
Memorial Stadium / Lincoln, Neb.
Saturday, Sept. 20 | 2:30 p.m. CT
Tv: CBS | Radio: Learfield Michigan Sports Network
• U-M has an 8-4-1 file towards Nebraska and is 2-1-1 in Lincoln.
• Justice Haynes is the nation’s sixth main rusher (129.3 ypg) and lists sixth in dashing TDs (5).
• Ernest Hausmann leads the protection with 20 tackles.
• Bryce Underwood has accomplished 46-of-80 passes for 628 yards and two TDs in three video games of motion; rushed for 108 yards and two TDs.
• Michigan lists sixth nationally in turnovers gained (sven) and is eleventh in turnover margin (1.67 avg.).
• The dashing assault is ranked fifteenth within the nation at 242.7 ypg.
• Michigan is sixth nationally with 5 interceptions.
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• This would be the 14th assembly between Michigan and Nebraska.
• Michigan leads the all-time sequence, 8-4-1, posting a 5-2 mark in Ann Arbor, a 2-1-1 file in Lincoln and a 1-1 mark in bowl video games.
• Michigan holds a 5-2 benefit since Nebraska joined the Massive Ten Convention.
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• Michigan is making its fifth all-time go to to Nebraska.
• The Wolverines have a 2-1-1 file all-time in Lincoln, winning 45-7 (2023) and 32-29 (2021), shedding 23-9 in 2012 and tying the Cornhuskers 6-6 in 1911.
• This might be third meeting at Memorial Stadium.
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• That is the second time that Michigan and Nebraska will open the Massive Ten season towards one another.
• The primary Massive Ten-opening matchup between the groups resulted in a 56-10 win by U-M in 2018.
• The Wolverines have compiled a 91-26-2 file in convention openers and have claimed victories in 53 of their final 57 Massive Ten openers.
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• The Wolverines start Massive Ten play this weekend at Nebraska.
• First-time starters towards Central Michigan included proper guard Jake Guarnera, tight finish Zack Marshall and freshman defensive again Jayden Sanders. Eighty-seven (87) gamers appeared within the recreation. Altogether, 12 Wolverines have made their first profession begin or first begin at U-M to this point this 12 months.
• In opposition to Central Michigan, working again Justice Haynes posted his third consecutive 100-yard recreation to start the season (159, 125, 104 yards), the longest streak of 100-yard video games since Blake Corum posted eight consecutive 100-yard efforts through the 2022 marketing campaign.
• Haynes is the primary U-M again to start his Michigan profession with three consecutive 100-yard performances. Seven of his 49 carries (14.3 %) have gone for 10-plus yards, and he’s credited by Professional Soccer Focus with 13 missed tackles pressured (fourth, Massive Ten).
• Haynes has ripped off runs of 56, 59, and 75 yards to this point in his U-M profession. He at the moment ranks sixth within the nation in dashing yards per recreation (129.3) and dashing touchdowns (5).
• Quarterback Bryce Underwood racked up 114 dashing yards (on 9 carries) and two dashing touchdowns to guide the Wolverines towards CMU for the most efficient floor recreation of his younger profession. It was the primary time a U-M quarterback had no less than 100 dashing yards in a recreation since Devin Gardner (121) towards Penn State in 2013.
• Underwood joined a brief listing of U-M signal-callers who’ve run for 100-plus yards and scored a number of dashing touchdowns: Denard Robinson (4 instances), Rick Leach and Michael Taylor (as soon as every).
• The listing of quarterbacks with 200-plus passing yards, 100-plus dashing yards, and no less than one passing and one dashing landing in the identical recreation is even shorter: Denard Robinson (twice), Devin Gardner and Underwood.
• Seven totally different gamers discovered the tip zone for the Wolverines towards CMU final weekend, and eight gamers have scored on the season. For 5 U-M ball carriers, final weekend’s journey to the tip zone was the primary of their careers: Jordan Marshall, Bryson Kuzdzal, Jasper Parker, Andrew Marsh and Underwood.
• The dashing offense is ranked fifteenth within the nation, averaging 242.7 yards per recreation. The Wolverines scored on the bottom eight instances towards CMU, one shy of tying this system file for dashing touchdowns in a recreation.
• In complete, the Wolverines posted 616 yards (381 dashing, 235 receiving), probably the most in a single recreation since totaling 660 yards towards Maryland in 2016. The Wolverines’ 63 factors had been a program excessive since posting the identical quantity towards Northern Illinois in 2021. The 35 first downs picked up by the offense are tied for second most in a single recreation all-time.
• Explosive performs weren’t a energy for the U-M offense in 2024, however the Wolverines have ripped off 18 performs of 20-plus yards on offense via three weeks of the 2025 season (six in week one, 4 in week two, eight in week three). Haynes leads the group with 4 such performs (all rushes), and 6 gamers have two every.
• Michigan is successful the turnover battle to this point this season (7:2), having generated 5 interceptions (one thrown by U-M) with two fumble recoveries (one misplaced by U-M). The protection has pressured a number of turnovers in all three video games this 12 months.
• Defensively, the Wolverines are limiting groups to 2.6 yards per rush on 101 makes an attempt. Oklahoma (two touchdowns) is the one group to attain on the bottom to this point.
• Opponents have mixed to attain just one subject aim in fourth quarters this 12 months. U-M has permitted solely two touchdowns and one subject aim throughout three second halves.
• Linebacker Ernest Hausmann is pacing the protection with 20 tackles via three video games, 4 away from the next-closest defender (Jimmy Rolder). Every of the group’s top-three tacklers, and 4 of the highest 5 general (Cole Sullivan, 13; Jaishawn Barham, 12), are within the linebacker room.
• U-M’s 5 defensive interceptions rank sixth within the nation. 5 totally different gamers have U-M’s 5 picks: Elijah Dotson, TJ Man, Brandyn Hillman, TJ Metcalf, and Sullivan.
• By means of three video games, 13 totally different gamers have an interception or go breakup: two linebackers, two defensive linemen, and 9 defensive backs. Zeke Berry, Jyaire Hill, Brandyn Hillman and Jaden Mangham have two apiece, tied for the group lead.
• Punter Hudson Hollenbeck has successfully restricted return yards from opponents. 5 of his 10 punts have been truthful caught or out of bounds, permitting no return yards. Three punts have been returned, totaling two yards gained (0.7 common).
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