Dominating Performances Against Top 25 Opponents

Submitted by Clarence Beeks on September 26th, 2015 at 10:18 PM

So I've been a Michigan fan for (let's just say) a really long time. This question may seem easy on its face, but the answer says an awful lot about the state of our program over the last two decades. Does anyone know the last time Michigan lead a ranked opponent by 28 points or more? My guess (after truly trying to figure this out) is the 2003 Notre Dame game, but I'm not positive Notre Dame was ranked at the time (but am pretty confident they were). This was truly a once-in-a-(fill in the blank) performance for our program and I hope we all savor that a bit.

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Brian Griese

September 26th, 2015 at 10:39 PM ^

Pretty good in '97. They were ranked 7th and we beat them 27-3.

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Qmatic

September 26th, 2015 at 11:46 PM ^

The '97 team had the best defense I've ever seen in college football

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93Grad

September 27th, 2015 at 1:18 AM ^

Yea and Colorado ended up unranked that season as did ND. Let's beat a real team before we get excited.

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markusr2007

September 26th, 2015 at 10:41 PM ^

1977 Michigan 41 Texas A&M 3 maybe?

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Chitown Kev

September 26th, 2015 at 10:58 PM ^

totally destroyed...I don't know how to embed youtube (I'm missing a source button) but I remember watching that game on TV.

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DonAZ

September 26th, 2015 at 10:57 PM ^

1976 ... Michigan travels to Columbus to face 8th ranked OSU ... and pastes them 22-0.

Afterwards, Woody Hayes says that was the finest football team they'd faced all year.

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Danwillhor

September 26th, 2015 at 11:15 PM ^

throttled them after Weis openly talked shit as the #2 team at the time. Worse beating than today. Crushed them.

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ctmaizenblue

September 26th, 2015 at 11:22 PM ^

That game was fantastic... we had also lost a string of road openers which made it even better... today felt the like that.

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Muttley

September 27th, 2015 at 2:39 AM ^

He doesn't say it explicitly so as not to give it away, but when he says he has a decided schematic advantage he's talking about contract negotiations.

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B1G_Fan

September 27th, 2015 at 12:52 AM ^

Off the top of my head, not sure of the year but, That year we beat Penn State 27-0 in Ann Arbor.

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93Grad

September 27th, 2015 at 1:15 AM ^

Almost all of them were against teams who did not end up ranked nearly as high just like BYU. Let's beat Sparty, OSU, USC or LSU like that before we get too excited.

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Vote_Crisler_1937

September 27th, 2015 at 1:31 AM ^

Why should we have to wait to be excited? When is the last time Michigan led anyone by 5 scores in the 2nd quarter? Just appreciate the moment for what it is and the rest will come in time.

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WolverineHistorian

September 27th, 2015 at 10:52 AM ^

Wisconsin was 9-0 and ranked #6 when we beat them at the big house in 1998, 27-10. The score could have been so much worse. Our defense completely smothered them and Ron Dayne was a total non-factor. Could have added another touchdown from the 6 yard line but Lloyd chose to run out the clock.

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