Michigan and Indiana traded offensive punches all afternoon Saturday, setting records and shredding defenses. Heisman Trophy candidate Denard Robinson was superb; Ben Chappell might have matched him throwing a school record 480 yards.
It wasn’t easy or pretty for either team at Memorial Stadium. The No. 19 Wolverines and unranked Hoosiers combined for 1,143 offensive yards, including 943 through three quarters. Every time the Wolverines (5-0) tried to pull away, Indiana (3-1) responded. The Hoosiers tied the game five different times through four quarters. Darius Willis caught a 19-yard TD pass from Chappell with 1:15 left in the fourth quarter that tied the game at 35. Michigan didn’t clinch the win until Robinson hooked up with Junior Hemingway on a 42-yard pass down to the Indiana 4-yard line with 21 seconds remaining that put the Wolverines in position for the winning score.
None more important than the game-winning touchdown run with 17 seconds remaining. Robinson carried to the left side for the winning TD on the next play. It was a see-saw game the entire afternoon. By the time the offensive battle everyone expected finally ended, Michigan emerged with a 42-35 victory.
It wasn’t easy or pretty for either team at Memorial Stadium. The No. 19 Wolverines and unranked Hoosiers combined for 1,143 offensive yards, including 943 through three quarters. Every time the Wolverines (5-0) tried to pull away, Indiana (3-1) responded. The Hoosiers tied the game five different times through four quarters. Darius Willis caught a 19-yard TD pass from Chappell with 1:15 left in the fourth quarter that tied the game at 35. Michigan didn’t clinch the win until Robinson hooked up with Junior Hemingway on a 42-yard pass down to the Indiana 4-yard line with 21 seconds remaining that put the Wolverines in position for the winning score.
None more important than the game-winning touchdown run with 17 seconds remaining. Robinson carried to the left side for the winning TD on the next play. It was a see-saw game the entire afternoon. By the time the offensive battle everyone expected finally ended, Michigan emerged with a 42-35 victory.
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