Postgame Notes: #7 Michigan 40, Middle Tennessee State 21
8/31/2019 11:54:00 PM | Football
• Tonight's announced attendance of 110,811 marks the 287th consecutive game at Michigan Stadium with a crowd in excess of 100,000.
• Michigan improved to 114-23-3 all-time in season openers, including a 44-12-1 mark since 1963. Michigan has won nine of its last 13 season openers and three of five under head coach Jim Harbaugh.
• Tonight's game marked the first meeting between Michigan and Middle Tennessee State. MTSU became the 151st all-time opponent for the Wolverines and the third from the Volunteer State.
• Sophomores Ryan Hayes and Jalen Mayfield both earned their first collegiate starts at tackle -- left and right, respectively -- in the Wolverines' season opener. Hayes started in place of All-Big Ten tackle Jon Runyan, who was held out of the opener with an injury.
• Freshman running back Zach Charbonnet became the first Wolverine true freshman to start at tailback in a season opener since Sam McGuffie in 2008 and just the fourth since 1944, also joining Gene Derricotte (1944) and Wally Teninga (1945).
• Charbonnet carried the ball eight times for 90 yards, including a 41-yard rush in the fourth quarter. It was the most rushing yards for a Wolverine rookie in his debut since Chris Evans ran for 112 yards on eight carries against Hawaii in 2016.
• Sixteen total Wolverines made their collegiate debuts in tonight's game: freshman tight end Erick All, freshman offensive lineman Karsen Barnhart, Charbonnet, sophomore defensive back Gemon Green, Hayes, freshman defensive back Daxton Hill, freshman defensive lineman Christopher Hinton, freshman wide receiver Giles Jackson, freshman wide receiver Cornelius Johnson, sophomore offensive lineman Griffin Korican, sophomore tight end Mustapha Muhammad, freshman wide receiver Mike Sainristil, freshman linebacker Anthony Solomon, freshman linebacker Charles Thomas, freshman defensive back DJ Turner and junior defensive lineman Luiji Vilain. Graduate student transfer Michael Danna made his Michigan debut.
• Senior quarterback Shea Patterson completed 17 of 29 passes for 203 yards and three touchdowns. Patterson also rushed the ball nine times for 28 yards. Three touchdown passes ties his career high at Michigan; he posted five three-touchdown games last season.
• Sophomore quarterback Dylan McCaffrey went 2-for-2 passing and carried the ball eight times for 42 yards and a touchdown. His touchdown -- a six-yard run in the third quarter -- was the second of his career. He previously ran for a 44-yard touchdown against Wisconsin last season.
• Junior wide receiver Tarik Black opened Michigan's scoring with a 36-yard reception for a touchdown late in the first quarter. It was his second career touchdown and first since 2017. It was also the second-longest reception of his career, only surpassed by his previous touchdown -- a 46-yard catch against Florida in the 2017 opener.
• Junior wide receiver Nico Collins registered his seventh career touchdown with a 28-yard catch in the second quarter.
• Senior tight end Sean McKeon also posted a 28-yard touchdown reception in the second quarter. It was his fifth collegiate touchdown and the longest touchdown catch of his career.
• Sophomore running back Ben VanSumeren used a one-yard rush to record his first career touchdown in the fourth quarter. VanSumeren finished with seven yards on four carries -- also career highs.
• Junior defensive back Ambry Thomas posted his second career interception, returning it for two yards, as well as his fourth career fumble recovery in the second quarter. Thomas also recorded his second tackle-for-loss of his career.
• Graduate student linebacker Jordan Glasgow tallied a career-high six tackles and two sacks -- for losses of eight and four yards in the first and third quarters, respectively. He owns four sacks in his career.
• Sophomore defensive back Vincent Gray posted a career-best four tackles, including two for no gain and his first career tackle-for-loss -- of one yard -- in the second quarter.
• Sophomore kicker Jake Moody went 2-for-2 in field-goal attempts, making kicks of 34 and 27 yards in the first and second quarters, respectively. Moody is 12-for-13 in his collegiate career.
