Michigan who had the lead at the half had great momentum going into the 3rd went on a 76 yard reception to Roundtree for the TD that was reviewed and his knee was down on the 1 yard line. Michigan had 4 plays to get the TD and it took all 4 downs and finally get in. The play went under review and the runners elbow was down on the 1 yard line and the Wolverines dont get the score, and Illinois took over.
After that hold from Illinois the Fighting Illini went on a scoring run and that stop gave them the momentum and scored 3 touchdowns to take the lead from Michigan in the 3rd Quarter. With 1 min left Michigan drove the ball all the way down the field to the 10 yardline, and in the 1st minutes of the 4th Forcier fumbles the ball and Illinois recovers.
The Illinois offense shredding Michigan D , and marching right down the field. Â Juice Williams and offense march all the way to the 5 yard line and score and the Michigan D holds to just a FG putting Illinois up 31-13 in the 4th with 9:21.
After a fumble last series for Michigan, they took over on the 20 and QB Forcier throws on 2nd down for 66 yards to Hemingway to the 14 yard line. After 3 plays of nothing goin on, the wolverines go for it on 4th down  and Forcier throws pass in the endzone and don’t convert, and so again the Wolverines will turn it over to Illinois with no score. Illinois again marches down the field but on 4th and 4 they will punt to Michigan and the punt was blocked by Brandon Graham. So after the block Michigan will go on offense on thew 15 yard line and again QB Tate Forcier fumbles on the 3:44 mark in the 4th quarter. And on a 79 yard run in the last min of the game Illinois RB Ford runs for a TD, 38-13 Illinois. Michigan with one last chance to score with 1:40 in the game give QB Denard Robinson a chance but shows again nothing. Illinois wins at home 38-13.
Game Stats:
| Michigan Passing | |||||
| C/ATT | YDS | AVG | TD | INT | |
| Tate Forcier | 12/22 | 251 | 11.4 | 0 | 0 |
| Denard Robinson | 2/2 | 13 | 6.5 | 0 | 0 |
| Team | 14/24 | 264 | 11.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Michigan Rushing | |||||
| CAR | YDS | AVG | TD | LG | |
| Carlos Brown | 26 | 97 | 3.7 | 1 | 17 |
| Tate Forcier | 11 | 25 | 2.3 | 0 | 16 |
| Brandon Minor | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Vincent Smith | 2 | -1 | -0.5 | 0 | 0 |
| Denard Robinson | 2 | -6 | -3.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Team | 43 | 113 | 2.6 | 1 | 17 |
| Michigan Receiving | |||||
| REC | YDS | AVG | TD | LG | |
| Roy Roundtree | 4 | 92 | 23.0 | 0 | 76 |
| Junior Hemingway | 2 | 87 | 43.5 | 0 | 66 |
| Greg Mathews | 3 | 34 | 11.3 | 0 | 15 |
| Kevin Koger | 2 | 28 | 14.0 | 0 | 22 |
| Brandon Moore | 1 | 9 | 9.0 | 0 | 9 |
| Carlos Brown | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 0 | 7 |
| LaTerryal Savoy | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 0 | 7 |
| Team | 14 | 264 | 18.9 | 0 | 76 |
FINAL THOUGHTS
Todays game was great until the 2nd half, Michigan was up 13-7 at half and had great momentum goin into the half. First drive down the field Michigan goes 76 yards and cant convert on 4 tries on the goaline. With that score the Wolverines could have been up 20-7. After that Michigan turns it over to Illinois and on that next drive march down the field for the score and after that Illinois just took off. But that stop on the goal line from Illinois gave them the momentum and after that they just took off. For Michigan Coach Rodriquez, if he wants to continue  coaching at Michigan he has to win next week at home against Purdue and they will be bowl eligible, and have to beat rival Ohio St at home if he wants to continue coaching next year.
Watch next week as Michigan hosts the Purdue Boilermakers at home at the Big House on the Big Ten channel. GO BLUE!!!!!!!!!!!!
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