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EVANSTON, Ill. – No 15 Michigan flirted with a loss on the road.

Again.

But unlike the defeat of the season at Notre Dame, this return has been completed.

Karan Higdon's 5-yard touchdown, with 4:06 to play on Saturday, gave Michigan its first lead in the competition and proved to be the winner since the Wolverines cleared a 17-point deficit for the Take 20-17 to Northwestern.

That day, Michigan finished the game with 11 penalties for 100 yards. The Wolverines struggled with a vanilla offensive and a neglected defense throughout a nightmarish first half. I could not go much in the air. I could not do much on the field.

But found a way.

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Higdon finished with 30 runs for 115 yards and two scores and Patterson had 15 of 24 passes for 196 yards. He made many important games on the field, avoiding the defenders and winning 31 yards in seven races.

The Michigan defense awarded 10 points and 105 yards in the first quarter, but kept control of the Wildcats the rest of the way, while Northwestern finished with 202 yards in total.

After a mediocre first half, Michigan lost 17-7 at half-time with a productive start to the third quarter, scoring 69 yards in 11 games. But Patterson's throw to Grant Perry in the end zone was long, resulting in a goal on the pitch.

Michigan took another defensive stop, leading to another long run – highlighted by a 24-yard throw from Patterson to Nick Eubanks. Patterson's attempt for Nico Collins on a downhill in the end zone has gone. Quinn Nordin added another placement in the red zone, bringing the score to 17-13, after three quarters of the Wildcats.

After another defensive stop, Michigan had to stop an order following a controversial call for participation in Higdon, which eliminated a leading Patterson race.

After a punt and another defense, Patterson methodically moved the ball one more time on the field, scoring a 22-yard throw to his opponent Zach Gentry to set the first goal of the 6-yard line with five minutes. to play. Higdon crushed the right tackle to five yards to give the Wolverines their first lead of the game, 20-17, with 4:06 to play.

Northwestern had one last chance with four seconds to score 49, but Josh Uche sacked Clayton Thorson at the end of the allotted time.

Northwestern dominated the first half, scoring a first touchdown at 56 yards and a goal scored at 3:58 in the first quarter.

The situation worsened, however, when the Wildcats won Michigan's fourth failed game and made it a 52-yard touchdown, completed by a 3-yard run by John Moten IV, putting the Wolverines at 17-0.

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