Michigan Monday: Game 13 vs. #13 Texas

Game Note Nuggets

• The U-M offense has tallied 59 plays of 20-plus yards on offense (36 receiving, 23 rushing) through the regular season (six in week one, four, eight, three, seven, one, three, four, five, seven, six and four). Andrew Marsh leads the team with 16 such plays (15 receiving, one rushing) on offense. He also has six via kickoff return.

• The offensive line has paved the way for 32 touchdowns on the ground so far this year (10th, FBS) while allowing 18 sacks against in the pass game. The unit employed five different starting lineups in 12 games due to injuries.

• The offense is permitting opposing defenses to create an average of 3.83 negative plays per game, ranking U-M 11th nationally in tackles for loss allowed. The Longhorns create 6.3 TFLs per contest on average.

• The Wolverine backfield has shown its depth with three different starters reaching 100 yards rushing throughout the season. Justice Haynes has six 100-yard games; Jordan Marshall has four and Bryson Kuzdzal has one. All three have a three-touchdown performance as well, which, per the Big Ten Network, is the first time that has occurred for a conference team this century.

• Whoever starts for Michigan has at least 100 rushing yards and a touchdown in 10-of-12 games this year (159, 125, 104, 149, 117 and 152 yards for Haynes; 133, 185 and 142 yards for Marshall, 100 for Kuzdzal). The only opponents against whom U-M's starting back has not run for 100-plus yards with a touchdown are USC and Ohio State.

• Altogether, U-M has 12 separate 100-yard rushing performances on the year (Haynes, 6; Marshall, 4; Bryce Underwood and Kuzdzal, 1), the most by a Michigan team since 2022 (Blake Corum, 8; Donovan Edwards, 5).

• The last time four different rushers had 100-plus yard games in a season was 1998 (Anthony Thomas, 3; Clarence Williams, 2; Walter Cross, 1; Justin Fargas, 1).

• On the whole, the Michigan run game is 16th in the FBS, averaging 213.2 yards per contest. U-M has 200-plus yards in seven contests, including 250-plus yards in four. Texas permits 98.1 rushing yards per game to opponents.

• Six players have scored on the ground this year, and Marshall is tied with Haynes for the team lead with 10 rushing touchdowns (tied-42nd, FBS).

• Marshall passed Haynes in rushing yards in November (932 to 857), and the duo ranks fifth and ninth, respectively, in the Big Ten despite time missed. In Big Ten play, Marshall is fourth with 823 rushing yards and tied for third with eight touchdowns.

• Marshall has just six yards lost on 150 carries this year, averaging 6.2 yards per carry (16th, FBS). He had three straight 100-yard games before missing the contest at Maryland with four overall and has multiple scores in three games this year.

• U-M leads the FBS in rushing plays of 50-plus yards (eight), six of which have gone for touchdowns. Haynes and Marshall (four) are each tied for third nationally among individual leaders.

• Quarterback Underwood is averaging 4.4 yards per carry with five touchdowns of his own. Adjusted for sacks, Underwood averages 5.6 yards per carry (59 rushes for 334 yards).

• Underwood's 61.1 percent completion rating (179-of-293 passing) comes with an average of 7.61 yards per attempt and a pass efficiency rating of 131.

• Underwood is up to 2,229 pass yards on the year. At Maryland, he passed Tate Forcier (2,050 yards, 2009) for the second-most passing yards by a freshman U-M quarterback. Chad Henne (2,743) set the high mark in 2004.

• Underwood has registered seven 200-yard passing games this season, matching Henne for the most by a freshman passer, though Henne produced three 300-yard games that season.

• Marsh has emerged as the team's most productive pass-catcher with 41 catches for 611 yards in league play (42, 641 overall), ranking him fourth across the Big Ten in receiving yards during conference play. Marsh's line at Northwestern (12 catches, 189 yards) set single-game receiving records among true freshmen at Michigan (since at least 1979).

• Marsh is seven catches shy of tying Martavious Odoms (49 catches, 2008) for the single-season freshman record. He is two touchdowns shy of tying Mario Manningham (five touchdowns, 2005) for the second-most in a single season by a freshman pass-catcher. Anthony Carter (seven, 1976) holds that record.

• Tight ends have combined to catch 46 passes for 510 yards this season (11.1 yards per catch). Five players in the room have caught a pass.

• U-M's defense has at least one turnover forced in 11-of-12 games this season, and multiple turnovers in five contests. Texas has thrown seven interceptions and lost one fumble as a team this year.

• Cole Sullivan leads the team with four turnovers forced (three interceptions, one fumble recovery). Sullivan is one of nine U-M linebackers to record three interceptions or more in a season and the first since Steve Morrison in 1991. Morrison's five picks that season are a single-season record for linebackers at U-M.

• U-M is ranked 21st in total defense, averaging 312.3 yards allowed per game. Texas averages 382.8 yards per game of total offense.

• Through the regular season, 20 different players have an interception or pass breakup: four linebackers, five defensive linemen, and 11 defensive backs. Zeke Berry leads the defense with 11 passes defended (10 breakups, one interception). The Wolverines are fifth in the Big Ten in total pass breakups (passes defended plus interceptions) with 42 (Oregon, 56).

• Eleven different players have U-M's 13 picks: Berry, Mason Curtis, Elijah Dotson, T.J. Guy, Jyaire Hill, Brandyn Hillman, TJ Metcalf, Jacob Oden, Rod Moore, Jimmy Rolder and Sullivan (three).

• The pass rush has averaged 2.33 quarterback takedowns per game (39th, FBS). U-M's 28 sacks generated are fifth in the Big Ten; Central Michigan, Northwestern and Ohio State escaped without a sack taken against U-M. Texas allows 1.92 sacks per game.

• That figure has helped pad a TFL rank of 42nd nationally, with the defense averaging 6.0 negative plays per contest. Derrick Moore leads the team with 10.0 sacks and 10.5 TFL.

• Moore's strong November has vaulted him up to 13th nationally in sacks (0.83 per game). That figure ranks third among Big Ten players, and first outright in conference play.

• Moore is appropriately up to fifth all-time at Michigan with 21.0 career sacks, having passed Tim Jamison (20) with his takedown at Maryland. Four players are tied for fourth all-time with 24 career sacks.

• The rushing defense is ranked 14th, allowing 101.7 yards per contest and 3.1 yards per carry on 394 rushes. Texas averages 129.7 rushing yards per game.

• Linebacker Rolder leads the team in tackles (69). Metcalf leads the secondary (51 stops, third overall) and Rayshaun Benny (31, ninth) has the most among interior defensive linemen.

• With his two field goals over 40 yards against Ohio State, Dominic Zvada has 17 makes in his U-M career from 40-plus. That tied Jake Moody for the most in a Michigan career.

• Zvada's seven made field goals at 40-plus yards this year are the third-most in a single season in U-M history. Zvada's 2024 season and Moody's 2022 season (10 apiece) are tied for the most in a single year.

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