Turnovers Plague Michigan in Loss to ToledoSite: Ann Arbor, Mich. (Michigan Stadium)
Score: Toledo 13, Michigan 10
Records: U-M (2-4), Toledo (2-4)
Attendance: 107,267
Next U-M Game: Saturday, Oct. 18 -- at Penn State (State College, Pa.), 4:30 p.m.
ANN ARBOR, Mich. -- Trailing by three with eight seconds remaining in the game, the Wolverines failed on a 26-yard field goal wide left and the University of Michigan football team fell 13-10 to the Toledo Rockets on Saturday afternoon (Oct. 11) at Michigan Stadium. U-M's loss is the first to a MAC school in program history.
Michigan's defense held on a critical fourth-and-two play deep in Wolverine territory, giving the ball to the offense down three with 1:32 on the clock. Michigan drove from its own 32 to the Toledo nine-yard line with eight seconds to spare, converting a fourth-down play to at midfield to junior wide receiver Greg Mathews (Orlando, Fla./Edgewater) and using a hard-nosed 29-yard reception by freshman running back Sam McGuffie (Cypress, Texas/Cy-Fair) to give Lopata a chance to send the game into overtime. Lined up on the right hash mark, fifth-year senior K.C. Lopata (Farmington, Mich./Farmington) pushed the 26-yard attempt wide left and Toledo earned the upset.
Three critical U-M turnovers led to 10 of Toledo's points, including the Rockets' game-winning field goal in the fourth quarter. Michigan found itself on the receiving end of a Toledo air attack, giving up 257 passing yards, including a Michigan opponent record 20 catches by Toledo's Nick Moore who finished with 162 yards. U-M tried to counter with the ground game with McGuffie carrying the ball 25 times for 105 yards, but three Wolverine interceptions, including Toledo's 100-yard interception return for touchdown in the first quarter, sealed the upset.
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