Jake Moody sets Michigan football record with 59-yard field goal
GLENDALE, Ariz. − Not much went well for Michigan football in the first half of the Fiesta Bowl against TCU, but one thing that did was the leg of Jake Moody.
The Wolverines trailed 21-6 at the break, with all six points coming off the foot of the Northville native. That included a 59-yard field goal as time expired in the second quarter. The kick was the longest field goal in program history, passing Quinn Nordin's record 57-yard kick against Alabama as time expired in the first half of the Citrus Bowl on Jan. 1, 2020.
Moody, who was a Lou Groza Award finalist this season after winning the award given annually to the nation's best kicker a season ago, also made a 42-yarder with 13:46 to play in the first half to get Michigan on the board. The senior is now 28-for-34 on the season and has 10 field goals of at least 40 yards this season.
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The field goal also was the longest in Fiesta Bowl history, and the second-longest in any bowl game ever, behind only Tony Franklin's 60-yarder for Texas A&M in the 1977 Sun Bowl against Florida.
Moody, who went a perfect 5-for-5 against Illinois on Nov. 19, including a game-winning kick with nine seconds remaining, now has extended his program record for most field goals in a season (28) and career (58).
This article originally appeared on Detroit Free Press: Jake Moody sets Michigan football record with 59-yard field goal
