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Michigan’s 10 Longest Plays vs. Nebraska

Michigan has only played Nebraska nine times throughout history and has a 5-4 record against the Cornhuskers. They first played in 1962, but then did not play again until the Fiesta Bowl at the end of the 1985 season. Nebraska joined the Big Ten in 2011. Jim Harbaugh is 3-0 against the ‘Huskers.

1. Steve Breaston 69-yard kickoff return (2005)
2. Donovan Peoples-Jones 60-yard punt return TD (2018)
3. Dylan McCaffrey 56-yard TD pass to Ronnie Bell (2018)
4. Hassan Haskins 50-yard run (2021)
5. Cade McNamara 48-yard pass to Mike Sainristil (2021)
6. Denard Robinson 46-yard pass to Roy Roundtree (2011)
7. Karan Higdon 46-yard TD run (2018)
8. Karan Higdon 44-yard TD run (2018)
9. Denard Robinson 38-yard TD pass to Martavious Odoms (2011)
10. Cade McNamara 35-yard pass to Daylen Baldwin (2021)

Hit the jump for videos of Peoples-Jones, McCaffrey-to-Bell, and Haskins.

2023 Ex-Wolverine Updates: Week 4

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FORMER PLAYERS

TE Erick All (Iowa): All caught 3 passes for 35 yards in a 31-0 loss to Penn State.

WR Andrel Anthony (Oklahoma): Anthony caught 7 passes for 117 yards in a 20-6 win over Cincinnati. He now has 21 catches for 371 yards and 1 touchdown this year.

Andrel Anthony is good at footballpic.twitter.com/hCHo76mqoB

— RanDynasty (@ran_dynasty) September 23, 2023

QB Alan Bowman (Oklahoma State): Bowman completed 23/48 throws for 278 yards, 2 touchdowns, and 2 interceptions in a 34-27 loss to Iowa State. He also ran 4 times for 5 yards and 1 touchdown.

Alan Bowman with a dime on his 6th drive of the day for a TD.

Almost like a QB settles into a game when you let him play more than 4-5 drives. Weird. #OKState pic.twitter.com/xnbihinjZq

— TJ Eckert (@TJEckertKTUL) September 23, 2023

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Michigan 31, Rutgers 7

Different game, same result. Michigan has started this season with some remarkable consistency, if a lack of explosiveness. The Wolverines beat the Scarlet Knights, a Big Ten team, by a 24-point margin a week after beating BGSU, a MAC team, by 25 points. That came a week after a 28-point win over UNLV, which followed a 27-point victory over ECU. Michigan points, from week one onward: 30, 35, 31, 31. Opponent points: 3, 7, 6, 7. Michigan now leads the country in scoring defense, giving up just 5.8 points per contest. Oklahoma and Ohio State are tied for #2 at 8.5 points allowed per game.

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Michigan 31, Bowling Green 6

That was an ugly 25-point win. Michigan is at a pretty good place in its program where a 25-point win is considered disappointing, but that’s where we are. The point differentials against MAC teams over the years have been pretty sizeable:

• 63-10 over NIU in 2021 (53 points)
• 59-9 over CMU in 2013 (50 points)
• 49-3 over WMU in 2018 (46 points)
• 47-14 over WMU in 2021 (33 points)
• 31-3 over EMU in 2011 (28 points)
• 31-6 over BGSU in 2023 (25 points)
• 34-10 over Miami-OH in 2014 (24 points)
• 34-10 over WMU in 2011 (24 points)
• 28-24 over Akron in 2013 (4 points)

As you can see, Michigan has had some huge wins over MAC teams in the last thirteen seasons. This was one of the least impressive. Michigan was breaking in a new coaching staff after a rebuild in 2011, and Brady Hoke was proving the job was too big for him in 2013 and 2014. The former isn’t the case for this 2023 team, and I think we all know Harbaugh can coach at this level, so the latter doesn’t apply, either. But it was kind of a stinker.

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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.