That games was the hottest game I've ever been to in Ann Arbor.  Got one of the worst sunburns at a football game, but so worth it.

It was so early that the Band didn't have a typical halftime show as I recall.  They stood in formation and played songs.  I don't recall any moving formations during halftime.

Got a picture of that catch on my wall!

Living in Virginia, it was fun going to work on Monday.

I was at home listening on the radio while I was doing yard work, and it was roasting. I can't imagine how hot it must have been inside the stadium.

That game went a long way towards reducing the trauma of the Colorado game of the previous season.

We had a hella-sweet party the night before since it was move-in week.  By the end of the night I somehow ended up wandering around inside U-Towers trying to find some girls who were yelling at us from their windows to come up.  My roommate's dad who played football back in the 60s was up for the weekend and he got pretty hammered and ended up knocking on the door of his old frat (Sigma Chi) and demanded they give him "The Challenge", which he said consisted of all the brothers lining the stairway and he would try to run to the top while they pummeled him.  They told him to get off their porch before they called the cops.

Anyways, I didn't go to the game.  I was hung over big time and watched with fellow MgoUser EvilEmpire in my apartment.  Ahhh, memories.

I remember the heat and hearing a new name from the PA announcer -- a freshman DB named Woodson who was involved in some plays.  Brady was there too on the sideline.  So in addition to memorable ending, this game can also be remembered as the first college game for those two.  

I don't know why they didn't force the extra point.  A safety is a win for Virginia.  Yeah, rare as hell but tell that to Jabril Peppers!

I still have my red tag Nike jersey for Scott Dreisbach from that year. I know the #12 isn’t a great UM number, but the jersey is beautiful, with the embossed M on the shoulders, it’s still my fave. Too bad Scott couldn’t stay healthy for an extended period of time. 

didn't go to the game.  My ex was laid up with a migraine. . . :/

Mercury's post game interview went something like...

Reporter: "Do you think you caught the ball in bounds?"

Mercury: "Yes. They pay the referees to make the call and they pay me to catch the ball."

It didn't go over well with the Michigan haters.

What a game though and you are correct, no student section. That game was not part of the student ticket package because it happened before students officially arrived back for fall semester.

I know that I'm going to get negged into oblivion for this, but this is the only game that I have fallen asleep while watching.  I went to bed at halftime because the game was just so dead.  I found out later that evening that we went down 17-0 at some point and then score 18 points in the final minutes.

I've had tickets since '89 and that was, bar none, the worst weather game I've ever been to.  Worse than the 5-0 Purdue game (which was actually fun).  Worse than the (WMU/CMU?) game that was rained out.  Worse than the NW game everyone left at halftime.  Intense heat and tightly packed stadium are a bad combination. 

You graduated in 3 years?  Humblebrag much :)

In the second half I started to say that I would quit watching if Michigan punted as it would mean that there wasn't much chance of winning with time running out.  Michigan kept scoring and I saw it all (on TV.)  Fantastic finish.

Not part of the student ticket package, so this was only one of two home games I missed as a student.....the other being Colorado. I sure knew how to miss the doozies.

I forgot about Butterfield FORTUNATELY dropping the short pass with 4 seconds left.  I also forgot that Vermeil was pretty decent as a color guy.

Jealous of you OP. 1995-1998 was a great time to be a student in Ann Arbor

Those was the daze

First game my sons and I attended together.

I watched this game with a VA alum.  Poor bastard.

This a sweet memory. With so much bad news cascading on us, thanks for the smile.

I remember watching this game when I lived and worked in OKC. I had to sell my season tickets in 1990 when my job moved me down there. I wish I could have been there for this game.

This was the first Michigan football game I was alive for and I've watched highlights probably 10 or 20 times easy 

We really need to generate some new moments like that....

That brought back some great memories. That team had so many of my favorite players on offense.

I was living in Japan at the time and working as a US military contractor which gave me access to the bases. I went to Yokota air Base in western Tokyo and, as was the norm, strapped in at the Military Air Command terminal and watch the game on AFRTS on a big screen. They sold Budweiser for 50 cents a can out of pop machines and I had a bunch.

There was a UM grad who was teaching in Tokyo and found a way to sneak on to Yokota by following the tracks of a local train line that cut through the west side of the base and then walking over the highway on a pedestrian bridge to the east side where the MAC Terminal is. That particular night it had been raining quite a bit and he had to dive into a puddle to avoid being hit by a train! 

I remember walking out of the terminal after the game, a bit drunk, into the blazing morning sun.

The dude who sneaked on base did it for just about every game. I would have brought him on had he not been pretty strange. You have to love his commitment to the cause as he would have gone to jail had he been caught!