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spt_MichgianOSU[i-1].body = "It’s simply called “The Game,” perhaps the greatest rivalry in college football.On Saturday, the Ohio State-Michigan game, or Michigan-Ohio State game depending on your rooting interest, meant even more than usual.
It was the first time in 103 meetings that the Big Ten powers were ranked 1-2 in the nation — Ohio State was No. 1 and Michigan was No. 2. Ohio State, by virtue of its 42-39 win, not only captured the league title, but also locked up a spot in the Bowl Championship Series national title game on Jan. 8 at Glendale, Ariz.
According to the Associated Press' Rusty Miller, six of the meetings stand out more than the others. Click on the left to see if you agree.";
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The temperature hovered near 10 degrees and winds whipped the snow at 28 mph. Columbus was paralyzed on Nov. 25, by one of the worst snowstorms ever to hit the area. Yet Michigan and Ohio State played on. Several inches of snow obliterated the yard lines at Ohio Stadium. Long-snappers said when they looked back between their legs they couldn’t even see the punter. And punters played a huge role.
Michigan’s Chuck Ortman punted 24 times for 723 yards. Ohio State’s Vic Janowicz, who won the Heisman Trophy that year, had 685 yards on 21 punts. The teams frequently punted on first down, just to avoid a turnover. Ultimately, it was a turnover — a blocked punt, of course — that provided the difference.
On third-and-6 at the Ohio State 13, Buckeyes coach Wes Fesler instructed Janowicz to punt with Ohio State holding a 3-2 lead. Only 47 seconds remained in the half and it was likely that Ohio State could have run out the clock. But Michigan’s Tony Momsen — whose older brother Bob played for the Buckeyes — blocked the kick and fell on it in the end zone, closing the scoring in a 9-3 Michigan win.
Michigan won the infamous “Snow Bowl” — despite not having a first down and going 0-for-9 passing.
Fesler was fired, and a young coach from Miami (Ohio) named Wayne Woodrow Hayes was eventually hired to take his place.";
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This was the first meeting between Michigan’s Glenn “Bo” Schembechler, and his former boss and good friend, Hayes. A year after Hayes’ Buckeyes cruised past the Wolverines 50-14 on their way to a national championship, Schembechler denied No. 1-ranked Ohio State a second consecutive title with a stunning 24-12 upset in Ann Arbor.";
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No. 4 Michigan had outscored its opponents 235-48. No. 1 Ohio State had a 297-27 scoring edge on its opponents. Both were undefeated and untied. It figured they would play to a 10-10 tie.
After the game, the Big Ten athletic directors met to select the conference’s representative to the Rose Bowl. Even though Michigan’s Mike Lantry missed two field goals in the last 2 minutes and the Wolverines easily won the statistical battle, the ADs voted for Ohio State, driving Schembechler into a frenzy.
“I thought they might give Michigan the opportunity,” says Ohio State tailback Archie Griffin, who would win the Heisman Trophy the next two seasons. “I think they looked at the fact that Dennis Franklin, who was their quarterback, got injured and the fact that they didn’t beat us at home.”";
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Forget polls and championships. If it weren’t for this game, the rivalry might never have bloomed. Michigan was 13-0-2 in the first 15 meetings, winning by scores of 86-0, 34-0 and 40-0 — and that was back when a touchdown was only worth four or five points. The Wolverines had outscored the Buckeyes 369-21 in the series.
Chic Harley, Ohio State’s first football star, scored on a 42-yard run for the game’s only touchdown, punted 10 times for a 40-yard average and intercepted four passes in a 13-3 Buckeyes triumph that jump-started the rivalry.";
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For the second year in a row, Ohio State was unbeaten and ranked No. 2. Michigan had three losses and was a heavy underdog at Ohio Stadium. The Wolverines’ 13-9 shocker — aided by a slippery field when Buckeyes’ All-American cornerback Shawn Springs slipped on Tai Streets’ short catch that turned into a long touchdown — dropped Ohio State just enough in the polls that even when the Buckeyes won the Rose Bowl they ended up No. 2.";
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No. 2 Ohio State was unbeaten coming into the Nov. 23 contest at home against the 12th-ranked Wolverines.
Michigan led 9-7 through three quarters before Buckeyes freshman tailback Maurice Clarett — playing in his only game against the Wolverines — pulled in a 26-yard pass that helped set up Maurice Hall’s 3-yard sweep around right end with 4:55 left to put the Buckeyes in front 14-9.
Quarterback John Navarre was hit by Darrion Scott and fumbled the ball away near the Ohio State 30 with 2:02 left. The Wolverines then forced a punt and got the ball back and moved to the Buckeyes 24. On the final play, Navarre’s pass was intercepted by Will Allen just short of the goal line, preserving the win.
The Buckeyes went on to upset top-ranked Miami 31-24 in double-overtime — their seventh win by seven or fewer points in 14 games — to win their first national title since 1968.";
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Michigan leads series 57-40-6
(Michigan home team in 1897, 1900, '02, '03, '05, '07, '09, '11 and every odd year starting in 1919; Ohio State home team in 1901, '04, '06, '08, '10, '12 and every even year starting in 1918)
2006: Ohio State 42, Michigan 39
2005: Ohio State 25, Michigan 21
2004: Ohio State 37, Michigan 21
2003: Michigan 35, Ohio State 21
2002: Ohio State 14, Michigan 9
2001: Ohio State 26, Michigan 20
2000: Michigan 38, Ohio State 26
1999: Michigan 24, Ohio State 17
1998: Ohio State 31, Michigan 16
1997: Michigan 20, Ohio State 14
1996: Michigan 13, Ohio State 9
1995: Michigan 31, Ohio State 23
1994: Ohio State 22, Michigan 6
1993: Michigan 28, Ohio State 0
1992: Michigan 13, Ohio State 13 (tie)
1991: Michigan 31, Ohio State 3
1990: Michigan 16, Ohio State 13
1989: Michigan 28, Ohio State 18
1988: Michigan 34, Ohio State 31
1987: Ohio State 23, Michigan 20
1986: Michigan 26, Ohio State 24
1985: Michigan 27, Ohio State 17
1984: Ohio State 21, Michigan 6
1983: Michigan 24, Ohio State 21
1982: Ohio State 24, Michigan 14
1981: Ohio State 14, Michigan 9
1980: Michigan 9, Ohio State 3
1979:Ohio State 18, Michigan 15
1978: Michigan 14, Ohio State 3
1977: Michigan 14, Ohio State 6
1976: Michigan 22, Ohio State 0
1975: Ohio State 21, Michigan 14
1974: Ohio State 12, Michigan 10
1973: Michigan 10, Ohio State 10 (tie)
1972: Ohio State 14, Michigan 11
1971: Michigan 10, Ohio State 7
1970: Ohio State 20, Michigan 9
1969: Michigan 24, Ohio State 12
1968: Ohio State 50, Michigan 14
1967: Ohio State 24, Michigan 14
1966: Michigan 17, Ohio State 3
1965: Ohio State 9, Michigan 7
1964: Michigan 10, Ohio State 0
1963: Ohio State 14, Michigan 10
1962: Ohio State 28, Michigan 0
1961: Ohio State 50, Michigan 20
1960: Ohio State 7, Michigan 0
1959: Michigan 23, Ohio State 14
1958: Ohio State 20, Michigan 14
1957: Ohio State 31, Michigan 14
1956: Michigan 19, Ohio State 0
1955: Ohio State 17, Michigan 0
1954: Ohio State 21, Michigan 7
1953: Michigan 20, Ohio State 0
1952: Ohio State 27, Michigan 7
1951: Michigan 7, Ohio State 0
1950: Michigan 9, Ohio State 3
1949: Michigan 7, Ohio State 7 (tie)
1948: Michigan 13, Ohio State 3
1947: Michigan 21, Ohio State 0
1946: Michigan 58, Ohio State 6
1945: Michigan 7, Ohio State 3
1944: Ohio State 18, Michigan 14
1943: Michigan 45, Ohio State 7
1942: Ohio State 21, Michigan 7
1941: Michigan 20, Ohio State 20 (tie)
1940: Michigan 40, Ohio State 0
1939: Michigan 21, Ohio State 14
1938: Michigan 18, Ohio State 0
1937: Ohio State 21, Michigan 0
1936: Ohio State 21, Michigan 0
1935: Ohio State 38, Michigan 0
1934: Ohio State 34, Michigan 0
1933: Michigan 13, Ohio State 0
1932: Michigan 14, Ohio State 0
1931: Ohio State 20, Michigan 7
1930: Michigan 13, Ohio State 0
1929: Ohio State 7, Michigan 0
1928: Ohio State 19, Michigan 7
1927: Michigan 21, Ohio State 0
1926: Michigan 17, Ohio State 16
1925: Michigan 10, Ohio State 0
1924: Michigan 16, Ohio State 6
1923: Michigan 23, Ohio State 0
1922: Michigan 19, Ohio State 0
1921: Ohio State 14, Michigan 0
1920: Ohio State 14, Michigan 7
1919: Ohio State 13, Michigan 3
1918: Michigan 14, Ohio State 0
1912: Michigan 14, Ohio State 0
1911: Michigan 19, Ohio State 0
1910: Michigan 3, Ohio State 3 (tie)
1909: Michigan 33, Ohio State 6
1908: Michigan 10, Ohio State 6
1907: Michigan 22, Ohio State 0
1906: Michigan 6, Ohio State 0
1905: Michigan 40, Ohio State 0
1904: Michigan 31, Ohio State 6
1903: Michigan 36, Ohio State 0
1902: Michigan 86, Ohio State 0
1901: Michigan 21, Ohio State 0
1900: Michigan 0, Ohio State 0 (tie)
1897: Michigan 34, Ohio State 0
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