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Top five Michigan wins FOLLOW @MICHDAILYSPORTS
in the in-state rivalry
Ryan Kartje II Daily Sports Editor
With the Michigan-Michigan State game approaching, Daily Sports took a look
back through the history books to find some of the best games from the in-state
rivalry, from the Wolverines' dominantwin in 1997 on the way to anational cham-
pionship to Braylon Edwards' one-man show in 2004.
Michigan leads the all-time series 67-30-5, and with both teams 5-0 this season,
it could be an instant classic an Ann Arbor this weekend. Until then, here's five of
the best games that went in the Wolverines' favor.
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1980- Michigan wins 27-23 on heels of ~
Bo Schembechler's questionable call J
With the game tied 13-13 in the second quarter, the Spartans were U *
called for a roughing the kicker penalty after Michigan's Ali Haji- th bs
Sheikh had nailed a field goal. But instead of opting to decline the
penalty call, Michigan coach Bo Schembechler accepted the penalty,
and three plays later, quarterback John Wangler delivered a strike to wide e s O r
receiver Anthony Carter for atouchdown. Who needs field goals? Not Mich-
i an,as they won the game b exactly the difference between Haji-Sheikh's T 0 4
f eld goal and Carter's touchdown. "
1964- Michigan stops losing skid and C an r i
beats Spartans, 17-10
After a rough stretch against Sparty in the late '50s and '60s, the
Wolverines bounced back and received a huge road win against
their in-state rivals. After the longest Michigan losing streak by far
in the rivalry (eight ames), the Wolverines, led by All-American
Bob Timberlake, ousted Michigan State on their way to the Rose Bowl. C m:
2007- Manningham's late catch lifts
Michigan in East Lansing
3 With victory looking more and more out of reach, Michigan quar- C
terback Chad Henne was left with a 3rd-down-and-12 which ulti- ., y 'f P
mately decided the game in its final minutes. Henne, having thrown
three touchdown passes already, launched a beauty into the back of
the end zone, which seemed almost out of wide receiver Mario Manning-
ham's reach. But Manningham extended just far enough to pull the ball
down, stealing Michigan's last victory over State.
1997- Wolverines trounce Spartans en .. .5
route to '97 National Championship paeop~mc~a
2This game may have been the one that meant the most out of these
top five moments. The Wolverines demoralized a 5-1 Spartan squad
that had its best start since the '60s. Charles Woodson made one of
the greatest interceptions in college football history and did a great
deal to beef up his 1997 Heisman Trophy resume. It may not have had the
same effect as the Wolverines' end-of-the-season win over Ohio State, but
Woodson's grab said it all in Michigan's in-state beatdown on its way to a
national championship.
2004- Braylon Edwards puts on
one-man show in OT victory
In one of the best individual performances in Michigan history, Mich-
igan wideout Braylon Edwards put up three touchdowns in a six-min-
ute span to squeak out one of the wildest victories the program has
ever seen. He essentially did it all for the Wolverines. Edwards, don-
ning the legendary No. 1 jersey, looked like a man among boys, grabbing
touchdown after touchdown over helpless Spartan defensive backs. Then-
0 freshman Chad Henne delivered one of his most poised performances ever,
and Michigan delivered a crushing blow to Sparty. _ ____

Martin Seligman
Director, Positive Psychology Center
Zellerbach Family Professor of Psychology
University of Pennsylvania
Positive Psychology &
Positive Interventions
Thursday, October 7,2010,4:00 PM
Rackham Auditorium (ground floor)
Also: Symposium on the Tanner Lecture
Ruut Veenhoven, Erasmus University, Rotterdam
Valerie Tiberius, University of Minnesota
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