1986 Michigan Replay
The entire 1986 michigan replay is now up. Hard to believe that Michigan was 4 points away from going a perfect 12-0. Enjoy.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l9wMLfJr5V0&list=PLVMLD3XG7TW5I70hFJ5su…
HARBAUGH, Jerrod Bunch, Chris Calloway,John Kolesar, Mark Messner, Mark Hammerstein, Bob Perryman, Garland Rivers, Andy Moeller, John Vitale, Jamie Morris, Leroy Hoard, Jumbo Elliott, Mike Gillette, and I'm sure numerous others great players I've overlooked. Arguably Bo's best team (although IMO the '80 team that won Bo his first Rose Bowl was a bit better).
HUGE THANK YOU for posting that!
HARBAUGH!
What's funny about seeing Bo and Brandstatter in the studio is that they both have connections to Ohio State - one because he was an assistant there in two separate stints, and the other through his marriage to one Robbie Timmons, longtime WXYZ anchor and Ohio State alum. Funny how life works, eh?
The 85 team is the one that was four points from perfection. The 86 team shockingly lost to Minnesota at home by 3 and lost to ASU by a TD in the Rose Bowl.
Lost by 2 to ND, 1 to Miami, and tied Iowa.
You have the wrong year. The 85 team lost by two to Iowa in the #1 vs #2 game and tied Illinois.
1988
I was at that Miami game in '88. Up 30-14 in the 4th against the #1 team in the nation and pissed it away. That game hurt me more than the Colorado miracle
Bo was furious after the game. Thought the refs were bias to Miami
The refs screwed us. Late in the 4th quarter, we attempted a pass for the game-clinching 1st down and our WR caught the ball going out of bounds right in front of Miami HC Jimmy Johnson. Smartly, Johnson immediately started doing the bobble motion which influenced the sideline ref to call it an incomplete pass. Replay showed that the WR caught the ball and maintained control. If the referees make the correct call, Michigan ices the game and Miami never gets a chance for the onside kick.
In a weird twist, the refs screwed #1 Miami four weeks later in South Bend when they ruled that Miami fumbled the ball before reaching the endzone when it should've been called a TD.
In our season opener, we missed a potential game winning FG as time experied in South Bend one week prior to the epic chokejob at home against defending National Champion Miami. So we started 0-2 but finished 9-2-1 which culminated in a Rose Bowl wn over USC and a final ranking of #4.
Notre Dame finished #1 and Miami finished #2.
1988 Michigan could've and should've won the National Championship. If we get a few breaks in the mid-to-late 80s, Schembechler could've finished his stellar career like Osborne did at Nebraska - with 3 National Championships in 4 years. 1985, 1986, and 1988 Michigan were all National Championship caliber teams.
then..yeah.
I was at that game. Michigan played like they wanted to get out of the cold and Minnesota played like they were ready to play two. I don't think I have ever been as pissed walking out of Michigan Stadium as I was that day. Then again, I did leave Ann Arbor in 1998, long before the last eight years happened.
It was probably my most disappointing game at Michigan stadium! They were number 2 in the country at the time. The players finally got more motivated during the drive when they tied it up in the 4th but let Foggie get the big run!
Though, I enjoyed watching the win over OSU in Columbus. That doesn't happen much anymore.
Funny about how upset we got back then losing a couple games per season. After the last 8 years, a 2 or 3 loss season would be totally awesome. Hopefully Harbaugh will get us back to being perennial 10 plus game winners.
They lost the Rose Bowl 22-15 to John Cooper's Arizona State team. Apparently the game that convinced Ohio State to hire Cooper. The irony.
Might have been the greatest loss in Michigan history
on commencing the drive from Detroit to St Louis until after that game was over. Got in at 4 in the morning, and even though it was a loss, it was worth it just to are Harbaugh's final game at QB....thanks, Dad!
My dad and uncle went to that game and snapped these pics...
thanks for posting these!
I never realized cooper was the HC of asu until now
Beating Wisconsin by 17 didn't impress my State friends. [farmer voice]: "seventeen points?! You kidding!?" ah, nostalgia.
To be fair they scored 14 points in the last 10 min mainly garbage time
'86 was a great year and so was '85, after a not so Bo like '84. I remember before the MN game every radio station and newspaper were all saying this may be Bo's first national championship team, since our only tough game would be OSU in Columbus. I thought Michigan would come back and beat the gophers but Foggy had a great game and was able to scramble his way down for their game winning kick. Michgan was kind of coasting through most of the game and did not take things seriously until the 4th QTR. That was one of the most disappointing games in my life as a Michigan fan. The team really came out flat in the 2nd half against ASU in the Rose Bowl and got shutout in the 2nd half which cost them the game. I'm glad OSU hired Cooper, the only good thing to come out of our loss!
OP, you're gonna be very happy with my next video upload.
Yesssssss
I ordered the game DVD today so I'll hopefully have it done by the weekend. I had a VHS but it got fucked up when I tried to convert it over so I just spent $12 on the DVD.
Not hard to believe at all. I was there - a junior. This team was awesome. The defense was over-powering. The line was regularly in the backfield before the quarterback! The loss to Iowa was the most crushing loss I've ever experienced in 41 years as a Michigan fan, student and grad. I still think this was the best Michigan team I ever saw.