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Michigan Monday: Game 11 vs. Indiana
11/12/2018 11:15:00 AM | Football
Indiana (5-5, 2-5 Big Ten) at #4/#4 Michigan (9-1, 7-0 Big Ten)
Michigan Stadium (107,601) • Ann Arbor, Mich.
Saturday, Nov. 17, 2018 • 4 p.m. EST
Television: FS1
Radio: Michigan/IMG Sports Network
Monday, Nov. 12
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• Shea Patterson is 16th nationally in completion percentage (.670) and 14th in pass efficiency (160.3 rating).
• Karan Higdon surpassed the 1,000-yard rushing mark (1,005) this season at Rutgers. He has seven 100-yard rushing efforts, including six in B1G games.
• The Wolverines are fourth nationally in third-down conversions (50.4%) and time of possession (34:35 avg.).
• U-M leads the NCAA in total defense, pass defense and pass efficiency defense.
• Michigan is third in the NCAA in fewest turnovers (7).
• The Wolverines have a 19:4 touchdown to interception ratio this season.
Wolverines and Hoosiers
• This will be the 67th meeting between Michigan and Indiana.
• The Wolverines have a 57-9 advantage in the all-time series and are 38-7 in Ann Arbor against the Hoosiers (33-7 at Michigan Stadium).
• Michigan's .864 winning percentage against Indiana is the program's highest vs. any conference school.
• U-M has won 22 straight games against IU and has claimed victories in 37 of the last 38 contests.
• The last U-M loss, a 14-10 setback in Bloomington, came in a match-up of top-20 teams during the 1987 season.
• The Wolverines have won 19 straight games at the Big House, including a 20-10 victory in 2016.
• The last home setback was a 27-20 loss during the 1967 season.
Series vs. Indiana: Michigan leads 57-9
Series Streak: Michigan won 22
Last Meeting vs. Indiana: 2017 (W, 27-20 OT)
Last Michigan Win: 2017 (27-20 OT)
Television Coverage
FS1 will broadcast the game to a national audience. Gus Johnson (play-by-play), Joel Klatt (color) and Jenny Taft (sideline) will call the game.
In the Polls
• Following its back-to-back 42-7 victories the past two weeks over Penn State and Rutgers, Michigan has been ranked No. 4 in the polls for two straight weeks.
• Michigan heads into the Indiana game ranked No. 4 in both the Associated Press and Amway Coaches polls.
• The Wolverines are fourth in the College Football Playoff rankings (Nov. 6).
• U-M has a 3-1 record against ranked teams this fall, defeating No. 15 Wisconsin, No. 24 Michigan State and No. 14 Penn State while falling to No. 12 Notre Dame.
• The last time that U-M beat three top 25 teams in the same season was 2005, and the last time it defeated three straight ranked opponents was 1997.
• Michigan began the season ranked 14th in both national polls.
Game Notes Nuggets
• Michigan's roster features three Indiana natives: RB Chris Evans (Indianapolis/Ben Davis HS), LB Cameron McGrone (Indianapolis/Lawrence Central HS) and QB Brandon Peters (Avon/Avon HS).
• U-M returns to Michigan Stadium for a Senior Day celebration. Players' families will be honored during a pregame ceremony on the field.
• The Wolverines have won all six home games this season by at least 21 points: Western Michigan (+46), Southern Methodist (+25), Nebraska (+46), Maryland (+21), Wisconsin (+25), Penn State (+35).
• Michigan is the only team to have not surrendered 100 total points in Big Ten play. U-M has allowed 82 total points across seven contests, with the next-lowest figure being 130 points allowed (Michigan State) and the league average being 194.2 points allowed across all 14 Big Ten programs.
• The 261 points U-M has scored during Big Ten play are also a Big Ten best (37.3 ppg). Michigan is one of three teams in the Big Ten East (Ohio State, Indiana) to be over the 200-point barrier in league games.
• The Wolverines have run for more yards (855) in the last four games than they have allowed in total offense from opponents (815).
• The Maize and Blue has scored in 33 of 40 quarters overall this season, including 11 of the last 12 overall.
• Hailed by Pro Football Focus College as the National Quarterback of the Week with a grade of 94.2, Shea Patterson was ultra-efficient on Saturday (Nov. 10) at Rutgers, completing 18-of-27 pass attempts to six different wide receivers. He totaled 260 yards and three touchdowns, marking Patterson's fifth game with three-plus touchdowns (passing or rushing) in 10 starts as a Wolverine.
The National Team of the Week on offense for Week 11https://t.co/ddMtjHtGKi pic.twitter.com/RJzGjN3rzc
— PFF College (@PFF_College) November 11, 2018
• Wide receiver Donovan Peoples-Jones had 83 yards receiving on five catches at Rutgers, including a 32-yard strike from Patterson. Peoples-Jones has at least one catch of 20+ yards in four of the last five weeks, adding another downfield weapon for U-M. He also leads U-M with 30 receptions on the season.
• Wide receiver Nico Collins continues to put his explosive big-play ability on display. Collins had a 36-yard touchdown grab at Rutgers, marking his seventh game this season with at least one catch of 20+ yards.
• Collins also caught his third and fourth touchdown passes of the season and sits third on the roster with 26 receptions. He and Peoples-Jones (3 vs. SMU) are Michigan's two pass-catchers with multiple touchdowns in a single game this season.
• When Karan Higdon cracked the 1,000-yard rushing mark last weekend, he became the Wolverines' first running back to hit that mark since Fitzgerald Toussaint in 2011 and the first Wolverine of any kind since Denard Robinson in 2012.
• Michigan's No. 1-ranked pass defense held Rutgers' aerial attack to just 59 total yards, the fewest any team has recorded against U-M this season and the third-lowest of the Don Brown era at Michigan.
