The Michigan-Ohio State football rivalry is an American college football game played annually between the University of Michigan Wolverines and The Ohio State University Buckeyes. The two Midwest state universities first met in 1897, and the rivalry has been played annually since 1918. The game was ranked by ESPN in 2000 as the greatest North American sports rivalry. Most of the games from the 1970s through the mid-2000s determined the Big Ten Conference title and the resulting Rose Bowl Game match ups. The Michigan-OSU game is played at the end of the regular season since 1935, and has been held at Ohio Stadium since 1922 and Michigan Stadium since 1927.
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The Michigan-Ohio State football rivalry is an American college football game played annually between the University of Michigan Wolverines and The Ohio State University Buckeyes. The two Midwest state universities first met in 1897, and the rivalry has been played annually since 1918. Most of the games from the 1970s through the mid-2000s determined the Big Ten Conference title and the resulting Rose Bowl Game match ups. The game was ranked by ESPN in 2000 as the greatest North American sports rivalry. Since 1918, the game’s site has alternated between Columbus, Ohio, and Ann Arbor, Michigan. The first game in Ohio Stadium took place on October 21, 1922, the day the stadium was dedicated in Columbus. Michigan won three of four contests between 1930 and 1933, claiming the national championship twice. In 1941, Michigan and Ohio State met for the first time with each team ranked in the AP Poll, which had started in 1936. The Wolverines won by 40–0, the final game of what some consider to be the greatest team in Michigan history, and was the final collegiate game of Howard Yerges’ career. The Buckeyes ran off four straight shutout victories against Michigan, outscoring the Wolverines 114–0 from 1934 to 1937. Since 1934, every Ohio State player receives a gold pants pendant after a victory against Michigan. In 1940, the Buckeyes played the 5th-ranked Wolverines to a 20–20 tie in Ann Arbor. In 1945, Michigan quarterback Howard Yerser led a 7–3 victory over Ohio State, which was the first of many historic games between the two teams.
For many years the game aired on ABC, usually in the 12 p.m. Eastern time slot. Beginning with the 2017 season, thegame airs on Fox as a result of that network acquiring theBig Ten’s tier 1 rights in the most recent broadcasting contract. The Michigan-OSU game is played at the end of the regular season since 1935, and has been held at Ohio Stadium since 1922 and Michigan Stadium since 1927. It is played on the same day as the Ohio State-Michigan game, which is held on the final day of the football season on October 31, each year at 4:30 p. m. Eastern time. Michigan has won the last three games in a row, including a 34-0 victory in the 2008 season opener at Michigan Stadium. Ohio State won the first game of the series 13–3 in 1919, but Michigan won the next five games before OSU picked up the final two victories of the decade. The teams played their first conference matchup in 1918, with Michigan prevailing 14–0 and lodging its eleventh shutout over the Buckeye. The series record stands at 19–5–2 in favor of Michigan, with Ohio State winning the following two contests as well, to bring the series record to 13-3–2. In 2010, Ohio State and Michigan have decided the Big League Conference championship between themselves on 22 different occasions, and have affected the determination of the conference title an additional 27 times.
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