Tag: all-time leaders

All-Time Leaders: Interceptions Thrown in a Game

This is not a list you want to be on, but you have to take the bad with the good. So here’s a look at the players who have thrown the most interceptions in a single game, and I was not aware of the school record until now:

1. 7 – Demetrius Brown (1987 vs. Michigan State)
2. 5 – Stan Noskin (1959 vs. Wisconsin)
3. 4 – John Wangler (1979 vs. Purdue)
4. 4 – John Navarre (2001 vs. Ohio State)
5. 4 – Tate Forcier (2009 vs. Ohio State)
6. 4 – Denard Robinson (2012 vs. Notre Dame)

How do you throw 7 interceptions in a single game and not get pulled before you reach that point?

Brown’s stat line during that game: 12/26 (46.2%), 158 yards, 1 touchdown, 7 interceptions. Michigan State won by a score of 17-11.

I planned to list the times players have thrown 3 interceptions in a game, but there are 44 of them!

Steve Smith and Rick Leach both threw 3 interceptions four times each. The most recent time a Michigan QB threw 3 picks in one game was J.J. McCarthy against Bowling Green in 2023.

All-Time Single-Game Receiving Touchdown Leaders

I thought I would put together the list of top scoring performances for receivers in Michigan history. Again, if you want to set some passing/receiving records at Michigan, make sure you’re healthy for the Indiana game.

1. 4 – Derrick Alexander (1992 vs. Minnesota)
2. 4 – Jehu Chesson (2015 vs. Indiana)
3. 3 – Ron Kramer (1955 vs. Missouri)
4. 3 – Greg McMurty (1989 vs. Minnesota)
5. 3 – Desmond Howard (1991 vs. Boston College)
6. 3 – Desmond Howard (1991 vs. Indiana)
7. 3 – Derrick Alexander (1992 vs. Northwestern)
8. 3 – David Terrell (1999 vs. Alabama)
9. 3 – David Terrell (2000 vs. Northwestern)
10. 3 – Braylon Edwards (2004 vs. Michigan State)
11. 3 – Braylon Edwards (2004 vs. Texas)
12. 3 – Mario Manningham (2006 vs. Notre Dame)
13. 3 – Jeremy Gallon (2013 vs. Notre Dame)
14. 3 – Devin Funchess (2014 vs. Appalachian State)
15. 3 – Donovan Peoples-Jones (2018 vs. SMU)
16. 3 – Nico Collins (2019 vs. Indiana)

Over one hundred players have caught 2 touchdowns in a game, so I won’t list them all.

Originally posted on November 26, 2019.

All-Time Career Field Goals Made Leaders

With the graduation of Jake Moody – and his possible drafting this spring – I wanted to take a look back at the top field goal kickers in Michigan history.

1. 69 – Jake Moody (2018-2022)
2. 64 – Garrett Rivas (2003-2006)
3. 63 – Remy Hamilton (1993-1996)
4. 57 – Mike Gillette (1985-1988)
5. 45 – Brendan Gibbons (2010-2013)
6. 42 – Quinn Nordin (2017-2020)
7. 39 – J.D. Carlson (1989-1991)
8. 37 – Kenny Allen (2012-2016)
9. 31 – Ali Haji Sheikh (1979-1982)
10. 29 – Bob Bergeron (1981-1984)

Interestingly – to me, at least – some of the best years in modern Michigan history are not represented here, such as 1997-2002. That was right in the middle of the Lloyd Carr years. Maybe Michigan was too busy scoring touchdowns with Anthony Thomas, David Terrell, etc. to be kicking many field goals.

All-Time Season Passing Yardage Leaders

Previously I posted all the single-game passing yardage leaders (LINK). Today we look at the season passing yardage leaders.

Hit the jump for the list.

All-Time Career Receiving Yardage Leaders

Here’s another entry in the all-time leaders list. Enjoy a look back at the top career receiving yardage leaders in the history of mighty Michigan.