The majority of the Michigan football team’s game against Washington Saturday was a defensive showdown. While both the Wolverines and Huskies’ offenses managed to make significant gains down the field on multiple occasions, more often than not, they fell short of their ultimate goal: the endzone.

But in the defensive battle, it was Michigan’s (5-2 overall, 3-1 Big Ten) unit that came out on top, snuffing out Washington’s (5-2, 2-2) offensive fire en route to the 24-7 victory.

In the Huskies’ first drive of the game, they moved steadily down the gridiron until they breached the Wolverines’ territory. Sitting at the 31-yard line at third-and-12, Washington quarterback Demond Williams Jr. spotted wide receiver Dezmen Roebuck along the right sideline and fired the ball toward him. All signs

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