It's been a rough decade for Michigan football fans in rivalry games. In the last 10 years, the Wolverines are 3-7 against Michigan State and 1-9 against Ohio State. But when it comes to Notre Dame, Michigan has always dominated at home.
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The all-time Michigan-Notre Dame rivalry is deadlocked at 15-15-1 since the teams started playing regularly in 1978. But in Ann Arbor, Michigan is 10-5 over that span, including three straight wins since 2009.
Notre Dame has certainly jumped on every scheduling advantage it could get in this series, not only abruptly ending the last contract just in time to finish with a home game, but also getting the first of this latest head-on-head in South Bend.
As a result, the Fighting Irish are on a two-game winning streak in the series. But Michigan is a different team at the Big House.
The last two Michigan-Notre Dame games in Ann Arbor have been instant classics. In 2011, Michigan pulled off one of its greatest comebacks to beat Notre Dame in the first night game at the Big House.
Under the Lights II was another Michigan win in 2013, though with slightly less drama.
Even the 2009 Michigan team that didn't qualify for a bowl game under Rich Rodriguez beat Notre Dame at home. Lloyd Carr's final matchup against the Golden Domers ended with a 38-0 Michigan win.