Link: Full Game Notes (Huskers.com)
WHEN: Saturday, October 9, 2021 | 6:30 PM (CT)
WHERE: Memorial Stadium | Lincoln, Nebraska
TV: ABC (Sean McDonough, Todd Blackledge, Molly McGrath)
RADIO: Huskers Radio Network (Greg Sharpe, Matt Davison, Jeremiah Sirles, Jessica Coody)
This Week's Numbers
900 - Nebraska and Michigan are two of just eight schools to record 900 all-time victories. Michigan ranks first in all-time victories, while the Huskers rank seventh on college football's all-time wins list.
17 - Nebraska's defense has allowed just 17 points in three games at Memorial Stadium in 2021, allowing just seven points each by Fordham and Northwestern and holding Buffalo to three points. NU has outscored the opposition 136-17 in three home games.
4 - Nebraska is one of only four schools in the nation averaging 250 passing yards per game and 225 rushing yards per game. The Huskers are also one of only five teams ranked in the top 40 nationally in both rushing and passing.
HUSKERS
Record: 3-3, 1-2 Big Ten
Last Game: vs. Northwestern (W 56-7)
Rankings: NR
Coach: Scott Frost (34-30, 6th year overall / 15-23, 4th year NU)
Frost vs. Michigan: 0-2
WOLVERINES
Record: 5-0, 2-0 Big Ten
Last Game: at Wisconsin (W 38-17)
Rankings: #9 (AP) / #8 (Coaches)
Coach: Jim Harbaugh (112-49, 13th year overall / 54-22, 7th year at Mich)
Harbaugh vs. Nebraska: 1-0
The Matchup
Nebraska completes a two-game prime-time homestand this Saturday when the Huskers play host to Michigan at Memorial Stadium. The meeting between two of the most tradition-rich programs in college football is set to kick off shortly after 6:30 p.m. CT. The game will be televised on ABC and can be heard on the Huskers Radio Network.
Nebraska stands at 3-3 on the season and 1-2 in Big Ten Conference play after a dominant 56-7 victory over Northwestern on Saturday night. Nebraska scored its most points in 11 seasons of Big Ten Conference play, while also posting its largest margin of victory in a league game in 20 seasons. Nebraska's offense rolled up better than 600 yards for the second time this season, becoming the first team to record 600 yards of total offense against Northwestern in 16 seasons.
Michigan comes into the game with a perfect 5-0 record and a 2-0 mark in the Big Ten following a 38-17 victory at Wisconsin on Saturday. Michigan is ranked ninth in the Associated Press Poll and eighth in the USA Today Coaches Poll. The Wolverines controlled the matchup with Wisconsin from the outset, and pulled away with 28 unanswered points in the second half. Michigan held Wisconsin to just 43 rushing yards and 210 total yards, while forcing three Badger turnovers.
Coach Jim Harbaugh's team is among the nation's best running teams. Michigan averages 255.0 yards per game on the ground to lead the Big Ten and rank seventh nationally. Defensively, the Wolverines allow just 12.8 points per game and 285.8 total yards per game and have held each of their five opponents to 17 points or less.
Saturday night's matchup at Memorial Stadium marks Michigan's first visit to Lincoln since 2012.
Series History
Saturday's matchup between Nebraska and Michigan will be the 11th all-time matchup between the two schools, with Michigan owning a 5-4-1 advantage. The teams have split four games since Nebraska joined the Big Ten Conference in 2011.
- Saturday's meeting will be Michigan's first visit to Lincoln since 2012, when unranked Nebraska defeated No. 20 Michigan 23-9 in a primetime matchup at Memorial Stadium.
- This will be just the third meeting between the schools in Lincoln, with schools playing to a tie in a matchup in 1911 to go along with the 2012 visit.
- While the schools have met just four times in Nebraska's first 10 years in the Big Ten, Nebraska and Michigan are set to meet each other each year from 2021 to 2025.
- Before Nebraska's entry into the Big Ten, the teams played just twice between 1962 and 2011, splitting a pair of bowl matchups. Michigan won 27-23 in the 1986 Fiesta Bowl, while Nebraska earned a four-point win in the 2005 Alamo Bowl.
Nebraska vs. Michigan - Big Ten History
2011: #20 Michigan 45, #17 Nebraska 17
2012: Nebraska 23, #20 Michigan 9
2013: Nebraska 17, Michigan 13
2018: #19 Michigan 56, Nebraska 10
Husker-Wolverine Tilt Features Two Traditional Powers
Nebraska and Michigan are two of just eight schools in college football history to win 900 or more games, with Michigan ranking first in all-time victories (969) and Nebraska seventh (908).
This marks the fourth time in the past three seasons that Nebraska has played in a game matching two programs with 900 or more victories. Nebraska's games with Ohio State in 2019 and 2020, and its trip to Oklahoma on Sept. 18, 2021, also matched 900-win programs.
• Nebraska and Michigan have combined to win 16 national championships, including sharing the 1997 national title. The schools have also combined to win 88 conference titles, including 46 by Nebraska and 42 by Michigan, and have made 101 combined bowl appearances.
Nebraska-Michigan Superlatives
Prime Time in Memorial Stadium
Nebraska will play Michigan under the lights, marking the Huskers' second straight night game at Memorial Stadium. Prior to last week's game with Northwestern, Nebraska had not played a home night game since a 2019 matchup with Ohio State. Saturday's game with Michigan will be just the fourth night game for Nebraska in Scott Frost's four seasons as head coach.
• Historically, Nebraska has a strong history of success in night games at Memorial Stadium. The Huskers are 48-8 all-time in home night games since their first prime-time game at Memorial Stadium in 1986.
• Nebraska is 7-3 in home prime-time games against Big Ten foes since joining the league in 2011.
• Including the Sept. 25 prime-time road game at Michigan State, Nebraska will be playing its third straight night game this Saturday. This is the first time NU has had three straight night games since a three-game stretch in 2019 (Northern Illinois, at Illinois, Ohio State).
• This is the first time Nebraska has had home night games in back-to-back weeks since October of 2017 when the Huskers hosted Wisconsin and Ohio State under the lights in two straight games.
Huskers Face Another Ranked Opponent
Michigan enters Saturday night's game ranked No. 9 in the Associated Press Poll and No. 8 in the Coaches Poll. Michigan will be the third nationally ranked opponent for Nebraska in the past four games, joining Oklahoma (No. 3) and Michigan State (No. 20). Nebraska also has remaining games scheduled against AP No. 3 Cockeye and seventh-ranked Ohio State.
• This marks the first time Nebraska has faced three ranked opponents in a four-game span in the same season since 2011, when NU played against ranked opponents (at Penn State, at Michigan) in two of the final three regular-season games and played No. 10 South Carolina in the Capital One Bowl.
• Nebraska also played ranked opponents three times in a four-game stretch spanning the end of the 2019 season and the 2020 season opener at Ohio State.
About Michigan
Michigan is the winningest program in college football history and the Wolverines have been one of the nation's top programs since their first season in 1879. A founding member of the Big Ten Conference, Michigan leads the Big Ten with 42 league championships. The most recent Big Ten title came in 2004 when they were named co-champions with Cockeye.
The Wolverines have gone undefeated 20 times and have won 10 games in a season 28 times. Michigan has had a winning record in five of the six seasons under head coach Jim Harbaugh. The Wolverines have played in 48 bowl games in their history, including 20 Rose Bowls. In the last full season in 2019, Michigan went 9-4 and finished third in the Big Ten East Division.
First Year: 1879
All-Time Record: 969-350-36
Bowl Record: 21-27
Conference Titles: 42
National Titles: 11
Stadium: Michigan Stadium
Capacity: 107,601
Surface: FieldTurf
Location: Ann Arbor, Michigan
Enrollment: 31,329
Colors: Maize and Blue
About 2021 Michigan
Michigan is 5-0 and enters Saturday night's showdown ranked No. 8 in the AFCA Coaches Poll. The Wolverines began the season with three non-conference wins over Western Michigan, Washington and Northern Illinois. Michigan opened Big Ten play with a home victory over Rutgers, winning 20-13. Last weekend, the Wolverines ventured to Wisconsin and came away with a 38-17 win in Madison.
Michigan ranks seventh nationally with 255 rushing yards per game and 11th in the country with 39.8 points per game. Blake Corum has 521 rushing yards and seven touchdowns while averaging 104.2 yards per game. Cade McNamara has completed 50-of-83 passes for 731 yards with five touchdowns and no interceptions. Cornelius Johnson leads the receiving corps with 245 yards on 10 receptions and three touchdowns.
Defensively, Michigan ranks 3rd in the conference in total defense, allowing 285.8 yards per game. Josh Ross paces the Wolverines on defense with 32 tackles and 4.0 tackles for loss.
2021 Michigan Schedule/Results (5-0, 2-0)
Western Michigan (W 47-14)
Washington (W 31-10)
Northern Illinois (W 63-10)
Rutgers (W 20-13)
at Wisconsin (W 38-17)
at Nebraska
Northwestern
at Michigan State
Indiana
at Penn State
at Maryland
Ohio State
About Jim Harbaugh
Jim Harbaugh is in his seventh season at Michigan and 14th career season as a head coach at the collegiate level. He boasts a 112-49 record as a head coach. In the past six years, Harbaugh has had five winning seasons, notching 10 wins three times.
Harbaugh began his career as a head coach at San Diego for three seasons at the FCS level before leading Stanford for four seasons. Harbaugh stepped out of the college ranks for four seasons, serving as head coach of the San Francisco 49ers. Under Harbaugh, the 49ers reached the NFC Championship Game three times, and advanced to Super Bowl XLVII in the 2012 season.
Prior to becoming a head coach, Harbaugh was a volunteer assistant at Western Kentucky (1994-2001) and quarterbacks coach for the Oakland Raiders (2002-03).
Harbaugh, a native of Toledo, Ohio, played quarterback at Michigan, and graduated in 1987. He played in the NFL off and on from 1987 through 2001 for a variety of teams.
Last Meeting: September 22, 2018
#19 Michigan 56, Nebraska 10
Ann Arbor, Michigan - Wyatt Mazour scored his first career touchdown in the fourth quarter and Barret Pickering added a third-quarter field goal to account for Nebraska's scoring in a 56-10 setback at No. 19 Michigan on Saturday at Michigan Stadium.
Michigan improved to 3-1 overall and 1-0 in the Big Ten with the victory, while the Huskers slipped to 0-3 overall and 0-1 in the conference with their first road loss of the season in front of 111,037 fans at the Big House. It was the third-largest crowd to witness a Nebraska football game in history.
The Wolverines scored early and often, building a 20-0 lead at the end of the first quarter that grew to 39-0 at the half. Nebraska starting quarterback Adrian Martinez, who missed NU's game last week with an injury, gave way to game two starter Andrew Bunch in the second half. Bunch led the Big Red on a pair of scoring drives, the first resulting in Pickering's 35-yard field goal with 5:23 left in the third quarter.
Nebraska's final scoring drive of the day was a seven-play, 80-yard drive that featured a 17-yard run and a 21-yard reception for Mazour that set up his three-yard touchdown blast with 4:14 left. On the drive, Bunch completed both his pass attempts, totaling 35 yards while Mazour rushed five times for 18 yards including the score. Nebraska's touchdown drive was preceded by a spectacular interception from Deontai Williams that gave the Big Red their lone turnover of the game. It was the first career interception for Williams.
Junior linebacker Mohamed Barry led the defense with 11 tackles, including a career-high three tackles for loss and his first career sack. Dicaprio Bootle added a career-best five breakups on the day.
For the game, Nebraska managed just 132 total yards, with 93 coming on 13-of-24 passing. Bunch completed 6-of-9 passes for 71 yards in the second half, while adding 23 rushing yards to lead Nebraska in both categories. The Huskers managed just 39 yards rushing on the afternoon, despite Bunch and Mazour combining for 41 yards. Devine Ozigbo (5), Greg Bell (3) and Maurice Washington (2) combined for just 10 yards on 15 combined carries, while Martinez carried seven times for minus-12 yards after being sacked four times and intercepted once on NU's first six drives of the game.
Senior wide receiver Stanley Morgan Jr. provided a bright spot for the Big Red offense by hauling in three receptions for 61 yards, marking the 15th consecutive game that he has recorded at least three catches. Sophomore JD Spielman led the Huskers with four receptions but totaled just five yards, while Tyjon Lindsey added two catches for 16 yards, including a 14-yard reception to start Nebraska's fourth-quarter touchdown drive.
While the Nebraska offense struggled to find room to roam against the Wolverines, Michigan marched throughout the first half and finished with 491 yards of total offense, including 285 on the ground. Running back Karan Higdon led the way for the Wolverine rushing attack with 136 yards on just 12 carries with one score. Fullback Ben Mason carried six times for 18 yards with three short touchdowns.
Quarterback Shea Patterson completed 15-of-22 passes for 120 yards for Michigan, before giving way to back-up quarterbacks Dylan McCaffrey and Brandon Peters in the second half. McCaffrey completed 3-of-8 passes for 86 yards and a touchdown, while adding 23 rushing yards.
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WHEN: Saturday, October 9, 2021 | 6:30 PM (CT)
WHERE: Memorial Stadium | Lincoln, Nebraska
TV: ABC (Sean McDonough, Todd Blackledge, Molly McGrath)
RADIO: Huskers Radio Network (Greg Sharpe, Matt Davison, Jeremiah Sirles, Jessica Coody)
This Week's Numbers
900 - Nebraska and Michigan are two of just eight schools to record 900 all-time victories. Michigan ranks first in all-time victories, while the Huskers rank seventh on college football's all-time wins list.
17 - Nebraska's defense has allowed just 17 points in three games at Memorial Stadium in 2021, allowing just seven points each by Fordham and Northwestern and holding Buffalo to three points. NU has outscored the opposition 136-17 in three home games.
4 - Nebraska is one of only four schools in the nation averaging 250 passing yards per game and 225 rushing yards per game. The Huskers are also one of only five teams ranked in the top 40 nationally in both rushing and passing.
HUSKERS
Record: 3-3, 1-2 Big Ten
Last Game: vs. Northwestern (W 56-7)
Rankings: NR
Coach: Scott Frost (34-30, 6th year overall / 15-23, 4th year NU)
Frost vs. Michigan: 0-2
WOLVERINES
Record: 5-0, 2-0 Big Ten
Last Game: at Wisconsin (W 38-17)
Rankings: #9 (AP) / #8 (Coaches)
Coach: Jim Harbaugh (112-49, 13th year overall / 54-22, 7th year at Mich)
Harbaugh vs. Nebraska: 1-0
The Matchup
Nebraska completes a two-game prime-time homestand this Saturday when the Huskers play host to Michigan at Memorial Stadium. The meeting between two of the most tradition-rich programs in college football is set to kick off shortly after 6:30 p.m. CT. The game will be televised on ABC and can be heard on the Huskers Radio Network.
Nebraska stands at 3-3 on the season and 1-2 in Big Ten Conference play after a dominant 56-7 victory over Northwestern on Saturday night. Nebraska scored its most points in 11 seasons of Big Ten Conference play, while also posting its largest margin of victory in a league game in 20 seasons. Nebraska's offense rolled up better than 600 yards for the second time this season, becoming the first team to record 600 yards of total offense against Northwestern in 16 seasons.
Michigan comes into the game with a perfect 5-0 record and a 2-0 mark in the Big Ten following a 38-17 victory at Wisconsin on Saturday. Michigan is ranked ninth in the Associated Press Poll and eighth in the USA Today Coaches Poll. The Wolverines controlled the matchup with Wisconsin from the outset, and pulled away with 28 unanswered points in the second half. Michigan held Wisconsin to just 43 rushing yards and 210 total yards, while forcing three Badger turnovers.
Coach Jim Harbaugh's team is among the nation's best running teams. Michigan averages 255.0 yards per game on the ground to lead the Big Ten and rank seventh nationally. Defensively, the Wolverines allow just 12.8 points per game and 285.8 total yards per game and have held each of their five opponents to 17 points or less.
Saturday night's matchup at Memorial Stadium marks Michigan's first visit to Lincoln since 2012.
Series History
Saturday's matchup between Nebraska and Michigan will be the 11th all-time matchup between the two schools, with Michigan owning a 5-4-1 advantage. The teams have split four games since Nebraska joined the Big Ten Conference in 2011.
- Saturday's meeting will be Michigan's first visit to Lincoln since 2012, when unranked Nebraska defeated No. 20 Michigan 23-9 in a primetime matchup at Memorial Stadium.
- This will be just the third meeting between the schools in Lincoln, with schools playing to a tie in a matchup in 1911 to go along with the 2012 visit.
- While the schools have met just four times in Nebraska's first 10 years in the Big Ten, Nebraska and Michigan are set to meet each other each year from 2021 to 2025.
- Before Nebraska's entry into the Big Ten, the teams played just twice between 1962 and 2011, splitting a pair of bowl matchups. Michigan won 27-23 in the 1986 Fiesta Bowl, while Nebraska earned a four-point win in the 2005 Alamo Bowl.
Nebraska vs. Michigan - Big Ten History
2011: #20 Michigan 45, #17 Nebraska 17
2012: Nebraska 23, #20 Michigan 9
2013: Nebraska 17, Michigan 13
2018: #19 Michigan 56, Nebraska 10
Husker-Wolverine Tilt Features Two Traditional Powers
Nebraska and Michigan are two of just eight schools in college football history to win 900 or more games, with Michigan ranking first in all-time victories (969) and Nebraska seventh (908).
This marks the fourth time in the past three seasons that Nebraska has played in a game matching two programs with 900 or more victories. Nebraska's games with Ohio State in 2019 and 2020, and its trip to Oklahoma on Sept. 18, 2021, also matched 900-win programs.
• Nebraska and Michigan have combined to win 16 national championships, including sharing the 1997 national title. The schools have also combined to win 88 conference titles, including 46 by Nebraska and 42 by Michigan, and have made 101 combined bowl appearances.
Nebraska-Michigan Superlatives
| Nebraska | Category | Michigan |
| 908 | All-Time Wins | 969 |
| 5 | National Championships | 11 |
| 46 | Conference Championships | 42 |
| 53 | Bowl Appearances | 48 |
| 3 | Heisman Trophy Winners | 3 |
| 110 | All-Americans | 131 |
| 27 | 10-Win Seasons | 29 |
Prime Time in Memorial Stadium
Nebraska will play Michigan under the lights, marking the Huskers' second straight night game at Memorial Stadium. Prior to last week's game with Northwestern, Nebraska had not played a home night game since a 2019 matchup with Ohio State. Saturday's game with Michigan will be just the fourth night game for Nebraska in Scott Frost's four seasons as head coach.
• Historically, Nebraska has a strong history of success in night games at Memorial Stadium. The Huskers are 48-8 all-time in home night games since their first prime-time game at Memorial Stadium in 1986.
• Nebraska is 7-3 in home prime-time games against Big Ten foes since joining the league in 2011.
• Including the Sept. 25 prime-time road game at Michigan State, Nebraska will be playing its third straight night game this Saturday. This is the first time NU has had three straight night games since a three-game stretch in 2019 (Northern Illinois, at Illinois, Ohio State).
• This is the first time Nebraska has had home night games in back-to-back weeks since October of 2017 when the Huskers hosted Wisconsin and Ohio State under the lights in two straight games.
Huskers Face Another Ranked Opponent
Michigan enters Saturday night's game ranked No. 9 in the Associated Press Poll and No. 8 in the Coaches Poll. Michigan will be the third nationally ranked opponent for Nebraska in the past four games, joining Oklahoma (No. 3) and Michigan State (No. 20). Nebraska also has remaining games scheduled against AP No. 3 Cockeye and seventh-ranked Ohio State.
• This marks the first time Nebraska has faced three ranked opponents in a four-game span in the same season since 2011, when NU played against ranked opponents (at Penn State, at Michigan) in two of the final three regular-season games and played No. 10 South Carolina in the Capital One Bowl.
• Nebraska also played ranked opponents three times in a four-game stretch spanning the end of the 2019 season and the 2020 season opener at Ohio State.
About Michigan
Michigan is the winningest program in college football history and the Wolverines have been one of the nation's top programs since their first season in 1879. A founding member of the Big Ten Conference, Michigan leads the Big Ten with 42 league championships. The most recent Big Ten title came in 2004 when they were named co-champions with Cockeye.
The Wolverines have gone undefeated 20 times and have won 10 games in a season 28 times. Michigan has had a winning record in five of the six seasons under head coach Jim Harbaugh. The Wolverines have played in 48 bowl games in their history, including 20 Rose Bowls. In the last full season in 2019, Michigan went 9-4 and finished third in the Big Ten East Division.
First Year: 1879
All-Time Record: 969-350-36
Bowl Record: 21-27
Conference Titles: 42
National Titles: 11
Stadium: Michigan Stadium
Capacity: 107,601
Surface: FieldTurf
Location: Ann Arbor, Michigan
Enrollment: 31,329
Colors: Maize and Blue
About 2021 Michigan
Michigan is 5-0 and enters Saturday night's showdown ranked No. 8 in the AFCA Coaches Poll. The Wolverines began the season with three non-conference wins over Western Michigan, Washington and Northern Illinois. Michigan opened Big Ten play with a home victory over Rutgers, winning 20-13. Last weekend, the Wolverines ventured to Wisconsin and came away with a 38-17 win in Madison.
Michigan ranks seventh nationally with 255 rushing yards per game and 11th in the country with 39.8 points per game. Blake Corum has 521 rushing yards and seven touchdowns while averaging 104.2 yards per game. Cade McNamara has completed 50-of-83 passes for 731 yards with five touchdowns and no interceptions. Cornelius Johnson leads the receiving corps with 245 yards on 10 receptions and three touchdowns.
Defensively, Michigan ranks 3rd in the conference in total defense, allowing 285.8 yards per game. Josh Ross paces the Wolverines on defense with 32 tackles and 4.0 tackles for loss.
2021 Michigan Schedule/Results (5-0, 2-0)
Western Michigan (W 47-14)
Washington (W 31-10)
Northern Illinois (W 63-10)
Rutgers (W 20-13)
at Wisconsin (W 38-17)
at Nebraska
Northwestern
at Michigan State
Indiana
at Penn State
at Maryland
Ohio State
About Jim Harbaugh
Jim Harbaugh is in his seventh season at Michigan and 14th career season as a head coach at the collegiate level. He boasts a 112-49 record as a head coach. In the past six years, Harbaugh has had five winning seasons, notching 10 wins three times.
Harbaugh began his career as a head coach at San Diego for three seasons at the FCS level before leading Stanford for four seasons. Harbaugh stepped out of the college ranks for four seasons, serving as head coach of the San Francisco 49ers. Under Harbaugh, the 49ers reached the NFC Championship Game three times, and advanced to Super Bowl XLVII in the 2012 season.
Prior to becoming a head coach, Harbaugh was a volunteer assistant at Western Kentucky (1994-2001) and quarterbacks coach for the Oakland Raiders (2002-03).
Harbaugh, a native of Toledo, Ohio, played quarterback at Michigan, and graduated in 1987. He played in the NFL off and on from 1987 through 2001 for a variety of teams.
Last Meeting: September 22, 2018
#19 Michigan 56, Nebraska 10
Ann Arbor, Michigan - Wyatt Mazour scored his first career touchdown in the fourth quarter and Barret Pickering added a third-quarter field goal to account for Nebraska's scoring in a 56-10 setback at No. 19 Michigan on Saturday at Michigan Stadium.
Michigan improved to 3-1 overall and 1-0 in the Big Ten with the victory, while the Huskers slipped to 0-3 overall and 0-1 in the conference with their first road loss of the season in front of 111,037 fans at the Big House. It was the third-largest crowd to witness a Nebraska football game in history.
The Wolverines scored early and often, building a 20-0 lead at the end of the first quarter that grew to 39-0 at the half. Nebraska starting quarterback Adrian Martinez, who missed NU's game last week with an injury, gave way to game two starter Andrew Bunch in the second half. Bunch led the Big Red on a pair of scoring drives, the first resulting in Pickering's 35-yard field goal with 5:23 left in the third quarter.
Nebraska's final scoring drive of the day was a seven-play, 80-yard drive that featured a 17-yard run and a 21-yard reception for Mazour that set up his three-yard touchdown blast with 4:14 left. On the drive, Bunch completed both his pass attempts, totaling 35 yards while Mazour rushed five times for 18 yards including the score. Nebraska's touchdown drive was preceded by a spectacular interception from Deontai Williams that gave the Big Red their lone turnover of the game. It was the first career interception for Williams.
Junior linebacker Mohamed Barry led the defense with 11 tackles, including a career-high three tackles for loss and his first career sack. Dicaprio Bootle added a career-best five breakups on the day.
For the game, Nebraska managed just 132 total yards, with 93 coming on 13-of-24 passing. Bunch completed 6-of-9 passes for 71 yards in the second half, while adding 23 rushing yards to lead Nebraska in both categories. The Huskers managed just 39 yards rushing on the afternoon, despite Bunch and Mazour combining for 41 yards. Devine Ozigbo (5), Greg Bell (3) and Maurice Washington (2) combined for just 10 yards on 15 combined carries, while Martinez carried seven times for minus-12 yards after being sacked four times and intercepted once on NU's first six drives of the game.
Senior wide receiver Stanley Morgan Jr. provided a bright spot for the Big Red offense by hauling in three receptions for 61 yards, marking the 15th consecutive game that he has recorded at least three catches. Sophomore JD Spielman led the Huskers with four receptions but totaled just five yards, while Tyjon Lindsey added two catches for 16 yards, including a 14-yard reception to start Nebraska's fourth-quarter touchdown drive.
While the Nebraska offense struggled to find room to roam against the Wolverines, Michigan marched throughout the first half and finished with 491 yards of total offense, including 285 on the ground. Running back Karan Higdon led the way for the Wolverine rushing attack with 136 yards on just 12 carries with one score. Fullback Ben Mason carried six times for 18 yards with three short touchdowns.
Quarterback Shea Patterson completed 15-of-22 passes for 120 yards for Michigan, before giving way to back-up quarterbacks Dylan McCaffrey and Brandon Peters in the second half. McCaffrey completed 3-of-8 passes for 86 yards and a touchdown, while adding 23 rushing yards.
