Michigan Holds Off Oklahoma 17-10 on One Late Touchdown
One yard. That is how far Jordan Marshall had to go to break a 10-10 tie and give Michigan a 17-10 win over Oklahoma, and it came with 7:53 left in the fourth quarter. Nobody scored after that.
The Wolverines did not need much to get there. Bryce Underwood ran 38 yards for a touchdown with 47 seconds left in the first quarter, and Trey Butkowski kicked a 40-yard field goal late in the second for a 10-0 halftime lead. Oklahoma had no points at the break. It took until 8:30 of the third quarter for John Mateer to find Mackenzie Alleyne from 22 yards out, and Tate Sandell tied it with a 34-yard field goal at 11:49 of the fourth. That was the one tie in the game, and it lasted about four minutes.
The stat line is not pretty for either side. Michigan finished with 263 total yards, only 111 through the air, and ran 41 times for 152. Oklahoma had 289 yards (189 passing, 100 rushing on 29 carries) but threw an interception and lost a fumble, while Michigan turned the ball over zero times.
It is worth remembering how quiet the Wolverines were through the air. Underwood threw 17 passes and completed nine, and Michigan still scored on a touchdown run by the quarterback and one by Marshall, who carried 11 times for 32 yards. Oklahoma's Mateer attempted 33 passes and ran 13 times himself, and the Sooners could not get the second touchdown they needed. Michigan won this one with the ground game and a defense that kept Oklahoma to 10, not the arm.
Michigan is 2-0 and Oklahoma is 1-1. If you owned quarterbacks in this one, the two quarterbacks finished within a point of each other: Underwood with 19.1 Promethium points and Mateer with 18.1.