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1917, 2012 and The Willis Ward Game (1934) – This Week in Michigan Football History

For Saturday’s epic battle against the Spartans, we start briefly with a game in 1917 when the Spartans were the Aggies of M.A.C. We then fast forward to nearly a decade later to 2012 when four field goals got the job done, and on that day we honored Willis Ward – the African American star who was forced to sit out the 1934 Georgia Tech game. This week get into that incident and his friendship with ’34 MVP Jerry Ford:

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Good morning ! October 20th holds a special place in Wolverine lore, and includes two wins over our our rivals from East Lansing.