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"The Victors" is the fight song of the University of Michigan. [1] Michigan student Louis Elbel wrote the song in 1898 after the football team's victory over the University of Chicago, which clinched an undefeated season and the Western Conference championship.
It was composed by two Michigan students, J. Fred Lawton and Earl Vincent Moore, [1] while they were riding a street car in Detroit in 1911. [2] Lawton had graduated from Michigan in June 1911, and met Moore in Detroit that October. Moore suggested to Lawton that the university needed a new fight song, and that the two of them should create it.
Victory for MSU", formerly "MSU Fight Song", is the official fight song of Michigan State University. It was created in early 1915 (and copyrighted in 1919), when MSU was known as Michigan Agricultural College (M.A.C.). An MSU cheerleader, Francis Irving Lankey, along with lyricist Arthur Sayles, created the song. [1]
The song was written by Wayne State music professor and band director Graham T. Overgard at the request of team owner G.A. Richards, who asked him to write a fight song for the team.
Some fight songs have a long history, connecting the fans who sing them to a time-honored tradition, frequently to music played by the institution's band. [1] An analysis of 65 college fight songs by FiveThirtyEight identified words commonly used in the lyrics of these songs, including fight, win, and victory. [4]
The brawl broke out when players from Michigan attempted to plant a flag on the Block O at midfield after defeating the Buckeyes 13-10. Ohio State's players and coaches were gathered to sing ...
"Let's Go Blue" is a short song most often associated with the University of Michigan, but widely performed during high school and professional sports as well. It was composed by Joe Carl and first arranged by Albert Ahronheim in the 1970s. The song consists of 32 bars and is 40 seconds long. [1]
Here are the words to the Ohio State fight song, the "Buckeye Battle Cry" as you prepare for tonight's season opener against Notre Dame.