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It started out as a tight affair, as it always is between the Wolverines and Hoosiers, but unlike any other time that Michigan and Indiana have faced off in the Jim Harbaugh era, it wasn’t a close game beyond the first-half.
Courtesy of MGoBlue.com, here’s some facts/tidbits you might not have known about Michigan’s valiant win over Indiana.
• In the 68th all-time meeting between these Big Ten foes, Michigan improved its all-time record against Indiana to 59-9. U-M has won 24 straight in the series and 11 consecutive games in Bloomington.
• With Indiana’s longest run of 17 yards on Saturday, Michigan has now allowed a run of 20-plus yards in the last 32 quarters.
• The Wolverines gave up 14 points to the Hoosiers, tied for the most points allowed over the last three games. In the last eight games including this one, Michigan’s defense has allowed 13 touchdowns while forcing 14 turnovers.
• With 453 yards, Michigan’s offense went over 400 total yards for the sixth time in the last eight games and the seventh in 11 games this season.
• Quarterback Shea Patterson finished the game 20-of-32 passing for 366 yards with five touchdowns. He completed passes to nine different receivers and began the game 7-for-7. He is the first Michigan quarterback with consecutive 300-yard games since Jake Rudock in 2015.
• Patterson’s five total touchdown throws mark his second consecutive game with four touchdown passes — a program first. Devin Gardner also has two games with four-plus TD throws; only John Navarre, Chad Henne, and Elvis Grbac (three each) have more.
• Patterson’s five touchdown passes are the second most by any U-M quarterback in program history and the most in any regulation game (Rudock, six at Indiana in double-overtime, 2015). Patterson had five touchdown passes once at Mississippi (against Tennessee-Martin).
• Patterson’s three first-half touchdown throws made him the third quarterback to throw for three first-half touchdowns under head coach Jim Harbaugh (Wilton Speight; 3 vs. UCF, 2016 and Jake Rudock; 3 at Indiana, 2015).
• Patterson connected on three pass plays of 40-plus yards after entering the game with six such plays all season.
• Wide receiver Ronnie Bell remained active after a career day against the Spartans last weekend. He caught his first touchdown of the season with a six-yard reception from Patterson in the first quarter. Bell entered the game with a team-high 38 receptions.
• With Bell’s first-quarter touchdown, 10 different Wolverines have at least one touchdown catch, equaling the season total from 2018.
• Wide receiver Donovan Peoples-Jones’ second-quarter touchdown reception was his fifth of the season, a team-high for receiving scores. It was the 13th receiving touchdown of his career and 15th overall (two punt returns).
• Peoples-Jones’ third-quarter reception for 41 yards was his longest catch of the year and second-longest play (50-yard punt return vs. Michigan State).
• Wide receiver Nico Collins caught a 24-yard touchdown in the second quarter, his fifth of the year, tying him atop the team leaderboard with Peoples-Jones. It was the 11th of his career. He followed that up with a 76-yard reception for a score in the third quarter, the longest catch of his career.
• Collins’ 76-yard reception marked the longest play from scrimmage for U-M this season, and the second-longest passing TD of Patterson’s career at Michigan (79 yards at Michigan State, 2018).
• Collins finished with a career-high 165 Receiving yards and his third career multi-touchdown game.
• Freshman wide receiver Giles Jackson’s 50-yard reception in the first quarter was the longest of his career, and the longest by any U-M freshman this season. It was the fifth-longest pass play for Michigan this year.
• With his second-quarter carry near the nine-minute mark, running back Zach Charbonnet passed Chris Evans (614 yards) for third-most by a freshman rusher in program history. Charbonnet entered the game with 589 rushing yards on the season.
• Defensive lineman Aidan Hutchinson was credited with his sixth pass breakup of the season in the first quarter. Entering Saturday, only Lavert Hill (10) had more on the team than Hutchinson, who is tied with Ambry Thomas for second-most.
• Linebacker Josh Uche strip-sacked Indiana quarterback Peyton Ramesy late in the third quarter, bringing him to a team-high 10.5 for the season.
• Safety Daxton Hill made his first career start and is the first true freshman to start a game on defense under head coach Jim Harbaugh.
• Hill recorded the first interception of his career at 3:42 in the first quarter after quarterback Peyton Ramsey’s arm was hit by Aidan Hutchinson. Hutchinson was credited with a PBU on the play, bumping him to six for the season. Only Lavert Hill (10 entering the game) has more.
• Safety Brad Hawkins did not travel with the team due to injury.
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