This Week in Michigan Football History 11/01/2025

This week in Michigan football history with the professor, Greg Dooley. Well, good evening, friends, family, and Maize and Blue fedora wearing die-hards. Here is your history lesson heading into tonight's Showdown with the Boilermakers. We begin all the way back on this day in 1902, when Fielding hurry up Yost was in year two of his point a minute Dynasty after a Flawless 1901 season, racking up more points than anyone anyone had ever witnessed and shutting out every opponent, he still had a point to prove. He had yet to clash with Wisconsin and the Badgers had claimed the first two Western Conference titles and matched Michigan's undefeated run to share the crown in 1901. So now in 1902, Yost finally got his shot at our friends from Madison and it was a colossal showdown, hailed as the grandest game in Western football history. The stage was perfect, a neutral battle Soldier Field in Chicago, packed with a record shattering 22,000 fans, a new standard for a crowd at a conference game. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See https://pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.