Kalel Mullings ran for 92 yards and a career-high three touchdowns, main Michigan to a 50-6 victory over Northwestern on Saturday to make the defending nationwide champions eligible for a bowl.
The Wolverines (6-5, 4-4 Big Ten) wanted the win to safe a spot within the postseason as a result of they are going to be heavy underdogs in opposition to rival and runner-up Ohio State on the highway subsequent week.
The Wildcats (4-7, 2-6) will possible remove themselves from bowl rivalry by shedding for the fourth time in 5 video games.
Michigan’s Aamir Hall made a diving interception on the opening drive and Mullings had a 2-yard run on the subsequent possession for his first of three scores. He had two landing runs within the third quarter.
Luke Akers made subject targets on consecutive drives within the second quarter to chop Northwestern’s deficit to 10–6 and the Wolverines scored the subsequent 40 factors.
Davis Warren began the scoring barrage with a 3-yard touchdown pass to Colston Loveland with eight seconds left within the first half.
Donovan Edwards and Tavierre Dunlap every had a 20-yard landing run within the fourth quarter, when the Wolverines additionally had a subject purpose and a security of their highest-scoring sport since that they had scored 52 factors twice final season.
Warren achieved profession highs with 26 completions and 35 go makes an attempt for 195 yards, his second-highest complete, with one landing and one interception.
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Northwestern’s Jack Lausch was 10 of 21 for 106 yards and matched a profession excessive with two interceptions.
Tailgate scene
Bryce Underwood, who flipped his dedication to Michigan after committing to play at LSU, posed for a photograph with signal thief Connor Stalions earlier than taking the sphere throughout pregame warmups.
The top-rated quarterback performed at Belleville High School, the place Stalions was a volunteer coach for the workforce throughout the playoffs. Earlier this fall, Stalions was a volunteer defensive coordinator at Detroit Mumford High School.
The takeaway
Northwestern: David Braun inherited Pat Fitzgerald’s program in July 2023, when he was fired attributable to a hazing scandal, and was named Big Ten Coach of the Year. The Wildcats had been a disappointment after ending final yr with 4 straight victories, together with the Las Vegas Bowl, to offer them an 8-5 document.
Michigan: It was a great week for the winningest program in faculty soccer. Sherrone Moore bought Underwood, a desperately wanted quarterback, and led the workforce to victory to earn a bowl bid after postseason play was put unsure by shedding 4 of the earlier 5 video games.
Next
Northwestern: Plays Illinois (8-3, 5-3) Saturday at Wrigley Field.
Michigan: The Buckeyes (10-1, 7-1, CFP No. 2) host The Game on Saturday and are anticipated to simply break a three-game shedding streak in opposition to the three-time defending Big Ten champions.
Associated Press reporting.
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