Rivalry leaderboard
Michigan-Northwestern Greatest Games
The series' top 25 meetings, ranked without team allegiance by game-time AP strength, final-score closeness, and overtime.
- Games
- 25
- Top score
- 65/100
- Overtime
- 2
Series context
- Completed meetings
- 77
- Series record
- Michigan 60-15-2 Northwestern
- Tracked years
- 1892-2024
- Trophy
- George Jewitt Trophy
Series ranking
The rivalry's top 25 games
20 of these games include at least one AP-ranked team at kickoff. Open a supported game for its box score and statistics.
- 1941Week 5
Michigan at Northwestern
Michigan 14, Northwestern 7
Winner: Michigan
No. 7 Michigan vs. No. 8 Northwestern · 7-point margin
Ranking 37/50 · Closeness 28/35 · Overtime 0/15
65
Game score
- 1996Week 7
Michigan at Northwestern
Michigan 16, Northwestern 17
Winner: Northwestern
No. 6 Michigan vs. No. 22 Northwestern · 1-point margin
Ranking 24/50 · Closeness 34/35 · Overtime 0/15
58
Game score
- 1949Week 6
Michigan at Northwestern
Michigan 20, Northwestern 21
Winner: Northwestern
No. 5 Michigan vs. Unranked Northwestern · 1-point margin
Ranking 21/50 · Closeness 34/35 · Overtime 0/15
55
Game score
- 1943Week 4
Michigan at Northwestern
Michigan 21, Northwestern 7
Winner: Michigan
No. 7 Michigan vs. No. 15 Northwestern · 14-point margin
Ranking 30/50 · Closeness 21/35 · Overtime 0/15
51
Game score
- 2000Week 11
Michigan at Northwestern
Michigan 51, Northwestern 54
Winner: Northwestern
No. 12 Michigan vs. No. 21 Northwestern · 3-point margin
Ranking 19/50 · Closeness 32/35 · Overtime 0/15
51
Game score
- 1946Week 6
Michigan at Northwestern
Michigan 14, Northwestern 14
Result: Tie
No. 10 Michigan vs. Unranked Northwestern · 0-point margin
Ranking 16/50 · Closeness 35/35 · Overtime 0/15
51
Game score
- 1948Week 6
Northwestern at Michigan
Northwestern 0, Michigan 28
Winner: Michigan
No. 8 Northwestern vs. No. 1 Michigan · 28-point margin
Ranking 43/50 · Closeness 7/35 · Overtime 0/15
50
Game score
- 1995Week 7
Northwestern at Michigan
Northwestern 19, Michigan 13
Winner: Northwestern
No. 25 Northwestern vs. No. 7 Michigan · 6-point margin
Ranking 20/50 · Closeness 29/35 · Overtime 0/15
49
Game score
- 1955Week 5
Northwestern at Michigan
Northwestern 2, Michigan 14
Winner: Michigan
Unranked Northwestern vs. No. 1 Michigan · 12-point margin
Ranking 25/50 · Closeness 23/35 · Overtime 0/15
48
Game score
- 1953Week 5
Northwestern at Michigan
Northwestern 12, Michigan 20
Winner: Michigan
Unranked Northwestern vs. No. 5 Michigan · 8-point margin
Ranking 21/50 · Closeness 27/35 · Overtime 0/15
48
Game score
- 1959Week 6
Northwestern at Michigan
Northwestern 20, Michigan 7
Winner: Northwestern
No. 2 Northwestern vs. Unranked Michigan · 13-point margin
Ranking 24/50 · Closeness 22/35 · Overtime 0/15
46
Game score
- 1972Week 2
Northwestern at Michigan
Northwestern 0, Michigan 7
Winner: Michigan
Unranked Northwestern vs. No. 11 Michigan · 7-point margin
Ranking 15/50 · Closeness 28/35 · Overtime 0/15
43
Game score
- 1956Week 6
Northwestern at Michigan
Northwestern 20, Michigan 34
Winner: Michigan
Unranked Northwestern vs. No. 5 Michigan · 14-point margin
Ranking 21/50 · Closeness 21/35 · Overtime 0/15
42
Game score
- 1945Week 5
Michigan at Northwestern
Michigan 20, Northwestern 7
Winner: Michigan
No. 7 Michigan vs. Unranked Northwestern · 13-point margin
Ranking 19/50 · Closeness 22/35 · Overtime 0/15
41
Game score
- 1980Week 3
Northwestern at Michigan
Northwestern 10, Michigan 17
Winner: Michigan
Unranked Northwestern vs. No. 14 Michigan · 7-point margin
Ranking 12/50 · Closeness 28/35 · Overtime 0/15
40
Game score
- 1942Week 6
Northwestern at Michigan
Northwestern 16, Michigan 34
Winner: Michigan
Unranked Northwestern vs. No. 4 Michigan · 18-point margin
Ranking 22/50 · Closeness 17/35 · Overtime 0/15
39
Game score
- 1997Week 8
Northwestern at Michigan
Northwestern 6, Michigan 23
Winner: Michigan
Unranked Northwestern vs. No. 6 Michigan · 17-point margin
Ranking 20/50 · Closeness 18/35 · Overtime 0/15
38
Game score
- 1938Week 9
Michigan at Northwestern
Michigan 0, Northwestern 0
Result: Tie
Unranked Michigan vs. Unranked Northwestern · 0-point margin
Ranking 0/50 · Closeness 35/35 · Overtime 0/15
35
Game score
- 1925Week 8
Michigan at Northwestern
Michigan 2, Northwestern 3
Winner: Northwestern
Unranked Michigan vs. Unranked Northwestern · 1-point margin
Ranking 0/50 · Closeness 34/35 · Overtime 0/15
34
Game score
Methodology
How each game earns up to 100 points
AP ranking, 50 points: each team earns 26 minus its game-time AP rank. Unranked teams receive zero.
Closeness, 35 points: the final margin is subtracted from 35, with margins of 35 or more receiving zero.
Overtime, 15 points: overtime starts at nine points and rises by two per additional period, capped at 15.
Regular-season rankings use the AP Top 25 recorded for the game's week. Postseason meetings use the final regular-season AP poll before bowl and playoff results. Games before 2005 remain in the ranking but do not link to unsupported box-score pages. Videos are matched by canonical game ID or by a rematch-safe season matchup.