Bump Elliott couldn't do it. Neither could Bo Schembechler, Gary Moeller, Lloyd Carr or Rich Rodriguez.

On Saturday, current Michigan football coach Brady Hoke will attempt to do something that none of his predecessors have done since 1948 -- beat Michigan State in his first year in charge of the Wolverines.

It's a feat last accomplished by Bennie Oosterbaan, who led Michigan to a win over the Spartans on the way to a 1948 national title.

Here's a look into The Ann Arbor News archives to reveal some details from that 1948 game, and from every Michigan-Michigan State game since that included a first-year coach on the Michigan sideline:

Date: September 25, 1948.

Location: East Lansing.

Score: Michigan 13, Michigan State 7

The game was also the head coaching debut for Oosterbaan, who took over for Fritz Crisler. Though he'd become the only Michigan coach in the modern era to defeat Michigan State in his first go-around, the feeling at the time was that Michigan greatly underperformed in the game after beating Spartans by 55- and 48-point margins the previous two years. The Thursday, Sept. 23, edition of The Ann Arbor News proclaimed the Wolverines favorites by “three or four touchdowns.”

But it took a fourth quarter, “two-and-a-half” yard run from Michigan fullback Tom Peterson to break a 7-7 tie in the second half and put Michigan ahead for good. The game story described the Wolverines as having “no zip.”

Oosterbaan’s backfield coach, George Ceithaml, wasn’t pleased with Michigan’s showing. “We can’t make that many mistakes and hope to win again,” he said

Michigan finished the season 9-0 and won its second consecutive national championship while Michigan State finished the year 6-2-2.

Sign of the times: The Sept. 25 game was the season opener. By the same time this year, the Wolverines were 4-0.

On that same day: The Michigan Civil Rights Federation was one of 82 organizations nationally declared as “communist” by attorney general Tom C. Clark.

Date: October 3, 1959.

Location: Ann Arbor.

Score: Michigan State 34, Michigan 8

With both teams trying to avoid an 0-2 start, the favored Spartans traveled to Ann Arbor to take on the Wolverines.

Not everyone who made the trip was welcomed with open arms. The night before the game, a mob of Michigan students surrounded a car with Michigan State emblems in the window, covered it in yellow paint and shaving cream, then deflated the tires.

It was the Wolverines who appeared deflated on the field, though. Michigan State scored the game’s first 34 points, scoring on three of its first four possessions. Michigan scored its only touchdown on a fourth quarter run by quarterback Stan Noskin.

“The Wolverines’ one moment of triumph came before the first kickoff when they won the pre-game coin toss,” wrote News reporter Dave Tefft.

Michigan finished the season 4-5, Michigan State 5-4.

Sign of the times: Michigan State’s travel roster consisted of 38 players in 1959. Michigan’s travel roster on Saturday will be close to 80.

On the same day: The Soviet Union prepared to launch Luna 3, the third spacecraft successfully launched to the Moon. The probe would be launched the Sunday morning following the game and take the first ever photos of the the far side of the moon on Oct. 7.

Date: October 18, 1969.

Location: East Lansing.

Score: Michigan State 23, Michigan 12

Michigan was favored in the contest, but it was the Spartans who took advantage of a windy day in East Lansing by keeping the ball on the ground. Though Michigan State had been employing a triple option to that point in the season, the Spartans used a power-I and compiled 348 yards on the ground.

“Three hundred and forty eight yards rushing?” first-year coach Bo Schembechler rhetorically asked reporters after the game. “That’s terrible. We can’t ever win football games giving up 348 yards.”

Michigan State quarterback Bill Triplett rushed for 142 yards on 18 carries and was voted offensive MVP by his teammates. Michigan’s offense was largely ineffective most of the game.

“It was hard to throw against that wind,” Michigan State coach Duffy Daugherty told reporters.

Michigan finished the season 8-3, Michigan State 4-6.

Signs of the times: The game was not televised. The University of Michigan aired a closed circuit broadcast at the University Events Building, charging $2 and $3 for admission. ... After Michigan State scored to go up 14-3, Glenn Doughty fielded the ensuing kickoff for Michigan at the 1-yard line, but accidentally stepped into the end zone. That, at the time, was an automatic safety.

On that same day: Fourteen black football players were kicked off the undefeated University of Wyoming football team hours before a game against Brigham Young University. Later coined the “Black 14,” the players were dismissed for wearing black armbands in support of a protest by Wyoming Black Student Alliance against BYU’s “racial policies.” Among those dismissed were Battle Creek native Tony McGee, who went on to play 14 seasons in the NFL.

Date: October 13, 1990.

Location: Ann Arbor.

Score: Michigan State 28, Michigan 27

The non-call heard 'round the (college football) world. Michigan State led 28-21 with less than 2 minutes to play when Michigan quarterback Elvis Grbac led the Wolverines on a 71-yard drive capped by a Derrick Alexander touchdown reception with 6 seconds remaining.

With no overtime in college football at the time, Moehler decided to go for a two-point conversion and the win. Though Grbac hit a diving Desmond Howard in the end zone, Howard dropped the ball. Replays show Howard being held, then tripped by Michigan State cornerback Eddie Brown on the play -- but they also show the ball hitting off of Howard’s chest and hands.

“I was surprised there was no flag,” Brown told reporters after the game.

“I’m not going to question the referee’s call,” said Howard. “He did what he thought was right.”

Michigan finished the season 9-3, Michigan State 8-3-1.

Sign of the times: Michigan entered the game ranked No. 1 in the nation despite losing its season opener to Notre Dame.

On that same day: The Pittsburgh Pirates -- coached by Jim Leyland -- packed up their clubhouse after having their season end the night before with a loss in Game 6 of the National League Championship.

Date: November 4, 1995.

Location: East Lansing.

Score: Michigan State 28, Michigan 25

Both teams featured first-year head coaches as Nick Saban had just taken over for George Perles in East Lansing. No. 7 ranked Michigan was favored heading into the contest against unranked Michigan State.

Spartans quarterback Tony Banks threw for a career high 318 yards and hit Nigea Carter for the game-winning touchdown with 1:24 left in the game. Michigan had trailed by 11 points at halftime.

“We had our opportunities, to win. Michigan State made the plays it needed to win, we didn’t,” Carr told reporters after the game

Michigan State players carried Saban off the field on their shoulders.

Michigan finished the season 9-4, Michigan State 6-5-1.

Sign of the times: News writer Dean Howe called the Michigan State win the “biggest in the brief college coaching career of Nick Saban” and told Spartans fans to “get ready for a bright future,” under Saban.

On that same day: Israeli prime minister Yitzhak Rabin was assassinated in Tel Aviv.

Date: October 25, 2008.

Location: Ann Arbor

Score: Michigan State 35, Michigan 21

The score was tied after every quarter but the one that mattered most after the Spartans outscored Michigan 14-0 in the fourth quarter. Michigan trailed by seven in each of the first two quarters, but Brandon Minor touchdowns in each leveled the score.

Michigan briefly led, 21-14, in the third quarter after quarterback Steven Threet rushed in from 2 yards out, but Michigan State ended the game by scoring 21 unanswered.

Michigan’s junior defensive end Brandon Graham -- now with the Philadelphia Eagles -- guaranteed a Michigan win before the game.

"I feel confident that my team had my back when I guaranteed the win. I am not going to take it back. I still believe we should have won the game," Graham said after the loss.

Michigan went on to finish the season 3-9, its first losing season since 1967. Michigan State finished 9-4.

Sign of the times: Michigan’s starting quarterback and co-leading rusher from the game -- Threet and Sam McGuffie -- weren’t on the team the following year. Threet transferred to Arizona State, McGuffie to Rice.

On that same day: The Wisconsin football team ended its four-game losing streak with a 27-17 win over Illinois. The skid had been the Badgers' longest in 12 years.

Contact Pete Cunningham at petercunningham@annarbor.com or by phone at 734-623-2561. Follow him on Twitter @petcunningham.