Penix, a Heisman Trophy finalist, who led the nation in passing, completed 27-of-51 pass attempts in the title game, but with two interceptions. Meanwhile, Washington’s loss marks the program’s final game as a member of the Pac-12 Conference as the Huskies are set to join the Big Ten next season. I hope there’s a tomorrow, a day after tomorrow, a next week, a next month, a next year.” “Like I said the other day, yeah, I hope to have a future. “Can a guy have that? Does it always have to be what’s next, what’s the future? I hope you give me that,” he said when asked about his future ambitions. overcome that, it wasn’t that hard because we knew we were innocent.”Īttention then turned to Harbaugh’s future and the possibility of him one day guiding an NFL team to the Super Bowl. “I would just like to point that out, these guys are innocent. “The off the field issues, we’re innocent and we stood strong and tall because we knew we were innocent,” Harbaugh told reporters after the game. Harbaugh has denied knowledge of any scheme to steal other teams’ signs, but accepted a three-game suspension – upping his total games away from the Michigan sideline to six.īoth NCAA investigations into Michigan remain ongoing. The NCAA opened a second investigation into the Wolverines in October for alleged sign-stealing, leading to the suspension and subsequent resignation of Michigan football analyst Connor Stalions and the firing of linebackers coach Chris Partidge. The NCAA, which has an open investigation into the matter, could potentially choose to add further penalties in that case. Head football coach Harbaugh was suspended for the first three games, a self-imposed sanction by Michigan’s athletics department because of NCAA recruiting violations. Michigan’s national championship caps a season filled with controversy off the field for the Wolverines. pass and returned it for 81 yards to set up a second Corum touchdown.Ĭorum finished the game with 134 rushing yards on 21 carries with the two touchdowns, while Edwards added 104 rushing yards on six carries and two touchdowns to power the Wolverines ground game. With Washington needing a score to keep themselves in the game, the Michigan defense came up with arguably the play of the game as Mike Sainristil intercepted a Penix Jr. Michigan added an insurance score on a Blake Corum 12-yard run halfway through the fourth quarter to take a 27-13 lead. The defenses from both teams tightened in the second half as each side exchanged field goals early in the third quarter before forcing punts on six consecutive drives. connected with Jalen McMillan for a 3-yard touchdown pass on fourth and goal with under a minute left in the second quarter to cut the deficit to 17-10. Washington struggled to get much going on offense for much of the first half until Huskies quarterback and Heisman Trophy runner-up Michael Penix Jr. Opinion: Welcome to the end of college football as we know it Mandatory Credit: Nathan Ray Seebeck-USA TODAY Sports Nathan Ray Seebeck/USA Today/Reuters Edwards doubled the Wolverines’ score on the team’s next offensive drive after busting a 46-yard touchdown run to put Michigan ahead 14-3 in the first quarter.Įdwards’ two touchdowns are the second- and third-longest touchdown runs in CFP championship game history, trailing only Alabama’s Derrick Henry’s 50-yard score in 2016.Orlando, FL, USA during the Pop-Tarts bowl at Camping World Stadium.

In the battle of the nation’s last two undefeated teams, Michigan got the scoring started early, when Wolverines running back Donovan Edwards broke out for a 41-yard rushing touchdown on the game’s first drive. It went exactly how we wanted it to go, to win every game,” Wolverines head coach Jim Harbaugh told reporters after the game. The 19 titles that Michigan counts as winning are not recognized by the NCAA.

The NCAA credits Michigan with 10 football championships, while Michigan claims 12. Michigan (15-0), which became the first college football program to reach 1,000 all-time wins earlier this season, rushed for 303 yards and four touchdowns as a team in handing Washington its first loss of the season. It is the first national title since 1997 for Michigan and 10th overall NCAA football crown for the winningest program in college football history. 2 Washington Huskies 34-13 in Monday night’s College Football Playoff National Championship game at NRG Stadium in Houston.

1 Michigan Wolverines used a punishing rushing attack to down the No.

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