It's been a weekend for Michigan football, and not a good one. The Wolverines lost their first game to rival Michigan State on Saturday for the first time since 2021.
The Michigan Wolverines lost in stunning fashion to the Michigan State Spartans in this game. Michigan was on the verge of getting shut out at home for the first time since 1967 before they scored a meaningless touchdown with just a few minutes left, already down 15-0.
Michigan entered this game with an outside chance at the College Football Playoff. They were 5-3 with Oregon, UCLA, and Ohio State still on the schedule.
Michigan fired Jason Beck on Sunday after the Wolverines suffered an embarrassing 15-6 loss to Michigan State on Saturday. Beck's time in Ann Arbor lasted nine games and fans have been pushing to see Beck out the door for weeks now.
After a disastrous loss to Michigan State on Saturday night, Michigan made the move to fire offensive coordinator Jason Beck after nine games. The move was made as the Wolverines have one of the worst offenses among Power Four programs.
Michigan is making a coaching staff change. The Wolverines lost to Michigan State, 15-6, on Saturday. Michigan dropped to an embarrassing 5-4 on the season with the loss.
Something had to give for the Michigan Wolverines.
Michigan suffered a loss to in-state rival Michigan State.
For however uninspiring the 2026 Michigan Wolverines looked over their first eight games, they managed to find a new low on Saturday. In a matchup with the in-state rival Michigan State Spartans, Kyle Whittingham's program managed to go scoreless until the final two minutes of regulation.
The Kyle Whittingham era is over. It may not end on Sunday. It may not end at the end of the season. But Kyle Whittingham’s chance to be successful as Michigan’s head coach came and went on Saturday night as his Wolverines were embarrassed 15-6 at the hands of the Michigan State Spartans.
ANN ARBOR, Mich. — A couple of weeks ago, it wasn't time to panic. That's what Kyle Whittingham said about his offense after a 13-6 overtime loss to Indiana.
Sometimes in the world of college football, a program gets its head-coaching search wrong. It appears that may be the case in Ann Arbor, Michigan, as the Michigan Wolverines are putting together one of their worst offensive seasons in recent memory, begging the question of how long Kyle Whittingham will last as head coach.
ANN ARBOR, Mich. — Michigan entered the game as a two-touchdown favorite, but you can typically throw records out the window when the Wolverines play the Spartans.
ANN ARBOR, Mich. — Michigan is set to host Michigan State for the battle for the Paul Bunyan Trophy. The game will be played under the lights for the fifth year in a row, and the Wolverines have taken down the Spartans in four straight games.
Despite the overall direction of the season, the Michigan Wolverines continue to gain ground on the recruiting trail. According to 247 Sports' Brice Marich, highly coveted defensive lineman Xavier Muhammad has declined overtures from the Texas Longhorns and other suitors and will stick with his previous commitment to Michigan.
Michigan will host bitter rival Michigan State on Saturday night and the Wolverines have defeated the Spartans in the last four contests, along with the last seven out of 10 times the two teams have played one another.
The Michigan Wolverines went to the TD Garden in Boston on Friday night to take on the Connecticut Huskies in a championship rematch from a season ago.
After picking up its fifth win of the season last week, the Michigan Wolverines have a chance to clinch bowl eligibility against rival Michigan State this Saturday, hosting the Spartans at 7:30 p.m.
The Michigan Wolverines considered several options as they were looking to replace Sherrone Moore last offseason.
Former Michigan Wolverines running back Mike Hart once called the Michigan State Spartans their "little brother." That hasn't changed. This isn't the only rivalry in college football where there's a younger sibling. With that in mind, let's take a look at this series and four others.
Former Michigan Wolverines offensive lineman Trevor Keegan was released by the Minnesota Vikings on Tuesday, according to NFL insider Jordan Schultz. The Crystal Lake, Illinois, product arrived in Ann Arbor as a developmental prospect and left as a team captain, three-time All-Big Ten selection, and starter on the 2023 national championship squad.
It surely wasn't a Happy Halloween for the University of Michigan.
Long before anyone staged a roller soccer World Cup, football on skates was already a thing … and the Wolverines played it.
The University of Michigan remains atop the ladder in both the USCHO.com and USA Hockey Magazine NCAA Division I men's hockey polls that were recently released.
Carr replaced Underwood in Michigan's most recent win over Penn State.
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