The Wolverine: Covering University of Michigan Football and Sports
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OCTOBER 2026 ❱ THE WOLVERINE 15 ❱ INSIDE MICHIGAN ATHLETICS FIVE YEARS AGO, 2021: Jake Moody's 39-yard field goal with 1:24 to play gave Michigan a thriller of a 32-29 win at Nebraska on Oct. 9, 2021. The back-and-forth battle turned on a Ne- braska fumble, forced and recovered by Wolverines safety Brad Hawkins, setting up the game-winner. Moody wound up with 4 field goals in the contest, tipping the scales. Hassan Haskins paced the U-M rushing attack with 123 yards and 2 touchdowns on 21 carries, while Blake Corum ran the ball 13 times for 89 yards, with a touchdown. Quarterback Cade McNamara went 22- for-38 passing for 255 yards. The Wolverines grabbed a 13-0 sec- ond-quarter lead on a pair of Moody field goals and a 3-yard Haskins touch- down run to hit the locker room with a fairly comfortable halftime advantage. But the Cornhuskers roared out of the locker room to score a trio of third- quarter TDs, taking a 22-19 lead into the final period of play. Corum gave Michigan a 26-22 edge on a 29-yard TD bolt in the fourth quarter, but Nebraska's Adrian Martinez scored from 5 yards out to make it 29-26, with 'Huskers fans maxing out in decibels. Moody hit a 31-yard field goal to tie it up, then Hawkins made the defensive play of the game, to allow the place- kicker to salt it away. "The atmosphere, the environment, it just showed a lot of poise and moxie by our guys," Michigan head coach Jim Harbaugh said. "No doubt they wanted to storm the field, tear down the goal post. Not on our guys' watch tonight. I'm proud of them." 10 YEARS AGO, 2016: Michigan smacked down Michigan State in Spar- tan Stadium, 32-23, on Oct. 29, 2016. Quarterback Wilton Speight threw for 244 yards, while five Michigan rushers hit double digits in yards, compiling 192 on the ground. Meanwhile, Michigan's defense lim- ited a pair of MSU quarterbacks to less than 100 yards each through the air and helped build a 27-10 halftime lead that proved too much to overcome. The Wolverines cashed in 20 second- quarter points — on two De'Veon Smith TD runs and a pair of field goals by Kenny Allen — to break the game wide open. No one scored in the third quarter, and Michigan continued the thrashing with a 45-yard Allen field goal to make it 30-10. The Spartans made it momen- tarily scary with a pair of fourth-quarter TDs, cutting the margin to 30-23, but Jabrill Peppers scooped up a botched pitch on a two-point conversion at- tempt and raced 87 yards to the opposite end zone to put the game away. Wideout Amara Darboh made 8 catches for 165 yards, and the Wolver- ines celebrated in the Spartans' East Lansing backyard. "It felt like the whole second half," Smith said of the fourth quarter. "It lit- erally felt like the whole entire second half. I just wanted it to end. I wanted it to be over." 25 YEARS AGO, 2001: Michigan delivered the first home shutout of Joe Paterno's 36-year head coaching career at Penn State, winning 20-0 at Beaver Stadium on Oct. 6, 2001. The Wolverines proved overwhelming defensively, limiting Penn State to 25 yards rushing on 26 carries, while ring- ing up 4 sacks. Michigan also picked off a pair of passes and covered a fumble. Michigan quarterback John Navarre threw for 246 yards and 2 TDs, while running back B.J. Askew enjoyed a ca- reer day, rushing 27 times for 122 yards and making 4 catches for 56 more yards. U-M led 13-0 at the half, before Na- varre unloaded a 53-yard third-quarter TD pass to Ronald Bellamy to make it 20-0, and the defense did the rest. — John Borton THIS MONTH IN MICHIGAN ATHLETICS HISTORY Michigan kicker Jake Moody was true on 4 field goals against Nebraska on Oct. 9, 2021. PHOTO BY LON HORWEDEL