UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. — Free Press sports writer Tony Garcia looks back at Michigan football’s 24-15 win over Penn State and what’s ahead for the Wolverines in their final road game at Maryland in College Park on Saturday:
Three things we learned
STOCK WATCH: Blake Corum to be missed, Donovan Edwards finally gets free
Michigan can still run the ball: U-M was No. 37 in the nation on a per touch basis (4.56 yards per carry) and Penn State’s defense (1.9 yards per carry against) was tops in the country. Still, the Wolverines flipped the script in State College, which started with Blake Corum, who ran 26 times for 145 yards and two scores. After going nearly one month without a 20-yard run, Corum had a 44-yard run in the first half and a 30-yard touchdown in the fourth quarter. He had most of his success running behind the left side of the line; his 15 combined carries around the left end and off the left tackle went for 111 yards, both scores and four of his six first downs. Meanwhile, Donovan Edwards didn’t have a single 15-yard rush this season, and he ripped off two 22-yard scampers, the second of which went for a touchdown. That rush was No. 1 in a series of 32 consecutive run calls to end the game. As a team, U-M ran 44 times for 241 yards (5.5 yards per carry) while Edwards finished with 10 carries for 52 yards and a season-best six forced missed tackles.
Michigan Wolverines running back Donovan Edwards runs the ball into the end zone for a touchdown against the Penn State Nittany Lions during the second quarter at Beaver Stadium on November 11, 2023 in State College, Pennsylvania.
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Author : Detroit Free Press
Publish date : 2023-11-13 11:09:14
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