Michigan Monday: Week 9 at Iowa

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Michigan (2-4) at #18 Iowa (6-2)

Kinnick Stadium • Iowa City, Iowa
Saturday, Dec. 19, 2020 • 6 p.m. CST (7 p.m. EST)
Television: ESPN
Radio: Michigan/IMG Sports Network

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» U-M has compiled a 42-15-4 record all-time against Iowa.
» Hassan Haskins leads the team with 375 rushing yards on 61 carries and has scored a team-high six TDs.
» Gemon Green has tallied a pass breakup in all six games this season, averaging 1.5 per game (3rd in NCAA).
» Ronnie Bell leads the Wolverines with 26 receptions for 401 yards.
» Josh Ross paces the defense with 53 tackles.
» Sixteen of U-M's top 22 tacklers have set career highs in stops this season.

Hail From Home

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Wolverines and Hawkeyes

• This will be the 62nd meeting between Michigan and Iowa.
• The Wolverines hold a 42-15-4 lead in the all-time series and have won 13 of the last 21 games in the series.
• Michigan heads into Iowa City having claimed victories in six of its last 10 trips to Kinnick Stadium with one tie against the Hawkeyes (6-3-1).
• U-M has a 15-8-1 record at Kinnick Stadium and is 16-8-1 all-time in Iowa City.

Series vs. Iowa: Michigan leads 42-15-4
Series Streak: Michigan won 1
Last Meeting vs. Iowa: 2019 (Michigan 10, Iowa 3)
Last Michigan Win: 2019

Television Coverage

ESPN will broadcast the game to a national audience. Dave Pasch (play-by-play), Mike Golic (color) and Paul Carcaterra (sideline) will call the game.

Michigan in December

After cancellations the last two games, the Iowa game could be the second-ever regular season football game played by Michigan in the month of December. The only previous regular-season game was played at Hawaii on Dec. 6, 1986, a 27-10 victory for Michigan led by then-quarterback Jim Harbaugh. U-M's only other contests during the 12th month of the year have been postseason matchups in seven different bowl games.

Wolverines in the Classroom

The Big Ten announced its Fall Academic All-Big Ten honorees on Thursday (Dec. 10), with the football program accounting for 50 of the Michigan-record 148 student-athletes on the list.The 50 Wolverines are the most in the tenure of head coach Jim Harbaugh (2015-2020) and increase the total number of Academic All-Big Ten honorees to 224 over that span.

Sophomore quarterback Ren Hefley and graduate student defensive lineman Carlo Kemp were among four U-M student-athletes recognized for earning a GPA of 4.0 or higher.

In the Polls

Iowa is ranked No. 18 in the Associated Press Poll, No. 17 in the Coaches Poll. The Hawkeyes also are No. 16 in the latest College Football Playoff Rankings (Dec. 8).

Game Notes Nuggets

• Michigan's game at Iowa is part of Big Ten Champions Week, and marks the first time the conference has played a series of cross-divisional contests during the week of the Big Ten Championship game.

• Saturday's game will be the first for the Wolverines in three weeks. Their last two games -- vs. Maryland (Dec. 5) and at Ohio State (Dec. 12) -- were canceled due to COVID-19 protocols.

• The Iowa game will be the fourth night game for the Wolverines in seven contests this season. U-M has posted a 2-1 record in the previous three night games during the 2020 season.

• U-M has compiled a 36-37 overall record in night games, including a 24-16 mark on the road.

• Michigan is averaging 381.8 yards per game of total offense on 131.5 rushing yards and 250.3 passing yards.

• The Wolverines have gained more than 450 yards in three games: Rutgers (495), Minnesota (481) and Michigan State (452).

• Ronnie Bell leads the squad with 26 receptions for 401 yards and one TD. He also paces the team with nine catches of more than 20 yards.

• Defensive back Gemon Green has at least one pass breakup in all six games this season (nine total). His rate of 1.5 per game is tied for third-best nationally.

• Brad Robbins leads the Big Ten and is 10th nationally in punting average (45.3 average). Nine of his 28 U-M punts have been downed inside the opposition's 20-yard line this season.

• Among the team's five leading tacklers, three are linebackers (Josh Ross, Michael Barrett, Cameron McGrone) and two are safeties (Daxton Hill, Brad Hawkins).

• Josh Ross (53 tackles) continues to lead the Wolverines in tackles, which included 12 stops in the Penn State game. It was his second straight game of double-digit tackles after making 11 at Rutgers.

• Daxton Hill (46 tackles) is the team's second-leading tackler and has been the model of consistency with seven stops or more in each of the last five games. He has reached nine tackles or more in the past four games, setting a career high with 11 against Wisconsin.

• Michael Barrett (44 tackles) matched his career high with 11 stops against Penn State. He has hit that mark twice this season (at Indiana).

• Against Penn State, first-time starters included linebacker Adam Shibley and freshman wide receiver A.J. Henning. Henning made a 28-yard catch down the sideline (his longest of the year) on his way to an early career-high 31-yard performance in that game.

• Senior defensive lineman Kwity Paye returned to the lineup after missing the previous two games due to injury and made three tackles against Penn State.

• Running back Hassan Haskins recorded his second straight 100-yard game (17 carries, 101 yards) and the fourth of his career against the Nittany Lions. It was also his third career multi-touchdown game with scores in the first and fourth quarters.

• Haskins' 60-yard run early in the game was his second this season at that distance (66 yards at Minnesota). He needs three rushing yards for 1,000 in his career, having carried the ball 182 times for 997 yards and 10 TDs.

• Freshman Blake Corum had 27 rush yards out of the backfield against Penn State to mark his new career best.

• Sixteen of Michigan's 22 top tacklers this season have set new career highs.

• Wolverines are gaining valuable experience on the defensive side of the ball. Through six weeks, eight different players have recorded their first tackles for loss, sacks, pass breakups or a combination of the three.

• After making his first career tackle for loss at Indiana, defensive lineman Taylor Upshaw earned his first career sack against PSU, a six-yard loss in the third quarter. He is up to 3.0 TFL across the last four games.