Postgame Notes: #9 Michigan 21, #23 Penn State 17
11/13/2021 4:11:00 PM | Football
• In the 25th all-time meeting between the two programs, U-M improved to 15-10.
• U-M picked up a road victory against a ranked opponent for the third time in conference play under head coach Jim Harbaugh.
• Quarterback Cade McNamara had multiple passing touchdowns for the third straight week, finishing with three passing scores.
• McNamara connected with wide receiver Roman Wilson for a 21-yard score in the second quarter; it was Wilson's first touchdown of the year. That touchdown gave McNamara passing scores to six different Wolverines.
• Wilson added another touchdown in the third quarter, a one-yard score.
• Running back Hassan Haskins recorded his fourth 100-yard rushing game in the last five weeks, finishing with 31 carries for 156 yards. Haskins went over 150 all-purpose yards for the second straight game, adding 45 receiving yards on five catches.Â
• U-M's 15-play, 90-yard drive (7:30) in the second quarter was the team's second touchdown drive this season of 15 plays or more (17 plays against Rutgers).
• The U-M defense registered 12 tackles-for-loss (seven sacks), the team's first game with double-digit TFLs since reaching that mark in consecutive weeks in October during the 2019 season (13 against Iowa, 12 at Illinois).
• Defensive end Aidan Hutchinson and linebacker David Ojabo continue to jockey for the Big Ten lead in sacks. Ojabo entered with a one-sack lead on Hutchinson (8.0 to Hutchinson's 7.0). Ojabo (2.0 today) and Hutchinson (3.0 today) are now tied with 10 sacks each.
• Hutchinson's 3.0 sacks marked a new career high in sacks and tackles-for-loss; his third-career game with at least 2.5 TFLs and second this season (Washington).
• Ojabo now has at least a share of a sack in five straight games.
• Three defenders forced fumbles in the first half: Hutchinson, Ojabo and Vincent Gray. Ojabo (5) has set a new single-season program record in that category and is still adding to it.
• U-M had 3.0 sacks in the first quarter at Penn State, the first quarter in which the team has recorded three-plus sacks since doing so in consecutive fourth quarters against Iowa and Illinois (2019). It's the first time U-M reached 3.0 sacks in the first quarter since the 2016 matchup with Penn State, when Matt Godin, Chase Winovich and Chris Wormley each had a first-quarter sack on PSU quarterback Trace McSorley.
• Linebacker Junior Colson set a new career high in solo tackles (five), and recorded the first tackle-for-loss and shared sack of his career as part of a 12-tackle performance.
• Punter Brad Robbins set a season long with his 65-yard punt in the first half. Robbins' previous season best was a 59-yarder. He also had a 60-yard punt today.
• Freshman defensive back Rod Moore made his first career start in the secondary. Moore is the 10th defensive player to earn his first career start this season.
