The Last Time We Played MSU on Willis Ward Day

Submitted by BursleyHall82 on October 17th, 2018 at 8:53 AM

Here's another good omen. This Saturday is Willis Ward Day - the 84th anniversary of the Michigan-Georgia Tech game (Oct. 20, 1934), in which Ward was benched by Fielding H. Yost because Georgia Tech refused to play against an African-American. If you don't know the story, see the documentary "Black and Blue." Here's a USA Today story about it, too. LINK

The last time a Michigan game fell on Oct. 20 was back in 2012 - ironically enough, also against MSU. You'll remember that we won that game, 12-10.

I'll take all the good omens we can get. And happy Willis Ward Day, everyone. After learning his story, he's my all-time favorite Wolverine.

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October 17th, 2018 at 10:59 AM ^

I've only seen UM v MSU twice in person. One was the 3-OT game in 2004 and the other was the game mentioned by OP in 2012. Sooooooo you guys should just send me to the game every year. That way we'll always have a good omen. 

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