History of Michigan game winning FGs
Date | Player | Time | Yards | Opponent | Score |
10/17/1914 | Lamar Splawn | 4th Q | 25 | at Michigan State | 3-0 |
11/20/1920 | Frank Steketee | 2nd Q | 30 | at Minnesota | 3-0 |
10/29/1921 | Frank Steketee | 4th Q | at Illinois | 3-0 | |
10/13/1923 | Jack Blott | 2nd Q | 11 | vs Vanderbilt | 3-0 |
10/24/1925 | Benny Friedman | 2nd Q | 15 | at Illinois | 3-0 |
11/17/1928 | Austin Morris Hughes | 21 | vs Michigan State | 3-0 | |
11/19/1932 | Harry Newman | 2nd Q | 15 | at Minnesota | 3-0 |
9/23/1967 | Frank Titas | 0:11 | 27 | vs Duke | 10-7 |
11/13/1971 | Dana Coin | 0:26 | 25 | at Purdue | 20-17 |
11/18/1972 | Mike Lantry | 1:00 | 30 | vs Purdue | 9-6 |
10/22/1983 | Bob Bergeron | 0:08 | 45 | vs Iowa | 16-13 |
10/18/1986 | Mike Gillette | 0:00 | 34 | vs Iowa | 20-17 |
9/23/1989 | J.D. Carlson | 0:01 | 24 | at UCLA | 24-23 |
11/24/1990 | J.D. Carlson | 0:00 | 37 | at Ohio | 16-13 |
9/10/1994 | Remy Hamilton | 0:00 | 42 | at Notre Dame | 26-24 |
8/31/2002 | Phil Brabbs | 0:00 | 44 | vs Washington | 31-29 |
10/10/2003 | Garrett Rivas | 0:47 | 33 | at Minnesota | 38-35 |
10/23/2004 | Garrett Rivas | 2:45 | 35 | at Purdue | 16-14 |
10/1/2005 | Garrett Rivas | OT | 35 | at Michigan State | 34-31 |
1/3/2012 | Brendan Gibbons | OT | 37 | Virginia Tech | 23-20 |
10/20/2012 | Brendan Gibbons | 0:05 | 38 | vs Michigan State | 12-10 |
Out of Michigan's 900 victories, only 21 of them have come on a game winning FG. Here is the complete documented history of these heart stoppers.
October 20th, 2012 at 11:20 PM ^
Brendan Gibbons is my hero.
October 20th, 2012 at 11:45 PM ^
Brunette girls is my hero.
October 20th, 2012 at 11:53 PM ^
He should get all the brunette girls for his work. Minus my brunette girl, but all the others.
October 21st, 2012 at 8:53 AM ^
October 20th, 2012 at 11:19 PM ^
After 2010, if you told me Gibbons would be on that list twice, I would have laughed my head off at you.
October 20th, 2012 at 11:25 PM ^
The value of the special teams unit has increased considerably since 2010, thankfully.
October 21st, 2012 at 11:21 AM ^
blessed with so many great kickers over the years. In 2010 vs Illinois, I actually left my seat for a series or two. I could not take it.
Now the kicking game is back too. Two different kickers for different situations? Are you effing kidding me right now?
October 20th, 2012 at 11:23 PM ^
October 20th, 2012 at 11:27 PM ^
October 21st, 2012 at 11:28 AM ^
Only 4 for me.
October 22nd, 2012 at 3:26 PM ^
But was the edit the addition of the Purdue game in '04? Because that would make it six. (And "at" means physically there; not watching...could add more if tv counts, which I didn't)
October 20th, 2012 at 11:31 PM ^
I've seen 7 of them...
October 20th, 2012 at 11:34 PM ^
October 20th, 2012 at 11:36 PM ^
October 20th, 2012 at 11:38 PM ^
well I'll be damned, I'm happy to say I've been at the last 4 home last second field goal wins.
October 20th, 2012 at 11:38 PM ^
aside from all those smoking hot brunettes in his brain.
October 20th, 2012 at 11:46 PM ^
Gibbons has two wins via field goal, and both in 2012 (albeit, one came in a bowl game.)
Also, we have more wins by field goal against MSU than over any other school (four total wins spanning 98 years.)
October 20th, 2012 at 11:48 PM ^
I love the old-timey 2nd quarter game-winning field goals.
October 20th, 2012 at 11:49 PM ^
What? No Ali Haji-Sheikh?! I can't believe it.
October 21st, 2012 at 6:13 AM ^
Me neither. I would have thought he had a couple of them.
October 20th, 2012 at 11:53 PM ^
(1) Nice list ... how did you compile that? By hand? Or some computer query?
(2) Any time I see "Mike Lantry" I have to smile
(3) I wonder what the "lose on failed FG" list looks like? One comes to my mind: 1976 vs. Purdue. I can still hear Bob Ufer: "No good ... no good ... no good."
October 21st, 2012 at 12:03 AM ^
October 21st, 2012 at 12:24 AM ^
I believe that was the 1974 game, where OSU won on four FGs and Lantry's miss looked pretty darn good to many.
October 21st, 2012 at 5:01 PM ^
It was two games, actually. Lantry sent what would have been a game-winning kick wide left in 1973, then sent the game-winning kick wide left again in 1974. OSU and Michigan tied 10-10 in '73 with OSU going to the Rose Bowl, and OSU won 12-10 in 1974.
October 21st, 2012 at 12:24 AM ^
October 21st, 2012 at 6:15 AM ^
I guess you can look at it 2 different ways: when we lost because we missed a FG, like Lantry, or where we lost because the other team made a last second FG, like Texas.
October 21st, 2012 at 5:03 PM ^
Is that the kicker's fault? I always thought it was Crable's fault for letting his man get by him and block the kick.
October 21st, 2012 at 12:59 AM ^
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October 21st, 2012 at 12:29 PM ^
October 20th, 2012 at 11:57 PM ^
Just came from Cincy at Toledo, and Toledo won 29-23 without a single offensive touchdown. One defensive, one special teams, and a crapload of field goals.
October 21st, 2012 at 12:01 AM ^
October 21st, 2012 at 12:14 AM ^
I'm already getting requests to update this video...
October 21st, 2012 at 12:16 AM ^
If I'm not mistaken, the last two are the closest two in Michigan history. Hoke poops magic.
October 21st, 2012 at 1:02 AM ^
16-14 final I believe.
October 21st, 2012 at 1:18 AM ^
Good call. That wasn't listed in the record book for some reason. Went back & looked at the boxscore and it was made with 2:45 left in the 4th.
October 21st, 2012 at 2:06 AM ^
I remember the game more for the Shazor hit shortly thereafter but I know Rivas gave them the lead late.
October 21st, 2012 at 5:50 AM ^
October 21st, 2012 at 11:44 AM ^
No, here (link).
It's a little awkward to search, and I wish there were more information available (e.g., play-by-play and opponent stats), but it is there.
October 21st, 2012 at 11:11 AM ^
I have to agree after the woes of 2010, Hoke's methods of coaching must be spot on. The turnaround has been nothing short of amazing.
October 21st, 2012 at 12:43 PM ^
October 21st, 2012 at 5:15 PM ^
Rich Rod was just too defensive in general (no pun intended, certainly). He seemed to feel like he was on trial when dealing with the media and needed to exonerate himself. Hoke, in this situation, would probably just say something like "God bless him, he's still our placekicker and we believe in him."