Sunday, September 27, 2026

Question: Since 1956, every official seating capacity for Michigan Stadium has ended in the number 1. Who is that one extra seat said to honor?

Answer: Fritz Crisler, Michigan’s athletic director when a 1956 renovation pushed the Big House past 100,000 seats. Legend says he put in one extra seat in a spot only he knew. “It has its spot,” Crisler once said. “And I am the only man who knows where that spot is.”