T E A M S T A T S MICH OPP Points/Game 44.5 11.0 First Downs/Game 23.6 13.3 Rush Yards/Game 236.3 113.1 Yards/Rush 5.3 3.1 Rushing TDs 37 3 Passing Yards/Game 231.5 131.6 Completion % 63.2% 43.9% Yards/Pass 8.3 5.5 Passing TDs 17 9 Interceptions 4 11 Offensive Plays/Game 72.5 59.9 Total Offense 467.8 244.7 3rd-down Conversions 46.5% 19.7% 4th-down Conversions 61.5% 34.8% Sacks/Game 3.3 1.4 Kick return average 17.8 21.0 Punt return average 18.0 8.1 Punting average 41.9 39.0 Field Goals-Attempts 12-17 6-12 Fumbles/Lost 10/4 12/5 Penalty Yards/Game 45.7 43.8 Time of Poss 32:59 27:01 I N D I V I D U A L S T A T S PASSING Player Cmp Att Yds TD INT Speight 160 257 2156 15 4 O’Korn 13 18 114 2 0 Morris 4 5 45 0 0 TOTALS 177 280 2315 17 4 RUSHING Player Att Yds Avg Lg TD Smith, D. 121 592 4.9 42 8 Evans 65 508 7.8 57 3 Higdon 61 415 6.8 45 6 Isaac 69 411 6.0 53 5 Peppers 21 161 7.7 63 3 McDoom 15 154 10.3 33 0 Chesson 9 47 5.2 17 1 Henderson 5 37 7.4 13 1 Hill, K. 22 36 1.6 4 9 Morris 3 19 6.3 14 0 Davis 2 17 8.5 10 0 Crawford 3 15 5.0 11 0 O’Korn 6 12 2.0 3 0 Hirsch 1 2 2.0 2 0 Wilson 1 1 1.0 1 0 Beneducci 1 1 1.0 1 0 Hewlett 2 -1 -0.5 0 0 Gedeon 1 -2 -2.0 0 0 Allen 1 -11 -11.0 0 0 TEAM 10 -15 -1.5 0 0 Speight 26 -36 -1.4 10 1 TOTALS 445 2363 5.3 63 37 RECEIVING Player No. Yds Avg Lg TD Darboh 43 746 17.3 46 6 Butt 38 460 12.1 37 4 Chesson 27 446 16.5 40 2 Perry 7 124 17.7 54 1 Hill 12 93 7.8 15 1 Evans 6 87 14.5 56 0 McDoom 5 59 11.8 33 0 Poggi 6 45 7.5 15 0 Crawford 3 43 14.3 18 1 Smith, D. 11 38 3.5 17 0 Wheatley 2 27 13.5 21 1 Ways 2 24 12.0 22 0 Henderson 1 23 23.0 23 0 Isaac 1 21 21.0 21 0 Asiasi 2 18 9.0 15 1 Hirsch 1 15 15.0 15 0 Jocz 1 12 12.0 12 0 Harris 2 11 5.5 7 0 McKeon 2 10 5.0 5 0 Bunting 2 6 3.0 4 0 Johnson, N. 1 4 4.0 4 0 Peppers 2 3 1.5 5 0 TOTALS 177 2315 13.1 56 17 PUNT RETURNS Player No. Yds Avg. Long TD Peppers 16 276 17.2 54 1 Jocz 1 27 27.0 0 0 Evans 1 15 15.0 15 0 Perry 0 6 -- 6 1 TOTALS 18 324 18.0 54 2 INTERCEPTION RETURNS Player No. Yds Avg. Long TD Stribling 4 60 15.0 51 1 Hill, D. 3 36 12.0 27 1 McCray 1 22 22.0 22 0 Thomas 1 4 4.0 4 0 Lewis 2 0 0.0 0 0 TOTALS 11 122 11.1 51 2 FUMBLE RETURNS Player No. Yds Avg. Long TD Hill, L. 1 9 9.0 9 0 TOTALS 1 9 9.0 9 0 KICKOFF RETURNS Player No. Yds Avg. Long TD Peppers 8 198 24.8 55 0 Lewis 3 34 11.3 18 0 Hill, K. 3 28 9.3 13 0 Henderson 2 28 14.0 15 0 Evans 1 26 26.0 26 0 Hudson 1 6 6.0 6 0 TOTALS 18 320 17.8 55 0 KICKOFFS Player No. Yds Avg. TB Allen 68 4356 64.1 36 Foug 8 460 57.5 2 Tice 3 189 63.0 0 TOTALS 79 5005 63.4 38 PUNTING Player No. Yds Avg. Lg Allen 33 1382 41.9 56 TOTALS 27 1138 42.1 56 FIELD GOALS Player FG Pct. 1-19 20-29 30-3940-49 50+ Lg Allen 12-16 75.0% 0-0 7-7 3-5 1-3 1-1 51 Tice 0-1 0.0% 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-1 0-0 0 LEADING TACKLERS Player Solo Ast Tot TFL SK PBU Gedeon 31 53 84 13.0 3.5 2 Peppers 38 21 59 14.0 4.0 - McCray 27 29 56 9.5 3.5 4 Thomas 29 21 50 - - 6 Hill, D. 29 11 40 3.5 - 3 Winovich 9 23 32 7.5 4.0 - Wormley 14 16 30 7.5 5.0 - Glasgow 8 22 30 5.0 2.0 1 Hurst 16 12 28 8.5 3.0 - Gary 10 15 25 5.0 1.0 - Charlton 10 14 24 5.5 5.0 - Godin 9 14 23 2.0 1.0 - Lewis 13 5 18 2.5 - 7 Stribling 10 8 18 1.0 - 9 Kinnel 10 4 14 1.0 - - Watson 6 5 11 - - - Bush 6 5 11 0.5 - - Clark 6 4 10 - - 3 Glasgow, J. 7 4 11 - - - Metellus 6 2 8 1.0 1.0 - Hudson 3 5 8 0.5 - 1 Furbush 3 5 8 1.0 - - Pearson 2 5 7 - - - TOTALS 325 328 653 90 33 37 2016 SCHEDULE HAWAII (4-7) W, 63-3 (1-0) UCF (6-4) COLORADO (8-2) PENN ST. (8-2) WISCONSIN (8-2) at RUTGERS (2-8) ILLINOIS (3-7) at MICH. ST. (3-7) MARYLAND (5-5) at IOWA (6-4) INDIANA (5-5) Michigan Stadium at OHIO ST. (9-1) Noon, Columbus, Ohio 9/3 9/10 9/17 9/24 10/1 10/8 10/22 10/29 11/5 11/12 11/19 11/26 W, 51-14 (2-0) W, 45-28 (3-0) W, 49-10 (4-0) W, 14-7 (5-0) W, 78-0 (6-0) W, 41-8 (7-0) W, 32-23 (8-0) W, 59-3 (9-0) L, 14-13 (9-1) Sports The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Tuesday, November 15, 2016 — 7 Injury puts Speight’s status in question The Michigan football team may have lost more than just the game on Saturday, as redshirt sophomore quarterback Wilton Speight suffered a shoulder injury late in the 14-13 loss at Iowa and now could miss this week’s home finale against Indiana. Reports from MGoBlog and The Detroit Free Press each cited a source who said Speight broke his collarbone and would miss the rest of the regular season. Speight said Saturday night that his shoulder was bothering him during the game. On the last pass he threw, Iowa defensive end Parker Hesse came in unblocked and hit Speight in the left shoulder. Speight came up holding his arm and grimacing. During his weekly press conference Monday — before the reports of a broken collarbone — Harbaugh gave no specifics on Speight’s injury regarding severity, possible structural damage or prognosis. “When we’ll know is based on what the doctors say and how Wilton’s feeling, what he’s able to do in terms of practice, et cetera,” Harbaugh said. He added that the decision on Speight’s status could be made as late as game time Saturday. A broken collarbone, though, would mean that Speight would certainly miss at least this week’s game and next week’s showdown at Ohio State, and perhaps whichever bowl game Michigan lands in around New Year’s Day. The injury usually takes at least six weeks to heal, which would put Speight back at practice around the time of the bowl game. If Speight can’t play Saturday, the starting job would likely go to Houston transfer John O’Korn, who has played several snaps as a backup in blowouts this season. He is 13-for-18 for 114 yards and two touchdowns in seven games, though he has not started. Still, Speight’s absence would be a blow to Michigan’s offense next week against the fifth-ranked Buckeyes, if not this week against the Hoosiers. His struggles Saturday notwithstanding — Speight completed just 11 of 26 passes for 103 yards and a late interception at Iowa — he has been one of the offense’s most productive players. “That would be tough — Wilton’s done a great job, he’s been a great leader for us and he’s stepped up for us in countless situations throughout the whole entire season,” said senior tight end Jake Butt on Monday. “But John’s a great leader, too. John will get ready to go, and he’s one of those guys that leads by example with his work ethic. So as an offense, we’ll all stand behind whoever’s in that huddle.” O’Korn, who transferred to Michigan in 2015 after Harbaugh was hired, sat out last season per NCAA transfer rules and spent the year on the scout team. He and redshirt junior Shane Morris battled Speight for the starting job for the duration of spring and fall camps before Speight ultimately won out. But some lopsided scores in the Wolverines’ victories have inserted O’Korn plenty of times. On Oct. 8, when Michigan trampled Rutgers, 78-0, O’Korn played the entire second half. “If John’s number is called, we’re fully confident in him,” Butt said. “We’ve seen what he can do since he got here. He’s been a hard worker, great note-taker, great leader. He’s got everything you need to do to get the job done. So if his number is called, if it turns out that Wilton can’t go, he’ll be ready to go, and we’re fully confident in him.” Speight’s first encounter with the Michigan quarterback job came just over a year ago, also because of an injury. The Wolverines’ starter, Iowa transfer Jake Rudock, suffered an injury on a hit at Minnesota on Oct. 31. Speight came in and threw a game-winning touchdown pass to fifth-year senior wide receiver Jehu Chesson to lead Michigan to a 27-23 victory. Rudock returned the next week against Rutgers and won four of his last five starts, alleviating any concern. This year, the Wolverines find themselves in another predicament, though this one may be more serious. “Wilton stood back there — we’ve seen him take some hard shots all season,” Butt said. “Kind of similar to how Rudock did last year. Just kept bouncing back and putting the team first. He understood he was in pain. I think he knew he wasn’t the only guy. We’re all sacrificing for the greater good of the team right here.” That put him on track to become the starter, a job he has kept all season. The redshirt junior transfer played for a year and a half at Houston, making his last start in a loss to Central Florida on Oct. 2, 2014. He is smaller than Speight and a less consistent passer, but he does add more of a running dimension. Despite losing the competition this summer, O’Korn has earned nothing but praise since he started on the practice field. “John’s been great — he’s been amazing,” redshirt junior defensive tackle Maurice Hurst said. “They were competing until basically the start of the season for the starting spot. They’re both really great players, and I definitely have full confidence in John, have full confidence in Wilton.” JAKE LOURIM Managing Sports Editor RYAN MCLOUGHLIN/Daily Redshirt sophomore quarterback Wilton Speight suffered a shoulder injury in Michigan’s 14-13 loss to Iowa. Harbaugh credits seniors for stopping ‘freight train’ For a month at the end of 2014, the Michigan football team was a group with no coach and no sign that things were heading in a positive direction. The Wolverines were coming off a 5-7 season and had fired coach Brady Hoke. The roster was composed of talented recruits, but they couldn’t even muster wins against Maryland or Rutgers to secure bowl eligibility. Jim Hackett, then Michigan’s interim Athletic Director, gave those players a chance to decide what they needed to get back on track. Over the course of several meetings, Hackett asked the players what qualities they were looking for in a new head coach — ideally, one who could bring out all that untapped potential. Luckily for the Wolverines, Hackett found a coach who met all the players’ criteria: Jim Harbaugh. The turnaround has been well- documented and well-publicized — a 10-3 record last season and a 9-0 start this year before Michigan was upset by Iowa on Saturday night. But with Senior Day at Michigan Stadium coming up this week, the man who kickstarted the Wolverines’ renaissance directed the attention to the players who stuck around through it all. “This class has meant so much to me personally, to Michigan football, to all of us,” Harbaugh said. “You look at these guys — the direction of the program was going a certain way, almost like a locomotive. These upperclassmen, these seniors, guys last year who played as well, it meant a lot to get it stopped, to get that momentum stopped. Like stopping a freight train. “I credit them for not only getting it stopped, but even harder, getting it turned on the tracks and headed the other direction.” Senior tight end Jake Butt is just one of many Wolverines who have been through the wringer over the last few years, hoping their work would eventually pay off. The players never doubted they had the talent to be successful — they just needed a push in the right direction. “We always knew we had talent,” Butt said. “It was just about putting all the pieces together. Coach Harbaugh, he’s like a wizard, man. He brought in unbelievable coaches, and it took a lot of time, a lot of hours, a lot of hard work and a lot of sacrifice by everyone on this team and around the program, but it was all for the right reasons. And now, here we are with a chance to do something great.” Butt said before the season that one of the biggest mental shifts under Harbaugh was an increased urgency to not let one loss turn into two. That mindset has paid off so far — Michigan has yet to lose back-to-back games under Harbaugh — and now it will be tested again this week, as it tries to rebound from a last- second upset by the Hawkeyes. The Wolverines have claimed to be treating every game the same way so far this season, and Harbaugh has been a picture of that. Butt said Harbaugh tells his players to go 100 percent all the time — never 110 percent. That steadiness has created an increased urgency to leave nothing up to chance, especially after losses. Of course, it helps to have a senior class that refuses to “hit the panic button.” According to Butt, they’ve been around long enough to know that one loss doesn’t necessarily warrant drastic changes. If they’ve learned anything from their roller-coaster ride at Michigan, it’s how to lose and come back stronger. “We’ve got a ton of seniors on both sides of the ball and special teams,” Butt said. “We’ve got experienced coaches that have experienced big wins, heartbreaking losses at different levels and as players. We all kind of understand a little bit how this goes, and having said that, we’ll be able to handle this situation pretty well.” ZOEY HOLMSTROM/Daily Senior tight end Jake Butt is one of the senior members of the Michigan football team playing his final game at Michigan Stadium on Saturday. JACOB GASE Daily Sports Editor