Anyone recall the 1995 Purdue-UM game?

Uhh... 

I remember I was holding the cords for Coach Hermann while the game slogged on, and on... each team taking forever to line up, then run a play that went nowhere, then untangling and trudging back to the huddle, then up to the line, then ran another play (probably with Mike Alstott rushing for 2 yards).  I stood in the same place, FREEZING, for what felt like an eternity as my fingers slowly became a death-grip around the headphone cords.  

Hermann, like many position coaches, kind of liked to "stalk" the sideline and normally you just follow them.  But it was SO GODDAMN COLD that day, and the ball barely moved up and down the field, that I took to just sort of standing there and feeding him line, then reeling it back in as he would wonder 10 feet away, then sort of wander back.

Then, all of the sudden, Woodson *I think* intercepts the ball and Hermann just takes off running down the field.  I, of course, try to follow him... only I've been standing in one spot for so long that the puddle I was in had frozen and my feet were now glued to the turf.  Not expecting that, I start to fall over, but maintained my frozen death grip on Herm's cord... which means that as he's sprinting up the sideline away from me I rip the headset right off his head, jerking his head back and sending him on his ass.

He comes stalking back and yells "what the hell was that?!"  I stand their dumbfounded *how do you explain that sequence of events?* and he punches me square in the chest. 

It was only *KINDA* playful.  

In the top 3 of miserable games I've been to, probably the worst.  I remember a late October Jug game with Minnesota (in the '80s?) in a steady rain, and the Western game that was cut short because of thunderstorms.  We sit in the middle of section 12, and the 'evacuate the stadium' thing didn't work for us, as the aisles were clogged with people at the top, and we couldn't move for an hour.  The Purdue game was special, though.  there was so much water on the field that the back of the south end zone and sidelines had maybe 6" of standing water to go along with the cold rain.

It's funny, though, but back in the '70s when you could bring coolers full of cocktails to the stadium (I once saw a keg inside the stadium), I don't remember ever being miserable at a game...

I was in the marching band for this game.  It was cold all morning and we entered the tunnel from outside by Crisler knowing we'd be cold that day but not knowing what awaited us when we took the field maybe 30 minutes later.  When we ran out of the tunnel we were hit in the face by blowing sleet.  The combination of strong wind, precipitation, and surprise was something I'll never forget.  People slipped and fell, we could barely play, the crowd was light and left early....just awful.

As someone who's family has had season tickets since the late 70's I've seen a lot of games and a variety of weather.  "The Purdue Game" as we refer to it is unmatched in my time.  

Yup, I was there.  Took a friend from work there (he was from Italy and never been to a football game).  After the game (we stayed the whole time), he stated that he NEVER wanted to go to another game....like ever....

Can't imagine why.......

Yeah, I was there as well. I was home from NY. Brutal.

31-23 was the score I remember in 1995

I took a friend to the Purdue game... his first UM game. We would have left after the third quarter but he thought he was at the Super Bowl, so we stayed to the very end where there couldn't have been more than 25,000 fans left. I also remember that Freshman Charles Woodson making so many great plays in that game.

Two weeks later, #2 OSU and came in all cocky and couldn't stop Ron Johnson/ Tim "313 yards" Biakabutuka.

Just play that game two hours earlier and it would have been considered pretty nice weather for a November game.  That's why there were 100,000 at kickoff.  They just didn't last very long.  

I've heard many folks say the 1988 Minnesota game at the Big House was actually colder.  It just didn't have the sleet and snow that the 95 Purdue game had....

I was there but left at halftime it was so cold. I swear the final score was 5-3 but apparently it was 5-0. Field was basically mud and neither team could do anything.

Mike Alstott was a beast that year, but weather and Michigan's D conspired to keep him out of the end zone.

Was a freshman that year and would have been at the game had I not been invited to a wedding.  Forever thankful I wasn't at that game as I just remember watching the ESPN replay the following Monday and the cameras pretty much had sleet running down them the entire game.

Rain for 2019 ND and 2017 MSU stunk but I can't imagine wet sleet all damn game.  Woof!

I stayed for 100% of that Purdue game AND 100% of that NW Fandom endourance game in.. 2008? 2010?

Something funny occurred to me watching this, if you don’t block the punt and barely knock over the punter = penalty. But get a piece of the ball and you can completely obliterate the punter and shrug your shoulders about his well-being.

My 20 year old self stayed for the whole game with my cousin and two friends. I remember walking the railroad tracks to the stadium and it turning from cold rain, to slush, and then to snow. We had brought one giant blanket and wore a coat; and after about 15 minutes I had realized that wasn't sufficient. I started the game in section 30 and wound up on the 50 after everyone left at halftime.

It's also the only game of the 150+ that I've been to at Michigan Stadium that I don't have my ticket stub; because it disintegrated from getting so soaking wet. I learned after than happened and kept my tickets from other ridiculous weather games nice and dry.

The ridiculous rain games in the past couple of years also made me remember the 1994 Michigan-Boston College game. Right after the halftime show ended, the skies opened up and it rained so hard that it was waterfalling down the stairs. It was the only time that I was glad that I and the other stupid students were standing on our seats.

Oh yes. It was lousy weather in the first half--rain changing to sleet and VERY windy. Then it got worse! As the temperature fell, the moisture on the field began to freeze. No one could do anything but slip and slide. At pregame the MMB came out and formed the block M. But when they turned to march toward the north end zone, I could see that it was really a struggle. Trying to march "uphill" against the vicious wind.

I was there. It was cold.  It mostly sleeted all day but there was some rain and snow.  The student section was pretty empty.  I ate all the marshmallows I brought to throw.

I was there. I was mildly obsessed with the Weather Channel at the time, so I knew the forecast was going to get colder. So I sat in my apartment until I heard the rain turn to sleet -- that's when I knew it was time to leave. I walked over from my apartment and made it just in time to watch the first play from scrimmage (i.e. I only missed the opening kick off). Whilst everyone else was wet and cold and only getting colder as the temperature dropped, I had a blast. One of the most fun games I ever attended and one of the few that stick out over the years. 

Mu first game in the big house. My friend’s mom drove us to AA and dropped us off, as neither of us was old enough to drive. We watched the game from the student section. It was at that game that I knew I wanted to attend UM. 

Possibly the worst weather game ever played in Michigan Stadium in the modern era.  Unrelenting snow/wind rain.   The grass turf was predictably ground into a frozen swamp.  It looked bad on TV. Can’t imagine how miserable it was live.

Absolutely. Section 6, remember my dad getting cut by the freezing rain. 

Yes, I was there. And I have been downvoted for my assertion that the attendance numbers were massaged, because there is an extant photo showing the lower part of the bowl full. But I still maintain there is no way 100k showed up that day. Being pelted by the horizontal ice barrage was very memorable. Fred Jackson laughed at me the following week for staying the whole game...

Basically just a bunch of games with a safety.

Still might be amongst the coldest I’ve ever been. Sleet, rain, then plummeting temps. I’ve had a lot of great experiences watching Michigan football- this was not amongst them

I was there. Sat about five rows from the field in the endzone. Stayed for the whole thing and made some new friends. When I got back to South Quad, all the guys on my floor were bone dry and watching the 3:30 games because they left at halftime.

Sad thing is that we scored more points in that game than we did in the 1996 game.

My two friends went to the game and were absolutely miserable.  They had a third ticket for me but I politely declined :).

My HS fall sports season always conflicted with Michigan football Saturdays, so I could never attend games until my own games were over.  This was the first Saturday home game after my senior season ended, so up to Ann Arbor we went.  I was sitting in Section 38, so I remember the freezing precipitation blowing right in my face, the students jumping up and down (probably to stay warm), and the hilariously-difficult-to-watch football.  One of those games where I'm proud to say that I went, and never want to see another like it.

I remember watching it when I was 13. What was not fun was the next year when Michigan lost at Purdue 9-3, including using William Carr in the backfield. 

I was seven years old, this was probably about the third game I ever attended but the first one I remember clearly. We were really bundled up and weren't too cold ourselves, but the weather was dreadful and we felt bad for the players. Stayed until the end, and I remember the stadium feeling very empty.

Actually one of my all-time favorites.  The wind-whipped ice pellets in the face made for a unique experience.

And...looking over highlights, Amani Toomer threw an interception that day! Nice piece of trivia right there. Didn't remember that, even though I was there (for awhile).

I have only been to about 10 games. That was one of them. I was at a couple of Minnesota games were we got soaked. That purdue game was cold. 

I was at that game.  People cheer when the rain starts falling.  But it sucked.  It really sucked being in the stands that day. Cold and Wet and no scoring. 

I definitely remember watching that on tv. Such a sloppy game but those ones are fun in bad weather. 

My sister's boyfriend at the time asked me to go run some errands. He said he would FOR SURE have me back in time to watch the game. He didn't. That's what I recall about that game.

I was there. It was so cold my balls became ovaries. I’m still waiting for them to descend. 

I was there. Stayed the whole game because I had to meet my girlfriend in the band after. Everyone I was with left at half.

Coldest game I have ever been at.