11/7/2026 11:52:00 PM | Football
• Today's game marked the 336th consecutive crowd of 100,000-plus fans at Michigan Stadium. Attendance for today's game was 111,172.
• Today's loss drops U-M to 5-4 on the season and 2-4 in Big Ten play. It also snapped a four-game series win streak for U-M against Michigan State and dropped U-M to 75-39-5 in 119 all-time meetings with the Spartans.
• U-M is now 52-24-3 in the series all-time when the game is played in Ann Arbor and 42-30-2 in 74 contests for the Paul Bunyan Trophy.
• Savion Hiter scored the Wolverines' lone points on a one-yard rush for his third touchdown of the season.
• The 13-play, 75-yard scoring drive was highlighted by a 31-yard reception by JJ Buchanan to put Michigan on the one-yard line. U-M has at least one scoring drive of 10-plus plays in eight of nine games this year.
• Troy Bowles led the defense with a career-high 15 tackles, including six solo stops and one tackle for loss.
• With his first-quarter PBU against the Spartans, Zeke Berry reached 27 career pass breakups, tying Jeremy LeSueur (2000-03, 27) for eighth-most all-time at Michigan. James Whitley (1997-2000, 28), Lavert Hill (2016-19, 29) and Charles Woodson (1995-97, 30) are next on the top-10 list.
• Smith Snowden had his most productive game as a Wolverine, recording six tackles, including one sack.
• John Henry Daley matched his career high with eight tackles and recorded two sacks, including a forced fumble that led to a fourth down.
• Cam Brown matched his career long with a 52-yard punt. Brown has punted 41 times this season with 19 punts inside the 20-yard line. He dropped a punt at the Michigan State 1-yard line in the third quarter.
• Travis Johnson made his first career start in today's game. Johnson became the 14th Wolverine to make his first collegiate start this season, joining defensive end Tariq Boney, tight end Jalen Hoffman, linebackers Troy Bowles and Chase Taylor and defensive end Dom Nichols against Western Michigan; tight end Eli Owens against Oklahoma; cornerback Shamari Earls and wide receiver Salesi Moa against UTEP; offensive lineman Avery Gach (rhino) against Iowa; offensive lineman Manuel Beigel (rhino) against Penn State; and quarterback Tommy Carr, defensive end Benny Patterson III and right tackle Marky Walbridge against Indiana.
