Whittingham Says 3-1 Feels Like 0-4 After Last‑Second Loss
The coach made a point of owning coaching errors and urged immediate fixes to penalties, turnovers and late‑game decisions before Michigan’s first Big Ten road game.
Overview
- Michigan lost 20-19 when Iowa completed a 16-yard, time‑expired touchdown after a 91-yard final drive on Sept. 26, handing the Wolverines a shock defeat at Michigan Stadium.
- Head coach Kyle Whittingham said he feels the team is '0-4' despite the 3-1 record and publicly accepted responsibility for poor situational calls that cost the program the game.
- Penalties and turnovers have been recurring problems with Michigan flagged 32 times through four games and called for eight personal fouls, and Whittingham singled out avoidable flags and coaching detail as fixes.
- Sophomore quarterback Bryce Underwood produced 276 passing yards and two touchdowns vs. Iowa but also threw the red‑zone interception Whittingham described as a miscommunication with receiver Andrew Marsh.
- Michigan heads to Minnesota this week for its first road Big Ten game with offensive linemen Manuel Beigel and Andrew Babalola expected to return to practice soon and the staff under pressure to correct errors before tougher conference tests.