The Wolverine: Covering University of Michigan Football and Sports
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14 THE WOLVERINE NOVEMBER 2019 INSIDE MICHIGAN ATHLETICS FIVE YEARS AGO, 2014: Michigan hung on for a 10-9 victory at Northwest- ern Nov. 8, when the Wildcats failed on a two-point conversion attempt with three seconds remaining in the game. The host Wildcats scored in the clos- ing seconds on a three-yard touchdown pass from quarterback Trevor Siemian to Tony Jones. Siemian then saw a chance to put the Wolverines away with one more completion. U-M defensive end Frank Clark wouldn't allow it, storming in off the edge to sack Siemian and end the Wild- cats' hopes. The Wolverines clawed back to 5-5 with the victory, 3-3 in the Big Ten. The teams went scoreless for more than 38 minutes of the contest, U-M's De'Veon Smith finally bulling into the end zone with 6:49 remaining in the third quarter. The teams then traded field goals in the fourth, with North- western's Jack Mitchell connecting on a 21-yarder and Michigan's Matt Wile making good from 37 yards out. Northwestern then drove 74 yards in 14 plays to score with time running out, putting themselves in position to send the game to overtime. They instead went for the win and couldn't make it happen. Smith wound up with 121 yards on 18 carries, while U-M quarterback Devin Gardner completed only 11 of 24 throws for 109 yards with two interceptions. The Wildcats, meanwhile, sorted through the "if onlys." "We didn't score a lot of points, so I thought I'd take an opportunity," North- western head coach Pat Fitzgerald said. "Three yards, one play." "Frank did a nice job," U-M coach Brady Hoke said. "The coaches in the box did a nice job, because it was the same two- point play they ran a year ago." 10 YEARS AGO, 2009: Michigan's hockey team captured the College Hockey Showcase, completing a week- end sweep with a 3-2 home victory over Wisconsin. The Wolverines opened the Showcase with a 6-0 win over Minnesota Nov. 27. Michigan fought to a 3-1 lead over the Badgers, getting goals from center Matt Rust, center Luke Glendening and cen- ter Louie Caporusso, the final one prov- ing to be the game winner. Wisconsin scored to come within one with 5:37 left in the game, but could come no closer. The win proved very encouraging to head coach Red Berenson, who well un- derstood what the Wolverines accom- plished. "That may be the best team we've played this year when you combine the skill and the experience of juniors and seniors and just their style of play," Be- renson said. "They were really good. We were on our heels on and off. "Hogey [goaltender Bryan Hogan] kept us in the game, and then we made our chances count and hung on in the third. It was a good game for our team to play in, and the confidence that goes along with it. "If we keep our goals against down, we're going to be in these games, it's getting some offensive confidence. It was a grinding game tonight. That was a man's game — it was in-the-trenches- type hockey." 25 YEARS AGO, 1994: In what turned out to be Gary Moeller's last home game as Michigan head coach, the Wolverines took down Minnesota 38-22 on Nov. 12. The win kept the Little Brown Jug in Ann Arbor for the eighth straight sea- son, following the stunning upset by the Golden Gophers in Michigan Stadium in 1986. U-M's Tyrone Wheatley rushed 21 times for 90 yards to lead the Wolver- ines. He also caught two passes for 70 yards and scored a pair of touchdowns. Wheatley moved to 318 career points, the most in Michigan history, surpassing kicker Mike Gillette's 307 from 1985-88. — John Borton THIS MONTH IN MICHIGAN ATHLETICS HISTORY Tyrone Wheatley accounted for 160 total yards and two touchdowns to lead the Wolverines to a 38-22 victory over Minnesota in what turned out to be Gary Moeller's last home game as U-M's head coach on Nov. 12, 1994. PHOTO COURTESY MICHIGAN PHOTOGRAPHY