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Michigan Monday: Game 9 vs. Indiana
11/1/2021 1:54:00 PM | Football
#9 Michigan (7-1, 4-1 Big Ten) vs. Indiana (2-6, 0-5 Big Ten)
Michigan Stadium • Ann Arbor, Mich.
Saturday, Nov. 6, 2021 • 7:30 p.m.
Television: Fox
Radio: Learfield Michigan Sports Network
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• Michigan and Indiana will play for the 70th time on Saturday.
• The Wolverines are ranked in the top 10 in both national polls for the fifth straight week.
• Michigan will play its 66th night game on Saturday and the Wolverines' 11th night contest at Michigan Stadium.
• David Ojabo ranks in the top 15 nationally in forced fumbles (T-8th) and sacks (T-13th).
• Jake Moody has converted 18-20 field goals this year, which ranks second in the NCAA in field goals per game (2.25).
• Michigan ranks in the top 25 in total defense (16th; 311.0 avg.) and total offense (22nd; 456.5 avg.).
Wolverines and Hoosiers
• This will be the 70th meeting between Michigan and Indiana. The Wolverines have a 59-10 advantage in the all-time series.
• Michigan's .855 winning percentage against Indiana is the program's highest versus any conference school.
• U-M has won 24 of the past 25 games against IU and has claimed victories in 39 of the last 41 contests. The only setbacks came in 1987 and 2020.
• The Wolverines have dominated the series with the Hoosiers at Michigan Stadium, posting a 34-7 all-time mark. U-M has won 20 straight games at the Big House, including a 31-20 victory during the 2018 season. The last home setback was a 27-20 loss during the 1967 season.
Series vs. Indiana: Michigan leads 59-10
Series Streak: Michigan lost 1
Last Meeting vs. Indiana: 2020 (IU, 39-21)
Last Michigan Win: 2019
Television Coverage
Fox will broadcast the game to a national audience. Joe Davis (play-by-play) and Brock Huard (color) will call the game.
Michigan in Night Games
• The Wolverines will play their 66th night game when they face the Hoosiers on Saturday.
• U-M has compiled a 38-27 overall record in games starting after 5 p.m. local time.
• Michigan has posted an 8-2 record at Michigan Stadium in night contests, a 25-16 mark on the road and a 4-9 record on a neutral site.
In the Polls
• Michigan is ranked in the top 10 in both national polls for the fifth straight week. The Wolverines are listed No. 9 in the AP Poll and No. 10 in the Coaches' Poll.
• After their 38-17 win at Wisconsin (Oct. 2), the Wolverines returned to the top 10 for the first time since late in the 2019 season.
• The Indiana game will be the program's 31st game as a top-10 team under coach Jim Harbaugh.
• U-M has been ranked for all but 13 contests under Harbaugh (80 games). The Wolverines were not ranked the first four games in 2015, four games in 2017 and 2020, and the first two games of the 2021 season.
Game Notes Nuggets
• Michigan is among the top 20 in the country in both scoring offense and scoring defense this season, listing 20th in offense (37.1 points per game) and 10th in defense (17.1 points allowed per game).
• The offense has produced 38 plays of 20-plus yards with an even balance of 21 passing, 17 rushing. The Wolverines have scored nine touchdowns of 50-plus yards this season including a season-long 93-yard score last weekend to freshman wide receiver Andrel Anthony. The team has scored in 27 of a possible 32 total quarters of play.
• After the 93-yard score to Anthony (No. 2 longest pass play in U-M history), quarterback Cade McNamara now owns two of the four longest passing plays in program history (87 yards to Cornelius Johnson vs. Northern Illinois, 2021).
• McNamara's 383 passing yards at Michigan State were a career-high and one yard shy of the single-game best performance in series history (Shea Patterson, 384 yards, 2019).
• The rushing duo of Blake Corum and Hassan Haskins continues to pace the offensive attack that has a run game ranked No. 7 in the country (239.9 yards per game). They are tied with each other to rank 18th nationally in rushing touchdowns with 10 apiece.
• The offensive line continues to shut down opposing pass rushers and limit negative plays. The unit leads the Big Ten and the NCAA having allowed just 10 tackles for loss (1.25 average) and three sacks (0.38 average) all season.
• The edge duo of Aidan Hutchinson and David Ojabo (7.0 sacks each) are tied for the lead in the Big Ten in sack production, sharing the No. 13 ranking nationally. Ojabo has gotten a share of a sack in the last four straight games after Hutchinson began the year with a four-game sack streak.
• Linebacker David Ojabo also ranks in the top 15 nationally in forced fumbles (T-8th).
• The defense lists top-20 in six major categories: scoring (10th), first downs allowed (13th), pass defense (16th), total defense (16th), pass efficiency against (19th), and third down conversion percentage allowed (19th).
• U-M has a 12:5 turnover ratio this season and has multiple interceptions on defense in four straight games. Daxton Hill leads the teams in interceptions (two) and pass breakups (eight). Ten (10) different players have at least one interception or fumble recovery on defense.
• Nineteen (19) total players have at least one pass breakup (45 total). That is tied for the highest number of players with at least one PBU in a single season in the last 25 years (since 1997).
• Kicker Jake Moody averages 10.6 points per game, making him the No. 9 scorer in the country. He has converted on 13 of his last 14 attempts. Moody's 85 points so far this year lead the team following a 15-point day in East Lansing last weekend (Oct. 30).
• Punter Brad Robbins continues to be a weapon in the field position game. Robbins has yielded just 21 return yards on 24 punts, averaging 45.0 yards per attempt with 12 punts inside the opponent's 20-yard line and only one touchback.
• The duo's success has led to excellence in special teams, including the nation's No. 2 kick return defense (12.62-yard average) and No. 11 net punt coverage unit (43.25-yard average).
• Both return men are among the nation's best, too, with Corum ranking 20th in kick return yard average and A.J. Henning ranking 10th in punt return average.
• Kicker Cole Hussung (Floyds Knobs) is the lone Wolverine on the roster native to the Hoosier State.
