Last time michigan beat ohio state in football

Last time michigan beat ohio state in football

Denard Robinson, Michigan Wolverines. (Photo by Leon Halip/Getty Images)

The last time Michigan beat Ohio State, Jim Harbaugh was coaching the San Francisco 49ers.

While it is one of the most celebrated rivalry games in all of college football, it has been a long time since the Michigan Wolverines have beaten the Ohio State Buckeyes on the gridiron.

Though the Wolverines still hold the all-time series lead over the Buckeyes at 58-52-6, they have had a very rough go of it during the 21st century. Since 2001, Michigan has beaten Ohio State exactly twice in their last 19 meetings. While they did not play a year ago due to the global pandemic, the one-loss Wolverines stand their best chance to beat the Buckeyes in five years.

So when was the last time Michigan actually beat Ohio State in The Game?

The Game: When was the last time Michigan beat Ohio State?

The last time the Wolverines proved victorious over the Buckeyes came on Nov. 26, 2011. No. 15 Michigan won a nail-biter over unranked Ohio State 40-34 in The Big House. Denard Robinson was the quarterback for the Wolverines. His head coach was Brady Hoke. Jim Harbaugh had just left Stanford to lead the NFL‘s San Francisco 49ers. Luke Fickell was the Buckeyes’ interim coach.

The following offseason, Ohio State hired Urban Meyer off the ESPN set. He went 7-0 during his seven years leading the Buckeyes. Though he briefly retired from the coaching profession, his successor Ryan Day has yet to lose a conference game during his three-year run leading Ohio State. With two top-10 teams going at it on Saturday, maybe the home team Michigan wins it?

This is the Wolverines’ best chance to beat the Buckeyes since falling in double overtime in The Horseshoe back in 2016.

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Michigan football fans are again celebrating its most recent win against Ohio State.

Friday marks 1,000 days since the Buckeyes' last win against the Wolverines, last beating Michigan Nov. 30, 2019.

After not facing Michigan during the 2020 season due to the COVID-19 pandemic, Ohio State lost its first game to the Wolverines since 2011, falling 42-27 in Ann Arbor Nov. 27.

Michigan holds the series lead against Ohio State with a head-to-head record of 59-51-6. The Buckeyes have earned wins against the Wolverines in 15 of their past 17 meetings.

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Ohio State will try and get back in the win column against rival Michigan Nov. 26 at noon in Ohio Stadium.

Michigan Wolverines linebacker David Ojabo (55) abnd defensive end Aidan Hutchinson (97) celebrate a sack of Ohio State Buckeyes quarterback C.J. Stroud (7) during the third quarter of the NCAA football game at Michigan Stadium in Ann Arbor on Saturday, Nov. 27, 2021.

Michigan fans are not only counting the days since the school last lost to Ohio State

1,000 days. 24,000 hours. 1,440,000 minutes. 86,400,000 seconds.

This is how long it has been since Michigan has lost to Ohio State.

Life is good man.

— Michael:HuntSZN (@GO_BLUE_13) August 26, 2022

Michigan's last loss to Ohio State football is not the only thing Wolverines fans are counting

Sure, it’s been 1,000 days since Ohio State beat Michigan. But let’s not also forget that it’s been 1,000 days since James Franklin last finished with a winning record in Big Ten play and 1,735 days since Michigan State last clinched a better football season than Michigan.

— Scott Bell (@sbell021) August 26, 2022

Ohio State Buckeyes fans are clapping back

U can stop the count at 1,092

— Zach_2_Barlow (@Zach2Barlow1) August 26, 2022

It has been 1,014 days since Michigan beat Michigan State in football.

— Tim Stark 🪬 (@CovidSamurai) August 26, 2022

Not every Michigan football fan is on board

I’m a Michigan alum and find this embarrassing. Obviously a huge portion of those days is because we opted not to play them in 2020.

— cp (@_chris_p) August 26, 2022

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How many years since Michigan beat Ohio State?

It has been 10 years, 9 months, 21 days, 10 hours, 0 minutes, and 5 seconds since Michigan has beaten Ohio State.

Has Michigan ever beat Ohio State in football?

Ohio State came back with a win in the 1998 contest, but Michigan went on to win in 1999 and 2000. Senior quarterback Tom Brady hit sophomore receiver Marquise Walker for the game-winning touchdown pass with five minutes to go to for a 24–17 victory in 1999.

When was the last time Michigan beat Ohio State 2011?

The last time the Wolverines proved victorious over the Buckeyes came on Nov. 26, 2011. No. 15 Michigan won a nail-biter over unranked Ohio State 40-34 in The Big House.

What is Michigan's record against Ohio State since 2000?

From 1980 to 2000, those three Wolverines coaches owned the Ohio State-Michigan series, going 13-6-1, including a run in the 1990s that was 7-2-1. But since the year 2000, when Michigan beat Cooper for the final time, Ohio State has won 17 times and is 17-2 in "The Game."