Isaiah Hole
January 3, 2022 6:55 pm ET
It may not have ended as Michigan football would have wanted, but given the moribund 2-4 campaign in 2020, going from unranked to a College Football Playoff semifinalist was an incredible journey for the Wolverines.
It started with a blasting of Western Michigan, Washington, and Northern Illinois, before a second-half halt against Rutgers. Then, the first road win in 20 years in Madison, a dramatic come-from-behind victory at Nebraska, an easy win against Northwestern, before suffering a loss at Michigan State. A boring game against Indiana came before a thrilling one at Penn State. The Wolverines thumped Maryland on the road before shocking the world by beating Ohio State. The maize and blue held serve, winning the Big Ten by beating Iowa in Indianapolis before losing to Georgia in the Capital One Orange Bowl.
Here are our favorite pictures from the 2021 Michigan Wolverines football season.
Michigan takes the field for the first time.
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Celebrating a touchdown.
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Big stop in the backfield.
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Ronnie Bell’s sole touchdown of the season.
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J.J. McCarthy prepping for his first-ever college reps.
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Blake Corum goes off against Washington.
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One of many Blake Corum touchdowns.
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Cade McNamara and Jim Harbaugh celebrating a touchdown.
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The first big time win of the season.
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Jumping in for the score.
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Falling forward.
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Donovan Edwards scores his second touchdown of the day.
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One of Hassan Haskins’ first half touchdowns.
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Another Hassan Haskins touchdown.
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Dax Hill getting to the ball carrier.
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Getting pressure.
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Cornelius Johnson scores on a flea-flicker.
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The offensive line performed admirably against a stout front seven.
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J.J. McCarthy’s quarterback sneak for a touchdown.
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Daxton Hill with a big interception.
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Erick All with a catch and run.
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Dax Hill celebrating an improbable interception.
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Hassan Haskins’ first, and perhaps most impressive, hurdle.
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Brad Hawkins recovers a fumble he stripped to help seal the game.
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Jim Harbaugh and Pat Fitzgerald pose with the new George Jewett Trophy.
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Airborne.
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Hassan Haskins with yet another score.
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The face no quarterback wants to see.
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Andrel Anthony’s second touchdown of the day.
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A touchdown (that was reversed for some reason).
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Mike Sainristil scores a touchdown.
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David Ojabo makes a play.
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Hassan Haskins scores another touchdown.
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An Indiana hurdle gone wrong.
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Roman Wilson’s first of two touchdowns in Happy Valley.
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Michigan lived in the Penn State backfield.
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Erick All’s electric go-ahead touchdown.
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Hassan Haskins seals the game by running for a first down.
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Luke Schoonmaker gets the scoring started.
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Donovan Edwards set a record for yards receiving by a running back.
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DJ Turner’s pick six.
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More pressure.
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Michigan scores first.
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One of three Aidan Hutchinson sacks.
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Hassan Haskins scored five touchdowns.
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Haskins leaps for a touchdown.
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Pandemonium.
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Juwan Howard congratulates Jim Harbaugh.
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Ryan Day is sad.
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Getting the scoring started.
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Roman Wilson catches a Donovan Edwards pass to go up 14-0.
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Aidan Hutchinson with his 14th sack.
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21-0.
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Donovan Edwards helps pile on.
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Champs.
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Jim Harbaugh celebrates.
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The Big Ten.
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The championship trophy.
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Tough sledding for Michigan in the playoff.
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A big play by Roman Wilson.
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Blake Corum watches Georgia receive the Capital One Orange Bowl trophy.
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