The Wolverine: Covering University of Michigan Football and Sports
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INSIDE MICHIGAN ATHLETICS 1 Michigan football's finish among the national attendance leaders, climb- ing back into the lead spot after Ohio State ended its 16-year run atop the rankings last season. U-M averaged 110,168 fans per home game, an in- crease of five percent from 2014. 2 Tom Brady's rank among the great- est NFL players of all time, according to a recent Harris poll of 2,368 U.S. adults. Fellow legendary NFL quarter- back Joe Montana was No. 1. 3.45 & 3.45 Michigan's average star recruiting ranking for its offensive and defensive starters in the Citrus Bowl. National champion Alabama averaged 3.91 of- fensively and 4.00 defensively. 4.86 Goals per game the Michigan hockey team was averaging in its first 21 contests through Jan. 18 to rank first nationally and rep- resent the program's best mark since 1996-97 (5.63 per game). 12 Top-10 opponents U-M bas- ketball has defeated in JOHN BEILEIN's career after the Wol- verines knocked off No. 3 Mary- land Jan. 12. 12-0 The Michigan basketball team's re- cord through Jan. 18 when it scored 25 or more points in the paint. The Wolverines were 1-5 when they scored fewer than 25 points in the paint. 13 Years since both Michigan and Ohio State won their bowl games in the same season. The two, which beat Florida and Notre Dame this year, last accomplished the feat in 2002. 20.1 & 22.1 Points above their season averages that sophomore guard Muhammad- Ali Abdur-Rahkman and junior big Mark D o n n a l s c o r e d w h e n R a h k m a n tallied a career- high 25 points in a Jan. 7 loss at Purdue and Donnal had 26 in a Dec. 30 win at Illinois. By The NUMBERS PHOTO BY LON HORWEDEL