Michigan Football Box Scores / Play-by-Plays

The Box Score/Play-by-Play for a game may include an official summary of game statistics (usually for both teams, but sometimes only for U-M), a complete play-by-play rundown of the game, team and individual statistics, and occasionally a summary narrative of game action and post-game comments from coaches. The documentation for a given game may include only the official summary or just the play-by-play. For some games there is no box score or play-by-play available. In a few years there are Big Ten or season final statistics and for a couple seasons there are records of player minutes played.

The condition and quality of the original records varies considerably. Forms were sometimes completed in faint pencil or light colored ink, mimeographed and carbon copies often have poor contrast or have faded with time. Documents were sometimes scanned at intentionally low exposures in an attempt to make the text as legible as possible. Occasionally a page was scanned twice at different exposures to improve legibility in different sections of the document. The originals are housed at the Bentley Historical Library as part of the University of Michigan Athletic Department Records.

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Last updated: 12/1/2023
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