Justice Haynes ran for 159 yards and three touchdowns and Bryce Underwood threw a landing go, main No. 14 Michigan to a season-opening 34-17 win over New Mexico on Saturday night time.
The Wolverines constructed an early cushion after Haynes scored on 56- and 5-yard landing runs within the first quarter. The switch from Alabama had a 59-yard run that arrange his 1-yard rating to present Michigan a 17-point lead early within the fourth.
Underwood, the fourth freshman to start out at quarterback in program historical past, was 21 of 31 for 251 yards with a 17-yard landing go to Marlin Kelin late within the first half to revive a two-touchdown lead.
The Lobos transformed a fourth down and scored a landing on a trick play, sending a direct snap to working again D.J. McKinney to arrange a 9-yard landing go to Dorian Thomas. They recovered a fumble on the following kickoff and kicked a subject purpose to maneuver inside 17-10 late within the first half.
New Mexico pulled inside 10 factors late within the third quarter when Jack Layne lobbed a 3-yard go to Thomas.
The Lobos had a shot a shot to get nearer early within the fourth, however Layne threw a go up for grabs over the deep center of the sector and Brandyn Hillman intercepted it. Haynes scored his third landing on the following drive, after which Layne threw one other ill-advised go that was picked off on the Michigan 3 to seal the defeat.
Layne, an Idaho switch, was 31 of 47 for 208 yards with one landing and three interceptions.
The takeaway
New Mexico: Jason Eck is the varsity’s third coach in three years and his debut ought to give gamers and coaches confidence that they will compete within the Mountain West Convention.
Michigan: Underwood confirmed his arm energy and contact whereas avoiding pricey errors as he joined Rick Leach (1975), Chad Henne (2004) and Tate Forcier (2009) as freshmen to start out at quarterback for the Wolverines.
Signal of the occasions
Promoting was on show inside Michigan Stadium for the primary time. Allstate’s emblem appeared on the netting behind purpose posts on one finish of the sector.
Up subsequent
New Mexico hosts Idaho State subsequent Saturday.
Michigan performs at Oklahoma subsequent Saturday.
Reporting by The Related Press.
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