1983: Michigan 24 Ohio State 21

The final seconds of the TV broadcast for this game were blacked out for technical difficulties so unfortunaely, OSU's final play and the students rushing the field are not included.
Game played on November 19, 1983 in Ann Arbor.
1983 Michigan Wolverines Starting Lineups...
OFFENSE:
Split End - Vince Bean
Left Tackle - Clay Miller
Left Guard - Jerry Diorio
Center - Tom Dixon
Right Guard - Stefan Humphries
Right Tackle - Doug James
Tight End - Sim Nelson
Flanker - Triando Markray
Flanker - Gilvanni Johnson
Flanker - Ken Higgins
Quarterback - Steve Smith
Fullback - Eddie Garrett
Fullback - Greg Armstrong
Fullback - Dan Rice
Tailback - Rick Rogers
Tailback - Kerry Smith
DEFENSE:
Defensive Tackle - Vince DeFelice
Defensive Tackle - Mike Hammerstein
Middle Guard - Al Sincich
Defensive Tackle - Kevin Brooks
Outside Linebacker - Tom Hassel
Outside Linebacker - Carlton Rose
Outside Linebacker - Rodney Lyles
Outside Linebacker - Jim Scarcelli
Inside Linebacker - Tim Anderson
Inside Linebacker - Mike Boren
Inside Linebacker - Mike Reinhold
Inside Linebacker - Mike Mallory
WS Cornerback - John Lott
SS Cornerback - Bradley Cochran
Strong Safety - Evan Cooper
Strong Safety - Rich Hewlett
Free Safety - Tony Gant
Free Safety - Evan Cooper

[@123slasher.16]

Pepper Johnson, Detroit Mackenzie, Jerome Bettis' and Gilbert Brown's school. Kevin Brooks was his high school teammate.

[@jayzachary9709]

Branstaner is better as a color commentator than a play by play commentator

[@jamesbowen8960]

Good ol' Ray Lane. Voice of the Detroit Tigers radio with Ernie Harwell 1967-72. Great great broadcaster!!

[@LIE11Bldg7]

Fortunately that microphone was a last-minute-buy at the Goodwill

[@chrisuncleahmad]

Still to this date the last time a game in this rivalry was not nationally televised

[@LOKISlog7]

My FAVE Wolverines unis ( with the white socks combo)

[@dirtyfrank6162]

I was at this game!

[@brianreid4567]

Good 😌 win 🏆 by Michigan

[@WolverineHistorian]

@TheAntihero6212 Illinois was coached by Mike White who ran one of the dirtiest programs in Big Ten history. He had gotten caught cheating at Cal and when he got busted for cheating at Illinois (which put them on probation) he bolted for the NFL. This was the only year Bo lost to Illinois leaving us second in the conference. There was just a 3 year period in the early 80's where all the Big Ten teams played each other. Several of Bo's teams would have gone 9-0 if given the chance.

[@lloydkline1518]

Did Gary Muelle used coach Illinois football team ??

[@123slasher.16]

​@@lloydkline1518yes

[@Tmcgraw79q]

If I recall the national networks didn't do this game since there were no Rose Bowl implications in this game so local networks in Columbus and I gather Michigan showed this game. This must be the Michigan broadcast. On the Columbus WBNS broadcast Woody Hayes was the analyst.

[@WolverineHistorian]

@ggoblue Good to know. I was 3 when this game was played. No personal memories of it.

[@lloydkline3265]

I love watching old Ohio state vs Michigan football games especially woody hayes vs bo schembechler and earl Bruce too, I rather watch than a current NFL game

[@lloydkline1518]

Good old days:: bo schembecher football

[@trumetalheadonmauiey9715]

Hey I remember Ray Lane and Jim Brandstatter as the announcers.

[@lloydkline3265]

Love ray lane, used to be on channel 50, and channel 2 in metro Detroit tv sports news

[@lloydkline1518]

Ray lane; legendary sport announcer in metro Detroit 1970s: 1980s: 1990s

[@user-nf5zt4kr6p]

this needs the brutus tackle

[@fsca72]

Football like racing was more enjoyable to watch in the past. Every sport is so crowded with safety now that it’s taken the fun away

[@danthestyxfan]

16:25 had to watch it 4 times before I got what they tried to do.

[@lloydkline6946]

Michigan used to beat ohio state football team like a drum during bo schembechler era

[@123slasher.16]

Keith Byars in 1984 should have won the Heisman, not Doug Flutie. This is the Shaun Gayle of the 1985 Bears, the guy whose crazy sidepiece killed his girlfriend.

[@ggoblue]

on the last play tomczak [inexplicably] couldnt bring himself to heave it down the field and instead scrambled out of bounds on the OSU sideline.

[@ftbobs]

I watched it twice until I decided that Tomczak must have left it behind on purpose and then watched again to see if it was a fumbleroskie.

[@michaelwainscott2633]

The play was a Fumblerooskie! Nebraska had run it and Ohio State tried to get cute with it while they were driving. The problem was, Hammerstein blew the Ohio State lineman off the line of scrimmage disrupting the play. Too bad he didn't do enough of that for the Bengals.

[@Ooftyman]

Why don't we ever see flying toilet paper these days at the Big House? =( Hahhaha...

[@cowboylumberjack8799]

What? This must be computer generated. Those blue bums could never win against The Buckeyes, unless it was around the turn of the century(not this past one).

[@bestcoastsxmcp]

Was this the last time Michigan beat Ohio State? 😂

[@lloydkline3265]

Michigan beat Ohio state a bunch of time more even after 2019 season

[@aidankearns2102]

2011 funny guy

[@lloydkline3265]

@@aidankearns2102 2010 football game Ohio state vs Michigan does not count, NCAA violations, Michigan beat ohio state in 2003

[@lloydkline6946]

Ever hear of ex ohio state football coach john Cooper, Michigan football coaches used to give him a spanking on his butt

[@lloydkline1518]

Michigan football used give ex Ohio state football coach earl Bruce a butt paddle too