With Notre Dame facing Syracuse today at Yankee Stadium, here’s a recap of Michigan’s visits to the Bronx. The results didn’t turn out well for your beloved Wolverines, but the 1945 game in particular [coincidentally the topic of today’s edition of TWIMFbH] is a major milestone event in the history of all of college football:
1945 Michigan knew they had little chance heading into this game, as Army featured two of the finest ever to lace them up: Doc Blanchard and Glenn Davis.
From an April 2009 post, here’s a bit about the trip to the Bronx to face Doc Blanchard and Glenn Davis in 1945: