Soccer NotSoccer: rivalry

Saturday, November 18, 2006

1 vs 2

Bo Schembechler, who became one of college football's great coaches in two decades at Michigan, died at age 77 on Friday.

Lowdown on Showdowns

• Number of meetings between 1 vs 2
= 37 meetings

• Number 1 team record in 1 vs 2 games
= 22-13-2

• Number 1 team record in 1 vs 2 regular-season games
= 13-6-2

• Number 1 host team record in regular season matchup
= 6-0

• Number 1 road team record in 1 vs 2 regulcar seasom matchup
= 8-7-1 (5 games played at neutral sites)

• The last 1 vs 2 regular-season matchup
= Sept 9, 2006 (#1 Ohio State beat #2 Texas, 24-7, at Austin)

• Ohio State record in 1-2 games
= 3 wins

(The Buckeyes beat #2 USC, 27-16, in the 1969 Rose Bowl; beat #1 Miami, 31-24, in overtime in the 2003 Fiesta Bowl, and beat #2 Texas, 24-7, on Sept 9, 2006)

• Michigan record in 1-2 matchups
= 3 losses

(all as the #2 team in regular-season matchups. The Wolverines lost to Notre Dame, 35-12, in 1943; lost at Iowa, 12-10, in 1985; and again to Notre Dame, 24-19, in 1989.

• The eventual national champion played in 14 of the 20 regular-season 1-2 matchups before this season. Of those 14 games, the #1 team went on to win the national title
= 11 times