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RIVALRY MEETING · 1981

OHIO STATE 149 MICHIGAN

Nov 21 · Ann Arbor

GAME FACTS

ARCHIVED RESULT
Date
Nov 21
Location
Ann Arbor
Ohio State rank
UNRANKED / NOT REPORTED
Michigan rank
NO. 7

DROUGHT CONTEXT

OBSERVED · PUBLIC GAME RESULTS
Ohio State ended a wait of
735 DAYS · 2 MEETINGS · SINCE 1979
Michigan had gone
364 DAYS SINCE THEIR PRIOR WIN

SEASON LINES

PUBLIC SNAPSHOT
MetricOHIO STATEMICHIGAN
Record9-39-3
Points for · against387 · 253355 · 162
Scoring margin+11.2 / GAME+16.1 / GAME
ConferenceBig TenBig Ten
CoachEarle BruceBo Schembechler
Final AP rankNO. 15NO. 12
Scoring offense32.3 PPG29.6 PPG
Scoring defense21.1 ALLOWED/G13.5 ALLOWED/G
SRS overallNO. 29 OF 185NO. 11 OF 185
SRS offenseNO. 13 OF 185NO. 16 OF 185
SRS defenseNO. 59 OF 185NO. 20 OF 185
Schedule strengthNO. 76 OF 185NO. 65 OF 185

Season totals and ranks come from the public Rivalry Lab snapshot. Ranks are national, across every team the model rated that year.

WHAT THE MODEL SAW COMING

HELD-OUT RUN

OHIO STATE 20.4 · MICHIGAN 22.6

Win probability
Ohio State 45.9% · Michigan 54.1%
Called
WRONG WINNER

This meeting was held out of the fit that produced these numbers, so the expected scores are a forecast rather than a line drawn through a result the model had already seen. Model version srs-era-neutral-v1.

TEAM SEASONS

PUBLIC SNAPSHOT

ADVANCED BOXSCORE

EXTERNAL SOURCE

CFBD ADVANCED BOX SCORE →