Michigan football countdown to kickoff: 56 days until 2022 season
There’s much anticipation heading into the Michigan Wolverines football season, and TheWolverine.com is counting down the days until the Sept. 3 opener against Colorado State. We’ll discuss current Michigan events, upcoming season and/or take a look at a significant number that correlates with how many days remain until kickoff, whether it be a player’s jersey number, a year, a date, a score, etc.
With 56 days — eight Saturdays!!! — until Michigan kicks off the 2021 campaign, let’s take a look at some significant stats and facts that include the number, 56.
• Michigan opponents completed just 56.7 percent of their passes last season, a mark that ranked 18th in the nation.
• Fifty six extra points for Jake Moody, the most by any Michigan kicker in a single season in program history. Moody impressively made all 56 PATs last season.
• Anthony Thomas’ 56 career touchdowns scored from 1997-2000 are the most by any player in school history. The most by a Michigan player during the head coach Jim Harbaugh era are running back Hassan Haskins‘ 30 — 20 of which came in the 2021 campaign, a program record for rushing scores. Haskins ranks tied for 13th in the record book.
• Michigan’s longest unbeaten streak is a whopping 56 games. The streak came over a five-season span, from 1901-1955. It began with a 50-0 win over Albion Sept. 28, 1901, and was snapped with a 2-0 loss to Chicago Nov. 30, 1905. The Wolverines posted a 55-0-1 record during that time period. The Maize and Blue’s longest unbeaten streak of the modern era (since 1969) came from 1973-74, when they went 21 games without losing (20-0-1).
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