 39,139
11/2/51944 Columbus 6 3 OSU 14 18 2nd 1st 70,449
11/24/1945 Ann Arbor (HC) 8 7 UM 7 3 2nd 3rd 85,200
11/23/1946 Columbus 8   UM 58 6 2nd 6th (T) 79,735
11/22/1947 Ann Arbor 1   UM 21 0 1st 9th 85,938
11/20/1948 Columbus 1 18 UM 13 3 1st 4th 78,603
11/19/1949 Ann Arbor 5 7 T 7 7 1st (T) 1st (T) 97,239
Date Site Ranking Results Big 10 Finish Attendance
UM OSU W UM OSU UM OSU
11/25/1950 Columbus   8 UM 9 3 1st 2nd 79,868
11/24/1951 Ann Arbor     UM 7 0 4th 5th 93,411
11/22/1952 Columbus 12   OSU 7 27 4th 3rd 81,541
11/21/1953 Ann Arbor     UM 20 0 5th 4th 87,048
11/20/1954 Columbus 12 1 OSU 7 21 2nd (T) 1st 78,447
11/19/1955 Ann Arbor 6 9 OSU 0 17 3rd (T) 1st 97,369
11/24/1956 Columbus 9 12 UM 19 0 2nd 4th (T) 78,830
11/23/1957 Ann Arbor 19 3 OSU 14 31 6th 1st 101,001
11/22/1958 Columbus   11 OSU 14 20 7th 3rd 79,771
11/21/1959 Ann Arbor     UM 23 14 7th 8th (T) 88,804
Date Site Ranking Results Big 10 Finish Attendance
UM OSU W UM OSU UM OSU
11/19/1960 Columbus   10 OSU 0 7 5th 3rd 83,107
11/25/1961 Ann Arbor   2 OSU 20 50 6th 1st 80,444
11/24/1962 Columbus     OSU 0 28 10th 3rd (T) 82,349
11/30/1963 Ann Arbor     OSU 10 14 5th (T) 2nd (T) 36,424
11/21/1964 Columbus 6 7 UM 10 0 1st 2nd 84,685
11/20/1965 Ann Arbor     OSU 7 9 7th (T) 2nd 77,333
11/19/1966 Columbus     UM 17 3 3rd (T) 6th 84,403
11/25/1967 Ann Arbor     OSU 14 24 5th (T) 4th 64,144
11/23/1968 Columbus 4 2 OSU 14 50 2nd 1st 85,371
11/22/1969 Ann Arbor 12 1 UM 24 12 1st (T) 1st (T) 103,588
Date Site Ranking Results Big 10 Finish Attendance
UM OSU W UM OSU UM OSU
11/21/1970 Columbus 4 5 OSU 9 20 2nd (T) 1st 87,331
11/20/1971 Ann Arbor 3   UM 10 7 1st 3rd (T) 104,016
11/25/1972 Columbus 3 9 OSU 11 14 1st (T) 1st (T) 87,040
11/24/1973 Ann Arbor 4 1 T 10 10 1st (T) 1st (T) 105,233
11/23/1974 Columbus 3 4 OSU 10 12 1st (T) 1st (T) 88,234
11/22/1975 Ann Arbor 5 3 OSU 14 21 2nd 1st 105,543
11/20/1976 Columbus 4 8 UM 22 0 1st (T) 1st (T) 88,250
11/19/1977 Ann Arbor 5 4 UM 14 6 1st (T) 1st (T) 105,312
11/25/1978 Columbus 6 16 UM 14 3 1st (T) 4th 88,358
11/17/1979 Ann Arbor 13 2 OSU 15 18 3rd 1st 106,255
Date Site Ranking Results Big 10 Finish Attendance
UM OSU W UM OSU UM OSU
11/22/1980 Columbus 10 5 UM 9 3 1st 2nd 88,827
11/21/1981 Ann Arbor 7   OSU 9 14 3rd (T) 1st 106,043
11/20/1982 Columbus 13   OSU 14 24 1st (T) 2nd 90,252
11/19/1983 Ann Arbor 8 10 UM 24 21 2nd 4th 106,115
11/17/1984 Columbus   11 OSU 6 21 6th 1st 90,286
11/23/1985 Ann Arbor 6 12 UM 27 17 2nd 4th (T) 106,102
11/22/1986 Columbus 6 7 UM 26 24 1st (T) 1st (T) 103,169
11/21/1987 Ann Arbor     OSU 20 23 4th th 106,031
11/19/1988 Columbus 12   UM 34 31 1st 7th 90,176
11/25/1989 Ann Arbor 3 20 UM 28 18 1st 3rd 103,450
Date Site Ranking Results Big 10 Finish Attendance
UM OSU W UM OSU UM OSU
11/24/1990 Columbus 15 19 UM 16 13 1st (T) 5th 90,054
11/23/1991 Ann Arbor 4 18 UM 31 3 1st 3rd 106,156
11/21/1992 Columbus 6 17 T 13 13 1st 2nd 95,330
11/20/1993 Ann Arbor   5 UM 28 0 4th 1st (T) 106,867
11/19/1994 Columbus 15 22 OSU 6 22 3rd 2nd 93,869
11/25/1995 Ann Arbor 18 2 UM 31 23 3rd 2nd 106,288
11/23/1996 Columbus 21 2 UM 13 9 5th (T) 1st 94,676
11/22/1997 Ann Arbor 1 4 UM 20 14 1st 2nd 106,982
11/21/1998 Columbus 11 7 OSU 16 31 1st (T) 1st (T) 94,339
11/20/1999 Ann Arbor 10   UM 24 17 2nd (T) 8th 111,575
Date Site Ranking Results Big 10 Finish Attendance
UM OSU W UM OSU UM OSU
11/18/2000 Columbus 19 12 UM 38 26 1st (T) 4th 98,568
11/24/2001 Ann Arbor 11   OSU 20 26 2nd (T) 3rd 111,571
11/23/2002 Columbus 12 2 OSU  9 14 3rd 1st 105,539
11/22/2003 Ann Arbor 5 4 UM 35 21 1st 2nd 112,118
11/20/2004 Columbus 7   OSU 21 37 1st (T) 5th (T) 105,456
11/19/2005 Ann Arbor 17 8 OSU 21 25 3rd (T) 1st (T) 111,591
11/18/2006 Columbus 2 1 OSU 39 42 2nd (T) 1st 105,708
11/17/2007 Ann Arbor 23 7 OSU 3 14 2nd (T) 1st 111,941
11/22/2008 Columbus 10 OSU 7 42 9th (T) 1st (T) 105,564
11/21/2009 Ann Arbor 9 OSU 10 21 10th (T) 1st 110,992
Date Site Ranking Results Big 10 Finish Attendance
UM OSU W UM OSU UM OSU
11/27/2010 Columbus 8 OSU$ 7 37 7th (T) 1st (T) 105,491
11/26/2011 Ann Arbor 17   UM 40 34 2nd+ 4th+ 114,132**
11/24/2012 Columbus 20 4 OSU 21 26 2nd+ 1st+ 105,899
11/30/2013 Ann Arbor   3 OSU 41 42 5th+ 1st+ 113,511
11/29/2014 Columbus   7 OSU 28 42 4th@ 1st@ 108,610
11/28/2015 Ann Arbor 12 8 OSU 13 42 3rd@ 2nd@ 111,829
11/26/2016 Columbus 3 2 OSU 27 30 3rd@ 1st (T)@ 110,045**
11/25/2017 Ann Arbor - 8 OSU 20 31 4th@ 1st @ 112,028
11/24/2018 Columbus 4 10 OSU 39 62 1st(T)@ 1st (T)@ 106,588
11/30/2019 Ann Arbor 10 2 OSU 27 56 3rd@ 1st @ 112,071
Date Site Ranking Results Big 10 Finish Attendance
UM OSU W UM OSU UM OSU
12/12/2020 Columbus cancelled 5th@ 1st @  
11/27/2021 Ann Arbor 6 2 UM 42 27 1st (T)@ 1st (T)@ 111,156
11/26/2022 Columbus 3 2 UM 45 23 1st @ 2nd@ 107,787
11/25/2023 Ann Arbor 3 2 UM 30 24 1st @ 2nd@ 110,615

* = not in Big Ten Conference
$ =Ohio vacated win as result of NCAA penalties
+= finish in Legends/ (UM) and Leaders (Ohio) divisions
@=finish in Eastern division
**=stadium record




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