Michigan Football on Thursdays -- A history
Since Michigan opens their season on a rare (and I mean rare) Thursday night game at Utah on September 3rd, I thought I'd list the history of Michigan Football on Thursdays.
It is a very rare occasion to be playing on Thursday in the regular season. When Michigan takes the field at Rice-Eccles Stadium, it will be the program's first regular season Thursday game in exactly 110 years.
Date | Opponent | Result | Event/Neutral Site |
11/22/1883 | at Harvard | L 0-3 | |
11/26/1885 | Peninsulars | W 42-0 | |
11/24/1887 | at Harvard Club (Chicago) | W 26-0 | |
11/29/1888 | at U. Club (Chicago) | L 4-26 | |
11/28/1889 | at Chicago Athletic Association | L 0-20 | |
11/26/1891 | at Cleveland Athletic Association | L 4-8 | |
11/30/1893 | at Chicago | W 28-10 | |
11/29/1894 | at Chicago | W 6-4 | |
11/28/1895 | at Chicago | W 12-0 | |
10/15/1896 | vs Physicians & Surgeons | W 28-0 | |
11/26/1896 | at Chicago | L 6-7 | |
11/25/1897 | at Chicago | L 12-21 | |
11/24/1898 | at Chicago | W 12-11 | |
11/30/1899 | Wisconsin | L 5-17 | Played in Chicago, IL |
11/29/1900 | at Chicago | L 6-15 | |
11/28/1901 | Iowa | W 50-0 | Played in Chicago, IL |
11/27/1902 | vs Minnesota | W 23-6 | |
10/8/1903 | vs Albion | W 76-0 | |
11/26/1903 | at Chicago | W 28-0 | |
11/30/1905 | at Chicago | L 0-2 | |
1/1/1948 | #8 USC | W 49-0 | Rose Bowl |
1/1/1970 | #5 USC | L 3-10 | Rose Bowl |
1/1/1976 | #3 Okahoma | L 6-14 | Orange Bowl |
1/1/1987 | #7 Arizona State | L 15-22 | Rose Bowl |
12/28/1995 | #19 Texas A&M | L 20-22 | Alamo Bowl |
1/1/1998 | #8 Washington State | W 21-16 | Rose Bowl |
1/1/2004 | #1 USC | L 14-28 | Rose Bowl |
Thanksgiving Day football was an early Michigan tradition. In fact, Michigan and Chicago are credited as being the originators of Thanksgiving Day football.
Michigan is 9-8 in Thanksgiving Day games, 15-14 on Thursday overall and 13-9 in Thursday regular season games.
This will be Michigan's first road game season opener that is a night game since Gary Moeller debuted as Michigan's head coach in 1990 at #1 Notre Dame.
I bet DB wanted to settle the score with the Cleveland Athletic Association.
That 0-2 loss to Chicago in 1905. Our last regular season game on a Thursday. Can't get over that one. Looking for redemption.
That game ended Michigan's 56-game, 5 year unbeaten streak that was started by Fielding Yost.
Tragic story. It was a muddy field that day, which blurred the gridiron lines. William Dennison Clark took a punt out from his endzone but was tackled for a safety that resulted in the two points and eventually the Chicago win.
He was suicidal after that game and sadly he did eventually commit suicide in 1932 at age 47 and mentioned that that play should not be forgiven in his suicide note.
should really give you a job. Team historian or something.
Were the Maroons. That game hurt even more as it was both the first loss for Michigan in 5 seasons AND those 2 points were the first given up in 1905, spoiling a perfect season. To top it off, after the win, Chicago claimed THEY were the Champions of the West, mocking Elbel's new tune, The Victors.
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Thursday is my usual guys night for wings and beers. I have that one circled. Is it football season yet??
It seems pretty amazing we haven't played a regular season Thursday game since 1905. And out of all those bowl games the only two we won came in MNC years.
April 17th, 2015 at 10:15 AM ^
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April 17th, 2015 at 10:52 AM ^
In 2003 we played Minnesota on a Friday night in the Metrodome because of conflicts with the Twins playoff schedules.
You might remember that game as the largest combeback of all time to that point and the John Navarre convoy game.
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April 17th, 2015 at 11:51 AM ^
Michigan played at Minnesota in 1991 on a Friday night due to the Twins in the playoffs, exactly like the 2003 game.
April 17th, 2015 at 11:32 AM ^
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April 17th, 2015 at 10:37 PM ^
Count me in. That's what, at least 60-75 bucks there.
April 17th, 2015 at 10:00 PM ^
We beat the Physicians and Surgeons. If we had lost that one, we would never have been able to live it down.
To go along with the 'more informative headlines' theme, this thread will hopefully get set as a sticky. I have made a spreadsheet listing all people selling and looking for tickets..
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