The Wolverine: Covering University of Michigan Football and Sports
Issue link: https://comanpub.uberflip.com/i/1133554
MICHIGAN FOOTBALL 2020 Date Opponent Sept. 5 at Washington Sept. 12 Ball State Sept. 19 Arkansas State Sept. 26 Wisconsin Oct. 3 Penn State Oct. 10 at Michigan State Oct. 17 at Minnesota Oct. 24 Purdue Nov. 7 Maryland Nov. 14 at Rutgers Nov. 21 Indiana Nov. 28 at Ohio State Dec. 5 Big Ten Championship 2021 Date Opponent Sept. 4 Western Michigan Sept. 11 Washington Sept. 18 Northern Illinois Sept. 25 Rutgers Oct. 2 at Wisconsin Oct. 9 at Indiana Oct. 16 Michigan State Oct. 30 at Nebraska Nov. 6 Northwestern Nov. 13 at Penn State Nov. 20 at Maryland Nov. 27 Ohio State Dec. 4 Big Ten Championship 2022 Date Opponent Sept. 3 Colorado State Sept. 10 UCLA Sept. 17 TBD or Bye Sept. 24 Maryland Oct. 1 at Iowa Oct. 8 Penn State Oct. 15 Nebraska Oct. 22 at Michigan State Oct. 29 Illinois Nov. 5 TBD or Bye Nov. 12 Indiana Nov. 19 at Rutgers Nov. 26 at Ohio State Dec. 3 Big Ten Championship 2023 Date Opponent Sept. 2 at UCLA Sept. 9 TBD or Bye Sept. 16 Bowling Green Sept. 23 at Minnesota Sept. 30 TBD or Bye Oct. 7 Michigan State Oct. 14 at Nebraska Oct. 21 Purdue Oct. 28 at Maryland Nov. 4 at Penn State Nov. 11 Rutgers Nov. 18 at Indiana Nov. 25 Ohio State Dec. 2 Big Ten Championship 2024 Date Opponent Sept. 7 at Texas Sept. 14 TBD or Bye Sept. 21 TBD or Bye Sept. 28 Wisconsin Oct. 5 Nebraska Oct. 12 TBD or Bye Oct. 19 at Northwestern Oct. 26 Indiana Nov. 2 at Michigan State Nov. 9 Maryland Nov. 16 Penn State Nov. 23 at Rutgers Nov. 30 at Ohio State Dec. 7 Big Ten Championship 14 ■ THE WOLVERINE 2019 FOOTBALL PREVIEW BY THE NUMBERS 4 Opponents on U-M's 2019 schedule ranked among the top 15 nationally in yards allowed per play last season: Michigan State (No. 5, 4.54), Iowa (No. 6, 4.56), Notre Dame (tied for No. 14, 4.72) and Penn State (tied for No. 14, 4.72). The Wolverines face three of those foes in a four-game stretch — at Penn State Oct. 19, versus Notre Dame Oct. 26 and versus Michigan State Nov. 16 — but have at Maryland Nov. 2 and a bye also mixed in to that grouping. U-M ranked eighth in that category (4.58) a year ago. 0 U-M quarterbacks that have thrown for at least 22 touchdowns and 2,600 yards in two different sea- sons. Senior quarterback Shea Patterson would be- come the first if he were able to duplicate his num- bers from last year. Chad Henne (2004-07) threw for 22 or more scores three times, but only surpassed 2,600 yards once. John Navarre (2000-03) eclipsed 2,900 passing yards twice, but threw for more than 21 touchdowns just once. 31-9 Was the combined record of the Wolverines' three non-conference foes a year ago. Middle Tennessee State went 8-6 and was the Conference USA runner- up; Army set a school record with 11 wins, took College Football Playoff (CFP) entrant Oklahoma to overtime and finished in the top 20 of both polls; and Notre Dame went 12-0 in the regular season be- fore being eliminated in the CFP by eventual national champion Clemson. FUTURE MICHIGAN FOOTBALL SCHEDULES 5 Current starting NFL centers were coached in college by offensive line mentor Ed Warinner, who thinks junior CESAR RUIZ "can be the next one," according to The Athletic's Bruce Feldman. PHOTO LON HORWEDEL "[Michigan head coach Jim] HARBAUGH is the top-ranked Big Ten coach, and we know you hate it. It's the truth until the season starts. Harbaugh has the ninth-best record among Power Five coaches at their current school with at least a full season. He's 7-4 against [Michigan State's] Mark Dantonio, [Penn State's] James Franklin and [Wisconsin's] Paul Chryst, and he'll get a first chance at [Ohio State's] Ryan Day this season. That's the game Harbaugh must win to live up to top-10 billing. Still mad about it? Well, he's taking [for- mer OSU head coach] Urban Meyer's spot for now." — Sporting News' Bill Bender, explaining why he placed Harbaugh at No. 10 in his June 12 ranking of all 130 college football coaches PHOTO BY PER KJELDSEN