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Michigan’s 10 Longest Plays vs. Minnesota

Michigan has played Minnesota 104 times throughout history and has a 76-25-3 record against the Golden Gophers. They first played in 1892, and the winner of the game after each meeting earns the Little Brown Jug Trophy.

Here are the longest plays for Michigan in the history of the rivalry:

1. Steve Breaston 95-yard kickoff return TD (2005)
2. Chris Howard 86-yard TD run (1996)
3. Gilvanni Johnson 85-yard punt return TD (1985)
4. Carlos Brown 85-yard TD run (2007)
5. Darrell Harper 84-yard punt return TD (1959)
6. Courtney Avery 83-yard fumble return TD (2011)
7. Karan Higdon 77-yard TD run (2017)
8. Tom Brady 76-yard TD pass to Tai Streets (1998)
9. Lowell Perry 75-yard punt return TD (1951)
10. Steve Smith 75-yard TD run (1983)
11. Scott Dreisbach 75-yard TD pass to Amani Toomer (1995)

Hit the jump for videos of Breaston and Brown.

Ranking Michigan’s Quarterbacks

Drew Henson (image via Detroit News)

This was originally posted on March 17, 2017. It has been updated following the 2022 season.

Sports fans love to debate the greatness of players and rank them in order from most revered to most despised. And while despised probably doesn’t fit any of these players, since they played for the University of Michigan, we all have our favorites. I have endeavored to achieve the un-possible: Rank all of Michigan’s starting quarterbacks.

Okay, that’s too tall of a task for me right now. I’m working up to it. So I’m only going back to 1995, which was the beginning of the Lloyd Carr era. That’s the earliest full coaching tenure where I can count on my recollections of Michigan football. I was a big fan of Bo Schembechler, Gary Moeller, and the Michigan Wolverines before then, but I’ll be damned if I say I was aware enough to understand what was happening on the field.

This ranking only takes into account what the quarterbacks achieved wearing the winged helmet. High school highlight tapes and NFL performance aren’t taken into account. (After all, we can agree that Tom Brady is far and away the best quarterback who ever played the game of football, and that includes Uncle Rico.)

So if you were starting a season with your pick of any Michigan QB since 1995, which one would you take?

On with the show:

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