1997: Michigan 20 Ohio State 14 (PART 1)

[@nicksmith6842]

I was 10 and fell in love with Michigan football that day

[@themandownthehall]

God Bless Keith Jackson was the best announcer ever. He could set up a game at the opening and carry a game throughout. Just the best

[@LynnP441]

In my 30 + years of attending Michigan Football games, this was BY FAR, the BEST Michigan regular season game I have EVER been to!!! I will never forget the game, the crowd, getting onto the field after the game. It TOTALLY was the BEST!

[@ajm21582]

I was very lucky to have attended this game. Best time I have ever had at a Michigan game.

[@justrobin1]

Thank you WolverineHistorian for putting this up. Even though I was only two and my family had not moved to Ann Arbor yet, Today I still feel proud of the wolverines in their glory days as #1, and I hope this season we can regain some of our old glory with a new generation of players and coaches on the team. GO BLUE!!!!

[@fishbonebuba]

Thanks, WH! So many things to like about this video: Keith Jackson (love how he just let the moment unfold after woodson's return) The Crowd (SO loud during that punt return. "Boston, Boston", "Heisman!") That Ohio State was clearly rattled after the first TD. Chris freaking Floyd.

[@theproducerspart2]

Games like this make's you damn proud to dawn the maize and blue. God I love this school and this team! GO BLUE till the day I die.

[@loosekanen]

This is simply the best college football defense I ever watched. There have been many, but for their time I never saw a better one.

[@MrPeppyyy]

November 22, 1997 is my birthday and I have loved Michigan football ever since. And for the record, the game was on in the room.

[@DMichiganWol21]

The greatest video you have ever done. Period.

[@DrOman5596]

More 1997 games would be greatly appreciated : ) Thank you so much for putting up these videos.

[@goldnugge]

That block by Chris Floyd at 4:57. He was one of my favorite players from that team.

[@bluebobbyd]

check out Brady Hoke talking with Woodson at 8:40 back when he was an assistant coach!

[@BigSpencer77]

Wow this is your greatest video ever man. Great intro too! Gotta love the Crimson Tide theme!

[@chrispalkowski9954]

Brady Hoke coaching up Woodson at the 8:41 mark.

[@Amaizenblue86]

That defense was nasty.

[@WolverineHistorian]

Are you talking about the stadium sunset picture? I have that one. I don't remember any logo on the 30 yard line. Maybe it was a Big Ten logo.

[@mbfan97]

Air is very thin we are going to have to suck up the pain , we are going to have to get together to reach the top of this mountain !! Great quote by Steele !!

[@maize09blue]

Anybody else got the great feeling of justification for Woodson's heisman hype after watching boston's shocked looked at 7:30 - 7:38? Go Blue!!!!

[@lorenzocole8166]

This was my favorite Michigan game until the osu game of 2021.

[@reconsoldier135]

WolverineHistorian, you are both my dad's and my hero

[@WolverineHistorian]

Yep. I have that photo framed in my bedroom. I just looked at it and I can't tell what it is.

[@CArchivist]

A lot of people in the Wolverine line-up that had long productive NFL careers.

[@cdub10071]

Yea the sunset photo! The one where the photographer forgot to close the gate he used to walk up the stairs. In mine it appears like a football painted over some logo? Near the 30. I can't find any replays of it and it's driving me crazy.

[@helmcrush1]

Is it just me or can you hear Griese screaming "tackle his ass" at 7:57?

[@schef2006]

good lord i hope they are respectable this year

[@petervandermey7896]

Jon Copper was my favorite OSU coach ever! Go blue!

[@KeepRockin55]

The Michigan Glory will be restored very soon.

[@WolverineHistorian]

Only seniors were interviewed for that intro. Woodson was a junior.

[@Ooftyman]

I almost get the impression Chuck was going to strike a Heis--I mean... Desmond pose after that punt return until he got tackled in the endzone by the rest of the return team. :)

[@TrojanManXLT]

Dear Michigan Wolverines, Do this again. Sincerely, Florida Gators fans.

[@bradleyr.6385]

The Wolverines D looks like they were tight teammates.

[@jbrooks11566]

nice video i like it a lot. GO BLUE.

[@joshsboringlife]

For anyone who doesn't know: Michigan split the title with Nebraska because Tennessee's coach voted UM something like 7th or 8th in the poll out of spite because Woodson won the Heisman instead of Peyton Manning. Also the fact that Purdue was the only other team to win their Bowl game in the conference didn't help.

[@cdub10071]

I know Michigan over the years have never painted anything on their field except maybe a block M on the 50. But.. I have a poster of the empty stadium pre 1998 and there's some type of logo painted on the 30 yard lines. I can't make out what it is? Can anyone recall?

[@judahisrisingyahschosen9481]

Tom Brady was on the sidelines

[@MWolverine9]

Sweet intro, no woodson though, that surprised me

[@ha1l735]

GO BLUE!!!!! 〽️〽️〽️

[@cdub10071]

Wolverine Historian I bet you could answer my last question. Any ideas?

[@chrisuncleahmad666]

Imagine how bigger this would have been if the Buckeyes had won at Penn State.

[@StFidjnr]

@ 0:04 the U of M are within sight of the summit of their mountain.

[@Knightmessenger]

But the intros are cool because they represent the time and graphics of the era. I often find them more interesting than than the game highlights which can get repetitive in some of the less significant games. I'm glad the intro is included here because it is not on the official Michigan Beat Ohio State dvd. But yeah, some of the overhyped ones today with a lousy band are pretty forgettable.

[@Bexly]

the cooper years...........

[@Bexly]

come on Mich get your shit in gear...Buckeye fans miss these epic games....

[@MWolverine9]

Ohh ok I didnt know that

[@Hanson586]

Hoke sure looks thin @ 8:44.

[@MgoMuse]

8:41-8:48 HOKE!!!!!!

[@Tigersfan829]

8:55 nothing wrong with it but it would be a late hit today fure sure. so annoying.

[@dubvideos]

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