First Ever Home Game To Be Called Early
With the way the Western game finished and the discussion that has commenced, I figured I would share this with the Mgocommunity:
I was recently watching the HBO documentary on the UM-OSU rivalry and heard an interesting piece of information that I had (somehow) missed when I had watched it previously. When I first heard it, I had just moved to Ohio and thought to myself "Hey, this is a nice little piece of history to bring up to locals talking smack."
This history happens to be the result of the UM-OSU game in 1902, played in Ann Arbor, in which the Wolverines defeated the Buckeyes by a whopping score of 86-0. However, the most interesting part of this game was how it ended. A quick Googling of the game brought up "The Ohio State Football Encyclopedia," stating the following about the game:
Ohio State was thoroughly humiliated at Michigan, 86-0, in the fifth game on October 25 [1902]. The score could have been far worse had the officials not stopped the contest midway through the second half "simply because the game was getting out of hand."
Interestingly enough, this game is also the highest combined score in any UM-OSU game as well, without the Buckeyes scoring a single point.
Now, I am unsure as to if this was officially the first ever home game to be called off early, but it is defintely one to remember.
Link to GoogleBook (information on page 30): http://books.google.com/books?id=-tYKqYHibB0C&pg=PA20&lpg=PA20&dq=ohio+…
September 4th, 2011 at 7:52 PM ^
When yost came in and we had the point-a-minute teams, many games ended early, including this one, the earliest i could find
1901: Michigan 128, Buffalo 0, game ended 15 minutes early because Buffalo had had enough.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1901_Michigan_Wolverines_football_team
September 5th, 2011 at 11:52 AM ^
Seriously? Didn't they have enough at 100 to 0 or 86 to 0.
September 4th, 2011 at 7:53 PM ^
I know you didn't say they were wrong with what they said on Saturday, and that's because they weren't wrong. To anyone else who may read this, the game against Western was the first in the modern era (that is since 1946) to be ended early. Thanks for the info.
September 4th, 2011 at 7:53 PM ^
The 1902 Rose Bowl was ended early for similar reasons. Down 48-0 in the second half, Stanford simply gave up.
September 4th, 2011 at 8:14 PM ^
MVictors just had a post about ending games early.
September 4th, 2011 at 8:22 PM ^
The infamous Jug game at Minnesota ended early due to darkness and the Gopher fans running out onto the field after they tied it up.
September 4th, 2011 at 9:41 PM ^
Didn't Michigan do something similar to Sparty in the early 1920's?
September 4th, 2011 at 9:43 PM ^
So we mercied 'em? Awesome