SEATTLE — Washington quarterback Will Rogers watched the ultimate seconds tick away and questioned if the sector at Husky Stadium was about to be flooded with purple.
The Huskies incomes the slightest little bit of redemption towards the workforce that topped them in final season's championship recreation felt worthy of celebration.
“I was curious if they were going to do it, but when they did it, it was just awesome,” Rogers stated. “I've never been a part of that, and it's something I'll remember the rest of my life for sure.”
Rogers threw for 271 yards and a pair of first-half touchdowns, Jonah Coleman's 1-yard landing with 6:22 left gave Washington the lead, and the Huskies beat No. 10 Michigan 27-17 on Saturday night time in a rematch of final season's College Football Playoff championship recreation.
This time round was much more aggressive than that night time in Houston final January when Michigan romped to its first nationwide title since 1997. It additionally had a special end result because the Huskies (4-2, 2-1 Big Ten) used an offensive outburst in the primary half and two key turnovers in the fourth quarter to take down the Wolverines (4-2, 2-1).
The celebration that adopted the primary huge win of Jedd Fisch's tenure at Washington will not make up for the frustration of the loss to Michigan final January.
But it was satisfying as Washington received its 18th straight recreation at Husky Stadium, the second-longest streak in college historical past.
“It feels good. You lose to them in the championship, and then to come back and win and beat them, it feels good,” stated Washington security Kamren Fabiculanan, one of many few holdovers on the Huskies roster from the championship recreation.
The loss snapped Michigan's 24-game Big Ten regular-season win streak. The Wolverines had not suffered a Big Ten loss since falling at Michigan State on Oct. 30, 2021.
“In the fourth quarter, those two turnovers were huge. They got 10 points off of them. So we got to do a better job taking care of football in all aspects,” Michigan coach Sherrone Moore stated.
Rogers threw touchdowns of three yards to Denzel Boston and 16 yards to Giles Jackson because the Huskies constructed a 14-0 lead early in the second quarter. That lead evaporated as Michigan lastly discovered some offensive rhythm going to backup quarterback Jack Tuttle after Alex Orji was ineffective early.
But Tuttle dedicated two turnovers in the ultimate 10 minutes, and Washington capitalized.
“The defense responded, and we needed them to respond,” Fisch stated.
Tuttle fumbled with 8:02 left after being hit by Voi Tunuufi, and Logan Sagapolu recovered on the Michigan 32. Coleman rumbled 27 yards on the primary play and three performs later scored from the 1 to provide Washington a 24-17 lead.
On Michigan's subsequent possession, Tuttle was intercepted by Fabiculanan with 3:24 remaining. The Huskies bought a key go interference name towards Michigan, and Grady Gross hit a 32-yard subject purpose with 1:06 left to place the ultimate touches on the victory.
“That was a big-time turnover. Shout out to my brothers as well for doing their job,” Fabiculanan stated.
Rogers completed 21-of-31 passing and threw his first interception in greater than a calendar yr early in the fourth quarter. Rogers had gone 269 consecutive go makes an attempt with no decide earlier than being intercepted by Ernest Hausmann.
Coleman added 80 dashing yards.
Donovan Edwards rushed for 95 yards, and his 39-yard landing run regarded harking back to his two lengthy scoring sprints he had in the championship towards Washington. But main rusher Kalel Mullings was held in examine and completed with simply 49 yards on 14 carries.
The Wolverines had been going nowhere with Orji at quarterback and had been being outgained 163-47 halfway by the second quarter when Tuttle took over. He completed 10-of-18 passing for 98 yards however did throw an 8-yard landing go to Colston Loveland on the opening drive of the second half that gave Michigan a 17-14 lead.
“I thought he came out and gave us a spark early. Obviously, three straight drives we had a touchdown, field goal, touchdown. I think the players fed off that,” Moore stated of Tuttle. “He practiced well all week and got back healthy, which was great for us. We'll see.”
