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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.

Michigan’s 10 Longest Plays vs. Rutgers

Michigan has only played Rutgers eight times throughout history and has a 7-1 record against the Scarlet Knights. They first played in 2014. Here you can reminisce about the ten longest plays against Rutgers.

1. Giles Jackson 95-yard kickoff return TD (2020)
2. Jabrill Peppers 63-yard TD run (2016)
3. Chris Evans 61-yard TD run (2018)
4. Jake Rudock 56-yard pass to Jake Butt (2015)
5. Chris Evans 56-yard run (2016)
6. Cade McNamara 51-yard pass to Mike Sainristil (2021)
7. Karan Higdon 49-yard run (2017)
8. Shea Patterson 48-yard pass to Nico Collins (2019)
9. Cade McNamara 46-yard TD pass to Cornelius Johnson (2020)
10. Donovan Edwards 46-yard run (2022)

Hit the jump for videos of Jackson, Peppers, and Evans.

Michigan’s 10 Longest Plays vs. Bowling Green State University

Michigan has played Bowling Green State University two times, once in 2000 and once in 2010. The 2010 game was full of big plays, with Denard Robinson rushing 5 times for 129 yards and 2 touchdowns on an injury-shortened day that saw him rush or pass the ball just 9 times overall.

1. Fitzgerald Toussaint 61-yard touchdown run (2010)
2. John Navarre 58-yard pass to B.J. Askew (2000)
3. Denard Robinson 47-yard touchdown run (2010)
4. Denard Robinson 47-yard run (2010)
5. Chris Perry 42-yard touchdown run (2000)
6. John Navarre 41-yard touchdown pass to David Terrell (2000)
7. Denard Robinson 36-yard pass to Roy Roundtree (2010)
8. Michael Cox 35-yard run (2010)
9. Ray Vinopal 32-yard interception return (2010)
10. Devin Gardner 30-yard pass to Darryl Stonum (2010)

Michigan’s 10 Longest Plays vs. UNLV

This is a feature I started last year, with the ten longest plays against any particular opponent. I didn’t break it out last week since Michigan had never played East Carolina before, and now the opponent is UNLV, whom Michigan has only played once. So each of the following plays will take you back to 2015, when Michigan won by a score of 28-7.

1. Ty Isaac 76-yard touchdown run (2015)
2. J.J. McCarthy 47-yard touchdown pass to Roman Wilson (2023)
3. Jehu Chesson 36-yard touchdown run (2015)
4. Jayden Denegal 35-yard pass to Semaj Morgan (2023)
5. Jabrill Peppers 31-yard kickoff return (2015)
6. Channing Stribling 30-yard interception return (2015)
7. Semaj Morgan 28-yard kickoff return (2023)
8. Cornelius Johnson 26-yard run (2023)
9. Kalel Mullings 26-yard kickoff return (2023)
10. J.J. McCarthy 25-yard pass to Roman Wilson (2023)

Here’s Isaac’s 76-yarder:

Michigan’s 10 Longest Plays vs. Iowa

Michigan joined what is now the Big Ten conference in 1896 and Iowa followed in 1899, but in that long span (albeit some years without official statistics), there have been a lot of big plays. Hayden Fry got Iowa’s program going in the right direction during the 1980s and 1990s, and Kirk Ferentz has continued that trend since.

1. Tyrone Wheatley 82-yard rushing touchdown (1992)
2. John Navarre 77-yard pass to Tyrece Butler (2001)
3. John Navarre 71-yard pass to Jason Avant (2003)
4. Jim Maddock 65-yard touchdown pass to Ron Kramer (1955)
5. Jim Pace 65-yard punt return touchdown (1957)
6. Steve Breaston 64-yard kickoff return (2006)
7. Rick Leach 63-yard touchdown pass to Russell Davis (1977)
8. Jim Maddock 60-yard touchdown pass to Ron Maentz (1955)
9. Jamie Morris 60-yard kickoff return (1985)
10. Elvis Grbac 59-yard pass to Yale VanDyne (1991)

Hit the jump for video if the first couple plays.