The #9 ranked Wolverines traveled to East Lansing to play Michigan State and were dominated on both sides of the line of scrimmage as the Spartans pulled of a 17-7 upset and reclaimed the Paul Bunyan Trophy. Jarrett Irons led the defense with 14 tackles and Shonte Peoples had an interception. Todd Collins was an efficient 13 of 19 for 178 yards and a TD pass to Wheatley. Tyrone Wheatley once again led the #8 ranked Wolverines with 113 yards rushing and scoring two touchdowns on the ground. Michigan held the vaunted Hawkeye rushing game to 48 yards and the offense produced enough to beat Iowa, 24-7, in the Big Ten opener at Michigan Stadium in front of 105,000 fans. Ty Law led the Wolverine defense with 6 tackles and an interception. Collins finished the day completing 20 of 34 passes for 267 yards. Wheatley finished with 171 yards rushing and Mercury Hayes led the Air Corps with 6 catches for 127 yards. Wheatley added a 9 yard TD run and Tim Biakabutuka scored from 4 yards out for Michigan in the 2nd half. Todd Collins hit Amani Toomer for a 15 yard TD strike and Ricky Powers scored 3 yards out before the Cougars finally got on the scoreboard. Tyrone Wheatley scored from 25 yards and 5 yards to get the Wolverines going. The #8 ranked Wolverines raced to a 28-0 first half lead before Houston knew what hit them as Michigan rolled to a 42-21 victory over the Cougars.
Notre Dame recovered the ensuing onside kick attempt and held on to win. Michigan proceeded to drive 99 yards for a touchdown, cutting the Notre Dame advantage to four. Late in the fourth, the Irish still led 27-16 and were poised to put the game out of reach before a goal line stand ended with fullback Marc Edwards stuffed on a 4th and goal run. The underdog Irish took a 27-10 third quarter lead. 3 Wolverines in an era where both Michigan and Notre Dame figured into the national title picture every year. 11 Notre Dame traveled to Ann Arbor to face the No. Shonte Peoples had an interception for the Wolverine defense.
Wheatley finished with 118 yards rushing and Collins completed 19 of 29 passes for 265 yards. Michigan added a Collins to Amani Toomer 24 yard TD pass and a Pete Elizovic field goal in the 2nd half. Touchdown runs by Ricky Powers (1 yard) and Tyrone Wheatley (59 yards) along with two Todd Collins TD passes to Mercury Hayes, staked the Wolverines to a 31-7 halftime lead. Michigan, ranked #3 to open the season, jumped to a 31-0 lead before the Cougars got on the scoreboard.
Roster 1993 Michigan Wolverines football team roster Todd Collins established the school record for single-season pass attempts (296), eclipsing Jim Harbaugh's 1986 total of 277 and broken by Brian Griese in 1997. The team led the Big Ten Conference in scoring defense for conference games (11.4 points per game) and all games (13.3). The team also earned the third of five consecutive and six 1990s Big Ten rushing defense statistical championships for conference games by holding opponents to 103.0 yards per game. The team earned the fourth of four consecutive and six 1990s Big Ten rushing defense statistical championships for all games by holding opponents to 108.0 yards per game. The team led the Big Ten in passing efficiency for conference games (155.2), although Wisconsin won the title for all games. Wheatley was the repeat Big Ten scoring champion with an 8.4 points per game average in all games, although he lost the conference games title to Purdue's Mike Alstott. Rankings from AP Poll released prior to game.
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