#11 Michigan at #2 Notre Dame

Saturday, Sept. 16 • 3:30 p.m.
Notre Dame Stadium • South Bend, Ind.
NBC Television
Michigan Football Game Notes

• U-M leads the series 18-14-1
• Series Streak: U-M lost last two and three straight at Notre Dame
• The teams rank #1 and #2 in all-time wins (851-813), winning percentage (.7446443 vs. .7439785), tv appearances and all-time final composite AP poll rankings.

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Michigan Stats

• Michigan is #11 in the AP Poll and #13 in the USA Today Coaches Poll
  
• Michigan has more wins that any football program in NCAA history, 851-280-36 (.7446443)
• Michigan has the highest winning percentage of any team in the NCAA history (.7446443)
• Michigan ranks #1 all-time in composite AP final football polls (1936-2005)
• Michigan has 42 Big 10 titles which is the most conference titles of any NCAA school
• Michigan has the most weekly appearances in the AP poll, appearing 726 times entering the 2006 season
• Michigan has led the nation in attendance 31 of the last 32 years
• Michigan has played 194 consecutive games at "The Big House" in front of 100,000+ fans
  
• Michigan has appeared in 31 straight bowls, the longest current streak in NCAA history.
  
• Michigan has had 358 football games televised (239-111-8), which leads the NCAA.
• The Wolverines have compiled a xxx-xxx-xx (.xxx) all-time record against AP nationally ranked teams.
• The Michigan football program is the only Big 10 team in any sport to win a conference title in each decade. It is the winningest overall athletic program in Big 10 Conference history
• Michigan has appeared in more Rose Bowls (19) than any other Big 10 Conference school
• Michigan has 11 national championships (5th all-time) to OSU's 7
• Michigan's five current NFL quarterback's are more than any other school in the country.

Lloyd Carr Stats

• Head coach Lloyd Carr has a career winning percentage of .754 (104-34), ranking him fifth among active Division I coaches.
• Michigan has a 38-21 overall record against nationally ranked teams under Carr. They are 15-6 against Top 10 opponents; 7-2 against teams in the Top 5; and 3-1 against No. 2 ranked teams.
  
• He now leads active Big 10 coaches with 68 conference wins (68-20).
• He grabbed the active career lead in Big 10 wins during the 2003 season.
• He is the eighth coach in conference history to claim five or more Big 10 championships.