ANN ARBOR, Mich. — The Wolverines entered the game facing zero adversity through the first three weeks, but all of that changed on Saturday when 3-0 Maryland came to Ann Arbor.
Things appeared like they would be easy sailing after Maryland botched the opening kick and the maize and blue recovered. J.J. McCarthy then threw a 10-yard pass to Luke Schoonmaker for a touchdown and the Wolverines were up 7-0 within seconds.
But the Terps came to play against the No. 4 ranked Michigan team. Maryland was able to run the ball efficiently against the Wolverines and Taulia Tagovailoa was able to get some easy throws in there with the Michigan pass rush being non-effective.
Maryland led for most of the first half until Blake Corum ran for a 33-yard touchdown on fourth-and-inches right before the end of the fourth quarter. The Wolverines went into the locker room up, 17-13.
Michigan turned back the blocks in the third quarter and went back into run-first mode. The Wolverines didn’t attempt many passes whatsoever. But the defense was much improved and the pass rush was improved.
Scoring appeared again in the fourth quarter. J.J. McCarthy found Roman Wilson for a 21-yard score. Maryland answered back with a touchdown but missed the two-point conversion. The Wolverines drove the field the next drive but stalled and Jake Moody drove through a field goal.
RJ Moten had an interception of his life to help Michigan put the game away.
Michigan finished the game-winning, 34-27.
Here are our five takeaways.
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