TWIMFbH: Beat Chicago (1898)

1898 Chicago-Michigan Ticket StubStub via ticketmuseum.com and Ken Magee of Ann Arbor Sports Memorabilia

This week we go back to Thanksgiving Day, 1898 as Michigan head coach Gustave Ferbert and his undefeated Wolverines traveled to Chicago to face Amos Alonzo Stagg and his powerful University of Chicago Maroons. While rarely discussed these days, the game is without a doubt one of the most notable match-ups in Wolverine lore.

While today’s our undisputed rival is clearly The Buckeyes, back in 1898, the coach and the team that really got maize and blue blood boiling was Stagg and his Chicago teams.   Have a listen:

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