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Michigan vs. Ohio State. First played in 1897.

Michigan leads 62–53–6 in The Game through 2025. Ohio State won the last meeting, 27–9, in 2025.

All-time62–53–6Michigan's record, 121 meetings
Last 104–6Michigan's record
Since 20007–18Michigan's record
Current streak1Ohio State win
First meeting1897Michigan 36–0

How did The Game start?

Michigan beat Ohio State 34-0 in Ann Arbor in the first meeting in 1897, and the teams have played every year since 1918 except 2020, when COVID-19 cases on Michigan's team canceled the game. It has closed the regular season almost every year since 1935 and often decides the Big Ten title, the Rose Bowl berth and sometimes a shot at the national championship. The 1950 Snow Bowl was played in a Columbus blizzard with 45 punts, and the Ten-Year War between Woody Hayes and Bo Schembechler began with Michigan's 1969 upset of top-ranked Ohio State. In 2006 the teams met unbeaten and ranked first and second in the BCS, and Ohio State won 42-39. Since 1934 Ohio State players have received a small gold pair of pants for beating Michigan.

What are the most famous The Game games?

  • 1950: Snow BowlMichigan won 9-3 in a blizzard in Columbus, with the teams combining for 45 punts, to clinch the Big Ten and a Rose Bowl trip.Final: Michigan 9–3
  • 1969: Start of the Ten-Year WarBo Schembechler's Michigan upset Woody Hayes' top-ranked Buckeyes 24-12 in Ann Arbor.Final: Michigan 24–12
  • 2006: No. 1 vs. No. 2Both teams came in 11-0 and held the top two BCS spots, and Ohio State won 42-39 in Columbus.Final: Ohio State 42–39

How has the The Game series swung?

565628281897: Michigan 36–01900: tie, 0–01901: Michigan 21–01902: Michigan 86–01903: Michigan 36–01904: Michigan 31–61905: Michigan 40–01906: Michigan 6–01907: Michigan 22–01908: Michigan 10–61909: Michigan 33–61910: tie, 3–31911: Michigan 19–01912: Michigan 14–01918: Michigan 14–01919: Ohio State 13–31920: Ohio State 14–71921: Ohio State 14–01922: Michigan 19–01923: Michigan 23–01924: Michigan 16–61925: Michigan 10–01926: Michigan 17–161927: Michigan 21–01928: Ohio State 19–71929: Ohio State 7–01930: Michigan 13–01931: Ohio State 20–71932: Michigan 14–01933: Michigan 13–01934: Ohio State 34–01935: Ohio State 38–01936: Ohio State 21–01937: Ohio State 21–01938: Michigan 18–01939: Michigan 21–141940: Michigan 40–01941: tie, 20–201942: Ohio State 21–71943: Michigan 45–71944: Ohio State 18–141945: Michigan 7–31946: Michigan 58–61947: Michigan 21–01948: Michigan 13–31949: tie, 7–71950: Michigan 9–31951: Michigan 7–01952: Ohio State 27–71953: Michigan 20–01954: Ohio State 21–71955: Ohio State 17–01956: Michigan 19–01957: Ohio State 31–141958: Ohio State 20–141959: Michigan 23–141960: Ohio State 7–01961: Ohio State 50–201962: Ohio State 28–01963: Ohio State 14–101964: Michigan 10–01965: Ohio State 9–71966: Michigan 17–31967: Ohio State 24–141968: Ohio State 50–141969: Michigan 24–121970: Ohio State 20–91971: Michigan 10–71972: Ohio State 14–111973: tie, 10–101974: Ohio State 12–101975: Ohio State 21–141976: Michigan 22–01977: Michigan 14–61978: Michigan 14–31979: Ohio State 18–151980: Michigan 9–31981: Ohio State 14–91982: Ohio State 24–141983: Michigan 24–211984: Ohio State 21–61985: Michigan 27–171986: Michigan 26–241987: Ohio State 23–201988: Michigan 34–311989: Michigan 28–181990: Michigan 16–131991: Michigan 31–31992: tie, 13–131993: Michigan 28–01994: Ohio State 22–61995: Michigan 31–231996: Michigan 13–91997: Michigan 20–141998: Ohio State 31–161999: Michigan 24–172000: Michigan 38–262001: Ohio State 26–202002: Ohio State 14–92003: Michigan 35–212004: Ohio State 37–212005: Ohio State 25–212006: Ohio State 42–392007: Ohio State 14–32008: Ohio State 42–72009: Ohio State 21–102010: Ohio State 37–72011: Michigan 40–342012: Ohio State 26–212013: Ohio State 42–412014: Ohio State 42–282015: Ohio State 42–132016: Ohio State 30–272017: Ohio State 31–202018: Ohio State 62–392019: Ohio State 56–272021: Michigan 42–272022: Michigan 45–232023: Michigan 30–242024: Michigan 13–102025: Ohio State 27–91900192019401960198020002020 Michigan won ↑Ohio State won ↓ 565628281897: Michigan 36–01900: tie, 0–01901: Michigan 21–01902: Michigan 86–01903: Michigan 36–01904: Michigan 31–61905: Michigan 40–01906: Michigan 6–01907: Michigan 22–01908: Michigan 10–61909: Michigan 33–61910: tie, 3–31911: Michigan 19–01912: Michigan 14–01918: Michigan 14–01919: Ohio State 13–31920: Ohio State 14–71921: Ohio State 14–01922: Michigan 19–01923: Michigan 23–01924: Michigan 16–61925: Michigan 10–01926: Michigan 17–161927: Michigan 21–01928: Ohio State 19–71929: Ohio State 7–01930: Michigan 13–01931: Ohio State 20–71932: Michigan 14–01933: Michigan 13–01934: Ohio State 34–01935: Ohio State 38–01936: Ohio State 21–01937: Ohio State 21–01938: Michigan 18–01939: Michigan 21–141940: Michigan 40–01941: tie, 20–201942: Ohio State 21–71943: Michigan 45–71944: Ohio State 18–141945: Michigan 7–31946: Michigan 58–61947: Michigan 21–01948: Michigan 13–31949: tie, 7–71950: Michigan 9–31951: Michigan 7–01952: Ohio State 27–71953: Michigan 20–01954: Ohio State 21–71955: Ohio State 17–01956: Michigan 19–01957: Ohio State 31–141958: Ohio State 20–141959: Michigan 23–141960: Ohio State 7–01961: Ohio State 50–201962: Ohio State 28–01963: Ohio State 14–101964: Michigan 10–01965: Ohio State 9–71966: Michigan 17–31967: Ohio State 24–141968: Ohio State 50–141969: Michigan 24–121970: Ohio State 20–91971: Michigan 10–71972: Ohio State 14–111973: tie, 10–101974: Ohio State 12–101975: Ohio State 21–141976: Michigan 22–01977: Michigan 14–61978: Michigan 14–31979: Ohio State 18–151980: Michigan 9–31981: Ohio State 14–91982: Ohio State 24–141983: Michigan 24–211984: Ohio State 21–61985: Michigan 27–171986: Michigan 26–241987: Ohio State 23–201988: Michigan 34–311989: Michigan 28–181990: Michigan 16–131991: Michigan 31–31992: tie, 13–131993: Michigan 28–01994: Ohio State 22–61995: Michigan 31–231996: Michigan 13–91997: Michigan 20–141998: Ohio State 31–161999: Michigan 24–172000: Michigan 38–262001: Ohio State 26–202002: Ohio State 14–92003: Michigan 35–212004: Ohio State 37–212005: Ohio State 25–212006: Ohio State 42–392007: Ohio State 14–32008: Ohio State 42–72009: Ohio State 21–102010: Ohio State 37–72011: Michigan 40–342012: Ohio State 26–212013: Ohio State 42–412014: Ohio State 42–282015: Ohio State 42–132016: Ohio State 30–272017: Ohio State 31–202018: Ohio State 62–392019: Ohio State 56–272021: Michigan 42–272022: Michigan 45–232023: Michigan 30–242024: Michigan 13–102025: Ohio State 27–9192019602000 Michigan won ↑Ohio State won ↓

Each bar is one meeting. Bars above the line are Michigan wins and bars below it are Ohio State wins; the taller the bar, the bigger the margin (bars stop at 56 points). Over the last 10 meetings Ohio State is 6–4. Michigan swept the 1900s, 9–0. The widest margins are Michigan 86–0 in 1902 and Ohio State 38–0 in 1935.

What are the records in The Game?

Biggest Michigan win
1902, 86–0
Biggest Ohio State win
1935, 38–0
Longest streaks
Michigan, 9 straight (1901–1909); Ohio State, 8 straight (2012–2019)
Most points
Michigan, 86 in 1902
Ties
6

Every The Game result

YearWinnerScoreHome
2025Ohio State27–9Michigan
2024Michigan13–10Ohio State
2023Michigan30–24Michigan
2022Michigan45–23Ohio State
2021Michigan42–27Michigan
2019Ohio State56–27Michigan
2018Ohio State62–39Ohio State
2017Ohio State31–20Michigan
2016Ohio State30–27Ohio State
2015Ohio State42–13Michigan
2014Ohio State42–28Ohio State
2013Ohio State42–41Michigan
2012Ohio State26–21Ohio State
2011Michigan40–34Michigan
2010Ohio State37–7Ohio State
2009Ohio State21–10Michigan
2008Ohio State42–7Ohio State
2007Ohio State14–3Michigan
2006Ohio State42–39Ohio State
2005Ohio State25–21Michigan
2004Ohio State37–21Ohio State
2003Michigan35–21Michigan
2002Ohio State14–9Ohio State
2001Ohio State26–20Michigan
2000Michigan38–26Ohio State
1999Michigan24–17Michigan
1998Ohio State31–16Ohio State
1997Michigan20–14Michigan
1996Michigan13–9Ohio State
1995Michigan31–23Michigan
1994Ohio State22–6Ohio State
1993Michigan28–0Michigan
1992Tie13–13Michigan
1991Michigan31–3Michigan
1990Michigan16–13Ohio State
1989Michigan28–18Michigan
1988Michigan34–31Ohio State
1987Ohio State23–20Michigan
1986Michigan26–24Ohio State
1985Michigan27–17Michigan
1984Ohio State21–6Ohio State
1983Michigan24–21Michigan
1982Ohio State24–14Ohio State
1981Ohio State14–9Michigan
1980Michigan9–3Ohio State
1979Ohio State18–15Michigan
1978Michigan14–3Ohio State
1977Michigan14–6Michigan
1976Michigan22–0Ohio State
1975Ohio State21–14Michigan
1974Ohio State12–10Ohio State
1973Tie10–10Ohio State
1972Ohio State14–11Ohio State
1971Michigan10–7Michigan
1970Ohio State20–9Ohio State
1969Michigan24–12Michigan
1968Ohio State50–14Ohio State
1967Ohio State24–14Michigan
1966Michigan17–3Ohio State
1965Ohio State9–7Michigan
1964Michigan10–0Ohio State
1963Ohio State14–10Michigan
1962Ohio State28–0Ohio State
1961Ohio State50–20Michigan
1960Ohio State7–0Ohio State
1959Michigan23–14Michigan
1958Ohio State20–14Ohio State
1957Ohio State31–14Michigan
1956Michigan19–0Ohio State
1955Ohio State17–0Michigan
1954Ohio State21–7Ohio State
1953Michigan20–0Michigan
1952Ohio State27–7Ohio State
1951Michigan7–0Michigan
1950Michigan9–3Ohio State
1949Tie7–7Ohio State
1948Michigan13–3Ohio State
1947Michigan21–0Michigan
1946Michigan58–6Ohio State
1945Michigan7–3Michigan
1944Ohio State18–14Ohio State
1943Michigan45–7Michigan
1942Ohio State21–7Ohio State
1941Tie20–20Ohio State
1940Michigan40–0Ohio State
1939Michigan21–14Michigan
1938Michigan18–0Ohio State
1937Ohio State21–0Michigan
1936Ohio State21–0Ohio State
1935Ohio State38–0Michigan
1934Ohio State34–0Ohio State
1933Michigan13–0Michigan
1932Michigan14–0Ohio State
1931Ohio State20–7Michigan
1930Michigan13–0Ohio State
1929Ohio State7–0Michigan
1928Ohio State19–7Ohio State
1927Michigan21–0Michigan
1926Michigan17–16Ohio State
1925Michigan10–0Michigan
1924Michigan16–6Ohio State
1923Michigan23–0Michigan
1922Michigan19–0Ohio State
1921Ohio State14–0Michigan
1920Ohio State14–7Ohio State
1919Ohio State13–3Michigan
1918Michigan14–0Michigan
1912Michigan14–0Ohio State
1911Michigan19–0Michigan
1910Tie3–3Michigan
1909Michigan33–6Michigan
1908Michigan10–6Ohio State
1907Michigan22–0Michigan
1906Michigan6–0Ohio State
1905Michigan40–0Michigan
1904Michigan31–6Ohio State
1903Michigan36–0Michigan
1902Michigan86–0Michigan
1901Michigan21–0Ohio State
1900Tie0–0Ohio State
1897Michigan36–0Michigan

Results from CollegeFootballData.com. The schools' official series records can differ by a game or two (vacated wins, disputed early games).

Questions about The Game

Who leads the The Game series?

Michigan leads 62–53–6 through the 2025 game, with 6 ties, in the 121 meetings on record since 1897.

Who won the last The Game?

Ohio State beat Michigan 27–9 on Nov 29, 2025 at Michigan Stadium.

When was the first The Game?

1897. Michigan won 36–0.

What's the biggest win in the The Game?

Michigan won by 86 in 1902, 86–0. Ohio State won by 38 in 1935, 38–0.

What's the longest winning streak in the The Game?

Michigan won 9 straight from 1901 to 1909. Ohio State won 8 straight from 2012 to 2019.

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