Michigan football wasn’t exactly feeling the California love on Saturday, spending an extended weekend in Los Angeles only to lose, 31-13, to USC in the LA Memorial Coliseum.
It wasn’t a good outing. The Wolverines were manhandled along both the offensive and defensive line, and couldn’t get much of anything going on either side of the ball. With that in mind, the trivia coming out of the loss isn’t exactly comprehensive.
Even so, the Michigan sports information department has some facts and stats from the game you might not have known. Here is the latest.
Facts, stats, and notes:
• Today’s game marked the 12th all-time meeting between Michigan and USC and the second as Big Ten Conference opponents. The loss moves U-M’s record in the series to 5-7 overall.
• It was just the second meeting between the programs at the LA Memorial Coliseum, with the previous one taking place in 1957. Michigan is now 1-1 all-time at the venue, with eight of the other 11 matchups coming in the Rose Bowl prior to last year’s game in Ann Arbor.
• The loss drops U-M to 4-2 on the season, including a 2-1 mark in Big Ten play.
• The Wolverine defense has forced at least one turnover in every game this season and multiple takeaways in four of six contests. Jyaire Hill forced his first career fumble late in the first quarter, recovered by Derrick Moore, to keep the streak alive.
• Zeke Berry’s third-quarter interception gave the Wolverines multiple turnovers once again and extended their streak of games with at least one interception to 10, dating back to last season.
• Andrew Marsh built on his four-catch performance from last weekend, setting new career highs in receptions (eight) and receiving yards (138).
• Marsh’s 69-yard touchdown reception in the fourth quarter — the first of his career — was U-M’s longest pass play this season and the team’s longest since a 75-yard touchdown from J.J. McCarthy to Cornelius Johnson at Ohio State in 2022.
• Donaven McCulley’s eight-yard touchdown catch in the second quarter marked his second as a Wolverine and his second in as many weeks.
This article originally appeared on Wolverines Wire: Stats and facts from Michigan’s 31–13 loss in Los Angeles
