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Michigan defeated Ohio State thanks to the 5 touchdown performance by Hassan Haskins.
The Michigan running back ran for 169 yards and scored five times as the UM defeated the Ohio State. 1:45
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Michigan defeated Ohio State for the first time under Jim Harbaugh with a 42-27 win on Saturday.
The last time the two teams met, the Wolverines had lost 15 in a row and the Buckeyes had lost four in a row. The Michigan team came out on top with 28 second-half points and a strong finish in the Saturday November snow, despite briefly losing the lead in the second quarter.
The Michigan defense gave up 458 yards to the Ohio State offense, and quarterback C.J. Stroud had . The Ohio State offense had a season high seven offensive penalties and some of them were self-destructive.
The Michigan pass rush has been applying pressure to opponents all season and both David Ojabo and Aidan Hutchinson were able to wreak havoc in this game. Hutchinson set a Michigan single season sack record with 13.
The offense scored 56 points in the game against Michigan State and had . It wasn't the same outcome on Saturday as Ohio State never gained enough traction.
The players on the Michigan team talked throughout the season about how different their team is and that they aren't afraid of big games. During the third quarter, when the entire Michigan sideline was jumping and dancing to the music in the stadium, a site that hasn't been seen - Michigan with some confidence - in this rivalry for quite some time.
"This is everything I've wanted to do my whole life," McNamara said in the postgame interview. "This is everything that any guy who's committed to Michigan over the last five years, this is why they come."
The Michigan offense was able to take advantage of its opportunities to put the game away. The running back had 169 runs in the game. Mike Hart did it in 2006 and he became the first Michigan running back to rush for three touchdown against Ohio State.
The most rushing yards a Ryan Day led Ohio State team has ever allowed was 299 by the Michigan team, which was the most rushing yards by a Michigan team against Ohio State since 2011. The run game kept pushing the offense ahead.
The last two meetings between Michigan and Ohio State have been very different, with the last one being a 118-66 Ohio State victory. With a loss to Michigan State, there were questions about whether Harbaugh could get his first win against Ohio State.
This win puts Michigan in the Big Ten Championship game, representing the Big Ten East, and a chance at a spot in the College Football Playoff after a season that saw them win only two games.
McNamara said that the team is different. I think we proved that today.
