11. Michigan: 10 Ohio State: 7 (November 21, 1971): Michigan capped off an undefeated regular season with a 10-7 win against Ohio State. Then came the Rose Bowl…
12. Tigers win by forfeit (July 12, 1979): Disco Demolition Night. Chicago DJ Steve Dahl sensed an anti-disco backlash and hooked up with crazy White Sox owner Bill Veeck and his son Mike for a special promotion between games of a doubleheader with the Tigers. They blew up disco records, chanted disco sucks, and a riot broke out. The Tigers won the second game because the Sox could not restore order.
13. Buffalo: 27 Lions: 14 (Thanksgiving, 1976): OJ Simpson of White Bronco fame ran for 273 yards on Turkey Day. Lions lose.
14. Denver: 31 Lions: 27 (Thanksgiving, 1974): The Lions final game at Tiger Stadium was a loss to Denver.
15. Indiana: 86 Michigan: 68 (March 29, 1976): Michigan made an amazing tournament run in 1976 and made it all the way to the finals. In the finals, they met one of the greatest teams of all time. Indiana finished 32-0. It was the first time two teams from the same conference met in the NCAA Finals.
16. Pistons: 139 Nuggets: 137 (April 9, 1978): David Thompson scores 73 vs. Pistons. Thompson and George Gervin were in a tight race for the scoring title. Gervin needed 58 to win and scored 63. Thompson lost the NBA scoring title to Gervin 27.22- 27.15.
17. Red Wings: 8 Maple Leafs: 1 (March 27, 1973): Mickey Redmond scores 50 goals. At the time, he was the seventh player in league history and the first Wing to do so. Mickey also broke Gordie Howe’s team record of 49 goals in a season. Mickey had come over from Montreal, “The year before I was traded, I had 27 goals,” he said. “Scoring 27 in Montreal, on what amounted to my first (full) year -- that to me was very important with that team. A 30-goal season in those days was considered a very good season.”
18. MSU: 43 Purdue: 10 (October 30, 1971): Eric Allen rushes for a ridiculous 350 yards in the Spartan victory.
19. CMU: 54 Delaware: 14 (December 14, 1974): Central Michigan wins the National Championship. Yes, it was Division II, but a title is a title.
20. Detroit: 116 Buffalo Braves: 109 (March 17, 1974): Pistons win 50 for first time in history.
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