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The first games in the Michigan–Notre Dame football rivalry occurred in November 1887 and April 1888. Michigan won all three games by a combined score of 66–10. After the 1888 games, no Michigan football team returned to play at Notre Dame until 1942. The teams did not face each other at all for a decade. [74]
The history of human activity in Michigan, a U.S. state in the Great Lakes, began with settlement of the western Great Lakes region by Paleo-Indians perhaps as early as 11,000 B.C.E. One early technology they developed was the use of native copper, which they would fashion into tools and other implements with "hammer stones".
On October 7, 2017, Michigan and Michigan State met for the first night game in series history. Michigan came into the game ranked No. 7 in the AP Poll and 4–0 on the season. The Michigan State Spartans came into the game unranked at 3–1 on the season, with their only loss at that point to Notre Dame in East Lansing.
Here are some fun facts, notable days in history and more about the great State of Michigan. It's National Michigan Day! Unique facts, interesting history about the Great Lakes State.
Michigan's worst bowl loss in program history came in 2011 to Mississippi State. It was the only bowl game Michigan reached under head coach Rich Rodriguez, who was fired shortly after the blowout ...
Michigan forces a three-and-out, and Penn State will punt to start the game. 12:11 p.m. -- Penn State has Michigan behind the sticks on the next set of downs, helped along by a Michigan false start.
1855 Michigan State University was founded as the Agricultural College of the State of Michigan, becoming the first land grant university in the United States. 1861-1865 Michigan sent 90,000 men, nearly a quarter of the state's male population, to fight in state regiments in the Civil War. 1871 Fires burned Manistee and Holland.
The Michigan football media guide and Michigan articles list the attendance as 8,000. [1] [2] The Official 2007 NCAA Division I football records book lists the attendance at 8,000. [9] Tournament Park would be the site for the second to eighth Rose Bowl Games from 1916 to 1922 before the Rose Bowl stadium opened for the 1923 Rose Bowl.