Friday, August 30, 2024

2024 Week 1 trophy update

The defending National Champion Michigan Wolverines are also the holders of College Football's Greatest Trophy. Michigan faces Fresno State Saturday night in defense of the Trophy.

  • Michigan took ownership of the Trophy from Washington in the Championship game in Houston
  • This is M's 9th time as trophy holder
  • This will be their first Trophy defense since the 2003 season ended with a Rose Bowl loss to USC
  • Since that loss, M has lost 3 times to arch rival Ohio State with a chance to take the Trophy (2006, 2018 and 2019)
  • M is 26-27-1 in Trophy games  
  • A win Saturday night would break a 3-way tie for 15th and move M ahead of Baylor and UCLA 
  • Next up would be Auburn with 31 wins (34-18-2)
  • Their 27 losses in Trophy games is 4th highest all-time, behind Penn (59-39-5), Wesleyan (0-30) and Harvard (88-28-5)
  • Fresno State is 1-2 all time in Trophy games
  • Their lone victory came over the San Diego Marines in September of 1932
  • The lost the following game to West Coast Army and did not play for the Trophy again until falling to USC in November of 2005 in a shootout 50-42

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