ANN ARBOR, MI - Michigan and Minnesota will play for the Little Brown Jug for the 98th time Saturday in Ann Arbor. College football’s oldest trophy series started in 1903. A lot of lore has surrounded the jug since then, from accusations of thievery to finding it mysteriously at an Ann Arbor gas station in the 1930s.

Kalel Mullings rushed for 111 yards and two touchdowns as No. 12 Michigan held on to the Little Brown Jug with a 27-24 win in the rain against Minnesota.

Michigan and Minnesota have been exchanging the Little Brown Jug since 1903. Big Ten expansion can't take that lore away.

One of the most captivating aspects of college football is that it goes beyond just the teams on the field. Every Saturday, the matchups represent traditions that have spanned generations of players,

Me as a coach, I've got to make sure I do a good job of turning that thing up in the second half for them to make sure that they're ready to go. They were, but we just didn't execute at the level that we needed to.

The Michigan Wolverines watched a three-touchdown lead dwindle down to just three points in the fourth quarter but hung on for a 27-24 win over Minnesota on Saturday. The win keeps one of the oldest rivalry trophies in college football,

ANN ARBOR (AP) — Kalel Mullings rushed for 111 yards and two touchdowns in his first start at running back as No. 12 Michigan held on to the Little Brown Jug with a 27-24 win in the rain against Minnesota on Saturday.

Stream: FoxSports.com The Little Brown Jug is the originator of the rivalry trophy and it is a part of the pageantry of what makes college football great. The actual Michigan-Minnesota Rivalry is not really a thing.