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Jim Harbaugh went 8 for 13 for 55 yards in #2 Michigan's 1985 10-12 loss to #1 Iowa.  Harbaugh later remarked, "it felt like someone reached in and pulled everything out," when Iowa kicker Houghtlin's last second field goal went through the uprights to win the game for the Hawkeyes.  I think Harbaugh will have Michigan ready to play this Saturday.

Jim Harbaugh went 8 for 13 for 55 yards in #2 Michigan's 1985 10-12 loss to #1 Iowa.  Harbaugh later remarked, "it felt like someone reached in and pulled everything out," when Iowa kicker Houghtlin's last second field goal went through the uprights to win the game for the Hawkeyes.  I think Harbaugh will have Michigan ready to play this Saturday.

I was at that game

a couple years ago I had a nice conversation with Chuck Long regarding that game and his career in Iowa City

I was at that game

a couple years ago I had a nice conversation with Chuck Long regarding that game and his career in Iowa City

I was at that game too.  That was pure chaos after the game.  I was extremely drunk and I got separated from all my friends,  and this was way before anybody had a mobile phone.   Fortunately I just had to stumble back to Burge Hall on the other side of river, where I was living that year.

Harbaugh is also 0-1 as a coach in Kinnick Stadium.  In 2016 #2 Michigan led 10-0 early but ended up losing to Iowa 14-13 on a last second FG by Keith Duncan.  (Yes this was your typical Iowa score with 1 TD,  2 FGs and a safety)

Michigan was screwed once Speight got cracked in half. Iowa broke him in half and destroyed his shoulder. Michigan literally couldn't get first downs. It affected him throwing the football the following week when they played Ohio State. Kid was awful vs OSU and basically handed them the game. Iowa ruined Michigan's season that year. Not only cost them the game in Kinnick but cost them the game vs Ohio State. I think with a healthy Speight they probably win both those games and go 12-0 in the regular season.

This from a Spartan Board

The only way I see Iowa winning this game, is if UM gets lost on the way there. Which could happen, as they have never been there before.

Michigan was screwed once Speight got cracked in half. Iowa broke him in half and destroyed his shoulder. Michigan literally couldn't get first downs. It affected him throwing the football the following week when they played Ohio State. Kid was awful vs OSU and basically handed them the game. Iowa ruined Michigan's season that year. Not only cost them the game in Kinnick but cost them the game vs Ohio State. I think with a healthy Speight they probably win both those games and go 12-0 in the regular season.

Yes, 2016 should have been Mich's year but things changed after Iowa.  I think that Mich actually had another game in-between Iowa and OSU that Mich barely won.  Mich had a very veteran team that year while OSU had a younger team. That should have been the year that Mich beat OSU.    But something always seems to happen to Michigan in November under Harbaugh (until this year anyway).

Yes, 2016 should have been Mich's year but things changed after Iowa.  I think that Mich actually had another game in-between Iowa and OSU that Mich barely won.  Mich had a very veteran team that year while OSU had a younger team. That should have been the year that Mich beat OSU.    But something always seems to happen to Michigan in November under Harbaugh (until this year anyway).

Omg you're right, forgot about that- you're right- they played Indiana and slugged it out to a 20-10 win with crappy John O'Korn playing in place of Speight. That hit vs Iowa which broke his collarbone tanked Michigan's 2016 season and Speight's career. He was never the same player after that hit. Not that he was an amazing QB or anything- but he was a solid start-able B1G QB that you could win games with. He went from that to terrible almost overnight after Iowa broke him in half. He got benched at Michigan transferred to UCLA and got benched there too. He actually played out the Iowa game with a broken collarbone and was awful. He played with a special brace vs Ohio State but he was still bad. Speight threw 1 pick 6, another pick which got returned to Michigan's 3 yard line, and he muffed a snap and fumbled the ball when Michigan was on Ohio State's 2 yard line and about to go in for a score. That's a 21 point swing- in a game that was decided by 3 in double OT. They get even mediocre QB play out of him like they had gotten all season before Iowa destroyed his life- they win that game in Columbus. 

Harbaugh owes Iowa payback badly for both his playing career (1985) and coaching career (2016).