2001: Our most recent win at Camp Randall Stadium
Not too often do you not have a win in a conference opponent's stadium in 18 years but are only on an 0-4 skid there in those 18 years.
2001 wouldn't have obviously been our most recent win there if the schedules weren't so jacked up and we got to play them there with the 2003 and 2004 Big Ten Championship teams.
Wisconsin's three massive mistakes on special teams cost them that game.
First it was a blocked punt returned for a TD by a freshman #20 Marlin Jackson.
Then with the game tied 17-17 in the 4th quarter and under 2 minutes to play, Wisconsin's kicker missed the go-ahead FG.
Michigan's offense couldn't do anything to move the ball and go for the game-winning FG so we had to punt. Wisconsin's return man muffed the punt on their own 14 yard line and Hayden Epstein nailed the game-winner.
20-17 Michigan.
Yes but what were they wearing?
Carr and Alvarez were wearing short-sleeve shirts. On November 17th! (it was in the mid-60s that day)
I've looked for Hoke in the video but I can't find him. It would be funny if he was wearing a jacket.
Headsets, probably.
Maize pants.....
This is an NCAA violation
There are UM students that can say Michigan has not won at Wisconsin in their lifetime. Yikes.
One year longer than that with OSU.
Make you wanna cry yet?
At least there have only been 4 games in Madison in that stretch. The one that is much more concerning is the one we haven't won at since 2000 and we go there every other year.
yeah i agree that losing 4 games in 18 years isn't exactly an alarming trend, especially given one of those years was the 2009 team, which....YIKES. We're 6-5 against UW including that 2001 game overall in that time span, so I don't think the 18 year olds think UW owns us.
The losses are 05, 07, 09, and 17. The 05 team was mediocre. The 07 team was ransacked by injuries. The 09 team was... bad. And the 17 team was also affected by injuries, wasn't great, and was playing an excellent Wisconsin team.
This is a pretty small sample that picks some pretty poor years. If Michigan plays at Wisconsin in 04 and 06 instead of 05 and 07 those are probably wins. We beat them at home in 16 and 18 with better teams.
We'll see about this year. It's a pretty high-pressure game given the stakes of this season. Michigan can theoretically afford a single loss and still have a terrific season if that loss is not to you-know-who, but suffering such a setback in September at the beginning of the B1G season will not be a good sign, and will not be well-received by the fanbase.
I agree this year will be critical to get a win at Wisconsin with how the rest of the schedule sets up.
Is any loss well-received by the fan base?
Not sure why you are catching flak for this post, unless people are connecting it with previous posts of yours. Independent of other 'things of interest' you drop on the blog, I found this noteworthy. Also, I am not confident that had we visited Madison 2011-2015 (maybe 2011) we would've done anything to change the streak
There must have been a long stretch where we didn't play them. I vaguely remember Michigan losing there in 07 when everybody was injured. Henne was out. Ryan Mallet was throwing for 60 yds/game. Manningham's knee was injured but he played. Hart was injured but may have played. Those are just the injuries I remember off the top of my head. There would have been a 6 yr stretch where we didn't play there. Everyone used to make fun of how Wisconsin didn't have to play OSU or Michigan in so many seasons.
Mallett connected with Manningham on a gorgeous long TD pass in that game. Something like 95 yards, I think. There were glimmers of a beauty within that injury-plagued game. I remember thinking the future was still bright with Mallett slinging the ball.
97 yards is the longest passing play/touchdown in Michigan Football history. Here's a clip of it.
Beautiful.
#13 (Greg Mathews?) had also busted loose from coverage on that play, but I'm not sure if Mathews wins a foot race to the end zone like Manningham.
Retroactively pissed we didn't go for 2 after this. What the hell?
Retroactively pissed is a great term I like to use when describing everything to do with the late Lloyd years.
I can't believe we passed from our own 3 yd line under Lloyd.
lol* @ the ref completely biffing it at the :08 mark of that video (during the Ark/UT cut-in).
(*assuming he wasn't seriously injured as a result)
OMG I saw that too....hilarious!
I never liked Mallet. When you look at his stats, he averaged something like 67 yds per game. That was with a pro left side of the OL including the #1 overall pick, the all-time leading rusher when he wasn't injured, and two pro WRs. You can't get anymore help than that. He couldn't even throw his weight.
Pro left side of the line? Please explain.
Jake Long, yes. Who else?
Adam Kraus was a pro for about 3 1/2 months.
Didn't play them once from 2011-2015. Which is good, because aside from maybe 2015 we would've lost every single one of those years. Even in our 2011 fluke of a season, that was the year they had Russell Wilson and Montee Ball breaking records left and right.
Bad things happen in Madison. I once witnessed Jason Avant drop a critical 3rd down conversion while sitting in Camp Randall. Jason Avant rarely dropped balls, so I blame this on Camp Randall's demons.
Thanks....I guess.
2007 has been referenced, and the 2017 loss wasn't really unexpected either. It's a small sample size that includes some mediocre seasons.
But if Michigan doesn't break that streak this year it's going to be a miserable couple of weeks of recriminations for Michigan fans.
I think Navarre had about 50 yards passing in that game. How is that even possible?
He wasn't ready to play in 2001. He wasn't really a blue-chip and he was supposed to have a couple of years behind Drew Henson to be groomed for the job. If we hadn't seen him at all in 2001 while Henson chugged away with a mediocre supporting cast, he wouldn't have been nearly the focal point for criticism that he was for his entire career.
But he did play in 2001 and he was bad. Unfortunately, so was the rest of the team. Marquise Walker was his lifeline and caught 86 passes, making huge plays. No RB rushed for 1000 yards. The only other WR of note was Ronald Bellamy... with 14 catches all year.
And despite this, two of the losses that Michigan suffered that year were total flukes. The Washington loss would be considered one of the most flukishly disastrous in memory had it not happened on September 8, 2001. And we all remember the clock game.
Of course, this win was a total fluke as well. It was a funny season.
Yeah, the Washington game was maddening. In control.for most of the game. UM up 6 and lining up a FG that would have given them a two score lead. UW blocks the FG and I believe runs it back for a TD. Literally like the first play after the kickoff was a swing pass that bounces off the running backs hands, gets intercepted and returned for a TD. Went from up 6 to down 8 in a matter of 3 plays.
Well we're about to go 20 years at least between wins in Columbus, which is even more absurd because we play there every other year.
This makes me want to curl up in the fetal position, suck my thumb, and sob!!
Watching the video (I hadn't watched this since the day the game happened), man was our offense baaaaad that year. Navarre couldn't make reads at all that season and forced a lot of passes, and our running game was mediocre. QB play was the biggest problem, but there were talent deficits all over the field. Painful to watch all season long.
The following April, when the hockey team was in St. Paul for the Frozen Four, I was sitting with Ramsay when some Wisconsin fans started taunting us for our Michigan jerseys. We started yelling "Can't Field Punts!" back at them. It wasn't all that clever, but it seemed to meet the moment.
And yet we still nearly won the Big Ten that season if not for clockgate.
Big Ten was reallllyyyyyyy bad that year
Thank God for Walker that season because Navarre was abysmal that season throwing the ball. The run game wasn't too great either with Askew a good power and blocking back (team MVP once he became FB) as our primary ball carrier because Perry just wasn't there mentally to take the job over.
This team overachieved in the win column, and their true talent deficiency was on display in that Citrus Bowl bloodbath vs Tennessee
Where's my schedule?
That sucks.
It should read,”2019 our first win in a number of tries @ Camp Randall Stadium!” Thanks WD!
Wait, Wisconsin is in our conference?
I think they got swapped out with Florida at some point.
I was there with some Michigan grad buddies. We were sitting in the Wisconsin student section, getting coins rained on us all game (now that I'm in my 40s I realize how dangerous that could be).
When the muffed punt and game winning FG happened, we rejoiced, then recoiled, assuming we were dead. But apparently all the Badger students just wanted to get back to their parties because they were completely cool after that.
I was at that game and him muffing that punt return is still one of my favorite sports memories.
I was at that game and him muffing that punt return is still one of my favorite sports memories.
Two muffs?
I was there. Four of us flew across Lake Michigan in a tiny Cessna with our friend who was a senior at UM (we were juniors) at the time who had his unrestricted pilot’s license. That place was absolutely rocking. The jump around experience was extremely intimidating. All of their fraternities are right outside of the stadium, so the place is absolutely raucous. So much energy!
Can hardly wait to right another wrong this year...