DG has joined an elite group of odd Michigan stat-sheet fillers (Harmon, Woodson, and ?)
Devin Gardner now has 4 TDs passing, 4 TDs receiving (still tied for the team lead), and 3 TDs rushing this year. This got me thinking about other creators of unusual season stat sheets.
Harmon of Michigan (below) is of course the king of odd stats, with a 1940 season that saw him post 14 TDs rushing, 7 TDs passing, 1 TD on a KR, 1 TD on an INT return, 18 extra points, a field goal, and (apparently) 2 two-point conversions. He also punted 42 times for an avg of 37 yards. He didn't have any receptions in 1940, but he had 4 for 110 yards in 1939, apparently for no TDs.
Woodson had 2 TDs receiving in 1997, with 1 TD rushing, and 1 TD on the PR against OSU. He had 8 INTs that year, but surprisingly he did not score a defensive TD that year or any other year at Michigan. He did complete a 28 yard pass against Wisconsin in '97.
Is there anyone else that belongs in this unscientific category? I suppose Navarre deserves a mention just for his glorious rumble of a TD reception against Minnesota in 2003...Also, since I'm sure someone will mention it, no, I am not saying that DG is in the class of Harmon and Woodson. I'm just pointing out his unusual stats. Also, I left out Desmond Howard's Heisman campaign because his stats, while great, were not that odd of a combination. The reader is of course free to disagree with this - with great vigor if you like.
November 13th, 2012 at 12:56 PM ^
William Carr
Not many All American defensive tackles get the opportunity to have a fumble credited to their stat sheet.
November 13th, 2012 at 2:23 PM ^
I had finally managed to forget that fiasco. Thanks for dredging that one up!
November 13th, 2012 at 3:18 PM ^
I saw that trainwreck of a game live. It was frigid cold that day and of course the quality of football was miserable.
November 13th, 2012 at 6:22 PM ^
FWIW, he did score a TD once as a running back - in the '95 MSU game.
November 13th, 2012 at 1:02 PM ^
Rushing TD, Recieving TD, Passing TD in one game (against Minnesota last year)
November 13th, 2012 at 1:04 PM ^
What a great Slav.
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Stats: Lewan had a TD this year, and of course Glanda with the 7 yard reception.
November 13th, 2012 at 1:28 PM ^
What I wouldn't give for a dame with gams like that...
November 13th, 2012 at 1:53 PM ^
On the Lewan issue, I think he gets the prize for single weirdest stat. He has one rushing TD and one rushing yard on zero carries (per postgame stats at MGoBlue.com). His YPC are undefined.
November 13th, 2012 at 1:11 PM ^
Among Denard Robinson's lesser known stats are 2 career punts for a total of 41 yards, with the longest being a 30-yard punt. Also, he has two recorded solo tackles, with one of those being against Alabama.
November 13th, 2012 at 2:06 PM ^
November 13th, 2012 at 1:39 PM ^
David Cone - Only Michigan QB to flow like a harpoon both daily and nightly.
November 13th, 2012 at 2:55 PM ^
Yo.
I don't know.
November 13th, 2012 at 1:55 PM ^
Marques Slocum - only haser of Fuck Lion in recorded history.
November 13th, 2012 at 3:52 PM ^
Possessor of "Da Bomb Ass D*ck" ?
November 14th, 2012 at 8:29 AM ^
November 13th, 2012 at 2:25 PM ^
Putting Harmon aside because he was a freak of nature that scored doing anything, anywhere on the field.
But I think Charles Woodson and David Terrell are the only players in the last half century to have an interception AND a touchdown catch in the same game. Woodson did it against Sparty in 1996 and Terrell did it 3 years later against Northwestern.
November 13th, 2012 at 3:19 PM ^
I forgot that Terrell played DB.
November 13th, 2012 at 3:19 PM ^
Woodson came extremely close to having a TD pass, incidentally. Griese was tackled at the one-yard line on that play after a 28-yard gain.
November 13th, 2012 at 3:25 PM ^
...that play reminds me of Steve Breaston in 2003, when he had 3 TDs receiving, 2 TDs rushing, 2 PR TDs, and the TD pass to Navarre.
November 13th, 2012 at 3:50 PM ^
I know it's not a single player's stat (and I'm sorry to anyone who was still trying to suppress the memory of this game), but doesn't the final play of the U of M vs Nebraska Alamo bowl game hold the FBS record (I think that one D-III game had more) for most laterals in a single play? Also, it should've been one more lateral than it's official total that resulted in a Breaston TD. Thanks a lot, Ecker...
November 13th, 2012 at 4:31 PM ^
I counted 8 Michigan laterals in the Alamo Bowl game (although Mark Bihl's "lateral" was pretty darn close to just being a fumble). Just counted only 5 in "The Play." It may have been more historic, thanks to the band, but didn't have more laterals than us.
November 13th, 2012 at 8:28 PM ^
Timberlake, an All-American at QB in 1964, Timberlake also played HB for Michigan. For his career, he finished with 10 rushing TD, 8 passing TD, 1 receiving TD, 6 FG and 36 XP.
Rick Sygar, a contemporary of Timberlake, had 2 passing TDs, and 1 each rushing, receiving and a punt return.
Gordon Bell and John Navarre all had touchdowns passing, rushing and receiving.
Bump Elliott, tallied rushing touchdowns, passing touchdowns, receiving touchdowns, kicked some extra points, scored on a lateral from a teammate after an interception and on a punt return during his M career.
November 13th, 2012 at 8:28 PM ^
double post