1995: Michigan-38 Illinois-14

Sorry about the static. It clears up 48 seconds in.

Game played on September 2, 1995 in Champaign.

1995 Michigan Wolverines Starting Lineups...

OFFENSE:

Split End - Amani Toomer
Split End - Jerame Tuman
Left Tackle - Jon Runyan
Left Guard - Zach Adami
Left Guard - Damon Denson
Center - Rod Payne
Right Guard - Joe Marinaro
Right Tackle - Jon Jansen
Tight End - Jay Riemersma
Tight End - Jerame Tuman
Flanker - Mercury Hayes
Flanker - Rob Vander Leest
Quarterback - Brian Griese
Quarterback - Scott Dreisbach
Tailback - Tshimanga Biakabutuka
Tailback - Ed Davis
Fullback - Chris Floyd
Fullback - Rob Vander Leest
Fullback - George Howell
Fullback - Chris Howard
Fullback - Mark Campbell

DEFENSE:

Defensive Tackle - Trent Zenkewicz
Defensive Tackle - William Carr
Defensive Tackle - Ben Huff
Middle Guard - Willam Carr
Middle Guard - Jason Horn
Defensive Tackle - Jason Horn
Defensive Tackle - Juaquin Feazell
Defensive End - Glen Steele
Defensive End - Rasheed Simmons
Defensive End - Juaquin Feazell
Outside Linebacker - Mike Elston
Outside Linebacker - David Bowens
Outside Linebacker - Steve King
Inside Linebacker - Jarrett Irons
Inside Linebacker - Rob Swett
Inside Linebacker - Sam Sword
Inside Linebacker - Clint Copenhaver
Short Cornerback - Clarence Thompson
Short Cornerback - Woodrow Hankins
Wide Cornerback - Charles Woodson
Wide Cornerback - Tyrone Noble
Strong Safety - Steve King
Strong Safety - Clarence Thompson
Free Safety - Chuck Winters
Free Safety - Marcus Ray

Category:

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• Illinois
• Fighting
• Illini
• Big
• Ten

[trublu97]

This was the "Play Two, Lou?" game. Ill coach when asked how he would deal with Mich answered his only problem with Michigan is he couldn't play them twice. Nice smack talk, right up until it was 38-0. Now we know why Griese wanted to punch that last one in.

How did michigan lose 3-4 games that year? What a waste.

[WolverineHistorian]

I think it was because of inexperience at QB. Dreisbach was just a freshman and when he went down with injuries, Griese struggled in close games. Even in the win over Ohio State, he didn't play that well.

[EricGoBlue]

@wingsinstripes - in 1997, Carr was enjoying the ride along on the team that Gary Moeller built in '93 - '94. I'll give Carr some of the credit for keeping the team together, but that wasn't Carr's recruiting. The team post-'98 - that was Carr's handiwork.

[EricGoBlue]

@beedub93 - You said it. The media hated that drunken idiot Moeller, but he created the '97 championship team and Carr got all the glory. The crap RR has Lloyd's fingerprints all over it.

[kazbo1]

Biakabutuka's 3rd TD was incredible. He gets away from about four unblocked guys

[trublu97]

Who do I give credit to for 97? #2, the greatest single defensive season in the history of college football. A once in a century performance, really. Even now, looking back, #2's performance was amazing. Take #2 off this team and this team loses 2-3 games as usual. See 1998 for details. Well, hell, all the other years actually. Can't tackle, Can't close out games. Can't contain. Soft.  A big drop off from the defenses' of Moeller/McCartny, But, we do have 97. Not much else. For now.

[wingsinstripes]

hmmm, so did i imagine that 97 national championship that carr won with those players you mentioned? who do you give credit to for that season if carr did nothing with them?

[schwabbamoose]

My dad took me to this game for my 11th birthday. I love you, YouTube.

[goblue918]

Hahahahaha, I love that quote around the 5:10 mark. "On the run, like a fugitive."

Go Blue!

[Poole1Dan]

dang. this was the same defense that had Kevin Hardy & Simeon Rice, and we tore them apart. great job Michigan!

Go Blue!

[jmercier5]

Great job, as always. Man, was that play-by-play guy brutal to listen to.

[trublu97]

Converted QB to TE Riemersma (nice NFL career by the way) locks up future NFL star Simeon Rice to spring Biakabutuka. Nice.

[trublu97]

It is sarcasm, the program is mess. RR was forced to play kids that should not see the field for another 2-3 years. Can't even field punts? QB's that couldn't start for Div III schools? Carr had a couple recruiting classes back to back implode. Then he turns over the future to Mallet who ryan lief thinks is a punk.

And here we are.

The program is a project right now. Michigan will get through it and will be restructured better then before. But, near, term, it will be rough.

[beedub93]

not sure how you can say Carr left the program in the same shape he found it if he inherited a bunch of NFL talent (which I agree with) and then left it gutted. Way to contradict yourself there, pal.

You sound just like Colin Cowturd.

[trublu97]

Yep, poor Carr. Only about every other coach in America would kill to have "that job thrust on them". I mean how do coach up woodson, toomer, jansen, runyan etc to compete against the NW's and Illinois of the world? How do you take a team with future NFL players at almost every position and then try to win? Poor guy. And with his resume as a DC he had just about every major college AD knocking on his door, didn't he?

The team he turned over is gutted. 2-3 yrs to rebuild at least

[beedub93]

your comment re: Carr is weak sauce. Guy won 75% of his games and people still dog him.

I applaud the guy and the way he conducted himself as HC. He was thrust into this job under less than desirable circumstances and was nothing less than a gentleman during his tenure.

I can only hope that RR achieves the level of success that Carr had.

[trublu97]

Wow, look at all those players that made the NFL and still play in the NFL. Runyan and Jansen still start at tackle. Both QB's played in the NFL. I forgot biakapatuka had those moves, speed, and burst. Too bad he got hurt in the NFL. That player he undressed was all american Hardy if I remember right.

Its nice to see Lloyd Carr left the team in same shape as he got it. Carr's best friend gets wasted and the job falls right into his lap.

[unclesamandy]

38-0 in the 4th quarter... yeah, real close!

[unclesamandy]

As always, great vid. I like the lineup in the details addition

[liquidroad]

i remember this was supposed to be close game and michigan just blew them away. then later in the season, during a game against msu or something, they put up the season schedule and the announcer said "that game against illinois was closer than the score appears" and i thought "no it wasn't at all!" oh the random things i remember...

[manwiththemoves]

The run at 6:06 was absolutely ridiculous.

[jhumpmgoblue]

I gotta say I liked these road uni's the best. I like the all blue numbers.

[qwerty69966]

first view!!!! yay!